I think it was Chances that bought it out Bubba but I could be wrong ! Happened once before 
But she sure can dance…
Yeah, I must have been wrong. I could swear I heard somewhere from someone reliable that it was the crest, but I must have mixed something up. LOL
it is the casino group…and I have the pay stubs to prove it! Promised us 18months of employment. Then did the magical paperwork and gave us notice. NICE!!! in our pay stubs…for the next week. Because they owned it for less than a year…and after our 3 months probation period etc etc etc…NO SEVERENCE. beautiful way to do business.
The belmont was for sale once the way chances is going they have the cash they
may even bye them out one day.
Chances bought the Rupert Hotel, they also bought Solly’s for the pub license since it had a Beer and wine license attached to it, the plan was for the pub license to be moved to Chances and the beer and wine store to open at 5 corners, problem is the beer and wine store can only be opened if the pub is operating, and the other problem is the pub license for some reason can’t go past McBride street. so basically they didn’t do their homework when they bought Solly’s licenses
Let’s be realistic here – Prince Rupert is not growing in its local population. It’s declining. Chances opened up it’s enormous (relative to Prince Rupert standards) adult entertainment centre. Trouble is that they couldn’t have picked a worse time in the history of Prince Rupert to have done so. They have to make that property work somehow. So long as they pay their taxes under Prince Rupert’s municipal law, then they are playing fair. They haven’t broken any rules. Apparently they are playing by them.
Chances is doing all the right things to control the local entertainment market. They are gobbling up some roadkill around town and shutting them down. As much as many of us might write that we miss Solly’s, that was a dead pub serving in it’s last year or two. Some of these pubs should have shut down long ago and all Chances is doing is speeding up the process.
They bought the Coast Hotel and with that came Johnny B’s, the Underground and the Coast restaurant. All three remain open, however in decreased capacity relative to the decreased consumer base. Still, one cannot say that Johnny B’s is worse under Chances ownership.
And if they have in fact bought the Commercial, another dead spot for evening entertainment, then that fits in with that they are trying to do in town.
My only concern would be if they purcahsed either Breakers, the Belmont or the Crest – wht I would term as hospitaBLE PLACES THAT APPEAR TO BE DOING ALRIGHT FOR THEMSELVES.
Obviously there are a lot of people who disageree with this practice, given Chances inability or unwillingness to pay their taxes, but predatory behaviour in capitalistic societies is very natural. For a corp built on the concept of shaking down the economic retards for spare change, taking a social risk by not paying your taxes and buying other properties to concentrate the market in a small town is like breathing air. They are doing what comes natural. And we should not deny nature its proper course.
Gambling er, sorry, Gaming is not only fun, it’s evolutionary…
It can be fun but for many its a addiction that can distroy lives and the
well being of children.
It certainly is addictive to so many people in this town. Some people have banned themselves. Others pretend that they are “up” in winnings.
I think when they moved into town, some people thought it would be a bit of a tourist attraction, but now they have one in Terrace, so it’s mostly sapping the money out of locals.
I’d rather a game of skill than chance any day.
Go fish anyone?
Well, i think Chances in particular is a rip off.
I know at the River Rock in Richmond (vancouver) the probabilities are muchh better because most of the games are played with a real dealer at a real table.
When your playing on a computer, with a fake dealer. Your obviously gonna win $10 out of $40 put in.
Plus you wont see anyone playing at the computer black jack table, but the human delt table
I personally, only go for drinks and the ocassional $5 black jack table.
The lottery and gambling on slots is another tax for the stupid.
One should never complain…unless one is stupid.
Yet another circle argument.
Wish I had taken a picture of sneakers and bingo bags lined up holding places for people (there was not one person in sight!) at the old Totem Bingo Hall! Now that is a picture of “gambling addiction!” That’s sick!
I thought mmy friend was joking, when she told mme people lined up early in the mmorning waiting for the doors to open at the hall until I saw it with mmy own eyes - a lady holding her post to be first in the door at 830am for doors that wouldn’t open until 330pm!!!
As for people spending outrages ammounts of mmoney wondering why they can’t win - it’s a GAMBLE not a GUARANTEE!!! Evidently a high percentage of people do not observe their limits. You can go into almmost any gammbling establishmment in the world and pick out those that are addicted and those with a horse-shoe up their ass.
After that last post I feel a strange craving for m & m’s…
In 2005 the provincial gov’t released a document about gaming in BC. In that document the North Coast was identified as a problem area. It recommended that meaures to help problem gamblers (councillors etc) be in place before a gaming establishment was operating. When city council voted on allowing Chances in the community they did not look at recommendations made by the province. A complete report was supplied to council via one elected representitive.
That was a set deal well before the voting public and service workers attended that meeting they had at City Hall . I was a no win situation for us voters once again. Everything was in place well before the gathering of the little people. The Provincial Government knew the Mayor in question and all council knew. I have a friend who won five hundred on Keno this past weekend and when she tried to cash it in at the casino , she was told that there was not enough cash on hand…Give me a break !
Depends when it was. Most buisnesses now do cash drops so they don’t keep more than a certian amount in their till. Prevents them losing money if they’re robbed. Sounds logical to me, especially if it was on a weekend.
Well there you go, thanks Bubba now that problem of Chances Playing Fair is solved in a flash .
According to the BCLC website.
Claiming prizes of less than $200
Retailers will pay prizes up to and including $200 on all lotteries, and may, at their discretion, pay prizes up to $999.99.
I was behind a fellow in a line in one of our small stores that sell lottery tickets. He had won just over $1000. He was told that he would have to contact the BCLC office in Kamloops. For a store the size of the I was in, even $500 would be a lot of cash to give out at once.
However, $500 doesn’t seem like a lot for a casino. In fact there are some casinos mentioned (Prince George for one) that will pay up to $10,000.
Not sure what to say about this case, but thems the rules.
In fairness if it was on Friday night or early Saturday there probably was not a lot of cash on hand. I was there and there were a lot of hand pays jackpots plus cashouts. over $20,000) I have heard that there is only so much cash kept in the tills at the cash cage, and if there were a lot of winners it would be understandable that there was a cash shortage. for a period of time.