Slot machines planned for some B.C. ferries

Published 12:01 am Thursday, November 21, 2013

By Peninsula Daily News news services

Slots on ferries

VICTORIA — British Columbia’s financially ailing ferry system will try slot machines on some of its vessels in the next two years.

The slots on ferries from a terminal north of Victoria to one southwest of Vancouver are part of a package announced by provincial Transportation Minister Todd Stone and B.C. Ferries CEO Mike Corrigan.

The package includes fare increases, route cutbacks, elimination of free senior-citizen rides and other moves designed to save $18.9 million ($17.9 million U.S.) in the next two years.

Slot machines will be installed on boats on the Swartz Bay-Tsawwassen route, Stone said.