Expiry Date Extension

Q: WHY ARE YOU EXTENDING THE EXPIRY DATES FOR SOME PRIZE CLAIMS?
A: Lottery customers’ ability to claim prizes may have been affected as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and measures put in place to limit its spread, including the temporary closure of the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto. To allow these customers an opportunity to claim prizes, the expiry date for all prize claims for lottery game tickets that would have otherwise expired from March 17, 2020 up to and including September 17, 2020, have been extended by six months (183 days).

Q: ARE THERE CERTAIN GAMES TO WHICH THIS EXTENSION APPLIES?
A: The expiry date for all prize claims for lottery game tickets that would have otherwise expired from March 17, 2020 up to and including September 17, 2020, have been extended by six months (183 days). This extension applies to all tickets sold through OLG lottery terminals, on PlayOLG.ca and INSTANT tickets. If you have questions about the eligibility of your ticket as it applies to this extension, please contact the OLG Support Centre at 1-800-387-0098.

Q: I HAVE A TICKET THAT EXPIRED BEFORE MARCH 17/WILL EXPIRE AFTER SEPTEMBER 17. DOES THE EXPIRY DATE EXTENSION APPLY TO MY TICKET?
A: This six-month prize claim extension is only applicable to tickets that would have otherwise expired from March 17, 2020 up to and including September 17, 2020. For all other tickets, the expiry date remains as either 12 months from the date of the draw for online games or as indicated on the back of the ticket for INSTANT games.

Q: IS THIS EXTENSION EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY?
A: Yes. If you have a ticket that would have originally expired on or after March 17, 2020 and previously received an “Expired” message when trying to validate it, please try again as we have updated our system to validate affected tickets. If you have questions about the eligibility of your ticket as it applies to this extension, please contact the OLG Support Centre at 1-800-387-0098.

Q: HOW DO I GO ABOUT STARTING MY PRIZE CLAIM?
A: Please attempt to have your ticket validated at a lottery terminal. Prizes up to $999.90 can be paid in-store subject to the availability of cash on site and the retailer’s current cash handling policies. Prize claims up to $49,999.90 can be mailed to the OLG Prize Centre for processing. For prizes of $50,000 or greater, please retain your ticket and contact OLG Support Centre at 1-800-387-0098.

Q: WILL YOU CONSIDER PERMANENTLY EXTENDING EXPIRY PERIODS TO 18 MONTHS FOR ONLINE LOTTERY GAMES?
A: No. This six-month prize claim extension is only applicable to tickets that would have otherwise expired from March 17, 2020 up to and including September 17, 2020. For all
other tickets, the expiry date remains as either 12 months from the date of the draw for online games or as indicated on the back of the ticket for INSTANT games.

Mail-In Prize Claim Limit Increase

Q: WHY HAVE YOU INCREASED THE MAIL-IN PRIZE CLAIM LIMIT TO $49,999.90?
A: As the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto remains temporarily closed to the public, OLG wants to continue to provide our customers with a new option to present prize claims. Effective immediately and until further notice, we have increased the limit for mail-in prize claims to $49,999.90.

Q: WHY CAN’T ALL PRIZE CLAIMS BE SUBMITTED BY MAIL?
A: OLG’s goal is to pay the right prize to the right person, every time. Major prize claims of $50,000 or more require a face-to-face interview and cannot be submitted by mail. At this time, the OLG Prize Centre is closed to the public and so these prize claims cannot be processed. Lottery prizes claims of $50,000 or more may be made once the Prize Centre is re-opened.

Q: WHAT PAPERWORK IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A MAIL-IN PRIZE CLAIM?
A: There are different requirements for mail-in prize claims depending on the prize amount. Please visit the How to Claim Prizes page of OLG.ca for more information about the various requirements for mail-in claims and examples of acceptable identification.

Q: IS THIS INCREASE TO THE MAIL-IN PRIZE CLAIM LIMIT PERMANENT?
A: Effective immediately and until further notice, we have increased the limit for mail-in prize claims to $49,999.90.

Q: HOW DO I CLAIM A PRIZE OF $50,000 OR MORE?
A: Lottery prizes of $50,000 or more may be redeemed once the Prize Centre is re-opened. In the meantime, we can assure our valued customers that all lottery prizes will be redeemed per their terms and conditions on OLG.ca. If you believe you have won a prize of $50,000 or more, please call the OLG Support Centre at 1-800-387-0098.

“President and CEO to Leave OLG after Five Years”

This is to advise that Stephen Rigby has agreed with the Board of Directors that he will leave the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) after five years at the helm. Stephen will remain at OLG until the Summer when a new CEO is confirmed, working with new leadership to ensure a smooth transition.

The Board of Directors thanks Stephen for his outstanding service as the President and Chief Executive Officer of OLG. During that time, OLG has delivered unprecedented value to the Province. OLG’s returns have grown from $1.7 billion in 2015 to nearly $2.5 billion and are on track to attain over $3.0 billion by 2022-23. This growth reflects a healthy and thriving land-based gaming, lottery and digital business.

In land-based gaming, we implemented one of the largest public-private partnership projects in Canada. Through an open, fair and transparent procurement, four operators have been selected to manage the day-to-day operations of casinos, expend capital, and invest in communities throughout Ontario. Since 2015, four new facilities have opened in Belleville, Peterborough, Chatham, and Sarnia, with construction well underway for new casinos in Pickering and North Bay, as well as the Niagara Falls Entertainment Centre. So far, $600 million has been invested by the private sector in new capital, creating 500 new gaming jobs.  By 2023, these investments will grow to $4 billion, creating thousands of new jobs across Ontario.

OLG’s growing returns also reflect a thriving lottery business, with nearly 10,000 points of sale across Ontario lottery retail in support of small business and larger outlets, featuring popular products such as LOTTO MAX. Lottery sales have hit an unprecedented $4 billion under Stephen’s leadership. OLG is now deploying new lottery terminals in each of these locations, marrying state-of-the-art integrity with customer service.

OLG is also making investments in new digital technologies that will transform its online presence, building on PlayOLG which has doubled its customer base in the last 18 months.

While generating more money for the Province to support critical public services, we’ve also served the broader public interest. We invested wisely in our responsible gambling programs which earned global recognition through the World Lottery Association.

At the same time, we’ve put in place historic agreements which fund 1,800 charities province wide, and put horse racing on the path of sustainability, protecting jobs in communities big and small.

As Chair of the Board of Directors, you have my assurance that OLG’s commitment to its business and stakeholder partnerships, and dedication to world-class gaming entertainment is unwavering, today and in the future.

As Chair of the Board, I have launched a process to identify a successor to the outgoing President and CEO. We thank Stephen Rigby for his outstanding tenure which positions OLG for continued success going forward.

Peter M. Deeb
Chair, Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation

OLG is a crown agency that develops world-class gaming entertainment for the Province of Ontario. Acting in a socially responsible way, OLG conducts and manages land-based gaming facilities; the sale of province-wide lottery games; PlayOLG Internet gaming; and the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres. OLG is also helping to build a more sustainable horse racing industry in Ontario. Since 1975, OLG has provided more than $52 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, proceeds from OLG’s operations also support host communities, Ontario First Nations, lottery retailers and local charities across the province.

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Stephen Rigby, OLG’s President and CEO, released the following statement to correct significant inaccuracies in a recently published opinion piece regarding the financial value of the GTA Bundle transaction:

Today, an opinion piece was published which materially and incorrectly assesses and undervalues the financial value of the GTA Bundle transaction. One of the main reasons for this incorrect financial assessment and valuation is that the opinion characterizes the transaction as a simple one-time asset sale with the asset sale purchase price being the only measure of financial value. This is not the case.

The purchase price paid by the Service Provider (Ontario Gaming GTA LP) to OLG is for the gaming assets used to operate the gaming sites in the bundle, such as, gaming equipment and gaming facility leases.  This purchase price is only one minor component of the financial value of the transaction to OLG and the Province. In fact, in addition to receiving the purchase price for the gaming assets, OLG retains all future gaming revenue from the bundle and is no longer responsible for capital and operating costs. Ontario Gaming GTA LP is paid a fee to operate the gaming facilities in the bundle and to invest in its development and growth which will increase revenue to OLG and the Province.

Consequently, as was done in the opinion piece, using only the asset purchase price to calculate the estimated total value of the transaction is incorrect and results in a grossly understated financial value.

In fact, the transaction has been independently evaluated by the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario (FAO). The FAO estimated the total financial benefit to Ontario to be $34. 5 billion over 22 years.

In addition, there will be other economic benefits returned to the Province.  The GTA Bundle is expected to create 3000 to 4000 new jobs as well as approximately $2 billion in capital investment in the region.

It is clear the GTA Bundle transaction creates substantial and lasting financial and economic value for OLG and the people of Ontario.

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The technical issue of April 1, 2018 affecting the printing of lottery tickets at lottery retail locations is now fully resolved.

All lottery transactions have resumed, including HIT OR MISS.

OLG is satisfied that the integrity of lottery games and prize redemption were not affected by the technical issue.

We thank our customers for their patience.

Following a brief suspension of lottery sales this morning, OLG has resumed sales at lottery retailers with the exception of Hit or Miss.

OLG had suspended certain lottery sales as a precautionary measure due to a possible technical issue affecting the printing of lottery tickets which identifies the time a ticket was printed.

OLG continues to investigate the matter. In the meantime, OLG is satisfied that the integrity of lottery games and prize redemption are not affected, and has re-activated all lottery transactions, with one exception being Hit or Miss.

We regret the inconvenience to our customers.

OLG is working as quickly as possible to resolve the issue including the availability of Hit or Miss, and will post regular updates on OLG.ca.

TORONTO, ON – OLG takes the integrity of gaming seriously. OLG has confirmed with B.C. and Ontario regulators that Great Canadian is not under a criminal or regulatory investigation in British Columbia or Ontario for illegal activity involving money laundering. OLG is satisfied that Great Canadian (as part of Ontario Gaming GTA LP) will fulfill the opportunities in the GTA Gaming Bundle in a responsible way.

OLG undertook an open, fair and competitive procurement overseen by a Fairness Monitor in the selection of OGGLP as the service provider for the GTA bundle. In order to maintain the integrity and independence of procurement, the Province does not play a role in any of OLG’s procurement processes, including selecting the service provider for the GTA. Any regulatory or criminal investigation, sanctions or charges against Great Canadian would have required disclosure to OLG under our procurement process.

Like any gaming operator in Ontario, Great Canadian is registered with the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO).   AGCO performs extensive and independent due diligence into current and past business conduct before registering any gaming operator. In addition, AGCO examines a gaming operator’s ability to act in accordance with the law, with integrity, honesty, and in the public interest.

OLG is working closely with BCLC, our counterpart in B.C., as well as regulators to exchange current information.  OLG continues to monitor developments in B.C. and if other issues arise, OLG will respond accordingly.

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is helping to build a more sustainable horse racing industry in Ontario. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $47 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

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The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) today released its Corporate Social Responsibility Report (CSR) for fiscal year 2015-16. The CSR report serves as a measure of OLG’s contribution and impacts that make life better for people across Ontario.

“Corporate social responsibility has been a part of OLG’s culture for over four decades,” said Paul Pellizzari, Executive Director, Policy and Social Responsibility at OLG. “OLG’s 2015-16 CSR report demonstrates how OLG makes Ontario a better place to live and our commitment to offering great games and destinations.”

OLG delivered more than $2.2 billion in net profit to the Ontario government in 2015-16 – money the government uses to support vital services Ontarians rely on. The report highlights OLG’s accomplishments in key areas of social responsibility including building public trust; addressing social impacts of gambling; supporting OLG employees; strengthening Ontario’s communities; and reducing OLG’s environmental impact. It also highlights the development and launch of PlaySmart, OLG’s education and player support program, which builds positive play habits into the gaming experience of every player.

OLG’s full 2015-2016 CSR report is available on OLG.ca.

SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – OLG (Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation) is pleased to announce the five-year extension of its contract with Pollard Banknote Limited (Pollard Banknote) to print lottery Instant tickets. The extended contract will increase the current contract value by approximately $100 million.

Over the next five years, OLG expects to purchase more than one billion Instant tickets from Pollard, who in turn will increase jobs at its Instant Ticket Finishing Plant in Sault Ste. Marie from the current 65 positions to 100 full-time positions by January 31, 2018. Wages at Pollard are also expected to grow by an additional $1.2 million.

“OLG is committed to maintaining strong partnerships with private sector companies like Pollard Banknote to help us deliver a great experience to customers and to generate increased revenue for the Province. This partnership adds to our skilled lottery operations, headquartered in Sault Ste. Marie,” said Stephen Rigby, President and CEO of OLG. “Our continued partnership with Pollard Banknote will allow OLG to maintain the excellent integrity levels in terms of ticket specifications and security that we have come to expect from Pollard and which are required to support the growing lottery business.”

Pollard Banknote has increased their production volumes over fivefold and doubled their employee levels at their Sault Ste. Marie finishing plant since becoming OLG’s primary Instant ticket supplier in 2007. This growth reflects the development of Ontario’s lottery business and the strong results achieved by its employees in Sault Ste. Marie.

“Pollard Banknote remains a strong partner of OLG, and we are committed to the City of Sault Ste. Marie and to generating funds for good causes in the province of Ontario,” said Douglas Pollard, Co-CEO of Pollard Banknote. “We are very proud of our growth in Sault Ste. Marie. Our Sault operation has been an innovation leader in our company, developing new methods to drive our manufacturing efficiency. And we are thrilled that the leadership and hard work of our dedicated staff are being rewarded with this contract extension and the additional jobs being created in Sault Ste. Marie.”

In 2015-2016, OLG’s lottery sales were a record $3.8 billion. Instant tickets such as Bingo, Crossword and Cash for Life are a significant part of OLG’s lottery business with annual sales of over $1.1 billion.

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is helping to build a more sustainable horse racing industry in Ontario. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $44 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

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SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Limited (Gateway) will be appointing a new Regional Director to be based in Sault Ste. Marie. The Regional Director will manage the operational performance of gaming facilities in OLG’s (Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation’s) North Gaming Bundle after Gateway takes over day-to-day operations, expected to take place in the coming weeks. The Regional Director will work closely with the general managers of each gaming facility in the North to ensure high-performing gaming operations in each of the host communities.

“Gateway is looking forward to expanding our footprint in the North and working closely with our new OLG colleagues in Sault Ste. Marie,” said Keith Andrews, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Ontario at Gateway. “Up to this point we’ve been working very hard to transition the properties and the employees, but very shortly our focus will turn to being on the ground in the Sault, talking to local decision makers, and benefitting from the depth of experience in Ontario gaming operations found in the Sault.”

Gateway is expected to sign a 20-year Casino Operating and Services Agreement (COSA) with OLG in the coming weeks, after which Gateway will be responsible for the day-to-day gaming operations of the North Gaming Bundle which includes Casino Sault Ste. Marie, Casino Thunder Bay, OLG Slots at Sudbury Downs, as well as planned new builds in North Bay and Kenora.

“Partnerships with the private sector, like Gateway, will help ensure the best possible gaming experience for customers and will leverage our gaming expertise in the Province, headquartered in Sault Ste. Marie,” said Greg McKenzie, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at OLG. “We are pleased that Gateway has chosen to locate this strategic position in Sault Ste. Marie, which will help set up the North Bundle for success now and in the future.”

Gateway also operates the gaming facilities in the Southwest Gaming Bundle which includes Gateway Casinos in Clinton, Dresden, Hanover, London, Point Edward and Woodstock.

About Gateway Casinos & Entertainment
Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Limited (“Gateway”) is the largest and most diversified gaming company in Canada. Operating in British Columbia, Edmonton and Southwestern Ontario, Gateway has over 5,200 employees and operates 23 gaming properties with 248 tables, over 8,400 slots, 54 restaurants and bars and 272 hotel rooms. As the selected service provider in Northern Ontario, Gateway will add an additional three properties and two new planned builds to the portfolio when fully transitioned and developed. Gateway is undertaking an ambitious growth strategy to dramatically improve the customer experience and attract new customers. This includes the development of proprietary food and beverage brands like Match Eatery & Public House and Atlas Steak + Fish. This year Gateway is celebrating 25 years in the business of gaming and entertainment in Canada. Further information is available at www.gatewaycasinos.com.

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SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – Time is running out to claim a LOTTO 6/49 prize worth $1,000,000 for a ticket sold one year ago in Windsor. Players have one year from the original draw date to claim their prize.

The winning selection for the Wednesday, May 25, 2016 LOTTO 6/49 Guaranteed Prize Draw was 4 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 8 – 9 – 9 – 6 – 01. Players must exactly match the Guaranteed Prize Draw Selection to win the $1 million 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, May 25, 2017.

