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VLT addiction ends in prison sentence

16 May 2007

NEW BRUNSWICK, Canada -- As reported by the CBC News: "Margaret Alice Baldwin, 62, a former military nurse currently serving a five-year sentence for robbing a bank, told CBC News her problem started innocently enough in 1994 when she put a loonie in a video lottery terminal in a northern New Brunswick bar.

"...As Baldwin's addiction spiralled out of control, she lost friends and was unable to pay her bills, despite a substantial pension cheque from the military.

"...Fearing there was no way out, Baldwin held up a fast-food restaurant in 1999 with a toy gun she stole from a department store, hoping to be shot and killed by police.

"She received counselling in prison but succumbed to the sparkle of the VLTs soon after her release.

"In September 2006, Baldwin robbed the Scotiabank in Amherst. She told the teller she had a bomb and demanded $100,000..."

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