New VLT Tracking Card Announced by Nova Scotia
A new gaming strategy was announced for players at Video Lottery Terminals (VLT's) in Nova Scotia on Friday.
Players will need to use a unique My Play gaming card, which tracks how much they spend, win and lose at the machines.
VLT players will need to use these cards from April 2012, and their founder believes that they will help players keep their gambling under control.
The cards are being produced by Techlink Entertainment.
The President of the group, John Xidos, said: "If people are in the know, and they can see what they're doing, they will control how they game."
"It's like you know, getting your Visa statement on a daily basis, rather than once a month or ever getting it."
There are around 2,230 VLTs in Nova Scotia, besides the nearly 600 at First Nation gaming sites.
Nova Scotia is the only place in Canada so far to use these kinds of cards to track players' gambling habits.
While it has been voluntary until now for players to use the cards, from next year it will be compulsory for them to use them when playing at VLTs.
The central system of the new cards will housed in New Brunswick at the Atlantic Lottery Corporation "which controls every card and player that's in the system," according to Xidos.
