As reported by The Globe and Mail, the Supreme Court of Canada is expected to decide whether or not a class action regarding video lottery terminals can proceed.
The class action, which is also awaiting a decision in regards to what possible grounds it can continue on, comes courtesy of a challenge from the Atlantic Lottery Corp on a Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal decision.
As reported by The Globe and Mail, this comes after the Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal labelled the corporation’s VLT games inherently deceptive, addictive and illegal under the Criminal Code.
The outcome of the case is expected to have implications for gaming across Canada, with circa 30,000 people in the area having reportedly paid the Atlantic Lottery Corp in order to gamble on such VLT games.
The report goes on to state how lead plaintiffs, retirees Douglas Babstock and Fred Small, are seeking damages equal to the alleged unlawful gain obtained by the lottery corporation through VLT revenue.
Conversely, the Atlantic Lottery Corporation has argued that it is not possible for the plaintiffs to provide sufficient evidence which shows the VLT games fall within the Criminal Code’s prohibition.
As it stands, the Atlantic Lottery Corp has requested that the Supreme Court set aside the certification order and entirely strike out the statement labelling its VLT’s ‘ inherently deceptive, addictive and illegal under the Criminal Code’.