Report SASKATCHEWAN
Whitecap Dakota First Nation and is a $61m Las Vegas style casino of 85,000 sq.ft, including gaming floor and restaurant, bar and banqueting facilities. There are 575 slots and 18 table games and it is open from 9am until 2am daily or 3am at weekends. This casino is also undergoing an expansion project which will double the number of slots and add a full service bar.
Living Sky Casino is operated by Swift Current tribe and opened at the end of 2008 and is located on the Trans Canada Highway in southwest Saskatchewan. It is the province’s newest casino and houses a theatre, banquet hall and is open from 9am until 2am daily with one million visitors per year. The $35m casino is 50,000 sq.ft and has eight gaming tables and 225 TITO slots.
The casino sector is regulated by the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority which is a treasury board corporation and is also the main distributor and sole licensing agent for the sale of alcohol in the province.
SLGA IS
PLANNING TO INTRODUCE A
FULL NETWORK REPLACEMENT OF 4,000 VLTS AND CENTRAL OPERATING SYSTEM.
There are 700 liquor outlets across the province and SLGA operates 79 liquor stores in 64 communities with 188 small franchises to sell liquor.
It also owns and manages all VLTs and owns and manages the slot machines at the six SIGA casinos.
The casinos slots at the SIGA casino are owned by the SLGA and operated by Western Canada Lottery Corporation (WCLC).
SLGA also regulates and licences most forms of charitable gaming such as bingo, raffles, Monte Carlo events, Texas Hold ‘em Poker, breakopen tickets and horse racing. It also registers all provincial gaming employees and suppliers.
All charitable and religious groups which conduct gaming events are eligible to receive a charitable gaming grant of 25 per cent of net proceeds raised to a maximum of $100,000 annually. Around
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