TORONTO, ON – This holiday season, Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corporation (OLG) has a full suite of holiday lottery products offering a chance to win while also giving back to the community.

New this year, OLG’s MERRY MILLIONS lottery game offers 408 prizes ranging from $1,000 to $1 million and thanks to its raffle-style structure, all prizes are guaranteed to be won. A limited number of tickets are available at OLG retailers across Ontario from now until January 9, 2024. Purchase before December 12, 2023 to get in on a $50,000 Early Bird draw!

“At OLG, we place the customer at the centre of everything we do. Players asked for more chances to win, and we delivered on this request by reimagining existing games and offering new ones like MERRY MILLIONS,” says Nancy Kennedy, OLG’s Chief Lottery and Customer Officer. “This holiday season, OLG offers something for everyone at every price point, blending the excitement of possibilities with the importance of giving back to Ontario communities.”

Like all lottery tickets, all profits from MERRY MILLIONS are reinvested into Ontario to support key government priorities like health care, the treatment and prevention of problem gambling and support for amateur athletes. As one of the largest non-tax revenue generators for the province, OLG delivered $2.5 billion back to Ontario last year, with the sale of lottery tickets making up almost half of that amount.

OLG’s 2023 Holiday Gift Guide

1. NEW MERRY MILLIONS*

Cost: $20

The new MERRY MILLIONS game offers three Early Bird prizes of $50,000 each, three Main Draw prizes of $1 million each, and an additional 402 prizes ranging from $1,000 to $250,000.

Available: November 21, 2023

2. Holiday INSTANT $20 GIFT PACK*

Cost: $20

With a guaranteed minimum win of $5 in every pack, this gift always delivers. It features six top prizes of $100,000 and contains five tickets in every pack including favourites like BINGO DOUBLER and CROSSWORD TRIPLER.

Available November 6, 2023

3. $100 ULTIMATE*

Cost: $100

The $100 ULTIMATE INSTANT game offers OLG’s best odds to become a millionaire — with a 1 in 25,000 chance of winning the top prize. Forty $1 million prizes will be drawn on January 4, 2024.

Available October 2, 2023

4. Gift Cards

Cost: $5 to $100

A Lottery Gift Card is the perfect gift to tuck into a holiday greeting card. Let your adult friends and family choose the games they want to play like draw games, LOTTO MAX, INSTANT and PROLINE by loading a gift card with an amount of your choosing.

OLG reminds parents and adults that all lottery products, including INSTANT tickets, are a form of gambling and are not suitable gifts for children and minors. If you decide to buy lottery gifts for friends and family, please ensure the recipients are at least 18 years of age and older.

*While quantities last. At the time of purchase, some prizes may have already been claimed.

OLG is a crown agency that contributes to a better Ontario by delivering great entertainment experiences for our customers. Acting in a socially responsible way, OLG conducts and manages land-based gaming facilities; the sale of province-wide lottery games; Internet gaming; and the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres. OLG is also helping support the horse racing industry in Ontario. Since 1975, OLG has generated approximately $59 billion to the people and Province of Ontario to support key government priorities like health care; the treatment and prevention of problem gambling; and support for amateur athletes. Each year profits from OLG’s operations also support host communities, Ontario First Nations, lottery retailers and local charities across the province.

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Toronto, ON – Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) today announced it has finalized an agreement with Enwave Windsor Holdings Limited Partnership (Enwave) to provide long-term energy reliability for the Windsor casino.

Enwave has purchased the thermal and electrical assets of OLG’s Windsor Energy Centre (WEC) and will lease the space occupied by the WEC from OLG until at least 2040. In addition, OLG and Enwave have entered into a service agreement that will see Enwave supply hot water and chilled water for the heating and cooling of the West Block of the casino complex, as well as backup electricity to the West Block. As part of the deal, Enwave will be investing in new higher efficiency equipment to improve system performance and reduce the WEC’s carbon footprint.

“OLG is pleased to have reached this agreement with Enwave,” said Pinder Basi, OLG’s Chief Financial and Risk Officer. “The deal provides for the long-term energy needs of the Windsor casino, while allowing OLG to focus on our gaming mandate and our purpose of delivering great entertainment experiences for customers — in Windsor and across Ontario.”

