Report BRITISH COLUMBIA British Columbia: Vital Statistics
Capital: Victoria Population: 4.4 million Land Area: 944,735
sq.km Lt. Governor: Steven Point Premier: Christy Clark (Liberal Party) GDP: $191bn Casinos: 17 Casino Slots: 9,727 Table Games: 459 Casino Revenue: $1.3bn Racetracks: 5 Tele-theatres: 22 CGCs: 17 Slots in CGCs: 2,103 CGC Revenue: $289m Bingo Halls: 10 Bingo Seats: 8,481 Lottery Retailers: 4,000 Total Gaming Revenue: $
2.1.bn Online Gaming:
PlayNow.com (revenue $66m) Regulator: Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch -
www.pssg.gov.bc.ca
The 17 casinos are: Billy Barker Casino, Boulevard Casino, Cascades Casino, Royal Towers, Casino of the Rockies, Edgewater Casino, Grand Casino, Royal Diamond Casino, Fraser Downs, Grand Villa, Burnaby Casino, Hastings Park, Kamloops, Kelowna, Nanaimo, Penticton, River Rock Casino, Starlight Casino, Royal City Star Casino, Treasure Cove Casino, Casino Hollywood, Vernon, View Royal and Mayfair.
The PSPs have the following regulations:
• Casino Service Providers are paid an operating commission based on a net win of 25% for slots and 40% for table games. A further three per cent is paid to the Facility Development Commission.
• Service providers receive a commission based on net gambling revenue for either casino, CGC or bingo hall.
• Local governments which host a casino also receive 10 per cent of the net income generated from the slot machines.
• Licence application fees are Class A Casino Service Provider - $100,000 per gaming facility
Class B Casino Service Provider - $50,000 per gaming facility
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In September the BCLC submitted a proposal to the city
of Surrey to relocate the CGC in Newton to a new site in
South Surrey and also develop a casino hotel and
conference centre. This would include 25 gaming tables
and up to 600 slots, four star hotel with 190 rooms, 27,000sq.ft
conference centre
and bars, lounges and parking.
Service provider Gateway Casinos
would develop and operate the facility.
Meanwhile in September the BCLC submitted a proposal to the city of Surrey to relocate the CGC in Newton to a new site in South Surrey and also develop a casino hotel and conference centre. This would include 25 gaming tables and up to 600 slots, four star hotel with 190 rooms, 27,000sq.ft conference centre and bars, lounges and parking. Service provider Gateway Casinos would develop and operate the facility.
The area of Surrey has great potential for such a venue due to location and its
BINGO AND CGCs The BCLC assumed the management of commercial bingo gaming in 2003 and at the time bingo facilities were not very well managed or maintained and revenues had been in decline since the late 1990s.
The BCLC developed the Community Gaming Centres model in 2004 with the aim of developing a new model to maintain player’s interest and the CGCs combine gaming and entertainment options and they can operate bingo
Class C Casino Service Provider - $25,000 per gaming facility
Interestingly the casino sector runs a Patron Gaming Fund which gives customers the option to keep funds in a controlled account for casino gaming and is aimed at high dollar volume regular players. It was piloted in five Lower Mainland casinos in 2010.
Clients can deposit funds via transfer with a minimum deposit of $10,000. The pilot scheme was successful and the GPEB is now looking at how to make the program more accessible to patrons who request it.
status as one of the fastest growing cities in British Columbia.
Kim Steinbert, Senior Communications Officer at BCLC said: “The combination of the existing Fraser Downs Racetrack and Casino and the new proposed facility will better serve the market for gambling entertainment as each will offer a unique mix of entertainment and amenities that will appeal to players in and around Surrey.
“The South Surrey casino is still now in the planning stages and has not yet been approved by the city of Surrey.”
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