Court orders Loto-Quebec to reveal gambling-related suicides

A Quebec court has ruled that the province's lottery commission must make public its reports on gambling-related suicides.

The Quebec Court of Appeal's unanimous decision Wednesdayupholds a lower court order for Loto-Québec to hand over internal documents on suicides at its casinos.

The Appeal Court justices didn't even bother hearing from Loto-Québec's lawyers before issuing their ruling.

Loto-Québec has argued that making the documents public could benefit organized crime groups by leaking information about their internal investigations.

Anti-poverty activist Bill Clennett, who has spearheaded the request for the documents several years, welcomed the court's ruling.

Loto-Québec has yet to announce whether it will appeal the decision to the Supreme Court of Canada.