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www.lespasseurs.com/Les_casinos.htm
The casinos are here ... to shatter dreams
March 2007
A former dealer breaks the omerta (mafia code of silence) and denounces the tricks of casinos to fleece customers ...
Nothing earth shattering but ...
The testimony of Eleanor Mainguy, the former casino dealer whose TV appearance broke the viewership records of the most popular television talk show in Quebec "Everyone's Talking About It" ("Tout le monde en parle") ... Here exclusively on Compulsive Game .info and Toxico Quebec news:
The testimony of Eleanor Mainguy, the former casino dealer
I am a former dealer who paid dearly for my passage into the 'wonderful world' of casinos. My goal is neither pity or revenge. My goal is to demonstrate a painful reality and to share with you my view of the plight of many of us, victims of a system obsessed with profit. Since gambling became a matter of governance (govt.-owned and operated casinos in Quebec), Loto-Québec has become a cash cow that derives immense benefits from misery, vice and disease. Inspired by mafia techniques to leach the players, everything is done to empty the pockets of citizens who venture to the casino. There is not just the gambler who is caught in this vicious circle ... there is also the person standing on the other side of the table that is formed to represent the interests of the casino: the dealer
MY EARLY DAYS, MY ILLUSIONS
When I was hired, I was extremely proud. Only about thirty people in 2000 or 3000 applicants are hired to work in this very closed environment. The dealer position is coveted. This is a prestigious job, well paid and surrounded by mystery. The dealer handles large sums of money and manages a gaming table 1-14 players simultaneously. This practice requires a lot of concentration and a lot of stress. You have to be ambidextrous, bilingual and mentally calculate in record time. After all the psychometric tests, interviews and training of four weeks, the dealers' ego is inflated to the maximum size. I was very happy and stimulated by the challenge awaiting me ...
Each new dealer who begins working brings a refreshing new energy to the casino. As for me, I was complimented on my mood, my enthusiasm, my personality, and was compared favorably to the other dealers of bitter experience ... I thought I was good, and at first it was like that for me. Everything would be fine. I got home, proud of my performance and my big paycheck. I thought I would move up the casino ladder to the top, thanks to the quality of my animation and my command of several maps of manipulation techniques. I encouraged the players, to listen carefully and play in good faith. I had become a "jésucologue" (spiritual guide) for my clients. I did not realize all the negative impact of their addiction on their lives and them, I could not see it. If one is "productive", we are promised promotions and salary increases very fast. The bosses are intensive positive reinforcement to encourage you to "go beyond you" and it works. It seemed a motivating challenge. I thought that by giving the best of myself I could do it. But I had no idea of the price !!!
1 YEAR AFTER ...
After one year, the customer still appears to be the same or, at least, pretends to be the same way. Some customers begin to hate you. the more chance disfavors them. I started to realize that this or that person had lost a lot of understanding and money with me since my first day. So to enjoy themselves, they disparage you, make derogatory remarks about your performance. They accuse you of stealing, suspect you of expressing and wishing them loss. They insult you "wicked; profiteer; demon; cow; small insults, they become sensitive and claim that "you throw their chips, money violently" etc. They become aggressive, disturbed and constantly repeat the same words: "Pay, pay, pay", "let me recover," "give me a nice card," and the dealer will experience this, 100-300-500 times a day. I could never put the player in his place. I could hardly ask him to be polite ... it was not the casino goal that he get angry and leave the table!
It was only after a while that we managed to step back, and see suddenly in what we have just embarked. We must, unfortunately, to have experienced this directly, to understand the insidious workings of the system and their concept of "Customer Service Unparalleled".
I remembered then the first weeks of intensive training where one beside me, during this period, strongly suggested that I see neither my family nor my lover. To put the focus on what I was learning. It shapes us, they indoctrinate, manipulate us. It makes us believe that we are the cream of society. After successful dealer training, they add new training. Conflict management, dress code, etc. We are taught everything except the fact that we will meet the world's misery, disease and vice.
FRAUDULENT PROCESSES
During these intense sessions of "brainwashing", we are taught to detect the proper rhythm of a game. You have to adapt to customers. Each player has his game, his personality and his way of ... spending. You have to make them "spit" it, with almost a hand in their pocket. Do not doubt the enormous influence that the dealer may have on the players! For example, if the customer wins, we will accelerate the speed of the game, so that that the customer rushes and bets higher. The probabilities assure us that the customers luck will not last and that will lose what was gained quickly. When the customer starts to lose, we decrease the tempo, so that they get the impression of losing more slowly, and of having control over his actions. It leaves him time to analyze the current game.