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 page on 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 visiting the Unclaimed Tickets page on olg.ca.

OLG reminds players that they can check their tickets for winners in a number of convenient ways:

• Check the winning numbers on olg.ca.
• Call our WIN! Line at 416-870-8946 (Toronto area) or toll free at 1-866-891-8946 (outside Toronto area).
• Use the easy self-serve Ticket Checker at your lottery terminal retailer. Simply insert the ticket, barcode side up, and wait for the message to appear on the Ticket Checker’s screen.
• Sign up on olg.ca for winning numbers to be emailed to you.
• Pick up a winning numbers printout from your lottery terminal retailer.
• Sign your ticket and ask a lottery retailer to check it for you.

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SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – Time is running out to claim an ENCORE – ONTARIO 49 prize worth $100,000 for a ticket sold one year ago in Markham. Players have one year from the original draw date to claim their prize.

The winning numbers for the Wednesday, May 25, 2016 ENCORE – ONTARIO 49 draw were 0 – 8 – 3 – 2 – 0 – 1 – 7. Players must match the last six of the seven numbers drawn in exact order 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, May 25, 2017.

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 page on 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 visiting the Unclaimed Tickets page on olg.ca.

OLG reminds players that they can check their tickets for winners in a number of convenient ways:

• Check the winning numbers on olg.ca.
• Call our WIN! Line at 416-870-8946 (Toronto area) or toll free at 1-866-891-8946 (outside Toronto area).
• Use the easy self-serve Ticket Checker at your lottery terminal retailer. Simply insert the ticket, barcode side up, and wait for the message to appear on the Ticket Checker’s screen.
• Sign up on olg.ca for winning numbers to be emailed to you.
• Pick up a winning numbers printout from your lottery terminal retailer.
• Sign your ticket and ask a lottery retailer to check it for you.

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is helping to build a more sustainable horse racing industry in Ontario. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $44 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

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TORONTO, ON – Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has signed a 20-year Casino Operating and Services Agreement (COSA) with Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Limited (Gateway). Under the agreement, Gateway takes over day-to-day operations and the assets of the Southwest Gaming Bundle, effective today.

The Southwest Gaming Bundle includes:

• OLG Slots at Western Fair District
• OLG Slots at Clinton Raceway
• OLG Slots at Dresden Raceway
• OLG Slots at Hanover Raceway
• OLG Slots at Woodstock Raceway
• OLG Casino Point Edward

On December 13, 2016, OLG announced it had selected Gateway as the service provider for the Southwest Gaming Bundle. Since then, OLG and Gateway have been working towards concluding a Transition and Asset Purchase Agreement and entering into the COSA.

OLG has worked with Gateway to help ensure that transferring employees have a smooth and seamless transition. This includes the requirement for Gateway to retain transferring employees for a period of no less than 12 months in their current position and geographic location, and to provide eligible employees with benefits and a registered pension plan.

At more than $2.2 billion annually, OLG provides the Ontario government with its largest source of non-tax revenue. Modernization helps OLG provide more money to Ontario for key government services.

Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Limited (Gateway) is the largest and most diversified gaming company in Canada. Operating in British Columbia, Edmonton and Southwestern Ontario, Gateway has over 5,200 employees and operates 23 gaming properties with 248 tables, over 8,400 slots, 54 restaurants and bars and 272 hotel rooms. As the selected service provider in Northern Ontario, Gateway will add three properties and two new planned builds to the portfolio when fully implemented.  Gateway is undertaking an ambitious growth strategy to dramatically improve the customer experience and attract new customers. This includes the development of proprietary food and beverage brands like Match Eatery & Public House and Atlas Steak + Fish. This year Gateway is celebrating 25 years in the business of gaming and entertainment in Canada. Further information is available at www.gatewaycasinos.com.

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is helping to build a more sustainable horse racing industry in Ontario. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $44 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

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BRANTFORD, ON – Employees at OLG Casino Brantford have hit the jackpot when it comes to keeping garbage out of area landfills.

A recently completed waste audit conducted by Spinnaker Recycling Corp. for OLG Casino Brantford’s facilities department reveals the casino has exceeded the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change goal by diverting 82 per cent of the waste generated at the gaming site from landfills. More than 123,000 kilograms of waste including plastic, paper and corrugated cardboard was diverted. As a comparison, a waste audit completed in 2015, found only 19 per cent of the waste generated at the casino was reused or recycled.

“I am so proud of the entire team at the casino,” said Eddy Day, General Manager of OLG Casino Brantford. “To keep 82 per cent of the waste generated by our 24/7 operation out of the area landfills is not an easy feat but it was done due to the dedication of all employees. We will continue working on reducing our waste footprint even further.”

The results are due to a number of programs supported by OLG’s ‘Bet On Green’ initiatives:

• The recycling program allows the site to divert plastic, paper and corrugated cardboard
• Participation in Terracycle brigades enabled the site to divert cigarette waste, nitrile, latex gloves and writing instruments
• An annual electronic waste drive helps divert  e-waste products including television sets, computers and old appliances
• Proper disposal of light bulbs
• The ‘Return” program allows OLG Casino Brantford to recycle beverage bottles and wood skids
• The site recycles 100 per cent of the generated kitchen grease
• The ‘Organic Waste Diversion’ program segregates organic waste at source, including food waste and paper towels, and the waste is used as compost feed stock
• Participation in the ‘Waste to Energy’ program enables the site to use sanitary waste to generate energy
• The site installed energy efficient hand dryers in washrooms in 2016 which has already reduced the amount of paper towels used and waste generated by more than 5,300 kilograms

In February 2016, OLG Casino Brantford received Silver Certification in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) from the Canada Green Building Council.

About OLG’s Bet on Green Program

OLG promotes environmental awareness to employees through the ‘Bet On Green’ program, designed to lessen the environmental impact of OLG’s operations, increase green awareness among customers and employees, and become a global leader in energy-efficient gaming.

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is helping to build a more sustainable horse racing industry in Ontario. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $44 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

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SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) today issued fourth-quarter (January to March, 2017) non-tax gaming revenue payments totalling $23,338,464 to 24 communities which currently host OLG facilities. To date, host communities have received more than $1.33 billion in non-tax gaming revenue.

“Revenue from OLG gaming sites provide host communities more funding to support important local infrastructure and community programs,” said Charles Sousa, Ontario’s Minister of Finance. “These funds also help support other public services for people across the province like health care and education.”

These payments are made under an equitable formula that determines the funds communities 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 2016-2017, 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 2016-2017 was $38 million.

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is helping to build a more sustainable horse racing industry in Ontario. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $44 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

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SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – Time is running out to claim a LOTTO MAX prize worth $159,177.80 for a ticket sold one year ago in Brampton. Players have one year from the original draw date to claim their prize.

The winning numbers for the Friday, March 18, 2016 LOTTO MAX draw were 6 – 8 – 15 – 24 – 26 – 39 – 44 with Bonus number 40. Players must match six of the seven main numbers, plus the Bonus number to win the $159,177.80 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 Monday, March 20, 2017.

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 page on 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 visiting the Unclaimed Tickets page on olg.ca.

OLG reminds players that they can check their tickets for winners in a number of convenient ways:

• Check the winning numbers on olg.ca.
• Call our WIN! Line at 416-870-8946 (Toronto area) or toll free at 1-866-891-8946 (outside Toronto area).
• Use the easy self-serve Ticket Checker at your lottery terminal retailer. Simply insert the ticket, barcode side up, and wait for the message to appear on the Ticket Checker’s screen.
• Sign up on olg.ca for winning numbers to be emailed to you.
• Pick up a winning numbers printout from your lottery terminal retailer.
• Sign your ticket and ask a lottery retailer to check it for you.

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is leading the integration of horse racing into the provincial gaming strategy. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $44 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

All for Here – 100 per cent of OLG’s proceeds are invested in Ontario
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SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – Time is running out to claim a LOTTO 6/49 prize worth $103,577.50 for a ticket sold one year ago in the Hamilton area. Players have one year from the original draw date to claim their prize.

The winning numbers for the Wednesday, March 16, 2016 LOTTO 6/49 draw were 1 – 3 – 7 – 16 – 17 – 37 with Bonus number 35. Players must match five of the six main numbers, plus the bonus number to win the $103,577.50 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, March 16, 2017.

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 page on 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 visiting the Unclaimed Tickets page on olg.ca.

OLG reminds players that they can check their tickets for winners in a number of convenient ways:

• Check the winning numbers on olg.ca.
• Call our WIN! Line at 416-870-8946 (Toronto area) or toll free at 1-866-891-8946 (outside Toronto area).
• Use the easy self-serve Ticket Checker at your lottery terminal retailer. Simply insert the ticket, barcode side up, and wait for the message to appear on the Ticket Checker’s screen.
• Sign up on olg.ca for winning numbers to be emailed to you.
• Pick up a winning numbers printout from your lottery terminal retailer.
• Sign your ticket and ask a lottery retailer to check it for you.

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is leading the integration of horse racing into the provincial gaming strategy. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $44 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

All for Here – 100 per cent of OLG’s proceeds are invested in Ontario
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TORONTO, ON – Ontario’s Charitable Bingo and Gaming Revitalization initiative is marking an important milestone in Toronto. More than $4 million has been raised and has benefited the 65 charities which are part of the Delta St. Clair Bingo Sponsors’ Association as a result of the revitalization of charitable bingo and gaming.

This program, which began over a decade ago, is delivered through a partnership between Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG), the Ontario Charitable Gaming Association (OCGA), the Commercial Gaming Association of Ontario (CGAO), local charities and gaming and bingo centre operators.

Delta Bingo and Gaming hosted the official celebration for the $4 million milestone, as this location converted to a Charitable Gaming Centre in 2014. Today’s event was attended by Cristina Martins, MPP Davenport, Cesar Palacio, Toronto City Councillor, Ward 17, Frances Nunziata, Toronto City Councillor, Ward 11, Cam Johnstone, CEO, Delta Bingo and Gaming, Rick Gray, Vice President, Charitable Gaming at OLG, and Lynn Cassidy, Executive Director of the Ontario Charitable Gaming Association.

“I am proud to take part in today’s celebration to acknowledge the tremendous support that has been provided to our community for more than two years,” said Cristina Martins, MPP Davenport. “It is quite an achievement to raise $4 million to benefit local charities and non-profit organizations within our community. I want to commend the staff at Delta Bingo and Gaming, OLG, and most importantly, the many charities and their volunteers who have helped reach this milestone and continue to make Toronto a great community.”

“Cultural organizations, service clubs, support services and sports associations in the community receive important financial support thanks to the Charitable Bingo and Gaming Revitalization program,” said Cesar Palacio, Toronto City Councillor, Ward 17. “These groups are essential to the quality of life that our residents enjoy.”

“Our community always looks for ways to contribute to the greater good,” said Frances Nunziata, Toronto City Councillor, Ward 11. “Without the funds raised and the volunteers at Delta Bingo and Gaming, the ongoing contribution to the community would not be possible.”

“OLG is proud of the Charitable Bingo and Gaming Revitalization initiative and the role we play in providing sustainable revenue sources to the charities that serve the City of Toronto,” said Rick Gray, Vice President, Charitable Gaming at OLG.

“Today is celebrating the wonderful success of Charitable Gaming in Toronto,” said Lynn Cassidy, Executive Director of the OCGA. “This initiative is making a big difference to many local charities that provide important programs and services.”

Background on Charitable Gaming in Ontario

In the past 10 years, OLG has been working with the CGAO and the OCGA to revitalize the province’s Charitable Bingo and Gaming industry. By developing and introducing new products and technologies that have invigorated the traditional charitable gaming experience, more money has been generated for thousands of local charities across the province. The revitalization initiative is preserving and enhancing funding for charities across Ontario while creating economic benefits, including employment opportunities at local charitable gaming centres.

A pilot program was started in 2005 to test electronic versions of existing paper-based bingo games with six charity bingo centres in five communities in Ontario.

Following the success of this pilot project, a phased rollout of a new suite of electronic games was introduced to other charitable gaming sites in the province. This started in 2012. The new charitable games offer customers more choice, and complement existing paper bingo games:

• Electronic Bingo: Charitable Gaming Centres offer terminals with touch screens that allow players to touch the screen to dab the numbers and play along.
• Play on Demand (POD): A collection of electronic games that can be played anytime, with great prizes to be won.
• Tap Tix: The evolution of the classic Break Open Ticket features an interactive display screen on a ticket dispenser.

The new games allow Charitable Gaming Centres to offer more customer choice and appeal to a broader demographic, while providing a different gaming entertainment experience from traditional bingo.

In total, 31 Charitable Gaming Centres have raised more than $140 million in additional money for local charities and their communities.

As part of the revitalization, OLG assisted in introducing Responsible Gambling Resource Centres (RGRC’s) at all of the 31 Charitable Gaming Centres. The RGRC’s, managed by the Responsible Gambling Council of Ontario, offer effective educational tools and resources to build awareness and understanding of the risks associated with, and strategies to prevent, problem gambling.

Each RGRC has information available on the following topics:

• Safer play strategies
• Gambling myths and facts
• Community agencies that support people with gambling concerns

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is leading the integration of horse racing into the provincial gaming strategy. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $44 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

All for Here – 100 per cent of OLG’s proceeds are invested in Ontario
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SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – Time is running out to claim an ENCORE – LOTTARIO prize worth $100,000 for a ticket sold one year ago in Scarborough. Players have one year from the original draw date to claim their prize.

The winning numbers for the Saturday, February 13, 2016 ENCORE – LOTTARIO draw were 0 – 9 – 1 – 0 – 5 – 6 – 1. Players must match the last six of the seven numbers drawn in exact order 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 Monday, February 13, 2017.

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 page on 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 visiting the Unclaimed Tickets page on olg.ca.

OLG reminds players that they can check their tickets for winners in a number of convenient ways:

• Check the winning numbers on olg.ca.
• Call our WIN! Line at 416-870-8946 (Toronto area) or toll free at 1-866-891-8946 (outside Toronto area).
• Use the easy self-serve Ticket Checker at your lottery terminal retailer. Simply insert the ticket, barcode side up, and wait for the message to appear on the Ticket Checker’s screen.
• Sign up on olg.ca for winning numbers to be emailed to you.
• Pick up a winning numbers printout from your lottery terminal retailer.
• Sign your ticket and ask a lottery retailer to check it for you.

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is leading the integration of horse racing into the provincial gaming strategy. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $44 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

All for Here – 100 per cent of OLG’s proceeds are invested in Ontario
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TORONTO, ON – Ontario’s Charitable Bingo and Gaming Revitalization initiative is marking an important milestone in Newmarket. More than $3 million has been raised and has benefited local charities in the region as a result of the revitalization of charitable bingo and gaming.

This program, which began over a decade ago, is delivered through a partnership between Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG), the Ontario Charitable Gaming Association (OCGA), the Commercial Gaming Association of Ontario (CGAO), local charities and gaming and bingo centre operators.

Bingo World Newmarket hosted the official celebration for the $3 million milestone, as this location converted to a Charitable Gaming Centre in 2013. Today’s event was attended by Chris Ballard, MPP Newmarket-Aurora, Minister of Housing and Minister Responsible for the Poverty Reduction Strategy, John Taylor, Deputy Mayor of Newmarket and Regional Councillor, Diane Gartshore, Director of Charitable Gaming at OLG, and Lynn Cassidy, Executive Director of the Ontario Charitable Gaming Association.

“I am impressed with the work that has been done locally through the revitalization of Charitable Gaming,” said Chris Ballard, MPP Newmarket – Aurora. “It is quite an achievement to raise $3 million to benefit local charities and non-profit organizations within our community. I want to commend the staff at Bingo World Newmarket, OLG, and most importantly, the many charities and their volunteers who have helped reach this milestone and continue to make the Town of Newmarket a great community.”

“To date, Newmarket charities and not-for-profit organizations have received $3 million  from the Charitable Gaming initiative with Ontario Lottery and Gaming, supporting mental health services, services to children and families, health research, and many more charitable and non-profit organizations,” said Tony Van Bynen, the Mayor of Newmarket. “Newmarket continues to look for ways to help the community and contribute to the social responsibility for the greater good. Without the funds raised and the Newmarket volunteers, the ongoing contribution to the community would not be possible. Thank you to the Province for recognizing our efforts as well as those that have contributed to the 35 charities and not-for-profit organizations in one way or another.”

“OLG is proud of the Charitable Bingo and Gaming Revitalization initiative and the role we play in providing sustainable revenue sources to the charities that serve the City of Newmarket,” said Diane Gartshore, OLG’s Director of Charitable Gaming.

