British Columbia’s provincial gambling monopoly is under fire for failing to live up to its own responsible gaming protocols.

On Tuesday, the Canadian Press reported that the British Columbia Lottery Corp (BCLC) had approved online casino games for its PlayNow.com gambling site without performing a mandatory assessment of a game’s impact on problem gamblers.

In an internal report obtained via a freedom of information request, BCLC’s audit branch criticized the crown corporation in March for approving online slot games without completing a corporate social responsibility assessment (CSRA).

The auditors warned that this failure to complete CSRAs “may lead to initiatives conflicting with corporate social responsibility objectives, and may result in negative public perceptions toward BCLC.” More to the point, the failures could put BCLC in violation of advertising standards laid down by the BC Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch.