The Town of Milton has received yet another revenue payment of close to a million dollars from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming (OLG) Corporation.
A fourth-quarter (January to March 2015) non-tax gaming revenue payment of $973,502 was issued to the Town for hosting the OLG Slots at Mohawk Racetrack. This puts the total revenue payments for Milton at more than $90 million.
The Town has received another quarterly payment from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation.
The fourth-quarter payment, covering January to March of this year, totalled $1,325,463 and it’s for Ajax hosting the OLG Slots at Ajax Downs.
HANOVER – A local man is the happy owner of a brand new car thanks to OLG Slots at Hanover Raceway’s License to Win promotion. The finalists for the draw gathered for a banquet last Wednesday at Grey Rose in Hanover before the main event. Vic Morris was the lucky one and will be taking home his choice of one of five GM vehicles.
In other OLG news…
OLG issued a fourth-quarter (January to March, 2014) non-tax gaming revenue payment of $216,149 to the Town of Hanover for hosting OLG Slots at Hanover Raceway last week. To date, Hanover has received more than $11.7 million in non-tax gaming revenue.
Niagara Falls has received $4.5 million in non-tax gaming revenue from Ontario Lottery and Gaming.
The fourth-quarter payment (January to March) of $4,532,010 was issued to the city Tuesday for hosting Casino Niagara and Fallsview Casino.
Since signing a new agreement with the provincial Crown corporation in 2013, Niagara Falls has received more than $42.7 million in non-tax gaming revenue.
SAULT STE. MARIE – The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) today issued fourth-quarter (January to March, 2015) non-tax gaming revenue payments totalling $19,170,543 to 22 municipalities which currently host OLG facilities. To date, host municipalities have received more than $1.1 billion in non-tax gaming revenue.
“Revenues from OLG gaming sites allow host municipalities to invest in and upgrade their infrastructure and support various community organizations and initiatives,” said Charles Sousa, Minister of Finance. “The people of Ontario benefit from these gaming revenues through provincial investment in key public services like health care and education.”
These payments are made under an equitable formula in the Municipality Contribution Agreement that determines the funds municipalities receive for hosting an OLG gaming facility and are based on an escalating scale of gaming revenue that is consistent across all sites in Ontario.
At approximately $2 billion annually, OLG provides the Ontario government with its largest source of non-tax revenue. Modernization will help OLG provide more money to Ontario for hospitals and other government priorities.
In fiscal 2014-2015, the province allocated $115 million in gaming revenue to support charities through the Ontario Trillium Foundation. Every year, the Government of Ontario allocates funding to the province’s problem gambling program for research, treatment and prevention. The amount for fiscal 2014-2015 was $39 million.
OLG is a provincial agency responsible for province-wide lottery games and gaming facilities. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $40 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. OLG’s annual payments to the Province have helped support health care; education, research, prevention and treatment of problem gambling; amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program; and local and provincial charities.
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Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games organizers are trying to light a fire under St. Thomas residents – and they are hoping a visit from the games’ iconic torch will ignite interest in the international sporting event.
Area homebuilder Doug Tarry has been chosen to carry the torch as it makes a stop in the city on June 17.
TORONTO, ON – The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has posted an addendum on the procurement website, MERXTM, which extends the submission deadline for the GTA Gaming Bundle Request for Pre-Qualification (RFPQ).
OLG is extending the GTA Gaming Bundle RFPQ while it works with Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) on the completion of a long-term lease agreement for OLG’s slots facility at Woodbine Racetrack. The GTA represents a key gaming market that includes a significant amount of horse racing activity in Ontario. Securing a long-term lease with WEG will help contribute to a vibrant and sustainable horse racing industry in Ontario while providing more certainty to the market on OLG’s procurement process.
The previous deadline for the RFPQ was April 30, 2015. Applicants will now have until August 27, 2015 to provide OLG with RFPQ submissions.
Throughout the procurement process, OLG has engaged the services of a Fairness Monitor to provide oversight and advice to support integrity and fairness.
At approximately $2 billion annually, OLG provides the Ontario government with its largest source of non-tax revenue. Modernization will help OLG provide more money to Ontario for hospitals and other government priorities.
OLG is a provincial agency responsible for province-wide lottery games and gaming facilities. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $40 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. OLG’s annual payments to the Province have helped support health care; education, research, prevention and treatment of problem gambling; amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program; and local and provincial charities.
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Sault Ste. Marie – Time is running out to claim a WHEEL OF FORTUNE® LOTTO prize worth $100,000for a ticket sold one year ago in Toronto. Players have one year from the original draw date to claim their prize.
The winning Lotto words for the Wednesday, April 30, 2014 WHEEL OF FORTUNE® LOTTO draw wereBears, Deer, Donuts, Pine, Shovel and Snowmobile. Players must match all six words drawn to win the $100,000 prize.