WE INDOCTRINATE AND MANIPULATE
Then there is the animation, the "entertainment". Again, we have to adjust and assess the client's psychological profile. Is the customer there to gain? Is the customer there to just pass the time? Is the customer just there to let off steam? Is the customer there to recover losses? The customer should not feel judged or upset. Instead, he should feel at ease and in control of the situation. Everything that pleases in order to encourage ... the loss. Depending on the player's temperament, the dealer can manage the player's attitude to become compliant. The game is simple. If the player needs to impress, you will be impressionable. If the player needs to be nasty, you will be vulnerable. If the player needs to chat, you will be totally tuned in. Yes, it gets complicated when there are several players, but a good dealer will please all. Even if the customer pours venom, you can not tell them to go to hell. We must be compassionate even if the customer considers you responsible for their losses. I always returned home completely exhausted. The casinos themselves are tireless, insatiable.
How to distribute the money, in chips. to the player, in which denomination, large or small chips, is also an important factor. If the player plays less strong, we will give him the smallest possible chips. When player enters the phase of panic and wants to recover their debts, we will give him big chips. We must see needs ahead without having to express them. He must feel that he manages his own chips. The process is simple. From the amount invested, the dealer soon learns to calculate the gain or loss of the player. With one glance at the chips he has in hand, we know where he is.
The dealers bosses do not bother to give us their impressions: "You have paid a lot in the last hour, slow ... This gentleman seems to like you ... You did not earn much at home today," etc. because It is monitored from everywhere anyway. There were attributed to me "suns", recognizing when I had "taken care" of a good customer. An employee who had the most "suns" was eligible for a prize. There are also statistics on the time you took to mix the cards, to pay and pick up the bets. The casino looks at how you do things. And as in any business, there are the ratings. They take notes on you day and night. They evaluate your performance at all levels. I had not the right to wear a perfume that was worth too much, or jewelry of a certain value, it was unwise to provoke jealousy or suggest that I earned a lot of money. The objective: maximum comfort for good illusions. All this beautiful "customer service" is designed brilliantly, put together with and for a very specific purpose.
SERVING THE CITIZEN
First, if you can not move, the casino organizes buses that will travel back and forth, across region for a symbolic amount of a few dollars, including a meal. We will pick you up wherever you are. Every day, dozens of buses packed with retirees and housewives arrive at our doors. It is impossible to identify how many thousands of dollars have evaporated in my hands.
The immediate environment of the player is controlled to make him forget the passing of time, it surprises you? There is no clock in the casino. Just before the sun sets, supervisors are working to close the shutters and curtains. No longer will you see the difference between day and night. The ergonomics of the seats allows customers to sit for hours without feeling the need to get up. The light does not tire the eyes, of course. The sound machine captivates, enchants. Everything is calculated. Even odors are chosen because their components stimulate the brain and arouse a feeling of well-being and excitement! You do not easily feel fatigue. We bring you everything you need and will monitor you if you are away.
"I've seen people defecate on their chairs. I saw pregnant women play for 24 hours without stopping. I have seen men die of heart attack "
Finally, when you decide to leave the casino, you will cross a path where stands a host of temptations to curb your enthusiasm to leave.
We offer gifts, gratuities and discounts if you are a member of the casino. The more you spend and play longer, the casino will offer you to pay for your hotel room, your meals, your cigarettes and your drinks at the bar. In all, $19.6 million were distributed as promotional allowances each year. I saw people playing $ 100 more to qualify for a pack of cigarettes free!
DEALERS' REALITY
We go from 8 to 12 hours per shift with the same people at 1 meter distance. I saw mothers spend $ 400 for a half hour and walk away with barely enough money to buy school supplies for their children. I've seen people defecate on their chairs. I saw pregnant women play for 24 hours without stopping. I have seen men die of heart attacks. I have seen others cry bitterly. I saw people sleeping outside the front door. I have seen parents play for hours while their children were locked in the car. Victims are often elderly or poor people. What I thought was the most sad thing was to see the good ordinary people like you and me, losing their RRSP and pension funds themselves, who chose my table believing in a better chance. Sometimes they wept before me while continuing to bet. They admitted me to lie to their families about their losses. They threatened to commit suicide. I could not tell them that they may have lost a bit of money and they should take a break or play softer. Never had I the right to suggest anything. Even the customer sometimes threatened to make a complaint if I did not have a good attitude. We can not do anything immediately. Sometimes we had to wait until player renewed the threat just to be certain. I had to wait for my break and go to a supervisor, and he then comforted the customer by offering him a drink or telling him to take a break. But was any professional help available?
