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The corporation that operates River Rock Casino in Richmond has filed a last-minute court action seeking to block the release to Postmedia News of government documents concerning allegations of money laundering in B.C. casinos.

The documents were scheduled to be disclosed to Postmedia on Tuesday under B.C.’s freedom of information laws. However, a petition filed by Great Canadian Gaming Corp. on Nov. 9 in B.C. Supreme Court asks a judge to bar any further document disclosures related to Postmedia’s freedom of information request until a complaint filed by Great Canadian to B.C.’s Office of Information and Privacy is investigated.

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Great Canadian claims that it was not given proper notice by the provincial government or the chance to argue against the release of information that it claims is confidential to its business operations. The petition also asks a judge to reverse a previous decision by the Privacy Commissioner, in which the commissioner allegedly refused to order B.C.’s Ministry of the Attorney General to halt scheduled document releases to Postmedia.