[ISL] "Secrecy was the name of the game in the e-gaming scandal"

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Teresa Wright of Charlottetown's The Guardian reports about the Prince Edward Island auditor general's report about the many flaws and omissions in the Ghiz government's e-gaming venture. The whole article makes for compelling, if upsetting, reading.

The P.E.I. government’s controversial e-gaming venture was riddled with inappropriate secrecy and an overall disregard for taxpayers’ interests, says the province’s auditor general.

Jane MacAdam’s special audit into the province’s e-gaming scandal was released Wednesday.

It is a scathing indictment of the venture pursued by the former Ghiz administration, which aimed to make Prince Edward Island an Internet gambling regulator for the country.

“Throughout this report, there are numerous examples of non-compliance with legislation, policies and controls,” MacAdam says in her report.

“A number of decisions and actions demonstrated a lack of due regard for transparency and accountability.”