“Today is celebrating the wonderful success of Charitable Gaming in Newmarket.” said Lynn Cassidy, Executive Director of the OCGA. “This initiative is making a big difference to many local charities that provide important programs and services.”

Background on Charitable Gaming in Ontario

In the past 10 years, OLG has been working with the CGAO and the OCGA to revitalize the province’s Charitable Bingo and Gaming industry. By developing and introducing new products and technologies that have invigorated the traditional charitable gaming experience, more money has been generated for thousands of local charities across the province. The revitalization initiative is preserving and enhancing funding for charities across Ontario while creating economic benefits, including employment opportunities at local charitable gaming centres.

A pilot program was started in 2005 to test electronic versions of existing paper-based bingo games with six charity bingo centres in five communities in Ontario.

Following the success of this pilot project, a phased rollout of a new suite of electronic games was introduced to other charitable gaming sites in the province. This started in 2012.  The new charitable games offer customers more choice, and complement existing paper bingo games:

• Electronic Bingo: Charitable Gaming Centres offer terminals with touch screens that allow players to touch the screen to dab the numbers and play along.
• Play On Demand (POD): A collection of electronic games that can be played anytime, with great prizes to be won.
• Tap Tix: The evolution of the classic Break Open Ticket features an interactive display screen on a ticket dispenser.

The new games allow Charitable Gaming Centres to offer more customer choice and appeal to a broader demographic, while providing a different gaming entertainment experience from traditional bingo.

In total, 31 Charitable Gaming Centres have raised more than $140 million in additional money for local charities and their communities.
As part of the revitalization, OLG assisted in introducing Responsible Gambling Resource Centres (RGRC’s) at all of the 31 Charitable Gaming Centres.  The RGRC’s, managed by the Responsible Gambling Council of Ontario, offer effective educational tools and resources to build awareness and understanding of the risks associated with, and strategies to prevent, problem gambling.

Each RGRC has information available on the following topics:

• Safer play strategies
• Gambling myths and facts
• Community agencies that support people with gambling concerns

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is leading the integration of horse racing into the provincial gaming strategy. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $44 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

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SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) today issued a third-quarter (October to December, 2016) non-tax gaming revenue payment of $26,732,737 to 23 communities which currently host OLG facilities. To date, host communities have received more than $1.31 billion in non-tax gaming revenue.

“OLG provides host communities with significant revenue each year that helps them invest in local priorities such as infrastructure, programs and services that benefit Ontario families,” said Charles Sousa, Ontario’s Minister of Finance. “Along with supporting local development, these funds also benefit Ontario’s vital public services such as 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 2016-2017, the province has 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 2016-2017 is $38 million.

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is leading the integration of horse racing into the provincial gaming strategy. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $44 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

All for Here – 100 per cent of OLG’s proceeds are invested in Ontario
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TORONTO, ON – Today, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has released a Request for Information (RFI) to seek information and advice from the market on a new player platform. The RFI is an early step in OLG’s plan to develop and implement a revised modernization approach to Lottery that ensures its technology and product solution are responsive to changing customer needs.

OLG is exploring how upgrades to its current technology infrastructure can improve the ways it connects with customers online and at retail. A new player platform would add to OLG’s existing digital presence by enhancing capability in areas like player registration, responsible gambling controls and player accounts.

Through modernization, OLG is seeking a way to unlock opportunities to create greater value for Ontario within a framework of social responsibility. At more than $2.2 billion annually, OLG provides the Ontario government with its largest source of non-tax revenue.

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is leading the integration of horse racing into the provincial gaming strategy. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $44 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

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TORONTO, ON – Today, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) marks the close of the Niagara Gaming Bundle Request for Pre-Qualification (RFPQ).

OLG will now undertake its due diligence in evaluating the RFPQ submissions. From the submissions, OLG will select the proponents eligible to receive the Request for Proposal (RFP) documents for the Gaming Bundle.

To OLG, the integrity of its procurement process is of the utmost importance. Throughout the procurement process, OLG has engaged the services of a Fairness Monitor to provide oversight and advice.

At more than $2.2 billion annually, OLG provides the Ontario government with its largest source of non-tax revenue. Modernization helps OLG provide more money to Ontario for key government services.

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is leading the integration of horse racing into the provincial gaming strategy. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $44 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

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TORONTO, ON – Following a competitive procurement process, Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has selected Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Limited (Gateway) as the service provider for the North and Southwest Gaming Bundles.

“Today’s announcement of a service provider for the North and Southwest Gaming Bundles is a significant step forward in OLG’s modernization,” said Stephen Rigby, OLG’s President and CEO. “The investments Gateway will make in the bundles will help ensure the best possible gaming experience for customers while OLG continues to deliver on its commitment to the people and Province of Ontario.”

“We are very excited and pleased to partner with OLG in the modernization of Ontario’s gaming industry,” said Tony Santo, Gateway’s Chief Executive Officer. “In northern and southwestern Ontario, Gateway will work with host communities to bring our unique brands and experiences to customers. On behalf of the 4,000 Gateway employees, we look forward to welcoming OLG colleagues to our team.”

“In 2017, Gateway will celebrate 25 years in the business of gaming and entertainment,” said Gabriel de Alba, Gateway’s Executive Chairman. “Expanding into Ontario is truly an exciting and significant way to mark this important milestone in our company’s history.”

OLG has entered into a Transition and Asset Purchase Agreement with Gateway for each of the North and Southwest Gaming Bundles, which set out the customary closing conditions to be satisfied for OLG and Gateway to enter into a 20-year Casino Operating and Services Agreement (COSA) for each of the bundles. Under the COSAs, Gateway will take over day-to-day operations of:

Southwest

• OLG Slots at Western Fair District
• OLG Slots at Clinton Raceway
• OLG Slots at Dresden Raceway
• OLG Slots at Hanover Raceway
• OLG Slots at Woodstock Raceway
• OLG Casino Point Edward

North

• OLG Casino Thunder Bay
• OLG Casino Sault Ste. Marie
• OLG Slots at Sudbury Downs

OLG expects that the service provider will take over day-to-day operations in spring 2017.

In addition, as the service provider for the North Gaming Bundle, Gateway will have the opportunity to build two new gaming and entertainment facilities, one in the N4 Gaming Zone (Kenora area) and one in the N5 Gaming Zone (North Bay). The proposed new facilities will be subject to required approvals, including the provincial government.

OLG employees will transfer to the new service provider and OLG will work with Gateway to ensure they have as smooth and seamless a transition as possible. This includes a requirement for the service provider to retain employees for a period of no less than 12 months in their current position and geographic location, and to provide eligible employees with benefits and a registered pension plan.

While Gateway will be responsible for the day-to-day gaming operations in the bundles, OLG will continue to:

• Conduct and manage gaming in the bundles
• Require compliance with applicable regulations set out by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO)
• Be the owner of key player information
• Uphold the standards of its Responsible Gambling program through the service provider, including the self-exclusion program
• Distribute Contribution Agreement payments to host communities

Gateway is required to follow all applicable laws and regulations, as well as AGCO standards and rigorous Responsible Gambling standards.

To OLG, the integrity of its procurement process is of the utmost importance. Throughout the procurement process, OLG has engaged the services of a Fairness Monitor to provide oversight and advice.

Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Limited (Gateway) is one of the largest and most diversified gaming companies in Canada. Operating in Western Canada, Gateway has over 4,000 employees and operates 18 gaming properties with 222 tables and over 6,700 slot machines. With business partners, Gateway operates 43 restaurants and 1,000 hotel rooms. Gateway is undertaking an exciting redevelopment strategy to dramatically improve the customer experience and attract new gaming customers. This includes the development of proprietary food and beverage offerings like Match Eatery & Public House and Atlas Steak + Fish. In 2017, Gateway will celebrate 25 years in the business of gaming and entertainment in Canada. Further information is available at www.gatewaycasinos.com.

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is leading the integration of horse racing into the provincial gaming strategy. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $44 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

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OLG is continuing its procurement process to modernize lottery and gaming in Ontario by selecting Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Limited (Gateway) as the service provider for the North and Southwest Gaming Bundles.

OLG has entered into Transition and Asset Purchase Agreements with Gateway, which set out the customary closing conditions to be satisfied for OLG and Gateway to enter into 20-year Casino Operating and Services Agreements (COSAs) for the North and Southwest Gaming Bundles.

Under the COSAs, Gateway will take over day-to-day operations of the gaming sites in the bundles.

GAMING BUNDLE	GAMING ZONE	CURRENT OLG GAMING SITE	HOST COMMUNITY
North	N1	OLG Slots at Sudbury Downs	Sudbury
	N2	OLG Casino Sault Ste. Marie	Sault Ste. Marie
	N3	OLG Casino Thunder Bay	Thunder Bay
	N4	Proposed new facility	Kenora area
	N5	Proposed new facility	North Bay
Southwest	SW3	OLG Slots at Woodstock Raceway	Woodstock
	SW4	OLG Slots at Western Fair	London
	SW5	OLG Slots at Clinton Raceway	Central Huron
	SW6	OLG Slots at Dresden Raceway	Chatham-Kent
	SW7	OLG Slots at Hanover Raceway	Hanover
	SW8	OLG Casino Point Edward	Point Edward

For more details on OLG’s procurement process for the modernization of lottery and gaming, including Gaming Zone maps, visit: http://about.olg.ca/modernization-project-status-rfp/

 

WHAT IS THE CASINO OPERATING AND SERVICES AGREEMENT?

Currently, OLG and Gateway are operating under a temporary transitional agreement that allows the two parties to work together to share knowledge and help position Gateway for success. This transition period is expected to end in spring 2017.

Once the transition is complete, OLG and Gateway will sign the COSAs. These contracts allow Gateway to assume responsibility for the day-to-day operation of the sites.

Gateway is the service provider for both bundles, subject to customary closing conditions and pending the execution of the COSAs.

 

OLG’S MODERNIZATION

In July 2010, OLG was asked by the Ontario government to complete a comprehensive, strategic review of the lottery distribution network and land-based gaming sites. The review resulted in a report to government called Modernizing Lottery and Gaming in Ontario. In March 2012, OLG announced its modernization plan.

OLG is engaging the private sector to help build a new model for lottery and gaming in Ontario. OLG’s modernization will expand private sector participation in the industry, which will ensure greater efficiencies because:

• Service providers will be able to focus on delivering certain day-to-day operations, while OLG maintains control and accountability
• Capital costs of expanding, improving and maintaining gaming facilities will be taken on by the private sector, not the government

Through modernization, OLG will:

• Become more customer focused
• Expand the regulated role of the private sector in the day-to-day operations of lottery and gaming
• Renew its role in the conduct and management of lottery and gaming

Under section 207 (1) (a) of the Criminal Code of Canada, only OLG (as an agent of the Province) is permitted to conduct and manage gaming in Ontario. That is why OLG will continue its conduct and manage role and will remain the operating mind behind the delivery of gaming and lottery in Ontario.

As service providers take over certain day-to-day operations of lottery and gaming, OLG will continue to:

• Conduct and manage lottery and gaming
• Require compliance with applicable regulations set out by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO)
• Be the owner of key player information
• Uphold the standards of its Responsible Gambling program through service providers, including the self-exclusion program
• Distribute Contribution Agreement payments to host communities.

Once modernization is fully implemented, it will provide additional revenue to the Province to support vital services Ontarians rely on. At the same time, Ontario will continue to be a North American leader in responsible gambling, supporting the research, prevention and treatment of problem gambling.

 

OLG’s Gaming Procurement Process

Modernization is a significant transformation of a government agency. The plan is ambitious and complex.

OLG’s modernization procurement process will lead to long-term contracts with service providers. OLG needs to ensure proper due diligence in order to select service providers from among the best and most qualified proponents.

Since its initial launch, modernization has evolved in response to further consultation with industry experts through the Request for Information (RFI) and Request for Pre-Qualification (RFPQ) processes, collaboration with municipalities across Ontario and public policy adjustments.

OLG has made significant progress by:

• Completing an RFI process for lottery and land-based gaming
• Issuing RFPQs for lottery and land-based Gaming Bundles
• Successfully procuring a service provider for iGaming and launching the PlayOLG online gaming platform
• Launching the revitalization of charitable gaming
• Working with the horse racing industry and government to build the foundation for a more sustainable horse racing industry in Ontario
• Completing the RFP process for the East, North and Southwest Gaming Bundles and launching the RFP process for the GTA, West GTA and Ottawa Gaming Bundles
• Issuing the RFPQ for the Niagara Gaming Bundle and the RFP for the Niagara Falls Entertainment Centre

On September 9, 2015, OLG announced it had selected Ontario Gaming East LP as the service provider for the East Gaming Bundle. Ontario Gaming East LP took over certain day-to-day operations of OLG Casino Thousand Islands and OLG Slots at Kawartha Downs on January 11, 2016.

 

What is a Request for Pre-Qualification (RFPQ)?

RFPQs help OLG determine the skills and abilities of potential service providers.

Through a public tendering system (MERXTM), interested proponents are asked to submit information on their operational experience, financial and technical attributes and capabilities, including proof of successful experience with similar projects. In addition, the proponents must provide information on business and other relationships that they have had with First Nations and First Nations communities.

Interested proponents must also register with the AGCO or have submitted an application for registration.

The RFPQ process results in OLG identifying pre-qualified proponents eligible to receive the RFP documents—the next step in OLG’s procurement process.

 

What is a Request for Proposal (RFP)?

In the RFP stage, pre-qualified proponents are invited to bid on a specific opportunity through a competitive and transparent procurement process. RFPs are confidential and only distributed to the proponents that are pre-qualified during the RFPQ stage.

The RFP process will result in OLG selecting a service provider for each Gaming Bundle, subject to customary closing conditions and pending the execution of the COSA.

 

What are Gaming Zones?

In order to effectively manage the gaming market in Ontario, OLG identified Gaming Zones where existing or new gaming facilities would be permitted, subject to required approvals, including the provincial government.

Gaming Zones are geographic areas where a single gaming facility may be located. The location and design of these Gaming Zones is intended to ensure a sustainable and efficient gaming market in Ontario.

The boundaries of Gaming Zones across the province were determined by a gravity model—a business tool commonly used for modeling supply and demand within a given geographic area. The model looked at a number of factors to determine where there is customer demand for a gaming facility, including:

• Proximity of a Gaming Zone relative to other Gaming Zones and gaming facilities
• Proximity of a Gaming Zone to current and potential customers
• Distance a customer is willing to travel to reach a gaming site

Within each Gaming Zone, service providers will be permitted to assume certain day-to-day operations for an existing facility and possibly expand the site, establish a new facility if one does not currently exist, or relocate the existing facility within the boundaries of the Gaming Zone, all subject to approvals.

Only one gaming facility is permitted within each Gaming Zone.

 

What are Gaming Bundles?

To enable OLG to more effectively manage the gaming market in Ontario, OLG grouped some Gaming Zones into Gaming Bundles—each representing a separate bidding opportunity.

As a result, for some gaming RFPQs, potential proponents have been asked to demonstrate their ability to operate multiple facilities in a given region or geographic area of the province.

Gaming Bundles are intended to create opportunities for service providers to be more efficient by operating multiple facilities in a given region.

 

What are the next steps for the remaining Gaming Bundles?

OLG expects to release procurement documents for the remaining Gaming Bundles in the coming months.

Interested proponents who pre-qualify through the RFPQ process will be invited to participate in the RFP stage of the procurement process. The successful service provider for the applicable Gaming Bundle will be selected from this group.

 

Communities and OLG’s Modernization

Municipal and community choice is an important element of OLG’s modernization. OLG will only locate gaming facilities where there is support to do so from the municipal council or the First Nation band council. OLG has always been clear that it will respect the decision of a municipality or First Nation band council regarding hosting a new gaming site, or relocating or expanding an existing one.

When it comes to gaming facilities, OLG’s approach to potential and current host municipalities and host reserves across Ontario has been consistent.

The municipal council or First Nations band council must pass a resolution confirming their interest in hosting a gaming facility.

Where a municipal council or First Nations band council has included conditions as part of its resolution for gaming in its community, such as restrictions on the movement or expansion of a gaming site, OLG will ensure service providers are aware of such conditions during the RFP phase of the procurement process.

The municipal council or the First Nations band council then works with the selected service provider to determine the location of a new gaming site, if one is proposed and permitted.

As has always been the case, adding table games at a gaming site that currently has none, relocating a current gaming site or building a new gaming site can only occur where there is municipal or band council consent and a viable business case put forth by a service provider, which is subsequently approved by OLG.

Any new gaming site, introduction of table games at a gaming site that currently has none, or the proposed relocation of an existing gaming site, is subject to final approval from the Ontario government.

