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Nova Scotia Gambler Threatens to Sue

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia – As reported by the Canadian Press: "In three years, Paul Burrell gambled away nearly $500,000 of his life-savings at Casino Nova Scotia.

"Yet the former Cape Breton coal miner says he was never once approached by staff at the casino in Sydney, N.S., even though provincial law requires them to bar problem gamblers from the premises.

"Day after day, week after week, between January 2000 and February 2003, he sat in front of the slot machines at the casino, where the staff let him keep on playing and losing, even though it was clear he was addicted.

"He later lodged a complaint with the Nova Scotia Alcohol and Gaming Authority, the agency that enforces the casino regulations, but it was dismissed.

"Burrell's banking machine receipts show he gambled away a $200,000 worker's compensation settlement, family savings of $80,000 and roughly $200,000 from his remortgaged house and personal loans.

"…In what he considers an ironic twist, Burrell says he was barred from the casino in February 2004, but only after he laid the complaint with the provincial government.

"The casino failed in its duty to him, he says…"

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