Prince Edward Island isn’t getting a fair share of profits from the Atlantic Lottery Corporation, Green Party MLA Peter Bevan-Baker charges.The Atlantic Lottery Corporation released its annual report this week, showing a slight dip in profits compared to last year. The total profits the corporation is sharing with Atlantic governments from 2023-2024 totals $487 million, down from slightly more than $500 million the year before.P.E.I. received $26.8 million this year, or $2.5 million less than the province’s cut for 2022-2023.For Bevan-Baker, it’s P.E.I.’s slice of the pie that’s most troubling.”We’re getting a raw deal,” he said. “We’re just not getting our fair share of revenues. And that’s a big problem. It’s an ongoing problem, and it’s been here for some time.”The Green MLA said that while other Atlantic provinces getting back more than 50 per cent of revenues based on gross sales, P.E.I. is not even close, at just 38 per cent.This is not a new complaint from Bevan-Baker,…
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