 

Horse Racing

OLG is working with the horse racing industry and the Ontario government to build the foundation for a more sustainable industry in Ontario by:

• Creating a business model that is focused on stability
• Providing advice to the government on long-term funding
• Partnering with the industry to optimize branding and build public awareness about horse racing
• Developing new horse-themed lottery and gaming products

OLG is also providing provincial support by sharing its expertise and helping to direct the industry to adopt a Responsible Gambling program.

The Government of Ontario has extended support to the horse racing industry, formerly known as the Horse Racing Partnership Funding Program, by two years. The extension will provide up to $100 million annually to the industry.

Ontario Racing is currently holding consultations with the industry, which will result in recommendations to the government on a long-term funding arrangement.

Ensuring a strong future for horse racing is a priority for OLG and a key part of modernization.

 

OLG’s Conduct and Manage Role

OLG will continue its role in the conduct and management of gaming in Ontario.

To fulfill this role, OLG will retain control over lottery and gaming, but will expect service providers to deliver many of the services related to the day-to-day operation of lottery and gaming.

 

World’s Best Responsible Gambling Program

OLG will continue to work within the Province’s overall problem gambling strategy to contribute to the prevention and mitigation of problem gambling through its Responsible Gambling program, which was ranked number one in the world by the World Lottery Association in 2014.

OLG will also require service providers to follow the Responsible Gambling Standards that OLG has developed.

 

Ensuring a Competitive Procurement Process

OLG is following the Ontario government’s procurement guidelines to ensure that its procurement process is fair and competitive.

OLG has engaged an impartial Fairness Monitor throughout the process to provide oversight on the integrity and fairness of its procurement process.

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TORONTO, ON – Ontario’s Charitable Bingo and Gaming Revitalization initiative is marking an important milestone in Peterborough. More than $11 million has been raised and has benefited local charities in the region as a result of the revitalization of charitable bingo and gaming.

This program, which began over a decade ago, is delivered through a partnership between Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG), the Ontario Charitable Gaming Association (OCGA), the Commercial Gaming Association of Ontario (CGAO) and local gaming and bingo centre operators.

Delta Bingo & Gaming Peterborough hosted the official celebration for the $11 million milestone, as this location converted to an eBingo facility in 2005. Today’s event was attended by Jeff Leal, MPP- Peterborough and Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs,  Daryl Bennett, Mayor of Peterborough, Rick Gray, Vice President of Charitable Gaming at OLG, and Lynn Cassidy, Executive Director of the Ontario Charitable Gaming Association.

“I am proud to take part in today’s celebration to acknowledge the tremendous support that has been provided to our community for more than 10 years,” said Jeff Leal, MPP, Peterborough and Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. “The dollars raised have gone directly to local charities which in turn have helped so many in our community. I want to commend the Charitable Gaming Revitalization program and the Ontario Charitable Gaming Association on this amazing milestone.”

“Service clubs, support services, cultural organizations and sports associations in Peterborough receive important financial support thanks to the Charitable Bingo and Gaming Revitalization program,” said Daryl Bennett, Mayor of Peterborough. “These groups are essential to the quality of life that our residents enjoy in the Peterborough Region.”

“OLG is proud of the Charitable Gaming Revitalization program and the role we play in providing sustainable revenue sources to the charities that serve the City of Peterborough,” said Rick Gray, OLG’s Vice President of Charitable Gaming.

“Today is celebrating the wonderful success of Charitable Gaming in Peterborough.” said Lynn Cassidy, Executive Director of the OCGA. “This initiative is making a big difference to many local charities that provide important programs and services.”

 

Background on Charitable Gaming in Ontario

In the past 10 years, OLG has been working with the CGAO and the OCGA to revitalize the province’s Charitable Bingo and Gaming industry. By developing and introducing new products and technologies that have invigorated the traditional charitable gaming experience, more money has been generated for thousands of local charities across the province. The revitalization initiative is preserving and enhancing funding for charities across Ontario while creating economic benefits, including employment opportunities at local charitable gaming centres.

A pilot program was started in 2005 to test electronic versions of existing paper-based bingo games with six charity bingo centres in five communities in Ontario.

Following the success of this pilot project, a phased rollout of a new suite of electronic games was introduced to other charitable gaming sites in the province. This started in 2012.  The new charitable games offer customers more choices and complements existing paper bingo games:

• Electronic Bingo: Charitable Gaming Centres offer terminals with touch screens that allow players to touch the screen to dab the numbers and play along.
• Play On Demand (POD): A collection of electronic games that can be played anytime, with great prizes to be won.
• Tap Tix: The evolution of the classic Break Open Ticket features an interactive display screen on a ticket dispenser.

The new games allow Charitable Gaming Centres to offer more customer choice and appeal to a broader demographic, while providing a different gaming entertainment experience from traditional bingo.

In total, 31 Charitable Gaming Centres have raised more than $135 million in additional money for local charities and their communities.

As part of the revitalization, OLG assisted in introducing Responsible Gambling Resource Centres (RGRC’s) at all of the 31 Charitable Gaming Centres.  The RGRC’s, managed by the Responsible Gambling Council of Ontario, offer effective educational tools and resources to build awareness and understanding of the risks associated with, and strategies to prevent, problem gambling.

Each RGRC has information available on the following topics:

• Safer play strategies
• Gambling myths and facts
• Community agencies that support people with gambling concerns

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is leading the integration of horse racing into the provincial gaming strategy. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $44 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

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TORONTO, ON – Just in time for the holiday season, OLG is introducing a convenient new gift giving option in the form of Lottery Gift Cards. In a recent survey, nearly 40 per cent of Ontarians said gift cards are at the top of the list of gifts they purchase for family and friends.

Ontarians now have two different types of Lottery Gift Card options to choose from:

Lottery Gift Cards can be purchased at any dollar value from $5 to $100 at participating lottery retailers. They can be redeemed over an extended period of time for any lottery product.

or

LOTTO 6/49 and LOTTO MAX single use Gift Cards. LOTTO 6/49 Gift Cards can be purchased for $20 and LOTTO MAX Gift Cards are available for $30 each. Each of these cards can be redeemed once for one Quick Pick play plus ENCORE for five consecutive draws. Available for purchase at participating lottery retailers as well as at participating grocery stores and major big box retailers in existing gift card racks.

“We are excited to offer Ontarians this easy and convenient gift giving option,” said Wendy Montgomery, Vice President, Lottery Marketing and Sales. “It is the first time that lottery products can be purchased with gift cards from OLG, and could become the gift that keeps on giving!”

Gift Cards can only be redeemed for use at participating lottery retailers by individuals 18 years of age or older. To learn more about Lottery Gift Cards, LOTTO 6/49 and LOTTO MAX Gift Cards, visit www.olg.ca/lotteries/giftcards.

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SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – Time is running out to claim an ENCORE – LOTTO 6/49 prize worth $100,000 for a ticket sold one year ago in Toronto. Players have one year from the original draw date to claim their prize.

The winning numbers for the Wednesday, November 25, 2015 ENCORE – LOTTO 6/49 draw were 1 – 7 – 3 – 1 – 4 – 5 – 9. Players must match the last six of the seven numbers drawn in exact order 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 Friday, November 25, 2016.

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:

• Visit the Winning Numbers page on olg.ca.
• Call our WIN! Line at 416-870-8946 (Toronto area) or toll free at 1-866-891-8946 (outside Toronto area).
• Use the easy self-serve Ticket Checker at your lottery terminal retailer. Simply insert the ticket, barcode side up, and wait for the message to appear on the Ticket Checker’s screen.
• Sign up on olg.ca for winning numbers to be emailed to you.
• Pick up a winning numbers printout from your lottery terminal retailer.
• Sign your ticket and ask a lottery retailer to check it for you.

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is leading the integration of horse racing into the provincial gaming strategy. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $44 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

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The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) is working with its operator after a site-specific cyberattack at Casino Rama.

The hackers accessed Casino Rama’s internal computer systems resulting in the theft of customer, employee and vendor information.

This cyberattack is contained to the Casino Rama site, as its computer systems are not linked to OLG or other casino gaming facilities in Ontario.

We continue to work with Casino Rama, the gaming regulator, and law enforcement to ensure that all necessary steps are being taken to investigate, and contain the incident.

OLG is working to ensure that those affected get the assistance they need under these difficult circumstances.

Customers, employees and stakeholders are being notified, and measures have been put in place to provide up-to-date information and support.

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TORONTO, ON – The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has issued Request for Proposal (RFP) documents to pre-qualified proponents selected to bid on the Ottawa Area Gaming Bundle.

Today’s announcement is the latest step in OLG’s ongoing modernization and builds on two recent procurement announcements: the release of the RFPQ for the Niagara Gaming Bundle (October 13) and the release of the RFP for the West GTA Gaming Bundle (October 20).

The RFP for the Ottawa Area Gaming Bundle will enable OLG to select one service provider to run certain day-to-day gaming operations at OLG Slots at Rideau Carleton Raceway, the only gaming site in the bundle.

To OLG, the integrity of the procurement process is of the utmost importance. Public procurements involve information of a commercially sensitive nature. As a result, details of the RFP documents and names of pre-qualified proponents will not be released by OLG while the process is ongoing.

Additionally, there will be no further communication by OLG about the RFP for this bundle until the selected service provider is announced. OLG expects to announce the successful service provider in spring 2017.

At more than $2.2 billion annually, OLG provides the Ontario government with its largest source of non-tax revenue. Modernization helps OLG provide more money to Ontario for key government services.

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is leading the integration of horse racing into the provincial gaming strategy. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $44 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

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Gaming Zone	Current OLG Gaming Site	Host Community
E4	OLG Slots at Rideau Carleton Raceway	Ottawa

For more details on OLG’s procurement process for the modernization of lottery and gaming, including Gaming Zone maps, visit: http://about.olg.ca/modernization-project-status-rfp/

OLG’s Modernization

In July 2010, OLG was asked by the Ontario government to complete a comprehensive, strategic review of the lottery distribution network and land-based gaming sites. The review resulted in a report to government called Modernizing Lottery and Gaming in Ontario. In March 2012, OLG announced its modernization plan.

OLG is engaging the private sector to help build a new model for lottery and gaming in Ontario. OLG’s modernization will expand private sector participation in the industry, which will ensure greater efficiencies because:

• Service providers will be able to focus on delivering certain day-to-day operations, while OLG maintains control and accountability
• Capital costs of expanding, improving and maintaining gaming facilities will be taken on by the private sector, not the government

Through modernization, OLG will:

• Become more customer focused
• Expand the regulated role of the private sector in the day-to-day operations of lottery and gaming
• Renew its role in the conduct and management of lottery and gaming

Under section 207 (1) (a) of the Criminal Code of Canada, only OLG (as an agent of the Province) is permitted to conduct and manage gaming in Ontario. That is why OLG will continue its conduct and manage role and will remain the operating mind behind the delivery of gaming and lottery in Ontario.

As service providers take over certain day-to-day operations of lottery and gaming, OLG will continue to:

• Conduct and manage lottery and gaming
• Require compliance with applicable regulations set out by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO)
• Be the owner of key player information
• Uphold the standards of its Responsible Gambling program through service providers, including the self-exclusion program
• Distribute Municipality Contribution Agreement payments to host communities

Once modernization is fully implemented, it will provide additional revenue to the Province to support vital services Ontarians rely on. At the same time, Ontario will continue to be a North American leader in responsible gambling, supporting the research, prevention and treatment of problem gambling.

OLG’s Gaming Procurement Process

Modernization is a significant transformation of a government agency. The plan is ambitious and complex.

OLG’s modernization procurement process will lead to long-term contracts with service providers. OLG needs to ensure proper due diligence in order to select service providers from among the best and most qualified proponents.

Since its initial launch, modernization has evolved in response to further consultation with industry experts through the Request for Information (RFI) and Request for Pre-Qualification (RFPQ) processes, collaboration with municipalities across Ontario and public policy adjustments.

OLG has made significant progress by:

• Completing an RFI process for lottery and land-based gaming
• Issuing RFPQs for lottery and land-based Gaming Bundles
• Successfully procuring a service provider for iGaming and launching the PlayOLG online gaming platform
• Launching the revitalization of charitable gaming
• Working with the horse racing industry and government to build the foundation for a more sustainable horse racing industry in Ontario
• Completing the RFP process for the East Gaming Bundle and launching the RFP process for the North, Southwest, GTA and West GTA Gaming Bundles
• Issuing the RFPQ for the Niagara Gaming Bundle and the RFP for the Niagara Falls Entertainment Centre

On September 9, 2015, OLG announced it had selected Ontario Gaming East LP as the service provider for the East Gaming Bundle. Ontario Gaming East LP took over certain day-to-day operations of OLG Casino Thousand Islands and OLG Slots at Kawartha Downs on January 11, 2016.

What is a Request for Pre-Qualification (RFPQ)?

RFPQs help OLG determine the skills and abilities of potential service providers.

Through a public tendering system (MERXTM), interested proponents are asked to submit information on their operational experience, financial and technical attributes and capabilities, including proof of successful experience with similar projects. In addition, the proponents must provide information on business and other relationships that they have had with First Nations and First

Nations communities.

Interested proponents must also register with the AGCO or have submitted an application for registration.

The RFPQ process results in OLG identifying pre-qualified proponents eligible to receive the RFP documents—the next step in OLG’s procurement process.

What is a Request for Proposal (RFP)?

In the RFP stage, pre-qualified proponents are invited to bid on a specific opportunity through a competitive and transparent procurement process. RFPs are confidential and only distributed to the proponents that are pre-qualified during the RFPQ stage.

The RFP process will result in OLG selecting a service provider for each Gaming Bundle, subject to customary closing conditions and pending the execution of the Casino Operating and Services Agreement (COSA).

What are Gaming Zones?

In order to effectively manage the gaming market in Ontario, OLG identified Gaming Zones where existing or new gaming facilities would be permitted, subject to municipal and provincial government approvals.

Gaming Zones are geographic areas where a single gaming facility may be located. The location and design of these Gaming Zones is intended to ensure a sustainable and efficient gaming market in Ontario.

The boundaries of Gaming Zones across the province were determined by a gravity model—a business tool commonly used for modeling supply and demand within a given geographic area. The model looked at a number of factors to determine where there is customer demand for a gaming facility, including:

• Proximity of a Gaming Zone relative to other Gaming Zones and gaming facilities
• Proximity of a Gaming Zone to current and potential customers
• Distance a customer is willing to travel to reach a gaming site

Within each Gaming Zone, service providers will be permitted to assume certain day-to-day operations for an existing facility and possibly expand the site, establish a new facility if one does not currently exist, or relocate the existing facility within the boundaries of the Gaming Zone, all subject to approvals.

Only one gaming facility is permitted within each Gaming Zone.

What are Gaming Bundles?

To enable OLG to more effectively manage the gaming market in Ontario, OLG grouped some Gaming Zones into Gaming Bundles—each representing a separate bidding opportunity.

As a result, for some gaming RFPQs, potential proponents have been asked to demonstrate their ability to operate multiple facilities in a given region or geographic area of the province.

Gaming Bundles are intended to create opportunities for service providers to be more efficient by operating multiple facilities in a given region.

What are the next steps for the remaining Gaming Bundles?

OLG expects to release procurement documents for the remaining Gaming Bundles in the coming months.

Interested proponents who pre-qualify through the RFPQ process will be invited to participate in the RFP stage of the procurement process. The successful service provider for the applicable Gaming Bundle will be selected from this group.

Communities and OLG’s Modernization

Municipal and community choice is an important element of OLG’s modernization. OLG will only locate gaming facilities where there is support to do so from the municipal council or the First Nation band council. OLG has always been clear that it will respect the decision of a municipality or First Nation band council regarding hosting a new gaming site, or relocating or expanding an existing

one.

When it comes to gaming facilities, OLG’s approach to potential and current host municipalities and host reserves across Ontario has been consistent.

The municipal council or First Nations band council must pass a resolution confirming their interest in hosting a gaming facility.

Where a municipal council or First Nations band council has included conditions as part of its resolution for gaming in its community, such as restrictions on the movement or expansion of a gaming site, OLG will ensure service providers are aware of such conditions during the RFP phase of the procurement process.

The municipal council or the First Nations band council then works with the selected service provider to determine the location of a new gaming site, if one is proposed and permitted.

As has always been the case, adding table games at a gaming site that currently has none, relocating a current gaming site or building a new gaming site can only occur where there is municipal or band council consent and a viable business case put forth by a service provider, which is subsequently approved by OLG.

Any new gaming site, introduction of table games at a gaming site that currently has none, or the proposed relocation of an existing gaming site, is subject to final approval from the Ontario government.

