Responsible Play Information Centres (RPICs) are interactive booths located near the gaming floor in casinos and community gaming centres around the province. They provide information concerning the odds of winning and losing, how particular games work, the concept of randomness and house advantage. Details of services related to problem gambling are also available. Additionally, the booths feature a Responsible Gambling Self-Service Terminal (ReGIe), where people can take a gambling knowledge quiz.
Staffed RPICs are located in the following casinos:
- Boulevard Casino (Coquitlam)
- Lake City Casino (Kelowna)
- Cascades Casino (Langley)
- Starlight Casino (New Westminster)
- Treasure Cove Casino (Prince George)
- River Rock Casino (Richmond)
- Fraser Downs Racetrack Casino (Surrey)
- Edgewater Casino (Vancouver)
- Hastings Park Racecourse (Vancouver)
- Great Canadian Casino View Royal (Victoria)
- Great Canadian Casino Nanaimo (Nanaimo)
Self-service RPICs are also located in all 12 of B.C.’s community gaming centres:
- Chances Campbell River
- Chances Courtenay
- Chances Dawson Creek
- Chances Cowichan (Duncan)
- Chances Fort St. John
- Chances Gaming Entertainment Kamloops
- Chances Gaming Entertainment Kelowna
- Chances Boardwalk Mission
- Chances RimRock (Port Alberni)
- Chances Good Time Prince George
- Chances Prince Rupert
- Chances Signal Point Gaming (Williams Lake)
The Responsible Play Information Centre initiative is a coordinated effort between the Province's Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch and BCLC. The program supports their commitment to ensure the delivery of gaming in a manner that fosters responsible gambling and healthy choices, and reduces incidents of problem gambling and its harmful impacts.
