Alberta Ends Gambling Addiction Funding

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Alberta cuts funding to gambling support group as it eyes private online betting | Globalnews.ca

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Problem Gambling Resources Network provides education and resources for gambling addiction.

Ray Reshke says he was told the government was ending its three-year contract and pulling the nearly $130,000 it provided annually .

He says without the funding the organization will likely have to shut its doors.

The same reasoning was given to four disability advocacy organizations that also had their government funding contracts ended this month .

Service Alberta Minister Dale Nally says Alberta ’s online gambling market is like the Wild West ’ No firm decisions have been made on whether to make online gambling safer in the province.

Nally: “Online gambling will never be a safe activity, but there are ways to make it safer”.

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