Report NEW BRUNSWICK NEW BRUNSWICK A HOPEFUL OUTCOME
As with each of the provinces in Canada, gaming in New Brunswick is intrinsically linked with liquor, charities and video lottery terminals, harness racing and casinos
This province is the largest of Canada’s three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is considered bilingual using both French and English languages.
It was also one of the first provinces along with Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia to join together to form the Dominion of Canada back in 1867.
Located in the east of Canada, New Brunswick shares several boundaries with waterways including Chaleur Bay, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Northumberland Strait and the Bay of Fundy. Land borders include Quebec’s Gaspe Peninsula and the narrow Isthmus of Chignecto which connect the provinces to Nova Scotia peninsula whilst in the west it meets the US state of Maine.
Northern New Brunswick is dominated by the Appalachian Mountains and 80 per cent of land is forested whilst the lowlands are mainly in the east and central areas. The urban areas have modern service based economies which are dominated primarily by health care, educational, retail, finance and insurance sectors whilst the rural economy is known for its forestry, mining and fishing industries.
Both fishing and agriculture have seen a decline although mineral production has increased dramatically after the discovery of extensive base metal ore deposits in the 1950s.
Although Fredericton is the capital, Saint John is the historical city and popular cruise ship port whilst Moncton is the fastest growing metropolitan area in the province. The province is divided into five scenic drives whilst other attractions include museums and wildlife parks.
The port of Saint John received 65 cruise ships and welcomed 184,790 passengers last year which has returned to 2009 levels after a peak in 2010.
New Brunswick is one of the most internet connected jurisdictions in the world with broadband access in all of its schools and institutions and more than 90 per cent of homes and business.
February 2013 PAGE 120 in May 2008 the
Gaming Control Act was introduced to provide a new governance structure for
gaming. Under the Act the Lotteries
Commission was transformed into two entities 1) It established the
NBLGC as a crown corporation
responsible for the management of all provincial gaming and 2) transferred the regulatory function of the
former commission
to a new authority – The Gaming
Control Branch
created under the Department of Public Safety - which would
regulate the sector.
The Information and Communications Technology sector is now the second largest sector in the province with around 700 companies involved in this industry generating revenues of $2.1bn annually.
Tourism is critical to New Brunswick and some 34,700 employees work in the tourism sector which represents nine per cent of the labour force. There were 2.9 million visitors to the province in 2010 which contributed around $1.1bn in tourism related spending whilst the total impact of visitor spending or provincial GDP is estimated to be $738m some 3.5 per cent of the GDP.
GAMING MARKET Gaming in New Brunswick began in 1976 when the New Brunswick Lottery Act established the lotteries commission which was able to organise and conduct lottery scheme on behalf of the government.
In 2007 the government launched its new
NEW BRUNSWICK IS ONE OF THE
MOST INTERNET CONNECTED
JURISDICTIONS IN THE WORLD WITH BROADBAND
ACCESS IN ALL INSTITUTIONS.
responsible gaming policy which looked at the reformation of the video lottery programme, new gaming initiatives, enhancement of charitable gaming guidelines and the authorisation of casino gaming in the province.
The Responsible Management, Responsible Play in a Responsible Environment was a strategic approach to change gaming activities offered as there had been little change since the early 1990s when VLTs were initially introduced.
This needed a modernisation of the legislation and so in May 2008 the
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