Customer Well-Being

We are committed to helping customers enjoy our products safely and sensibly.
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Our Approach

As fellow Manitobans we care about our customers’ well-being and commit to helping them have positive experiences with our products. We understand this is important for our province and our people, and we know it’s in everyone’s long term best interest to build a healthy and sustainable customer base.

 

Informed Gambling

Helping customers enjoy gambling purely as a great form of entertainment is the goal of Informed Gambling. Informed Gambling aims to dispel commonly held myths, provides information on how the games work and provides our customers with tips to help keep their gaming experience fun.

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DrinkSense

For customers who choose to include alcohol as part of their social life, DrinkSense can help them maintain a lifestyle that includes alcohol mixed with non-drinking days and an understanding of how to minimize short and long term alcohol related risks.

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Help When Needed

We support people who are concerned about their drinking or gambling by referring them to helplines, treatment services, financial counselling and other support services. We also fund organizations that deliver problem gambling and alcohol addiction services in Manitoba to make sure help is available for those who need it.

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Help Support Group

 

Casino staff are trained to help players get accurate information about how gambling works, answer questions related to the Voluntary Self Exclusion program and deliver contact information for services such as the Problem Gambling Helpline. Liquor Mart staff are trained to understand how to refuse service to an intoxicated person, how to identify under age store patrons and how to prevent adults from purchasing liquor for minors.

Lottery retailer training focuses on age identification requirements, player information and the availability of problem gambling support services.

Through the Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Authority of Manitoba, employees at liquor vendors, beer vendors and video lotto (VLT) sites are trained on the responsible sale of alcohol, VLT responsible gambling and player information, as well as problem gambling services.

We use research and evaluation results to make evidence-based decisions and improve the quality and effectiveness of our programs. Research and program evaluations are conducted on our own and with partners provincially and across Canada.

 

61%

DrinkSense

61% of Manitoba consumers of alcohol were aware of the DrinkSense brand, up from 50% last year.

41%

GameSense

41% of Manitoba gamblers were aware of the GameSense brand, up from 36% last year.

$5.1 million

Addictions Foundation

$5.1 million in funding provided to the Addictions Foundation of Manitoba for addictions awareness, treatment and evaluation in 2020/21.

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News releases

Manitoba’s own legal gambling website PlayNow is celebrating its 10th anniversary and since its launch in January 2013, the site has seen considerable growth and success.

Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries (MBLL) today announced that Manny Atwal, President & CEO, is leaving MBLL early in the new year to pursue an opportunity in the private sector.