This course provides gambling awareness information to people who have participated in the Voluntary Self-Exclusion (VSE) program at casinos in Manitoba, PlayNow.com, or at the Cityplace Gaming Centre.
Audience:
Individuals who have participated in the VSE program at casinos in Manitoba, PlanyNow.com, or at the Cityplace Gaming Centre and wish to re-enter.
Description:
This course will assist participants to:
- Understand how gambling works (i.e. basic principles of legalized gambling)
- Identify myths and erroneous beliefs that can foster high risk gambling.
- Appreciate the difference between low risk and high risk gambling practices.
- Review the past and present motivations, as well as entering the VSE program
- Review intentions and decisions about wanting to return to gambling
- Develop a personal plan of action that could include one of the following options:
- Continue to abstain from gambling
- Maintain the current self-exclusion agreement
- Re-enter the casino/gaming centre or online gambling
- Re-enter the casino/gaming centre for entertainment/dinning only
- Be aware of the information and help resources available in Manitoba for people experiencing problems with their gambling
Other Information:
- Time: 12:00pm – 4:00pm
- AFM main office, 1031 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, MB – 2nd floor, Training Room#1
- Please bring ID (and reading glasses if needed)
- Parking on streets only, participants advised to arrive early to find suitable parking
- Late comers will be rescheduled
- To register, please call (204) 944-6368
- This course is also available on-line. Participants need to go to the Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries website under the tab Playing Responsibility, then Voluntary Self-Exclusion (www.manitobalotteries.com/gaming/vse)
Tuition:
None
Course Schedule for 2017:
(12:00pm – 4:00pm)
January 19th, 2017
February 16th, 2017
March 16th, 2017
April 13th, 2017
May 18th, 2017
June 15th, 2017
July 13th, 2017
August 17th, 2017
September 14th, 2017
October 19th, 2017
November 16th, 2017
December 14th, 2017