By Greg Fry

Casino workers want investigation into Gateway operations during strike

Aug 20, 2018 | 9:53 AM

KAMLOOPS — Members of the BC Government Employees Union will be gathering outside the BC Lottery Corporation’s head office in Kamloops today at noon, urging an investigation into Gateway’s operations during its nearly two month-long strike.

The union is calling upon the regulatory body to investigate whether or not their four casinos in the region are operating safely during the strike.

Based on what their members have witnessed or heard, President Stephanie Smith says “it sounds like Gateway hasn’t been living up to their obligations under BCLC and provincial gaming laws and regulations during this strike.”

She says the alleged incidents range in seriousness from failing to comply with regulations around ID’ing patrons to a failing to identify what would normally be flagged as suspicious behaviour, possibly related to money-laundering.

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