More than a year after Manitoba’s government announced it would end its “pause” on new gambling operations, the Opposition is asking why there’s been no update on the licensing of any new facilities or VLTs.
The NDP government told the chair of Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries in a late 2023 mandate letter to “lift the pause on gaming expansion in a targeted fashion,” and yet a legislative committee heard Wednesday the government is still in conversations with stakeholders, while some VLTs have been replaced but there’s no plans to add more.
Konrad Narth, the Progressive Conservative critic for Liquor & Lotteries, argued the suspension on gaming expansion hasn’t ended.
