Despite misgivings about mixing alcohol and gambling, the City of Coquitlam is following other B.C. municipalities in allowing drinking on casino floors.
Mayor Maxine Wilson said Coquitlam took its time in deciding because of fears raised in the previous council about the risk of getting problem gamblers into deeper trouble.
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municipalities receive 10 per cent of casino revenues. There was "a concern that, for people who have problems, that if they had unlimited access to liquor it could impair their judgment," she told CBC News.
Casino operators had complained that they couldn't compete with other Lower Mainland casinos if gamblers had to leave the floor and go to a lounge to drink.
Under provincial regulations, municipalities receive 10 per cent of casino revenues.
Municipalities across province received more than $65 million from that source in the 2005-06 fiscal year, a record figure up nearly 20 per cent from the year before.
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