From childhood we are taught that we, as citizens, have a civil duty towards our neighbor. We must rescue a person in distress. The bartender must stop serving the too drunk customer. If the bartender does not, he may be prosecuted for criminal negligence. But here, we are therefore required to deny this civil obligation. On the contrary, we must do all do what we can to entertain, motivate and rob the player. We are witnessing helplessly to the downfall of others without doing anything to help them. It's hard on the conscience, a very unhealthy and dehumanizing work environment. It transforms us into pure washing machines, we as government employees. The problem is that the dealers are not machines!
ANYTHING GOES
After two years, I hated them all .... It was completely ridiculous for players to believe they could make money at the casino. After all this time, you have enough experience to know that there is no winner in the long term other than Loto-Québec. I despised them completely. They were all idiots, weak. It was up to them to check, it was for them not to play, it was their problem not mine !!! That's what the bosses want you to think. This is also the best way to get a shell, thick skin enough to be able to ruin humans, day after day. In the hating, I became unreachable. Empathy no longer existed. They deserved their fate. I had become the "dealer of bitter experience".
From the 3rd to the 4th year, I began to falter. I'd become a monster of wickedness and rage. I hated the customers, but above all, hated the dirty job I was doing. I returned home mentally exhausted. I cried almost every day. I wondered about the role I played in the downfall of so many people. Is what I am partly responsible for or complicit in their loss? Do they really deserve their fate? I do want to be become a hypocrite. I had neither pleasure nor hope. My days were limited to maintaining vice, draining poor people, and destroying my personality of 'cheerful little girl'.
And then I understood: The leaders of the League of casinos work much too hard to ruin the world without being blamed. So I cracked. I repelled everyone: the bosses and players. I asserted myself. Every injustice, I expressed myself. I could not let someone insult me. I was encouraging more players to bet. In a short time ... the casino put me out. "You no longer meet the expectations of the casino," they told me. This is the reason they gave and they had, for once, been right!
EMOTIONAL DISTRESS
And yes! As the player suffers, the dealer suffers. How to expect that a human remains balanced if paid and trained to feed the weaknesses of people? How can you keep your sanity when you actively contributed to the downfall of a man and destruction often of a lifetime? Without more help than a phony phone line, the life expectancy of a dealer is not very long (4 years) ...
No former dealer has agreed to accept my statements, fearing reprisals, and those still employed have signed, upon their hiring, a ban on speaking to the media.
My friends the dealers, among them there was major depression. Some had to be committed to care (hospitalized) for a good period. Dozens are under medication. Many of them have developed pathological gambling. Many have sunk into alcoholism or cocaine. Further, as a defense mechanism, they developed obsessive compulsive disorder. Most no longer work for the casino. Most have lost a lot of feathers.
Faced mainly with hard-core gamblers, few dealers are the exception. After some time, the dealer breaks. We leave because $ 20 an hour is not enough to turn us into a crooked thief. We can no longer bear the pain and sickness of players. We have had enough of lying to feel hypocritical and manipulative. What reward have we to gain, for leading people to their loss? What is there more vicious than enjoying the vulnerability of people by focusing on their weakness?
The Quebec government has struck gold to replenish its coffers, like the mafia did not long ago. The difference is that the state has the moral responsibility to the citizen. Loto-Québec has managed to accumulate huge amounts of money because it is run as a private company. The dealers, sent to the front line to execute the contract, has entrusted the government, to his crown corporation: MAKING MAXIMUM MONEY ON THE BACK OF CITIZENS. All blows are allowed, to make a profit, at all costs. The chips are down, anything goes ...
Should we as a society take on the "racket" that our government legalized? Are we willing to sacrifice some of our compatriots to the glory of profit? Psychological distress is increasing, the profits Loto-Québec also; what would you choose?
Eleanor Mainguy
-This Article was originally published in the magazine Summum. Its transcription was kindly authorized by the author, Mrs. Eleanor Mainguy and the editor of Mr. Jean-François Bougie All rights reserved SUMMUM © Copyright 2005 -. No reproduction (partial or total) is permitted without the consent of the author and publisher of this article |
NOTE: As was to be expected Loto-Québec and the syndicate of dealers reject the content of the testimony of Mrs. Eleanor Mainguy ... By cons, what denounces this former croupier are true and verifiable facts that can be substantiated by n 'Any dealer and independent expert.
www.lespasseurs.com/Les_casinos.htm
The casinos are here ... to shatter dreams
March 2007
A former dealer breaks the omerta (mafia code of silence) and denounces the tricks of casinos to fleece customers ...
Nothing earth shattering but ...
The testimony of Eleanor Mainguy, the former casino dealer whose TV appearance broke the viewership records of the most popular television talk show in Quebec "Everyone's Talking About It" ("Tout le monde en parle") ... Here exclusively on Compulsive Game .info and Toxico Quebec news:
The testimony of Eleanor Mainguy, the former casino dealer
I am a former dealer who paid dearly for my passage into the 'wonderful world' of casinos. My goal is neither pity or revenge. My goal is to demonstrate a painful reality and to share with you my view of the plight of many of us, victims of a system obsessed with profit. Since gambling became a matter of governance (govt.-owned and operated casinos in Quebec), Loto-Québec has become a cash cow that derives immense benefits from misery, vice and disease. Inspired by mafia techniques to leach the players, everything is done to empty the pockets of citizens who venture to the casino. There is not just the gambler who is caught in this vicious circle ... there is also the person standing on the other side of the table that is formed to represent the interests of the casino: the dealer
MY EARLY DAYS, MY ILLUSIONS
When I was hired, I was extremely proud. Only about thirty people in 2000 or 3000 applicants are hired to work in this very closed environment. The dealer position is coveted. This is a prestigious job, well paid and surrounded by mystery. The dealer handles large sums of money and manages a gaming table 1-14 players simultaneously. This practice requires a lot of concentration and a lot of stress. You have to be ambidextrous, bilingual and mentally calculate in record time. After all the psychometric tests, interviews and training of four weeks, the dealers' ego is inflated to the maximum size. I was very happy and stimulated by the challenge awaiting me ...
Each new dealer who begins working brings a refreshing new energy to the casino. As for me, I was complimented on my mood, my enthusiasm, my personality, and was compared favorably to the other dealers of bitter experience ... I thought I was good, and at first it was like that for me. Everything would be fine. I got home, proud of my performance and my big paycheck. I thought I would move up the casino ladder to the top, thanks to the quality of my animation and my command of several maps of manipulation techniques. I encouraged the players, to listen carefully and play in good faith. I had become a "jésucologue" (spiritual guide) for my clients. I did not realize all the negative impact of their addiction on their lives and them, I could not see it. If one is "productive", we are promised promotions and salary increases very fast. The bosses are intensive positive reinforcement to encourage you to "go beyond you" and it works. It seemed a motivating challenge. I thought that by giving the best of myself I could do it. But I had no idea of the price !!!
1 YEAR AFTER ...
After one year, the customer still appears to be the same or, at least, pretends to be the same way. Some customers begin to hate you. the more chance disfavors them. I started to realize that this or that person had lost a lot of understanding and money with me since my first day. So to enjoy themselves, they disparage you, make derogatory remarks about your performance. They accuse you of stealing, suspect you of expressing and wishing them loss. They insult you "wicked; profiteer; demon; cow; small insults, they become sensitive and claim that "you throw their chips, money violently" etc. They become aggressive, disturbed and constantly repeat the same words: "Pay, pay, pay", "let me recover," "give me a nice card," and the dealer will experience this, 100-300-500 times a day. I could never put the player in his place. I could hardly ask him to be polite ... it was not the casino goal that he get angry and leave the table!
It was only after a while that we managed to step back, and see suddenly in what we have just embarked. We must, unfortunately, to have experienced this directly, to understand the insidious workings of the system and their concept of "Customer Service Unparalleled".
I remembered then the first weeks of intensive training where one beside me, during this period, strongly suggested that I see neither my family nor my lover. To put the focus on what I was learning. It shapes us, they indoctrinate, manipulate us. It makes us believe that we are the cream of society. After successful dealer training, they add new training. Conflict management, dress code, etc. We are taught everything except the fact that we will meet the world's misery, disease and vice.
FRAUDULENT PROCESSES
During these intense sessions of "brainwashing", we are taught to detect the proper rhythm of a game. You have to adapt to customers. Each player has his game, his personality and his way of ... spending. You have to make them "spit" it, with almost a hand in their pocket. Do not doubt the enormous influence that the dealer may have on the players! For example, if the customer wins, we will accelerate the speed of the game, so that that the customer rushes and bets higher. The probabilities assure us that the customers luck will not last and that will lose what was gained quickly. When the customer starts to lose, we decrease the tempo, so that they get the impression of losing more slowly, and of having control over his actions. It leaves him time to analyze the current game.