Horse Racing Integration

OLG is working with the horse racing industry and the Ontario government to build the foundation for a more sustainable horse racing industry in Ontario.

Horse racing integration is part of modernization and is included in OLG’s mandate from the Ontario government.

OLG is working with the horse racing industry to:

• Create a business model for integration that is focused on stability
• Provide advice to the government on long-term funding
• Partner with the industry to optimize branding and build public awareness about horse racing
• Develop new horse-themed lottery and gaming products

OLG is also providing provincial support by sharing its expertise and helping to direct the industry to adopt a Responsible Gambling program.

Ensuring a strong future for horse racing is a priority for OLG and a key part of modernization. Representatives from the horse racing industry, the Government of Ontario and Crown agencies are working together in support of a more sustainable industry.

OLG’s Conduct and Manage Role

OLG will continue its role in the conduct and management of gaming in Ontario.

To fulfill this role, OLG will retain control over lottery and gaming, but will expect service providers to deliver many of the services related to the day-to-day operation of lottery and gaming.

World’s Best Responsible Gambling Program

OLG will continue to work within the Province’s overall problem gambling strategy to contribute to the prevention and mitigation of problem gambling through its Responsible Gambling program, which was ranked number one in the world by the World Lottery Association in 2014.

OLG will also require service providers to follow the Responsible Gambling Standards that OLG has developed.

Ensuring a Competitive Procurement Process

OLG is following the Ontario government’s procurement guidelines to ensure that its procurement process is fair and competitive.

OLG has engaged an impartial Fairness Monitor throughout the process to provide oversight on the integrity and fairness of its procurement process.

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TORONTO, ON – Ontario’s Charitable Bingo and Gaming Revitalization initiative is marking an important milestone in Penetanguishene. More than $2.5 million has been raised and has benefited local charities in the region as a result of the revitalization of charitable bingo and gaming.

This program, which began over a decade ago, is delivered through a partnership between Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG), the Ontario Charitable Gaming Association (OCGA), the Commercial Gaming Association of Ontario (CGAO) and local gaming and bingo centre operators.

Delta Bingo & Gaming Penetang hosted the official celebration for the $2.5 million milestone, as this location converted to an eBingo facility in 2012. Today’s event was attended by Gerry Marshall, Mayor of Penetanguishene; Diane Gartshore, OLG’s Director of Charitable Gaming and Lynn Cassidy, Executive Director of the Ontario Charitable Gaming Association.

“The Town of Penetanguishene is very proud of our community partnership with Delta Boardwalk Gaming and their 56 local charities and not-for-profits. Together, they have raised $2.5 million since October 2012 and are vital at supporting a variety of programs and services that may not exist in our community without these resources,” said Mayor Gerry Marshall.   “A key element to community partnerships like these is the dedication and commitment of extremely generous volunteers. All of these funds remain in our community and benefit the people of Penetanguishene in a way that is truly impactful.”

“OLG is proud of the Charitable Gaming Revitalization program and the role we play in providing sustainable revenue sources to the charities that serve the Town of Penetanguishene,” said Diane Gartshore, OLG’s Director of Charitable Gaming.

“Today is celebrating the wonderful success of Charitable Gaming in Penetanguishene.” said Lynn Cassidy, Executive Director of the OCGA. “This initiative is making a big difference to many local charities that provide important programs and services.”

Background on Charitable Gaming in Ontario

In the past 10 years, OLG has been working with the CGAO and the OCGA to revitalize the province’s Charitable Bingo and Gaming industry. By developing and introducing new products and technologies that have invigorated the traditional charitable gaming experience, more money has been generated for thousands of local charities across the province. The revitalization initiative is preserving and enhancing funding for charities across Ontario while creating economic benefits, including employment opportunities at local Charitable Gaming Centres.

A pilot program was started in 2005 to test electronic versions of existing paper-based bingo games with six charity bingo centres in five communities in Ontario.

Following the success of this pilot project, a phased rollout of a new suite of electronic games was introduced to other charitable gaming sites in the province. This started in 2012.  The new charitable games offer customers more choice and complements existing paper bingo games:

• Electronic Bingo: Charitable Gaming Centres offer terminals with touch screens that allow players to touch the screen to dab the numbers and play along.
• Play On Demand (POD): A collection of electronic games that can be played anytime, with great prizes to be won.
• Tap Tix: The evolution of the classic Break Open Ticket features an interactive display screen on a ticket dispenser.

The new games allow Charitable Gaming Centres to offer more customer choice and appeal to a broader demographic, while providing a different gaming entertainment experience from traditional bingo.

In total, 31 Charitable Gaming Centres have raised more than $134 million in additional money for local charities and their communities.

As part of the revitalization, OLG assisted in introducing Responsible Gambling Resource Centres (RGRC’s) at all of the 31 Charitable Gaming Centres.  The RGRC’s, managed by the Responsible Gambling Council of Ontario, offer effective educational tools and resources to build awareness and understanding of the risks associated with, and strategies to prevent, problem gambling.

Each RGRC has information available on the following topics:

• Safer play strategies
• Gambling myths and facts
• Community agencies that support people with gambling concerns

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is leading the integration of horse racing into the provincial gaming strategy. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $44 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

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SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) today issued second-quarter (July to September, 2016) non-tax gaming revenue payments totaling $31,104,495 to 22 municipalities which currently host OLG facilities. To date, host municipalities have received more than $1.2 billion in non-tax gaming revenue.

“Revenues from OLG gaming sites help municipalities invest in infrastructure projects and support important community initiatives,” said Charles Sousa, Ontario’s Minister of Finance. “These funds also support vital public services such as health care and education for the benefit of the people of Ontario.”

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 2016-2017, the province has 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 2016-2017 is $38 million.

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is leading the integration of horse racing into the provincial gaming strategy. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $44 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

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TORONTO, ON – The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) is continuing its procurement process for land-based gaming by issuing Request for Proposal (RFP) documents to pre-qualified proponents selected to bid on the West GTA Gaming Bundle.

The RFP will enable OLG to select one service provider to run certain day-to-day gaming operations in the Gaming Bundle.

The West GTA Gaming Bundle has four Gaming Zones, each currently served by an OLG gaming site: OLG Casino Brantford, OLG Slots at Flamboro Downs, OLG Slots at Mohawk Racetrack and OLG Slots at Grand River Raceway.

To OLG, the integrity of the procurement process is of the utmost importance. Public procurements involve information of a commercially sensitive nature. As a result, details of the RFP documents and names of pre-qualified proponents will not be released by OLG while the process is ongoing.

Additionally, there will be no further communication by OLG about the RFP for this bundle until the selected service provider is announced. OLG expects to announce the successful service provider in fall 2017.

At more than $2.2 billion annually, OLG provides the Ontario government with its largest source of non-tax revenue. Modernization helps OLG provide more money to Ontario for key government services.

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is leading the integration of horse racing into the provincial gaming strategy. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $44 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

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Gaming Zone	Current OLG Gaming Site	Host Community
SW1	OLG Slots at Grand River Raceway	Centre-Wellington
SW2	OLG Casino Brantford	Brantford
SW9	OLG Slots at Flamboro Downs	Hamilton
C4	OLG Slots at Mohawk Racetrack	Milton

For more details on OLG’s procurement process for the modernization of lottery and gaming, including Gaming Zone maps, visit: http://about.olg.ca/modernization-project-status-rfp/

OLG’s Modernization

In July 2010, OLG was asked by the Ontario government to complete a comprehensive, strategic review of the lottery distribution network and land-based gaming sites. The review resulted in a report to government called Modernizing Lottery and Gaming in Ontario. In March 2012, OLG announced its modernization plan.

OLG is engaging the private sector to help build a new model for lottery and gaming in Ontario. OLG’s modernization will expand private sector participation in the industry, which will ensure greater efficiencies because:

• Service providers will be able to focus on delivering certain day-to-day operations, while OLG maintains control and accountability
• Capital costs of expanding, improving and maintaining gaming facilities will be taken on by the private sector, not the government

Through modernization, OLG will:

• Become more customer focused
• Expand the regulated role of the private sector in the day-to-day operations of lottery and gaming
• Renew its role in the conduct and management of lottery and gaming

Under section 207 (1) (a) of the Criminal Code of Canada, only OLG (as an agent of the Province) is permitted to conduct and manage gaming in Ontario. That is why OLG will continue its conduct and manage role and will remain the operating mind behind the delivery of gaming and lottery in Ontario.

As service providers take over certain day-to-day operations of lottery and gaming, OLG will continue to:

• Conduct and manage lottery and gaming
• Require compliance with applicable regulations set out by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO)
• Be the owner of key player information
• Uphold the standards of its Responsible Gambling program through service providers, including the self-exclusion program
• Distribute Municipality Contribution Agreement payments to host communities

Once modernization is fully implemented, it will provide additional revenue to the Province to support vital services Ontarians rely on. At the same time, Ontario will continue to be a North American leader in responsible gambling, supporting the research, prevention and treatment of problem gambling.

OLG’s Gaming Procurement Process

Modernization is a significant transformation of a government agency. The plan is ambitious and complex.

OLG’s modernization procurement process will lead to long-term contracts with service providers. OLG needs to ensure proper due diligence in order to select service providers from among the best and most qualified proponents.

Since its initial launch, modernization has evolved in response to further consultation with industry experts through the Request for Information (RFI) and Request for Pre-Qualification (RFPQ) processes, collaboration with municipalities across Ontario and public policy adjustments.

OLG has made significant progress by:

• Completing an RFI process for lottery and land-based gaming
• Issuing RFPQs for lottery and land-based Gaming Bundles
• Successfully procuring a service provider for iGaming and launching the PlayOLG online gaming platform
• Launching the revitalization of charitable gaming
• Working with the horse racing industry and government to build the foundation for a more sustainable horse racing industry in Ontario
• Completing the RFP process for the East Gaming Bundle and launching the RFP process for the North, Southwest, GTA and West GTA Gaming Bundles
• Issuing the RFPQ for the Niagara Gaming Bundle and the RFP for the Niagara Falls Entertainment Centre

On September 9, 2015, OLG announced it had selected Ontario Gaming East LP as the service provider for the East Gaming Bundle. Ontario Gaming East LP took over certain day-to-day operations of OLG Casino Thousand Islands and OLG Slots at Kawartha Downs on January 11, 2016.

What is a Request for Pre-Qualification (RFPQ)?

RFPQs help OLG determine the skills and abilities of potential service providers.

Through a public tendering system (MERX™), interested proponents are asked to submit information on their operational experience, financial and technical attributes and capabilities, including proof of successful experience with similar projects. In addition, the proponents must provide information on business and other relationships that they have had with First Nations and First Nations communities.

Interested proponents must also register with the AGCO or have submitted an application for registration.

The RFPQ process results in OLG identifying pre-qualified proponents eligible to receive the RFP documents—the next step in OLG’s procurement process.

What is a Request for Proposal (RFP)?

In the RFP stage, pre-qualified proponents are invited to bid on a specific opportunity through a competitive and transparent procurement process. RFPs are confidential and only distributed to the proponents that are pre-qualified during the RFPQ stage.

The RFP process will result in OLG selecting a service provider for each Gaming Bundle, subject to customary closing conditions and pending the execution of the Casino Operating and Services Agreement (COSA).

What are Gaming Zones?

In order to effectively manage the gaming market in Ontario, OLG identified Gaming Zones where existing or new gaming facilities would be permitted, subject to municipal and provincial government approvals.

Gaming Zones are geographic areas where a single gaming facility may be located. The location and design of these Gaming Zones is intended to ensure a sustainable and efficient gaming market in Ontario.

The boundaries of Gaming Zones across the province were determined by a gravity model—a business tool commonly used for modeling supply and demand within a given geographic area. The model looked at a number of factors to determine where there is customer demand for a gaming facility, including:

• Proximity of a Gaming Zone relative to other Gaming Zones and gaming facilities
• Proximity of a Gaming Zone to current and potential customers
• Distance a customer is willing to travel to reach a gaming site

Within each Gaming Zone, service providers will be permitted to assume certain day-to-day operations for an existing facility and possibly expand the site, establish a new facility if one does not currently exist, or relocate the existing facility within the boundaries of the Gaming Zone, all subject to approvals.

Only one gaming facility is permitted within each Gaming Zone.

What are Gaming Bundles?

To enable OLG to more effectively manage the gaming market in Ontario, OLG grouped some Gaming Zones into Gaming Bundles—each representing a separate bidding opportunity.

As a result, for some gaming RFPQs, potential proponents have been asked to demonstrate their ability to operate multiple facilities in a given region or geographic area of the province.

Gaming Bundles are intended to create opportunities for service providers to be more efficient by operating multiple facilities in a given region.

What are the next steps for the remaining Gaming Bundles?

OLG expects to release procurement documents for the remaining Gaming Bundles in the coming months.

Interested proponents who pre-qualify through the RFPQ process will be invited to participate in the RFP stage of the procurement process. The successful service provider for the applicable Gaming Bundle will be selected from this group.

Communities and OLG’s Modernization

Municipal and community choice is an important element of OLG’s modernization. OLG will only locate gaming facilities where there is support to do so from the municipal council or the First Nation band council. OLG has always been clear that it will respect the decision of a municipality or First Nation band council regarding hosting a new gaming site, or relocating or expanding an existing one.

When it comes to gaming facilities, OLG’s approach to potential and current host municipalities and host reserves across Ontario has been consistent.

The municipal council or First Nations band council must pass a resolution confirming their interest in hosting a gaming facility.

Where a municipal council or First Nations band council has included conditions as part of its resolution for gaming in its community, such as restrictions on the movement or expansion of a gaming site, OLG will ensure service providers are aware of such conditions during the RFP phase of the procurement process.

The municipal council or the First Nations band council then works with the selected service provider to determine the location of a new gaming site, if one is proposed and permitted.

As has always been the case, adding table games at a gaming site that currently has none, relocating a current gaming site or building a new gaming site can only occur where there is municipal or band council consent and a viable business case put forth by a service provider, which is subsequently approved by OLG.

Any new gaming site, introduction of table games at a gaming site that currently has none, or the proposed relocation of an existing gaming site, is subject to final approval from the Ontario government.

Horse Racing Integration

OLG is working with the horse racing industry and the Ontario government to build the foundation for a more sustainable horse racing industry in Ontario.

Horse racing integration is part of modernization and is included in OLG’s mandate from the Ontario government.

OLG is working with the horse racing industry to:

• Create a business model for integration that is focused on stability
• Provide advice to the government on long-term funding
• Partner with the industry to optimize branding and build public awareness about horse racing
• Develop new horse-themed lottery and gaming products

OLG is also providing provincial support by sharing its expertise and helping to direct the industry to adopt a Responsible Gambling program.

Ensuring a strong future for horse racing is a priority for OLG and a key part of modernization. Representatives from the horse racing industry, the Government of Ontario and Crown agencies are working together in support of a more sustainable industry.

OLG’s Conduct and Manage Role

OLG will continue its role in the conduct and management of gaming in Ontario.

To fulfill this role, OLG will retain control over lottery and gaming, but will expect service providers to deliver many of the services related to the day-to-day operation of lottery and gaming.

World’s Best Responsible Gambling Program

OLG will continue to work within the Province’s overall problem gambling strategy to contribute to the prevention and mitigation of problem gambling through its Responsible Gambling program, which was ranked number one in the world by the World Lottery Association in 2014.

OLG will also require service providers to follow the Responsible Gambling Standards that OLG has developed.

Ensuring a Competitive Procurement Process

OLG is following the Ontario government’s procurement guidelines to ensure that its procurement process is fair and competitive.

OLG has engaged an impartial Fairness Monitor throughout the process to provide oversight on the integrity and fairness of its procurement process.

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TORONTO, ON – How grand would it be to win $1,000 every day for the rest of your life? That’s the top prize with DAILY GRAND, Canada’s newest national lottery. Ticket sales start Tuesday, October 18 for the first bi-weekly draw on Thursday, October 20 and then with draws following every Monday and Thursday night.

At $3 per play, DAILY GRAND players will select five main numbers from 1 to 49 and one Grand Number from 1 to 7.  The grand prize is $1,000 a day for the life of the winner who matches all five main numbers plus the Grand Number drawn, and the second prize is $25,000 a year for the life of the winner who matches only the five main numbers. Players have additional chances to win including cash prizes ranging from $4 to $1,000 as well as free plays.

“DAILY GRAND offers an everyday winning experience,” said Wendy Montgomery OLG Vice President, Lottery Marketing & Sales. “With $1,000 a day from DAILY GRAND, winners can look forward to making the most of today and every day to come.”

