Report NEWFOUNDLAND
Newfoundland: Operator profile
Operator: Atlantic Lottery Corporation Newfoundland VLTs: 1,938 Information: ALC operates 1,938 VLTs in this province which saw net profits of $122.7m in 2011/12. Background: The four Atlantic provincial governments established ALC in 1976 and since then it has been running lotteries on behalf of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador. ALC was the first company to introduce video lottery into Canada. ALC saw gross ticket sales in 2012 of $626m and net profits of $369m. They operate in total over 3,000 lottery retail terminals, 63 multi purpose retail terminals and 6,957 VLTs.
Combined total of tables, wheels and games shall be 25 maximum
Games can only be played with chips, tokens or play money.
Bets cannot exceed $10 on any wheel spin or individual game of blackjack.
Licence fee is 1% of prize payout except in case of Wheel of Fortune as above or table games where a fee of $5 per game per event is required.
• Sports Total value of tickets or entries sold for one event will not be more than 12 times the total retail value of prizes.
Maximum individual prizes for a time shall not be more than $1,000 and purchase of a single ticket not more than $5.
Licence fee is 1% of prize payout.
HORSE RACING Horse racing is run by privately operated corporations and regulated by the Canadian Pari-mutuel Agency and the Standardbred Canada.
Back in 1961, Newfoundland and Labrador racing enthusiasts decided it
THE ST JOHNS RACING AND
ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE IS THE ONLY PARI-
MUTUEL BETTING TRACK IN THE
PROVINCE WITH 50 YEARS OF
HARNESS RACING.
was time the province had a harness racing track. And so racing began a year later and pari-mutuel wagering in Newfoundland was also born.
The St Johns Racing and Entertainment Centre is located in Goulds and is the only pari-mutuel betting track in the province and this year celebrated 50 years of harness racing. The track has shown positive reports over the last few years saying owners and horse have increased and there are more visitors than before.
The track is run by Jim Whelan and Scott Forward who purchased the 27 acre facility next to Gould’s Third Pond in 2005. Last year the horse owners and
The Atlantic Lottery Corporation was
established by the four provincial
governments of New Brunswick,
Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and
Newfoundland and Labrador. The ALC
has been delivering lottery products for
more than 35 years and last year saw net profits of $369m. Gross tickets sales in
Canada amounted
to $626m in 2011/12 whilst gross profits were $549m.
drivers competed for almost $120,000 over 20 race days which is three times more than competed for in 2007.
The bulk of that money comes from simulcast wagering which took in over $2.5m in on-site and online bets last year. Betting on live races has also increased over the last three years to $10,000 to $40,000 per race day with anything from 10 to 35 race days in a year.
THE ALC The Atlantic Lottery Corporation was established by the four provincial governments of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador.
The ALC has been delivering lottery products for more than 35 years and last year saw net profits of $369m. Gross tickets sales in Canada amounted to $626m in 2011/12 whilst gross profits were $549m.
In total ALC has just over 3,000 lottery retail terminals, some 63 multi purpose retail terminals and 6,957 VLTs.
In 1990 the ALC began the management of the Atlantic Canadian VLT programme and introduced a regulated alternative to what was really an unregulated market at the time. Today the ALC is widely recognised as a world leader in these
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