WE INDOCTRINATE AND MANIPULATE
Then there is the animation, the "entertainment". Again, we have to adjust and assess the client's psychological profile. Is the customer there to gain? Is the customer there to just pass the time? Is the customer just there to let off steam? Is the customer there to recover losses? The customer should not feel judged or upset. Instead, he should feel at ease and in control of the situation. Everything that pleases in order to encourage ... the loss. Depending on the player's temperament, the dealer can manage the player's attitude to become compliant. The game is simple. If the player needs to impress, you will be impressionable. If the player needs to be nasty, you will be vulnerable. If the player needs to chat, you will be totally tuned in. Yes, it gets complicated when there are several players, but a good dealer will please all. Even if the customer pours venom, you can not tell them to go to hell. We must be compassionate even if the customer considers you responsible for their losses. I always returned home completely exhausted. The casinos themselves are tireless, insatiable.
How to distribute the money, in chips. to the player, in which denomination, large or small chips, is also an important factor. If the player plays less strong, we will give him the smallest possible chips. When player enters the phase of panic and wants to recover their debts, we will give him big chips. We must see needs ahead without having to express them. He must feel that he manages his own chips. The process is simple. From the amount invested, the dealer soon learns to calculate the gain or loss of the player. With one glance at the chips he has in hand, we know where he is.
The dealers bosses do not bother to give us their impressions: "You have paid a lot in the last hour, slow ... This gentleman seems to like you ... You did not earn much at home today," etc. because It is monitored from everywhere anyway. There were attributed to me "suns", recognizing when I had "taken care" of a good customer. An employee who had the most "suns" was eligible for a prize. There are also statistics on the time you took to mix the cards, to pay and pick up the bets. The casino looks at how you do things. And as in any business, there are the ratings. They take notes on you day and night. They evaluate your performance at all levels. I had not the right to wear a perfume that was worth too much, or jewelry of a certain value, it was unwise to provoke jealousy or suggest that I earned a lot of money. The objective: maximum comfort for good illusions. All this beautiful "customer service" is designed brilliantly, put together with and for a very specific purpose.
SERVING THE CITIZEN
First, if you can not move, the casino organizes buses that will travel back and forth, across region for a symbolic amount of a few dollars, including a meal. We will pick you up wherever you are. Every day, dozens of buses packed with retirees and housewives arrive at our doors. It is impossible to identify how many thousands of dollars have evaporated in my hands.
The immediate environment of the player is controlled to make him forget the passing of time, it surprises you? There is no clock in the casino. Just before the sun sets, supervisors are working to close the shutters and curtains. No longer will you see the difference between day and night. The ergonomics of the seats allows customers to sit for hours without feeling the need to get up. The light does not tire the eyes, of course. The sound machine captivates, enchants. Everything is calculated. Even odors are chosen because their components stimulate the brain and arouse a feeling of well-being and excitement! You do not easily feel fatigue. We bring you everything you need and will monitor you if you are away.
"I've seen people defecate on their chairs. I saw pregnant women play for 24 hours without stopping. I have seen men die of heart attack "
Finally, when you decide to leave the casino, you will cross a path where stands a host of temptations to curb your enthusiasm to leave.
We offer gifts, gratuities and discounts if you are a member of the casino. The more you spend and play longer, the casino will offer you to pay for your hotel room, your meals, your cigarettes and your drinks at the bar. In all, $19.6 million were distributed as promotional allowances each year. I saw people playing $ 100 more to qualify for a pack of cigarettes free!
DEALERS' REALITY
We go from 8 to 12 hours per shift with the same people at 1 meter distance. I saw mothers spend $ 400 for a half hour and walk away with barely enough money to buy school supplies for their children. I've seen people defecate on their chairs. I saw pregnant women play for 24 hours without stopping. I have seen men die of heart attacks. I have seen others cry bitterly. I saw people sleeping outside the front door. I have seen parents play for hours while their children were locked in the car. Victims are often elderly or poor people. What I thought was the most sad thing was to see the good ordinary people like you and me, losing their RRSP and pension funds themselves, who chose my table believing in a better chance. Sometimes they wept before me while continuing to bet. They admitted me to lie to their families about their losses. They threatened to commit suicide. I could not tell them that they may have lost a bit of money and they should take a break or play softer. Never had I the right to suggest anything. Even the customer sometimes threatened to make a complaint if I did not have a good attitude. We can not do anything immediately. Sometimes we had to wait until player renewed the threat just to be certain. I had to wait for my break and go to a supervisor, and he then comforted the customer by offering him a drink or telling him to take a break. But was any professional help available?