The grand prize winner can opt for either an annuity-based prize equal to $1,000 day for life (minimum 20 years) or a single cash payment option of $7 million. If there is more than one winner per DAILY GRAND draw, the winners will equally share the single cash payment. The secondary prize winner can choose either an annuity-based prize equal to $25,000 a year for life (minimum 20 years) or receive a single cash payment of $500,000 and a single cash payment will be shared if there are multiple winners.

The odds of winning the grand prize are approximately 1 in 13.34 million and the overall odds of winning a prize are approximately 1 in 6.8. DAILY GRAND tickets are available at approximately 10,000 lottery retailers and can be purchased up to 10:30pm Eastern time on draw nights.

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is leading the integration of horse racing into the provincial gaming strategy. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $44 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

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Gaming Zone	Current OLG Gaming Site	Host Community
SW10	Casino Niagara	Niagara Falls
SW11	Fallsview Casino Resort	Niagara Falls

For more details on OLG’s procurement process for the modernization of lottery and gaming, including Gaming Zone maps, visit: http://about.olg.ca/modernization-project-status-rfp/

OLG’s Modernization

In July 2010, OLG was asked by the Ontario government to complete a comprehensive, strategic review of the lottery distribution network and land-based gaming sites. The review resulted in a report to government called Modernizing Lottery and Gaming in Ontario. In March 2012, OLG announced its modernization plan.

OLG is engaging the private sector to help build a new model for lottery and gaming in Ontario. OLG’s modernization will expand private sector participation in the industry, which will ensure greater efficiencies because:

• Service providers will be able to focus on delivering certain day-to-day operations, while OLG maintains control and accountability
• Capital costs of expanding, improving and maintaining gaming facilities will be taken on by the private sector, not the government

Through modernization, OLG will:

• Become more customer focused
• Expand the regulated role of the private sector in the day-to-day operations of lottery and gaming
• Renew its role in the conduct and management of lottery and gaming

Under section 207 (1) (a) of the Criminal Code of Canada, only OLG (as an agent of the Province) is permitted to conduct and manage gaming in Ontario. That is why OLG will continue its conduct and manage role and will remain the operating mind behind the delivery of gaming and lottery in Ontario.

As service providers take over certain day-to-day operations of lottery and gaming, OLG will continue to:

• Conduct and manage lottery and gaming
• Require compliance with applicable regulations set out by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO)
• Be the owner of key player information
• Uphold the standards of its Responsible Gambling program through service providers, including the self-exclusion program
• Distribute Municipality Contribution Agreement payments to host communities

Once modernization is fully implemented, it will provide additional revenue to the Province to support vital services Ontarians rely on. At the same time, Ontario will continue to be a North American leader in responsible gambling, supporting the research, prevention and treatment of problem gambling.

OLG’s Gaming Procurement Process

Modernization is a significant transformation of a government agency. The plan is ambitious and complex.

OLG’s modernization procurement process will lead to long-term contracts with service providers. OLG needs to ensure proper due diligence in order to select service providers from among the best and most qualified proponents.

Since its initial launch, modernization has evolved in response to further consultation with industry experts through the Request for Information (RFI) and Request for Pre-Qualification (RFPQ) processes, collaboration with municipalities across Ontario and public policy adjustments.

OLG has made significant progress by:

• Completing an RFI process for lottery and land-based gaming
• Issuing RFPQs for lottery and land-based Gaming Bundles
• Successfully procuring a service provider for iGaming and launching the PlayOLG online gaming platform
• Launching the revitalization of charitable gaming
• Working with the horse racing industry and government to build the foundation for a more sustainable horse racing industry in Ontario
• Completing the RFP process for the East Gaming Bundle and launching the RFP process for the North, Southwest, GTA and West GTA Gaming Bundles
• Issuing the RFPQ for the Niagara Gaming Bundle and the RFP for the Niagara Falls Entertainment Centre

On September 9, 2015, OLG announced it had selected Ontario Gaming East LP as the service provider for the East Gaming Bundle. Ontario Gaming East LP took over certain day-to-day operations of OLG Casino Thousand Islands and OLG Slots at Kawartha Downs on January 11, 2016.

What is a Request for Pre-Qualification (RFPQ)?

RFPQs help OLG determine the skills and abilities of potential service providers.

Through a public tendering system (MERX™), interested proponents are asked to submit information on their operational experience, financial and technical attributes and capabilities, including proof of successful experience with similar projects. In addition, the proponents must provide information on business and other relationships that they have had with First Nations and First Nations communities.

Interested proponents must also register with the AGCO or have submitted an application for registration.

The RFPQ process results in OLG identifying pre-qualified proponents eligible to receive the RFP documents—the next step in OLG’s procurement process.

What is a Request for Proposal (RFP)?

In the RFP stage, pre-qualified proponents are invited to bid on a specific opportunity through a competitive and transparent procurement process. RFPs are confidential and only distributed to the proponents that are pre-qualified during the RFPQ stage.

The RFP process will result in OLG selecting a service provider for each Gaming Bundle, subject to customary closing conditions and pending the execution of the Casino Operating and Services Agreement (COSA).

What are Gaming Zones?

In order to effectively manage the gaming market in Ontario, OLG identified Gaming Zones where existing or new gaming facilities would be permitted, subject to municipal and provincial government approvals.

Gaming Zones are geographic areas where a single gaming facility may be located. The location and design of these Gaming Zones is intended to ensure a sustainable and efficient gaming market in Ontario.

The boundaries of Gaming Zones across the province were determined by a gravity model—a business tool commonly used for modeling supply and demand within a given geographic area. The model looked at a number of factors to determine where there is customer demand for a gaming facility, including:

• Proximity of a Gaming Zone relative to other Gaming Zones and gaming facilities
• Proximity of a Gaming Zone to current and potential customers
• Distance a customer is willing to travel to reach a gaming site

Within each Gaming Zone, service providers will be permitted to assume certain day-to-day operations for an existing facility and possibly expand the site, establish a new facility if one does not currently exist, or relocate the existing facility within the boundaries of the Gaming Zone, all subject to approvals.

Only one gaming facility is permitted within each Gaming Zone.

What are Gaming Bundles?

To enable OLG to more effectively manage the gaming market in Ontario, OLG grouped some Gaming Zones into Gaming Bundles—each representing a separate bidding opportunity.

As a result, for some gaming RFPQs, potential proponents have been asked to demonstrate their ability to operate multiple facilities in a given region or geographic area of the province.

Gaming Bundles are intended to create opportunities for service providers to be more efficient by operating multiple facilities in a given region.

What are the next steps for the remaining Gaming Bundles?

OLG expects to release procurement documents for the remaining Gaming Bundles in the coming months.

Interested proponents who pre-qualify through the RFPQ process will be invited to participate in the RFP stage of the procurement process. The successful service provider for the applicable Gaming Bundle will be selected from this group.

Communities and OLG’s Modernization

Municipal and community choice is an important element of OLG’s modernization. OLG will only locate gaming facilities where there is support to do so from the municipal council or the First Nation band council. OLG has always been clear that it will respect the decision of a municipality or First Nation band council regarding hosting a new gaming site, or relocating or expanding an existing one.

When it comes to gaming facilities, OLG’s approach to potential and current host municipalities and host reserves across Ontario has been consistent.

The municipal council or First Nations band council must pass a resolution confirming their interest in hosting a gaming facility.

Where a municipal council or First Nations band council has included conditions as part of its resolution for gaming in its community, such as restrictions on the movement or expansion of a gaming site, OLG will ensure service providers are aware of such conditions during the RFP phase of the procurement process.

The municipal council or the First Nations band council then works with the selected service provider to determine the location of a new gaming site, if one is proposed and permitted.

As has always been the case, adding table games at a gaming site that currently has none, relocating a current gaming site or building a new gaming site can only occur where there is municipal or band council consent and a viable business case put forth by a service provider, which is subsequently approved by OLG.

Any new gaming site, introduction of table games at a gaming site that currently has none, or the proposed relocation of an existing gaming site, is subject to final approval from the Ontario government.

Horse Racing Integration

OLG is working with the horse racing industry and the Ontario government to build the foundation for a more sustainable horse racing industry in Ontario.

Horse racing integration is part of modernization and is included in OLG’s mandate from the Ontario government.

OLG is working with the horse racing industry to:

• Create a business model for integration that is focused on stability
• Provide advice to the government on long-term funding
• Partner with the industry to optimize branding and build public awareness about horse racing
• Develop new horse-themed lottery and gaming products

OLG is also providing provincial support by sharing its expertise and helping to direct the industry to adopt a Responsible Gambling program.

Ensuring a strong future for horse racing is a priority for OLG and a key part of modernization. Representatives from the horse racing industry, the Government of Ontario and Crown agencies are working together in support of a more sustainable industry.

OLG’s Conduct and Manage Role

OLG will continue its role in the conduct and management of gaming in Ontario.

To fulfill this role, OLG will retain control over lottery and gaming, but will expect service providers to deliver many of the services related to the day-to-day operation of lottery and gaming.

World’s Best Responsible Gambling Program

OLG will continue to work within the Province’s overall problem gambling strategy to contribute to the prevention and mitigation of problem gambling through its Responsible Gambling program, which was ranked number one in the world by the World Lottery Association in 2014.

OLG will also require service providers to follow the Responsible Gambling Standards that OLG has developed.

Ensuring a Competitive Procurement Process

OLG is following the Ontario government’s procurement guidelines to ensure that its procurement process is fair and competitive.

OLG has engaged an impartial Fairness Monitor throughout the process to provide oversight on the integrity and fairness of its procurement process.

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SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – Time is running out to claim an ENCORE – LOTTO MAX prize worth $100,000 for a ticket sold one year ago in Oshawa. Players have one year from the original draw date to claim their prize.

The winning numbers for the Friday, October 23, 2015 ENCORE – LOTTO MAX draw were 7 – 0 – 3 – 6 – 7 – 5 – 2. Players must match the last six of the seven numbers drawn in exact order 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 Monday, October 24, 2016.

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:

• Visit the Winning Numbers page on olg.ca.
• Call our WIN! Line at 416-870-8946 (Toronto area) or toll free at 1-866-891-8946 (outside Toronto area).
• Use the easy self-serve Ticket Checker at your lottery terminal retailer. Simply insert the ticket, barcode side up, and wait for the message to appear on the Ticket Checker’s screen.
• Sign up on olg.ca for winning numbers to be emailed to you.
• Pick up a winning numbers printout from your lottery terminal retailer.
• Sign your ticket and ask a lottery retailer to check it for you.

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is leading the integration of horse racing into the provincial gaming strategy. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $44 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

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SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – Time is running out to claim an ENCORE – LOTTO 6/49 prize worth $10,000 for a ticket sold one year ago in Thornhill. Players have one year from the original draw date to claim their prize.

The winning number for the Saturday, October 17, 2015 ENCORE – LOTTO 6/49 draw were 5 – 4 – 8 – 4 – 4 – 0 – 2. Players must match the first six of the seven numbers drawn in exact order to win the $10,000 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 Monday, October 17, 2016.

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:

• Visit the Winning Numbers page on olg.ca.
• Call our WIN! Line at 416-870-8946 (Toronto area) or toll free at 1-866-891-8946 (outside Toronto area).
• Use the easy self-serve Ticket Checker at your lottery terminal retailer. Simply insert the ticket, barcode side up, and wait for the message to appear on the Ticket Checker’s screen.
• Sign up on olg.ca for winning numbers to be emailed to you.
• Pick up a winning numbers printout from your lottery terminal retailer.
• Sign your ticket and ask a lottery retailer to check it for you.

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is leading the integration of horse racing into the provincial gaming strategy. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $44 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

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TORONTO – The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has cancelled the current Request for Proposals (RFP) for Lottery in favour of a revised modernization approach. Through the Lottery modernization, OLG has been seeking a way, in partnership with the private sector, to unlock the opportunity to create greater value for Ontario.

After a period of due diligence and consultation with globally-experienced proponents, OLG has determined that the selection of a single service provider would not provide sufficient value for the Province.

“Today, OLG’s Lottery business performs well; 2015-16 sales were a record $3.8 billion,” said Stephen Rigby, OLG’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “However, in order to unlock the full potential of the business, our approach to Lottery modernization is evolving. Under a revised approach, we will seek to enhance our capabilities in technology and innovation through partnerships with the private sector. This approach will leverage our skilled Lottery operations, headquartered in Sault Ste. Marie.”

The investments in research, due diligence and market capacity that OLG has made to date will inform OLG’s approach going forward. “OLG’s mandate is to continually improve the business,” said Rigby. “Our research reveals there is untapped revenue potential in the market. We are now adjusting our approach and remain committed to providing increased revenue to the Province.”

In the meantime, it is business as usual. OLG will continue to operate the Lottery business. Customers and retailers will see no disruption in service and the modernization of land-based gaming continues.

At more than $2.2 billion annually, OLG provides the Ontario government with its largest source of non-tax revenue. Modernization helps OLG provide more money to Ontario for key government services.

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is leading the integration of horse racing into the provincial gaming strategy. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $42 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

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A Record Year

In 2015-16, OLG provided a record return to the Province of more than $2.2 billion—it is the government’s largest source of non-tax revenue.

It is OLG’s obligation to continually and responsibly improve the business for the benefit of Ontario.

Changes to Lottery Modernization

Through modernization, OLG has been seeking a way to responsibly create greater value for Ontario. In March 2012, OLG announced that the modernization of lottery and gaming businesses would begin. The Lottery Request for Information was issued in June 2012, and closed in August of that year. It garnered strong market reaction with more than 30 respondents providing advice on the market opportunity.

In December 2012, OLG issued the Lottery Request for Pre-Qualification (RFPQ) seeking a service provider to:

• be responsible for operating the day-to-day lottery business;
• recommend strategies to maximize the growth and success of the lottery business; and
• develop products and marketing plans, as well as process and cost optimization.

For this phase, too, OLG received substantial response from the market.

OLG issued the Lottery Request for Proposals (RFP) in September 2014, noting that the RFP would enable OLG to select one service provider to run specific day-to-day operations of the Lottery business in Ontario. Since then, OLG has conducted three sets of Commercially Confidential Meetings with pre-qualified proponents.

After a period of due diligence and consultation with globally-experienced proponents, OLG has determined that the selection of a single service provider would not provide increased value for the Province.

OLG had a specific mandate through its lottery modernization process to ensure value for the Province. OLG asked proponents to commit to a level of business growth, but proponents indicated that they would have difficulty meeting the conditions of the Request for Proposal to provide sufficient value to the Province. As a result, OLG has cancelled the current procurement.

To unlock the full potential of the business, OLG is evolving its approach to lottery modernization. It will seek to enhance its capabilities in technology and innovation through partnerships with the private sector. The investments in research, due diligence and market capacity that OLG has made to date will inform its approach going forward.

Gaming Modernization Continues

Modernization is proceeding in Eastern Ontario. A service provider (Ontario Gaming East Limited Partnership) has been operating the gaming facilities in the East Gaming Bundle for more than eight months. A new gaming site in Belleville—Shorelines Belleville—is under construction and has commenced the hiring process.

OLG’s land-based gaming procurement process is continuing. RFPs for the North, Southwest and GTA Gaming Bundles are all in the market and proceeding with high proponent engagement. In addition, the RFPQ for the Ottawa Area Gaming Bundle has closed and the RFP will be released shortly. OLG has also announced its intention to add the two Niagara Casinos—Fallsview Casino Resort and Casino Niagara—to its modernization procurement process to improve fairness and competition across the regional gaming market.

Modernizing lottery and gaming helps OLG provide more money to Ontario for hospitals and other government priorities.

“We remain committed to the intent of modernization: to provide increased revenue to the Province and the people of Ontario.”
— Stephen Rigby, President and Chief Executive Officer
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TORONTO – The Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corporation (OLG) today announced that National Basketball Association (NBA) games will be added to the OLG’s PRO-LINE beginning with the 2016-17 NBA regular season.

PRO-LINE provides a trusted platform for sports fans to wager on a full lineup of professional and college sports and soon, NBA basketball.

“Ontario loves basketball, and coming off NBA All-Star 2016 in Toronto and the Raptors’ most successful season in franchise history, the popularity of the NBA in Canada is at an all-time high,” said Greg McKenzie, OLG’s Chief Operating Officer. “OLG is thrilled to add the NBA to PRO-LINE for our customers. With the addition of the NBA, Ontario sports fans will now have even more choices for a better gaming experience.”

The 2016-17 NBA regular season will begin October 25, 2016.

For more information on PRO-LINE and how to play, please visit PROLINE.ca.

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SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – Time is running out to claim a LOTTO 6/49 prize worth $49,899.70 for a ticket sold one year ago in Toronto. Players have one year from the original draw date to claim their prize.

