B.C. judge certifies class-action suit for men denied gambling winnings

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

How do lotteries and casinos work in Canada? Do lottery agents and
casinos make you sign a self-exclusion agreement before playing? I
hope thaat does not spread to the peer 48 (our greedy politicians will
approve anything for a PAC contribution).

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/judge+certifies+class+action+suit+denied+gambling+winnings/7797770/story.html

A judge has certified a class-action lawsuit against the B.C. Lottery
Corporation for two men who were denied their slot machine jackpots
because they had signed voluntary self-exclusion agreements.

The BCLC said Hamidreza Haghdust and Michael Lee could not claim more
than $77,000 they won because of the terms of the Voluntary
Self-Exclusion (VSE) program, which specifies they wouldn’t get any
winnings if they played.

Lawyers for both Haghdust and Lee applied to have a class-action suit
certified, arguing that their clients spent about $200,000 and
$30,000, respectively, seeking to receive the jackpots they were
denied and that the BCLC decision not to pay is “unconscionable and a
breach of contract.”

And this week, B.C. Supreme Court Justice John Savage ruled there were
sufficient grounds to certify a class-action for winners denied
because they were in the self-exclusion program.

“The claims of the class members raise common issues that could
usefully be resolved in the format of a class proceeding,” Savage said
in his reasons, released Wednesday. “The class definition is
appropriate and includes only those who have a common interest in
determining whether the defendant’s withholding of Jackpot prizes was
a breach of contract or an unconscionable trade act or practice.”
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