From childhood we are taught that we, as citizens, have a civil duty towards our neighbor. We must rescue a person in distress. The bartender must stop serving the too drunk customer. If the bartender does not, he may be prosecuted for criminal negligence. But here, we are therefore required to deny this civil obligation. On the contrary, we must do all do what we can to entertain, motivate and rob the player. We are witnessing helplessly to the downfall of others without doing anything to help them. It's hard on the conscience, a very unhealthy and dehumanizing work environment. It transforms us into pure washing machines, we as government employees. The problem is that the dealers are not machines!
ANYTHING GOES
After two years, I hated them all .... It was completely ridiculous for players to believe they could make money at the casino. After all this time, you have enough experience to know that there is no winner in the long term other than Loto-Québec. I despised them completely. They were all idiots, weak. It was up to them to check, it was for them not to play, it was their problem not mine !!! That's what the bosses want you to think. This is also the best way to get a shell, thick skin enough to be able to ruin humans, day after day. In the hating, I became unreachable. Empathy no longer existed. They deserved their fate. I had become the "dealer of bitter experience".
From the 3rd to the 4th year, I began to falter. I'd become a monster of wickedness and rage. I hated the customers, but above all, hated the dirty job I was doing. I returned home mentally exhausted. I cried almost every day. I wondered about the role I played in the downfall of so many people. Is what I am partly responsible for or complicit in their loss? Do they really deserve their fate? I do want to be become a hypocrite. I had neither pleasure nor hope. My days were limited to maintaining vice, draining poor people, and destroying my personality of 'cheerful little girl'.
And then I understood: The leaders of the League of casinos work much too hard to ruin the world without being blamed. So I cracked. I repelled everyone: the bosses and players. I asserted myself. Every injustice, I expressed myself. I could not let someone insult me. I was encouraging more players to bet. In a short time ... the casino put me out. "You no longer meet the expectations of the casino," they told me. This is the reason they gave and they had, for once, been right!
EMOTIONAL DISTRESS
And yes! As the player suffers, the dealer suffers. How to expect that a human remains balanced if paid and trained to feed the weaknesses of people? How can you keep your sanity when you actively contributed to the downfall of a man and destruction often of a lifetime? Without more help than a phony phone line, the life expectancy of a dealer is not very long (4 years) ...
No former dealer has agreed to accept my statements, fearing reprisals, and those still employed have signed, upon their hiring, a ban on speaking to the media.
My friends the dealers, among them there was major depression. Some had to be committed to care (hospitalized) for a good period. Dozens are under medication. Many of them have developed pathological gambling. Many have sunk into alcoholism or cocaine. Further, as a defense mechanism, they developed obsessive compulsive disorder. Most no longer work for the casino. Most have lost a lot of feathers.
Faced mainly with hard-core gamblers, few dealers are the exception. After some time, the dealer breaks. We leave because $ 20 an hour is not enough to turn us into a crooked thief. We can no longer bear the pain and sickness of players. We have had enough of lying to feel hypocritical and manipulative. What reward have we to gain, for leading people to their loss? What is there more vicious than enjoying the vulnerability of people by focusing on their weakness?
The Quebec government has struck gold to replenish its coffers, like the mafia did not long ago. The difference is that the state has the moral responsibility to the citizen. Loto-Québec has managed to accumulate huge amounts of money because it is run as a private company. The dealers, sent to the front line to execute the contract, has entrusted the government, to his crown corporation: MAKING MAXIMUM MONEY ON THE BACK OF CITIZENS. All blows are allowed, to make a profit, at all costs. The chips are down, anything goes ...
Should we as a society take on the "racket" that our government legalized? Are we willing to sacrifice some of our compatriots to the glory of profit? Psychological distress is increasing, the profits Loto-Québec also; what would you choose?
Eleanor Mainguy
-This Article was originally published in the magazine Summum. Its transcription was kindly authorized by the author, Mrs. Eleanor Mainguy and the editor of Mr. Jean-François Bougie All rights reserved SUMMUM © Copyright 2005 -. No reproduction (partial or total) is permitted without the consent of the author and publisher of this article |
NOTE: As was to be expected Loto-Québec and the syndicate of dealers reject the content of the testimony of Mrs. Eleanor Mainguy ... By cons, what denounces this former croupier are true and verifiable facts that can be substantiated by n 'Any dealer and independent expert.