Report ONTARIO - CANADA
Walter Bugno, CEO SPEILO
INTERNATIONAL.
ONTARIO LOYAL SUPPORT
Major changes are taking place in the Ontario gaming sector as the currently controlled market prepares for privatisation
As home to Canada’s most populated city, Toronto, and also the nation’s capital, Ottawa, the province of Ontario is the country’s most populated and the fourth largest territory.
It sits in central east Canada and is bordered by Manitoba to the west, Hudson Bay and Quebec in the north and in the south by a 2,700 km border with the US and the states of Minnesota, Michigan, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Although there are no mountains in the province there are uplands plus some 250,000 freshwater lakes, the world’s longest freshwater beach and of course Niagara Falls. Its name comes from Lake Ontario derived from a Huron word meaning ‘great lake’ or ‘beautiful water’.
The province is divided into two regions – Northern Ontario and Southern Ontario and the majority of the 12.8 million people live in the south where the arable land is located. The north is sparsely populated.
Ontario began its economic life with natural resources like fur, timber and
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minerals although today it is Canada’s leading manufacturing province with main products including motor vehicles (30 per cent of international exports), iron, steel, chemicals, paper and machinery whilst its rivers make it rich in hydroelectric energy. Toronto is the centre of Canada’s financial and banking services.
The province accounts for 40 per cent of Canada’s GDP and in 2011 it was $638bn. There is a 7.8 per cent unemployment rate. Meanwhile the number of tourists reached around 103 million in 2010 who spent some $17bn in the province.
GAMING PRIVATISATION There are several changes going on in the Ontario gaming sector as the market prepares for privatisation in what has been a controlled industry.
Back in February 1975 the Ontario Provincial government created the Ontario Lottery Corporation and the first lottery game Wintario was launched in April of the same year. Proceeds were given to the Ministry of Culture and Recreation for the promotion of sports, cultural and recreational activities.
The province
accounts for 40 per cent of Canada’s GDP and in 2011 it
was $638bn. There is a 7.8 per cent unemployment
rate. Meanwhile the number of tourists reached
around 103 million in 2010 who spent some $17bn in the province.
In 1994 the Ontario Casino Corporation was formally established.
In 2000 the government merged the Ontario Lottery Corporation and the Ontario Casino Corporation to form the OLG and today this organisation is responsible for 24 gaming sites and the sale of lottery products across the province.
The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) is an operational enterprise agency which was created under the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation Act 1999 by the government of Ontario and via the Ministry of Finance.
The sector is governed under the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) and the Gaming Control Act 1992 which regulates the gaming and lottery sector. There are several lottery games from Lotto Max, Lotto 6/49, Lotto Advance, Poker Lotto, Ontario 49, Encore and others plus instant games. The company also operates Pro-Line the sport lottery, slots and casinos and charitable gaming events.
Last year the OLG generated some $3.7bn which was given to local and provincial charities, amateur athletic programmes and hospital and health related services.
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