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Post by Score on Dec 6, 2006 16:26:11 GMT -3
Atlantic Lottery confirmed Tuesday that Provincial Treasurer Mitch Murphy has given the go-ahead to install two to six card tables at the racino. Mike Randall, vice-president of communications for Atlantic Lotto, told CBC New Tuesday the news had come to him in just the last day.
"It would probably take us between 12 and 16 weeks to be ready," said Randall.
"There's a number of processes we would go through: getting the equipment, training the staff. We're in the middle of developing a social responsibility assessment to ensure all of the necessary responsible gambling measures are in place."
Texas hold 'em is a popular poker game that's currently played in bars throughout Prince Edward Island. Randall said Atlantic Lotto has not received approval for blackjack or any other casino games, because it hasn't asked for them.
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Post by peibruin8 on Dec 7, 2006 0:15:58 GMT -3
It's a shame that our government supports the waste of peoples disposable income and there are people on this island that can't even afford a Christmas turkey. The short term gains of this casino will only be re-routed back into our health and social welfare system when our gamblers and their families hit rock bottom.
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Post by The D Train on Dec 7, 2006 14:41:54 GMT -3
Honestly, I don't get the attitude of ppl that say don't bring it in, it will cause mayham and destruction. I don't mean to bust anyone's "perfect PEI" bubble, but there are already many many ways for ppl to gamble and lose their money. Texas Hold'Em at the casino isn't going to increase the level of gambling. You can already play poker at different establishments, there's the slot machines and the VLT's, there's scratch tickets and the Lotto, there's online gambling of every variety, there's the race track. Time to step into the future ppl.
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Post by CrazyJoeDevola on Dec 8, 2006 1:05:38 GMT -3
Honestly, I'm very shocked.
PEI have a casino??
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Post by SwallowMyBitterPill on Dec 8, 2006 10:11:45 GMT -3
listen dudes if you want to you can play texas hold em every night of the week.. i dont see any big deal here at all
might even be enough to get me to actually enter the place sometime
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Post by Score on Dec 28, 2006 13:10:55 GMT -3
The Atlantic Lottery Corporation is advertising for dealers to work on the new Texas hold 'em tables at the Charlottetown Driving Park Entertainment Centre.
ALC plans to hire 15 dealers and two table supervisors. Spokesman Robert Bourgeois said they would like to hire people with experience in a similar environment.
"We're looking to hire the best people, but of course it would be great if we could hire Islanders or someone from the Island who wants to come back to the Island. That kind of scenario would be ideal," said Bourgeois.
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Post by Fusion on Dec 29, 2006 9:09:55 GMT -3
It's about time! Now if I only knew how to play.
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