Anyone possessing this ticket should fill in the back portion, sign it and contact the OLG Prize Centre at 20 Dundas Street West in Toronto before 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 30, 2015.
The OLG Prize Centre is now open Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., unless Saturday is a statutory holiday or if there is a statutory holiday on the preceding Friday or the following Monday. For full details on Prize Centre hours and services, please visit the “How to Claim Prizes” section of our website at olg.ca.
Winners of up to $250,000 also have the convenience of dropping off winning tickets for processing at any OLG Casino or at several of OLG Slots at Racetrack facilities. Winning tickets of less than $999.99 can be cashed at these sites. Please call 1-800-387-0098 for more details or for a list of locations.
Information about this and other unclaimed tickets is available by clicking the “Unclaimed Lottery Tickets” Quick Link on the home page of olg.ca.
OLG reminds players that they can check their tickets for winners in a number of convenient ways:
OLG is a provincial agency responsible for province-wide lottery games and gaming facilities. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $40 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. OLG’s annual payments to the Province have helped support health care; education, research, prevention and treatment of problem gambling; amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program; and local and provincial charities.
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COBOURG — Milton Calderon Donefer will represent the Town of Cobourg as its torchbearer when the torch run for the Pam Am Games visits the community on July 4.
A series of events is being planned locally to welcome the torch run and celebrate the cultural spirit of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games.
A Wasaga Beach woman is one of the first to be announced as a local torchbearer in the run-up to this summer’s Pan Am Games in Toronto.
The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation announced Michelle Seip was selected to be part of the torch relay that will be crossing the country later this spring and early summer.
The draw to determine which nations are in which team pool for the Pan Am soccer tournament will be held in Toronto on Friday, April 24.
As it sets the schedule for the “group phase” of a tournament, the draw is usually well-attended and considered a media event.
Two of longtime local residents will hoist the relay torch in June when the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games flame passes through the city.
Gini Stringer, owner of Sunshine Carpet and Flooring, and Spencer Potter, a self-employed title searcher, are among the 3,000 torchbearers selected for the relay who will walk, run and use planes, trains and automobiles.
The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation and President’s Choice has given two locals from Belleville the opportunity to be a Pan Am torchbearer.
Fred Deacon and Kenzo Dozono were selected to carry the torch in the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Torch Relay.
Wounded Canadian soldier Chris Klodt, a resident of Westover, was selected as a Pan Am Games torchbearer in the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Torch Relay.
Klodt, a corporal who was injured while serving in Afghanistan, was chosen through the Ontario Lottery and Gaming (OLG) Corporation’s Pass it ONtario Program
John DeGroot will carry the Pan Am torch when this year’s games’ relay stops in Sarnia in June.
“It’s nice to be able to bring part of the Pan Am excitement to Sarnia,” said the gardening expert, DeGroot’s Nurseries owner and 2014 Sarnia Lambton Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year award winner.
Craig Busch said he has nothing but respect for athletes competing in the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games.
A former Eastview Wildcats rugby player, Busch said he tends to stick to dragon-boat paddling and biking since he ruined his knee on the rugby fields in the late 1970s.
Well-known North Bay local Leaf fan John Strang has been selected as one of the torchbearers for this summer’s Pan Am Games.
Milton native Donna Coulter has been selected to be a Pan Am torchbearer in the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/ Parapan Games.
Jeff Quipp will be a torchbearer for the Pan Am Games this summer.
Past Northern Ontario Business and Sudbury Living Magazine publisher Patricia Mills has been selected as a torchbearer in the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Torch Relay.
A Woodstock woman will represent the Friendly City as a torchbearer in the Pan Am Games torch relay.
“I am elated to have been chosen as a Pan Am torchbearer,” said Diane Langner, past recipient of the Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Manufacturing Award, in a release. “These sporting events are a great way to demonstrate to young people how sports can lead to a healthier, happier life. I look forward to helping build excitement for the games in our community.”
A real estate agent from Wasaga Beach will carry the Pan Am torch through Stayner and Clearview during the torch relay this summer.
Whitby resident Heather Pereira has been selected as a torchbearer in the torch run for the Pan Am Games.
Colin Tyler would have loved to watch his son Clark compete as a rower in the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games
Shannon Prince is the first Pan AmGames Torch Relay torchbearer to be announced for Chatham-Kent.
A Hanover man is one of the latest torch bearers to be named for the Pan Am Games Torch Relay.
John Grant was selected through the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation’s “Pass it ONtario” program.
A KINGSTON MAN HAS BEEN CHOSEN TO CARRY THE FLAME IN THE PAN AM GAMES TORCH RELAY. JORDAN PRIDHAM WAS RECENTLY NAMED “ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR” FOR HIS SMART PHONE AND COMPUTER REPAIR BUSINESS.
Shannon Prince is excited to be named torch bearer for Chatham-Kent’s leg of the relay, leading up to this year’s Pan Am Games in Toronto.