The winning numbers for the Wednesday, September 30, 2015 LOTTO 6/49 draw were 01-06-08-13-21-26 with Bonus number 03. Players must match five of the six main numbers plus the bonus number to win the $49,899.70 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 Friday, September 30, 2016.

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 of 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:

• Winning Numbers page on olg.ca.
• Call our WIN! Line at 416-870-8946 (Toronto area) or toll free at 1-866-891-8946 (outside Toronto area).
• Use the easy self-serve Ticket Checker at your lottery terminal retailer. Simply insert the ticket, barcode side up, and wait for the message to appear on the Ticket Checker’s screen.
• Sign up on olg.ca for winning numbers to be emailed to you.
• Pick up a winning numbers printout from your lottery terminal retailer.
• Sign your ticket and ask a lottery retailer to check it for you.

PORT PERRY, ON – In a ceremony steeped in tradition, leaders of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation (MSIFN) and of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) commemorated a historic signing event today. The revenue sharing agreements, signed by leaders of both groups, finalize the Great Blue Heron Casino’s (GBH) transition to a commercial casino and inclusion in the GTA Bundle for OLG’s gaming modernization.

Following nearly three years of negotiations and consultations, members of the MSIFN voted unanimously to ratify the agreement with OLG this past July. This vote allowed OLG to add GBH to the GTA Gaming Bundle, which also includes OLG Slots at Woodbine and the OLG Slots at Ajax Downs.

“After hosting multiple consultation meetings with our members in Vancouver, Niagara and right here in Port Perry, MSIFN’s Council is delighted to celebrate our achievements with OLG,” said Chief Kelly LaRocca. “MSIFN and GBH remain open for business. We look forward to fostering many local partnerships in support of a thriving casino in collaboration with a new operator.”

For nearly 20 years, GBH has played an important role in the MSIFN community and the Region of Durham. The casino is the largest employer in the region, employing almost 3,000 people directly and indirectly. Through GBH, MSIFN provides over $236 million annually in local economic benefits.

“Today’s ceremony symbolizes the cooperative relationship we have with the MSIFN,” said Stephen Rigby, OLG’s President and CEO. “We share a focus on job creation, economic development and community building.”

OLG expects to announce the successful service provider for the GTA bundle in late summer 2017.

Working with the MSIFN to reach these historic agreements demonstrates the provincial government’s commitment to Ontario’s First Nations communities.

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SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – Time is running out to claim a DAILY KENO prize worth $25,000 for a ticket sold one year ago in Toronto. Players have one year from the original draw date to claim their prize.

The winning numbers for the Thursday, September 3, 2015 DAILY KENO (EVENING) draw were 03 – 07 – 08 – 09 – 12 – 14 – 27 – 29 – 30 – 33 – 36 – 39 – 40 – 41 – 42 – 47 – 55 – 57 – 58 – 61.

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 Tuesday, September 6, 2016.

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:

• Visit the Winning Numbers page on olg.ca.
• Call our WIN! Line at 416-870-8946 (Toronto area) or toll free at 1-866-891-8946 (outside Toronto area).
• Use the easy self-serve Ticket Checker at your lottery terminal retailer. Simply insert the ticket, barcode side up, and wait for the message to appear on the Ticket Checker’s screen.
• Sign up on olg.ca for winning numbers to be emailed to you.
• Pick up a winning numbers printout from your lottery terminal retailer.
• Sign your ticket and ask a lottery retailer to check it for you.

TORONTO, ON – Great Blue Heron Charity Casino (GBH) will be included in the GTA Gaming Bundle. A number of agreements have been reached between the Government of Ontario, OLG, the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation (MSIFN) and other parties that allow the site to be added to the bundle. Working with MSIFN demonstrates the Ontario government’s commitment to Ontario’s First Nations communities.

“For almost 20 years, GBH has played an important role in Ontario’s gaming industry, the MSIFN community and the Region of Durham by creating jobs and contributing to the local economy,” said Charles Sousa, Ontario Minister of Finance. “The agreements we have reached and the addition of the casino to OLG’s modernization process will help ensure GBH continues to benefit the area for years to come.”

OLG’s procurement process for a service provider for the GTA Gaming Bundle is currently in the Request for Proposal (RFP) phase. OLG has provided an addendum to pre-qualified RFP proponents that provides information on the changes to the bundle.

When OLG released the GTA Gaming Bundle RFPQ in December 2013 and the RFP in February 2016, it indicated that information about the possible inclusion of GBH would be shared with proponents during the RFP process.

“The addition of GBH is a significant step in our modernization process for the GTA Gaming Bundle,” said Stephen Rigby, OLG’s President and CEO. “The bundle represents a unique opportunity for a service provider to leverage the success of existing gaming sites, including GBH.”

OLG’s strategic procurement process involves information of a commercially sensitive nature. As a result, details of the RFP documents, including the addendum, will not be released.

On July 19, 2016, in a unanimous vote, MSIFN ratified a revenue share agreement that paved the way for OLG to add GBH to the Gaming Bundle.

“MSIFN’s Council take seriously our role in the community, and we look forward to working with local partners in the years ahead,” said Chief Kelly LaRocca. “We also want to stress that GBH continues to be open for business, and we look forward to working with OLG and its new operator in building a vibrant hub of economic activity at Scugog First Nation.”

To OLG, the integrity of the procurement process is of the utmost importance. OLG follows the Government of Ontario’s procurement guidelines to ensure that the process is fair and competitive. In addition, throughout the procurement process, OLG has engaged the services of a Fairness Monitor to provide oversight and advice.

The GTA Gaming Bundle has three gaming zones, currently served by OLG Slots at Woodbine Racetrack, OLG Slots at Ajax Downs and Great Blue Heron Charity Casino. OLG expects to announce the successful service provider for the bundle in late summer 2017.

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TORONTO, ON – Today, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) marks the close of the Ottawa Area Gaming Bundle Request for Pre-Qualification (RFPQ).

OLG will now undertake its due diligence in evaluating the RFPQ submissions. From the submissions, OLG will select the proponents eligible to receive the Request for Proposal (RFP) document for the Gaming Bundle.

To OLG, the integrity of its procurement process is of the utmost importance. 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 key government services.

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SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) today issued first-quarter (April to June, 2016) non-tax gaming revenue payments totaling $34,572,858 to 22 municipalities which currently host OLG facilities. To date, host municipalities have received more than $1.2 billion in non-tax gaming revenue.

“OLG gaming site revenue allows host municipalities across Ontario to invest in local priorities such as infrastructure, programs and services that help strengthen communities,” said Charles Sousa, Ontario’s Minister of Finance. “The people of Ontario also directly benefit from these funds which help support broader public services including 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 2016-2017, the province has 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 2016-2017 is $38 million.

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is leading the integration of horse racing into the provincial gaming strategy. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $44 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

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SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – Time is running out to claim a DAILY KENO prize worth $10,000 for a ticket sold one year ago in Woodbridge. Players have one year from the original draw date to claim their prize.

The winning numbers for the Sunday, July 19, 2015 DAILY KENO (EVENING) draw were 01 – 02 – 03 – 05 – 10 – 12 – 14 – 15 – 16 – 26 – 28 – 30 – 31 – 32 – 37 – 48 – 59 – 62 – 63 – 69.

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 Tuesday, July 19, 2016.

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:

• Visit the Winning Numbers page on olg.ca.
• Call our WIN! Line at 416-870-8946 (Toronto area) or toll free at 1-866-891-8946 (outside Toronto area).
• Use the easy self-serve Ticket Checker at your lottery terminal retailer. Simply insert the ticket, barcode side up, and wait for the message to appear on the Ticket Checker’s screen.
• Sign up on olg.ca for winning numbers to be emailed to you.
• Pick up a winning numbers printout from your lottery terminal retailer.
• Sign your ticket and ask a lottery retailer to check it for you.

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SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – Time is running out to claim an ENCORE – LOTTO MAX prize worth $100,000 for a ticket sold one year ago in Kitchener. Players have one year from the original draw date to claim their prize.

The winning numbers for the Friday, July 17, 2015 ENCORE – LOTTO MAX draw were 5 – 3 – 8 – 5 – 7 – 2 – 1. Players must match the last six of the seven numbers drawn in exact order 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 Monday, July 18, 2016.

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:

• Visit the Winning Numbers page on olg.ca.
• Call our WIN! Line at 416-870-8946 (Toronto area) or toll free at 1-866-891-8946 (outside Toronto area).
• Use the easy self-serve Ticket Checker at your lottery terminal retailer. Simply insert the ticket, barcode side up, and wait for the message to appear on the Ticket Checker’s screen.
• Sign up on olg.ca for winning numbers to be emailed to you.
• Pick up a winning numbers printout from your lottery terminal retailer.
• Sign your ticket and ask a lottery retailer to check it for you.

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is leading the integration of horse racing into the provincial gaming strategy. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $42 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

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TORONTO, ON – Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) is taking another step in its procurement process for a new entertainment centre in Niagara Falls by releasing Request for Proposal (RFP) documents to pre-qualified proponents.

The RFP will allow OLG to select a proponent to design, build, finance and maintain a new large-scale, high-quality entertainment centre in the City of Niagara Falls.

The facility would provide customers at Fallsview Casino Resort and Casino Niagara with an entertainment experience that is similar to what is offered at other resort casinos in Ontario, like Caesars Windsor and Casino Rama.

Entertainment has become a significant factor in driving visitors to casinos, helping to build brand awareness and generating incremental gaming revenue. Non-gaming amenities are increasingly important for customers and are essential in competitive, tourism-driven environments like Niagara Falls.

The proposed Niagara Falls Entertainment Centre will contain between 5,000 and 7,000 seats, and is intended to accommodate larger concerts, shows and attractions that will draw more visitors to the City of Niagara Falls and OLG’s Niagara casinos. It will also contribute to the thriving community by helping to create jobs and encourage economic growth in the region.

OLG expects to announce the successful proponent in mid-2017.

OLG is proud to be part of the Niagara Falls community. We are helping to ensure the long-term competitiveness of the Niagara casinos by issuing the RFP for the Niagara Falls Entertainment Centre now, as well as adding the casinos to OLG’s modernization in late summer 2016.

Since the first casino opened in 1996, OLG has provided close to $390 million to the City of Niagara Falls, money the municipality has used to invest in its priorities.

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is leading the integration of horse racing into the provincial gaming strategy. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $42 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

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SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – Time is running out to claim a LOTTO MAX MAXMILLIONS prize worth $500,000 for a ticket sold one year ago in Toronto. The ticket sold in Toronto shared a $1 million prize with another ticket. Players have one year from the original draw date to claim their prize.

The winning numbers for the Friday, July 10, 2015 LOTTO MAX MAXMILLIONS draw were 02 – 13 – 20 – 24 – 33 – 36 – 47. Players must match all seven numbers to win a MAXMILLIONS 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 Monday, July 11, 2016.

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:

• Visit the Winning Numbers page on olg.ca.
• Call our WIN! Line at 416-870-8946 (Toronto area) or toll free at 1-866-891-8946 (outside Toronto area).
• Use the easy self-serve Ticket Checker at your lottery terminal retailer. Simply insert the ticket, barcode side up, and wait for the message to appear on the Ticket Checker’s screen.
• Sign up on olg.ca for winning numbers to be emailed to you.
• Pick up a winning numbers printout from your lottery terminal retailer.
• Sign your ticket and ask a lottery retailer to check it for you.

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is leading the integration of horse racing into the provincial gaming strategy. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $42 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

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SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – Time is running out to claim an ENCORE – LOTTO MAX prize worth $10,000 for a ticket sold one year ago in Toronto. Players have one year from the original draw date to claim their prize.

The winning number for the Friday, June 26, 2015 ENCORE – LOTTO MAX draw were 0 – 5 – 1 – 1 – 7 – 9 – 1. Players must match the first six of the seven numbers drawn in exact order to win the $10,000 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 Monday, June 27, 2016.

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:

• Visit the Winning Numbers page on olg.ca.
• Call our WIN! Line at 416-870-8946 (Toronto area) or toll free at 1-866-891-8946 (outside Toronto area).
• Use the easy self-serve Ticket Checker at your lottery terminal retailer. Simply insert the ticket, barcode side up, and wait for the message to appear on the Ticket Checker’s screen.
• Sign up on olg.ca for winning numbers to be emailed to you.
• Pick up a winning numbers printout from your lottery terminal retailer.
• Sign your ticket and ask a lottery retailer to check it for you.

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is leading the integration of horse racing into the provincial gaming strategy. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $44 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

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TORONTO – The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) is re-issuing a Request for Pre-Qualification (RFPQ) for the Ottawa Area Gaming Bundle on the procurement website, MERX^TM.

OLG originally issued an RFPQ for the Ottawa Area Gaming Bundle in November 2012. The RFPQ was cancelled in December 2015 because OLG and the landlord were not able to finalize a lease for the one gaming site in the bundle—OLG Slots at Rideau Carleton Raceway. A finalized lease for the gaming site is required for OLG to proceed with the procurement process to select a service provider for the bundle, given that relocation is not a viable option at this time. OLG and the landlord have now finalized a lease for the site and OLG is re-issuing the RFPQ for the bundle.

Re-issuing the RFPQ will enable OLG to pre-qualify the potential proponents that are eligible to receive the Request for Proposals (RFP) documents. RFPQ applicants are required to provide information on their experience in areas such as gaming and property development.

From the RFP submissions, OLG will select one service provider to run certain day-to-day operations of the gaming site at Rideau Carleton Raceway.

The RFPQ will close on August 4, 2016. OLG will begin the RFP process for the Ottawa Area Gaming Bundle in the coming months.

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 key government services.

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is leading the integration of horse racing into the provincial gaming strategy. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $44 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

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Gaming Zone	Current OLG Gaming Site	Host Community
E4	OLG Slots at Rideau Carleton Raceway	Ottawa

For more details on OLG’s procurement process for the modernization of lottery and gaming, including Gaming Zone maps, visit: http://about.olg.ca/modernization-project-status-rfp/

OLG’s Modernization

In July 2010, OLG was asked by the Ontario government to complete a comprehensive, strategic review of the lottery distribution network and land-based gaming sites. The review resulted in a report to government called Modernizing Lottery and Gaming in Ontario. In March 2012, OLG announced its modernization plan.

OLG is engaging the private sector to help build a new model for lottery and gaming in Ontario. OLG’s modernization will expand private sector participation in the industry, which will ensure greater efficiencies because:

• Service providers will be able to focus on delivering certain day-to-day operations, while OLG maintains control and accountability
• Capital costs of expanding, improving and maintaining gaming facilities will be taken on by the private sector, not the government

Through modernization, OLG will:

• Become more customer focused
• Expand the regulated role of the private sector in the day-to-day operations of lottery and gaming
• Renew its role in the conduct and management of lottery and gaming

Under section 207 (1) (a) of the Criminal Code of Canada, only OLG (as an agent of the Province) is permitted to conduct and manage gaming in Ontario. That is why OLG will continue its conduct and manage role and will remain the operating mind behind the delivery of gaming and lottery in Ontario.

As service providers take over certain day-to-day operations of lottery and gaming, OLG will continue to:

• Conduct and manage lottery and gaming
• Require compliance with applicable regulations set out by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO)
• Be the owner of key player information
• Uphold the standards of its Responsible Gambling program through service providers, including the self-exclusion program
• Distribute Municipality Contribution Agreement payments to host communities

Once modernization is fully implemented, it will provide additional revenue to the Province to support vital services Ontarians rely on. At the same time, Ontario will continue to be a North American leader in responsible gambling, supporting the research, prevention and treatment of problem gambling.

OLG’s Gaming Procurement Process

Modernization is a significant transformation of a government agency. The plan is ambitious and complex.

OLG’s modernization procurement process will lead to long-term contracts with service providers. OLG needs to ensure proper due diligence in order to select service providers from among the best and most qualified proponents.

Since its initial launch, modernization has evolved in response to further consultation with industry experts through the Request for Information (RFI) and Request for Pre-Qualification (RFPQ) processes, collaboration with municipalities across Ontario and public policy adjustments.

OLG has made significant progress by:

• Completing an RFI process for lottery and land-based gaming
• Issuing RFPQs for lottery and land-based Gaming Bundles
• Successfully procuring a service provider for iGaming and launching the PlayOLG online gaming platform
• Launching the revitalization of charitable gaming
• Working with the horse racing industry and government to build the foundation for a more sustainable horse racing industry in Ontario
• Completing the RFP process for the East Gaming Bundle and launching the RFP process for the North, Southwest, GTA and West GTA Gaming Bundles
• Issuing the RFPQ for the Niagara Gaming Bundle and the RFP for the Niagara Falls Entertainment Centre

On September 9, 2015, OLG announced it had selected Ontario Gaming East LP as the service provider for the East Gaming Bundle. Ontario Gaming East LP took over certain day-to-day operations of OLG Casino Thousand Islands and OLG Slots at Kawartha Downs on January 11, 2016.