“We are excited to expand our partnership and evolve our long-standing relationship with OLG in the City of Windsor” said Carlyle Coutinho, Chief Executive Officer for Enwave Energy Corporation. “Enwave acquired the North Block plant at the Windsor casino in 2015 and invested further in Windsor’s district assets in 2021. Today marks another new chapter in our relationship and we are proud to showcase our commitment to delivering sustainable and commercial solutions to the City of Windsor. With this acquisition we are able to continue to deliver efficient and reliable energy within the City, supporting the long-term energy needs of the Windsor casino.”

The sale aligns with OLG’s response to a provincial audit report released in 2021, committing to actively explore opportunities for the sale of the WEC assets. The transaction generates greater value for money for OLG than keeping the WEC assets — with an upfront payment, ongoing annual payments, and avoiding future maintenance costs.

About Enwave

Enwave is one of the largest commercial operators of community-based thermal energy systems in North America. We develop reliable, scalable, and sustainable energy solutions tailored to the unique needs of municipalities, commercial developments, universities, hospitals, and residential communities. Our management team has extensive experience in designing, operating, and/or managing a variety of low-carbon, efficient thermal and electrical technologies including lake water cooling, geoexchange, energy from waste, clean biomass, energy from sewage, thermal ice batteries, ambient loops, wind, solar, and combined heat and power.

About OLG

OLG is a crown agency that contributes to a better Ontario by delivering great entertainment experiences for our customers. Acting in a socially responsible way, OLG conducts and manages land-based gaming facilities; the sale of province-wide lottery games; Internet gaming; and the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres. OLG is also helping support the horse racing industry in Ontario. Since 1975, OLG has generated approximately $59 billion to the people and Province of Ontario to support key government priorities like health care; the treatment and prevention of problem gambling; and support for amateur athletes. Each year profits from OLG’s operations also support host communities, Ontario First Nations, lottery retailers and local charities across the province.

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The Windsor Energy Centre (WEC) was constructed in 2008 to support the requirements of a significantly expanded Windsor casino — which included a second hotel tower, conference facilities, entertainment theatre and non-gaming amenities in the West Block of the casino complex.

Currently, the WEC heats and cools the West Block building through thermal energy and supplies limited back up power for life and safety in case of a blackout.

The ongoing maintenance of an energy centre falls outside of OLG’s core business mandate. As a result, OLG is divesting itself of the WEC’s energy assets, a step that aligns with OLG’s response to recommendations in a previous Ontario government audit.  

Enwave Windsor Holdings Limited Partnership (Enwave) has purchased the WEC’s thermal and electrical assets from OLG and, through a service agreement, will supply hot and chilled water for the heating and cooling of the West Block.

The agreement builds on OLG’s existing relationship with Enwave, which currently

occupies space within the basement of the casino complex’s North Block and has been supplying thermal energy, steam and backup electricity to that section of the casino complex since 2015. Through the new service agreement, Enwave will provide these services to the entire Windsor casino campus.

Enwave is an established energy company in Windsor that owns an underground thermal piping network that connects the various municipal, and a few private, buildings in the downtown core, as well as a ‘chilling plant’ for summertime cooling.

OLG is leveraging its existing relationship with Enwave to eliminate its ongoing annual operating expenses for the WEC assets and any potential future capital commitments associated with their upkeep. At the same time, the deal secures heating and cooling arrangements over the long term with a trusted supplier and allows OLG to focus on delivering great entertainment experiences for customers — in Windsor and across Ontario.

OLG is a crown agency that contributes to a better Ontario by delivering great entertainment experiences for our customers. Acting in a socially responsible way, OLG conducts and manages land-based gaming facilities; the sale of province-wide lottery games; Internet gaming; and the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres. OLG is also helping support the horse racing industry in Ontario. Since 1975, OLG has generated approximately $59 billion to the people and Province of Ontario to support key government priorities like health care; the treatment and prevention of problem gambling; and support for amateur athletes. Each year profits from OLG’s operations also support host communities, Ontario First Nations, lottery retailers and local charities across the province.

Play for Ontario – 100 per cent of OLG’s profits are invested in Ontario
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