Casino client data could be used to prevent suicides: activist

13 Feb 2008

QUEBEC, Canada -- As reported by the CBC: "A system used by Quebec casinos to track customers could be employed to prevent suicides and other results of gambling distress, said the activist who forced Quebec casinos to release their reports about possible gambling-related suicides.

"'The player cards could also be used not just to exploit them but to identify people and have a process whereby you can to try and help them,' Bill Clennett said Tuesday at a news conference.

"Clennett was responding to reports of two suicides and six attempted suicides at Gatineau's Lac-Leamy casino and the Casino de Montréal between 1999 and 2007 ... that were released by Loto-Québec Monday under a court order.

"The order was prompted by an Access to Information request made by Clennett, a vocal anti-poverty activist who fought four years to get the information.

"...The data on the cards show how often patrons have gambled at the casinos and how much money they have spent. They are used in the investigation of suicides and attempted suicides.

"Clennett and his lawyer, Jean-Carol Boucher, argued such information should also be used to prevent tragedies by identifying people who might have the beginnings of a problem..."

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	Casino client data could be used to prevent suicides: activist 13 Feb 2008 <a href='https://ad.casinocity.com/adclick.php?n=a21efcd1'><img src='https://ad.casinocity.com/adview.php?what=-site:vendors/width:250/RON&n=a21efcd1' border='0' alt='' /></a> QUEBEC, Canada -- As reported by the CBC: "A system used by Quebec casinos to track customers could be employed to prevent suicides and other results of gambling distress, said the activist who forced Quebec casinos to release their reports about possible gambling-related suicides. "'The player cards could also be used not just to exploit them but to identify people and have a process whereby you can to try and help them,' Bill Clennett said Tuesday at a news conference. "Clennett was responding to reports of two suicides and six attempted suicides at Gatineau's Lac-Leamy casino and the Casino de Montréal between 1999 and 2007 ... that were released by Loto-Québec Monday under a court order. "The order was prompted by an Access to Information request made by Clennett, a vocal anti-poverty activist who fought four years to get the information. "...The data on the cards show how often patrons have gambled at the casinos and how much money they have spent. They are used in the investigation of suicides and attempted suicides. "Clennett and his lawyer, Jean-Carol Boucher, argued such information should also be used to prevent tragedies by identifying people who might have the beginnings of a problem..."

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