After years of expansion, Loto-Quebec is preparing to pull back on licensing of video lottery terminals, considered by critics to be "the crack cocaine of gambling".
La Presse reports that 1,110 VLTs will be removed from bars and restaurants over the next two years.
The newspaper is claiming some of the credit for the development. It says the government has been under pressure by opposition MNAs since it ran stories during the autumn the connection between VLT access and problem gambling.
La Presse says the elimination of 1,110 gambling machines will cost the government $70-million in revenue.