What is a Request for Pre-Qualification (RFPQ)?

RFPQs help OLG determine the skills and abilities of potential service providers.

Through a public tendering system (MERX™), interested proponents are asked to submit information on their operational experience, financial and technical attributes and capabilities, including proof of successful experience with similar projects. In addition, the proponents must provide information on business and other relationships that they have had with First Nations and First Nations communities.

Interested proponents must also register with the AGCO or have submitted an application for registration.

The RFPQ process results in OLG identifying pre-qualified proponents eligible to receive the RFP documents—the next step in OLG’s procurement process.

What is a Request for Proposal (RFP)?

In the RFP stage, pre-qualified proponents are invited to bid on a specific opportunity through a competitive and transparent procurement process. RFPs are confidential and only distributed to the proponents that are pre-qualified during the RFPQ stage.

The RFP process will result in OLG selecting a service provider for each Gaming Bundle, subject to customary closing conditions and pending the execution of the Casino Operating and Services Agreement (COSA).

What are Gaming Zones?

In order to effectively manage the gaming market in Ontario, OLG identified Gaming Zones where existing or new gaming facilities would be permitted, subject to municipal and provincial government approvals.

Gaming Zones are geographic areas where a single gaming facility may be located. The location and design of these Gaming Zones is intended to ensure a sustainable and efficient gaming market in Ontario.

The boundaries of Gaming Zones across the province were determined by a gravity model—a business tool commonly used for modeling supply and demand within a given geographic area. The model looked at a number of factors to determine where there is customer demand for a gaming facility, including:

• Proximity of a Gaming Zone relative to other Gaming Zones and gaming facilities
• Proximity of a Gaming Zone to current and potential customers
• Distance a customer is willing to travel to reach a gaming site

Within each Gaming Zone, service providers will be permitted to assume certain day-to-day operations for an existing facility and possibly expand the site, establish a new facility if one does not currently exist, or relocate the existing facility within the boundaries of the Gaming Zone, all subject to approvals.

Only one gaming facility is permitted within each Gaming Zone.

What are Gaming Bundles?

To enable OLG to more effectively manage the gaming market in Ontario, OLG grouped some Gaming Zones into Gaming Bundles—each representing a separate bidding opportunity.

As a result, for some gaming RFPQs, potential proponents have been asked to demonstrate their ability to operate multiple facilities in a given region or geographic area of the province.

Gaming Bundles are intended to create opportunities for service providers to be more efficient by operating multiple facilities in a given region.

What are the next steps for the remaining Gaming Bundles?

OLG expects to release procurement documents for the remaining Gaming Bundles in the coming months.

Interested proponents who pre-qualify through the RFPQ process will be invited to participate in the RFP stage of the procurement process. The successful service provider for the applicable Gaming Bundle will be selected from this group.

Communities and OLG’s Modernization

Municipal and community choice is an important element of OLG’s modernization. OLG will only locate gaming facilities where there is support to do so from the municipal council or the First Nation band council. OLG has always been clear that it will respect the decision of a municipality or First Nation band council regarding hosting a new gaming site, or relocating or expanding an existing one.

When it comes to gaming facilities, OLG’s approach to potential and current host municipalities and host reserves across Ontario has been consistent.

The municipal council or First Nations band council must pass a resolution confirming their interest in hosting a gaming facility.

Where a municipal council or First Nations band council has included conditions as part of its resolution for gaming in its community, such as restrictions on the movement or expansion of a gaming site, OLG will ensure service providers are aware of such conditions during the RFP phase of the procurement process.

The municipal council or the First Nations band council then works with the selected service provider to determine the location of a new gaming site, if one is proposed and permitted.

As has always been the case, adding table games at a gaming site that currently has none, relocating a current gaming site or building a new gaming site can only occur where there is municipal or band council consent and a viable business case put forth by a service provider, which is subsequently approved by OLG.

Any new gaming site, introduction of table games at a gaming site that currently has none, or the proposed relocation of an existing gaming site, is subject to final approval from the Ontario government.

Horse Racing Integration

OLG is working with the horse racing industry and the Ontario government to build the foundation for a more sustainable horse racing industry in Ontario.

Horse racing integration is part of modernization and is included in OLG’s mandate from the Ontario government.

OLG is working with the horse racing industry to:

• Create a business model for integration that is focused on stability
• Provide advice to the government on long-term funding
• Partner with the industry to optimize branding and build public awareness about horse racing
• Develop new horse-themed lottery and gaming products

OLG is also providing provincial support by sharing its expertise and helping to direct the industry to adopt a Responsible Gambling program.

Ensuring a strong future for horse racing is a priority for OLG and a key part of modernization. Representatives from the horse racing industry, the Government of Ontario and Crown agencies are working together in support of a more sustainable industry.

OLG’s Conduct and Manage Role

OLG will continue its role in the conduct and management of gaming in Ontario.

To fulfill this role, OLG will retain control over lottery and gaming, but will expect service providers to deliver many of the services related to the day-to-day operation of lottery and gaming.

World’s Best Responsible Gambling Program

OLG will continue to work within the Province’s overall problem gambling strategy to contribute to the prevention and mitigation of problem gambling through its Responsible Gambling program, which was ranked number one in the world by the World Lottery Association in 2014.

OLG will also require service providers to follow the Responsible Gambling Standards that OLG has developed.

Ensuring a Competitive Procurement Process

OLG is following the Ontario government’s procurement guidelines to ensure that its procurement process is fair and competitive.

OLG has engaged an impartial Fairness Monitor throughout the process to provide oversight on the integrity and fairness of its procurement process.

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TORONTO, ON – Ontario’s Charitable Bingo and Gaming Revitalization initiative is marking an important milestone in Fort Erie. More than $1.3 million has been raised and has benefited local charities in the region as a result of the revitalization of charitable bingo and gaming.

This program, which began over a decade ago, is delivered through a partnership between Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG), the Ontario Charitable Gaming Association (OCGA), the Commercial Gaming Association of Ontario (CGAO) and local gaming and bingo centre operators.

Delta Uncle Sam’s hosted the official celebration for the $1.3 million milestone, as this location converted to an eBingo facility in October 2014. Today’s event was attended by Wayne Redekop, Mayor of Fort Erie; Stephen Passero, Fort Erie Ward Two Councillor; Rick Gray, Vice President of Charitable Gaming, OLG; and Lynn Cassidy, Executive Director of the Ontario Charitable Gaming Association.

“The Town of Fort Erie is very proud of our community partnership with Delta Bingo & Gaming Fort Erie and its 32 local charities and not-for-profits that have raised over $1.3 million for programs and services in our town in just over two years,” said Wayne Redekop, Mayor of Fort Erie. “All of these funds remain in our community and benefit the people of Fort Erie in ways that have truly remarkable impacts.”

“OLG is proud of the Charitable Gaming Revitalization program and the role we play in providing sustainable revenue sources to the charities that serve the Fort Erie area,” said Rick Gray, OLG’s Vice President of Charitable Gaming.

“Today is celebrating the wonderful success of Charitable Gaming in Fort Erie.” said Lynn Cassidy, Executive Director of the OCGA. “This initiative is making a big difference to many local charities that provide important programs and services.”

Background on Charitable Gaming in Ontario

In the past 10 years, OLG has been working with the CGAO and the OCGA to revitalize the province’s Charitable Bingo and Gaming industry. By developing and introducing new products and technologies that have invigorated the traditional charitable gaming experience, more money has been generated for thousands of local charities across the province. The revitalization initiative is preserving and enhancing funding for charities across Ontario while creating economic benefits, including employment opportunities at local charitable gaming centres.

A pilot program was started in 2005 to test electronic versions of existing paper-based bingo games with six charity bingo centres in five communities in Ontario.

Following the success of this pilot project, a phased rollout of a new suite of electronic games was introduced to other charitable gaming sites in the province. This started in 2012.  The new charitable games offer customers more choice and complements existing paper bingo games:

• Electronic Bingo: Charitable Gaming Centres offer terminals with touch screens that allow players to touch the screen to dab the numbers and play along.
• Play On Demand (POD): A collection of electronic games that can be played anytime, with great prizes to be won.
• Tap Tix: The evolution of the classic Break Open Ticket features an interactive display screen on a ticket dispenser.

The new games allow Charitable Gaming Centres to offer more customer choice and appeal to a broader demographic, while providing a different gaming entertainment experience from traditional bingo.

In total, 31 Charitable Gaming Centres have raised more than $100 million in additional money for local charities and their communities.

As part of the revitalization, OLG assisted in introducing Responsible Gambling Resource Centres (RGRC’s) at all of the 31 Charitable Gaming Centres.  The RGRC’s, managed by the Responsible Gambling Council of Ontario, offer effective educational tools and resources to build awareness and understanding of the risks associated with, and strategies to prevent, problem gambling.

Each RGRC has information available on the following topics:

• Safer play strategies
• Gambling myths and facts
• Community agencies that support people with gambling concerns

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TORONTO, ON – On May 27, 2016, OLG and the union representing the gaming floor employees at OLG Slots at Rideau Carleton Raceway agreed to end the labour disruption which began on December 16, 2015.

OLG remains open from Monday to Thursday from noon until midnight and on Friday and Saturday from noon until 2 a.m.  On Sunday, the Slots at Rideau will be open from noon until 12 midnight.

The Slots facility will return to regular 24/7 business hours as of noon on Monday, June 6.

OLG would like to thank our customers for their continued patronage throughout the labour disruption.

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Sault Ste. Marie, ON – Time is running out to claim a LOTTO MAX MAXMILLIONS prize worth $500,000 for a ticket sold one year ago in Welland. The ticket sold in Welland shared a $1 million prize with another ticket. Players have one year from the original draw date to claim their prize.

The winning numbers for the Friday, June 5, 2015 LOTTO MAX MAXMILLIONS draw were 01 – 11 – 12 – 15 – 16 – 27 – 29. Players must match all of the seven numbers drawn in order to win a MAXMILLIONS 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 Monday, June 6, 2016.

The OLG Prize Centre is 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:

• Winning Numbers page on olg.ca
• Call our WIN! Line at 416-870-8946 (Toronto area) or toll free at 1-866-891-8946 (outside Toronto area)
• Use the easy self-serve Ticket Checker at your lottery terminal retailer. Simply insert the ticket, barcode side up, and wait for the message to appear on the Ticket Checker’s screen.
• Sign up on olg.ca for winning numbers to be emailed to you
• Pick up a winning numbers printout from your lottery terminal retailer
• Sign your ticket and ask a lottery retailer to check it for you

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is leading the integration of horse racing into the provincial gaming strategy. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $42 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

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Sault Ste. Marie, ON – Time is running out to claim a LOTTO MAX MAXMILLIONS prize worth $500,000 for a ticket sold one year ago in Newmarket. The ticket sold in Newmarket shared a $1 million prize with another ticket. Players have one year from the original draw date to claim their prize.

The winning numbers for the Friday, May 22, 2015 LOTTO MAX MAXMILLIONS draw were 12 – 15 – 18 – 29 – 37 – 46 – 47. Players must match all of the seven numbers drawn in order to win a MAXMILLIONS 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 Tuesday, May 24, 2016.

The OLG Prize Centre is 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:

• Winning Numbers page on olg.ca
• Call our WIN! Line at 416-870-8946 (Toronto area) or toll free at 1-866-891-8946 (outside Toronto area)
• Use the easy self-serve Ticket Checker at your lottery terminal retailer. Simply insert the ticket, barcode side up, and wait for the message to appear on the Ticket Checker’s screen.
• Sign up on olg.ca for winning numbers to be emailed to you
• Pick up a winning numbers printout from your lottery terminal retailer
• Sign your ticket and ask a lottery retailer to check it for you

OLG est l’organisme du gouvernement de l’Ontario qui fournit des activités de jeu d’une manière socialement responsable. OLG exploite et gère des établissements de jeu, la vente de jeux de loterie dans la province, le jeu en ligne à PlayOLG et la prestation du bingo et d’autres produits de jeu électronique aux centres de jeu de bienfaisance dans la province, et dirige l’intégration des courses de chevaux à la stratégie de jeu provinciale. Depuis 1975, OLG a versé près de 42 milliards de dollars à la Province et à la population de l’Ontario. Ces paiements à la Province soutiennent le fonctionnement des hôpitaux, le sport amateur par l’entremise du programme Quest for Gold, les organismes de bienfaisance locaux et provinciaux et la prévention, le traitement et la recherche liés au jeu problématique.

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TORONTO, ON – Ontario’s Charitable Bingo and Gaming Revitalization initiative is marking an important milestone in St. Thomas. More than $2 million has been raised and has benefited local charities in the region as a result of the revitalization of charitable bingo and gaming.

This program, which began over a decade ago, is delivered through a partnership between Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG), the Ontario Charitable Gaming Association (OCGA), the Commercial Gaming Association of Ontario (CGAO) and local gaming and bingo centre operators.

Jackpot City Gaming Entertainment hosted the official celebration for the $2 million milestone, as this location converted to an eBingo facility in December 2013. Today’s event was attended by Heather Jackson, Mayor of St. Thomas; Rick Gray, Vice President of Charitable Gaming, OLG; and Lynn Cassidy, Executive Director of the Ontario Charitable Gaming Association.

“The City of St. Thomas is very proud of our community partnership with Jackpot City Gaming Entertainment and their 73 local charities and not-for-profits that have raised over $2 million for programs and services in our city in just over two years,” said Heather Jackson, Mayor of St. Thomas. “All of these funds remain in our community and benefit the people of St. Thomas in a way that is truly impactful.”

“OLG is proud of the Charitable Gaming Revitalization program and the role we play in providing sustainable revenue sources to the charities that serve the St. Thomas area,” said Rick Gray, OLG’s Vice President of Charitable Gaming.

“Today is celebrating the wonderful success of Charitable Gaming in St. Thomas.” said Lynn Cassidy, Executive Director of the OCGA. “This initiative is making a big difference to many local charities that provide important programs and services.”

Background on Charitable Gaming in Ontario

In the past 10 years, OLG has been working with the CGAO and the OCGA to revitalize the province’s Charitable Bingo and Gaming industry. By developing and introducing new products and technologies that have invigorated the traditional Charitable Gaming experience, more money has been generated for thousands of local charities across the province. The revitalization initiative is preserving and enhancing funding for charities across Ontario while creating economic benefits, including employment opportunities at local Charitable Gaming centres.

A pilot program was started in 2005 to test electronic versions of existing paper-based bingo games with six Charitable Gaming Centres in five communities in Ontario.

Following the success of this pilot project, a phased rollout of a new suite of electronic games was introduced to other Charitable Gaming Centres in the province. This started in 2012.  The new Charitable Gaming products offer customers more choice and complement existing paper bingo games:

• Electronic Bingo: Charitable Gaming Centres offer terminals with touch screens that allow players to touch the screen to dab the numbers and play along.
• Play On Demand (POD): A collection of electronic games that can be played anytime, with great prizes to be won.
• TapTix: The evolution of the classic Break Open Ticket features an interactive display screen on a ticket dispenser.

The new games allow Charitable Gaming Centres to offer more customer choice and appeal to a broader demographic, while providing a different gaming entertainment experience from traditional bingo.

In total, 31 Charitable Gaming Centres have raised more than $100 million in additional money for local charities and their communities.

As part of the revitalization, OLG assisted in introducing Responsible Gaming Resource Centres at all of the 31 Charitable Gaming Centres.  The RGRCs, managed by the Responsible Gambling Council of Ontario, offer effective educational tools and resources to build awareness and understanding of the risks associated with, and strategies to prevent, problem gambling.

Each RGRC has information available on the following topics:

• Safer play strategies
• Gambling myths and facts
• Community agencies that support people with gambling concerns

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
OLG Media Relations
1-888-946-6716
Ontario Charitable Gaming Association (OCGA)
905-824-5478

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is leading the integration of horse racing into the provincial gaming strategy. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $42 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

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TORONTO, ON – Ontario’s Charitable Bingo and Gaming Revitalization initiative is marking an important milestone in Sudbury. More than $20 million has been raised and has benefited local charities in the region as a result of the revitalization of charitable bingo and gaming.

This program, which began over a decade ago, is delivered through a partnership between Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG), the Ontario Charitable Gaming Association (OCGA), the Commercial Gaming Association of Ontario (CGAO) and local gaming and bingo centre operators.

Boardwalk Gaming Centre hosted the official celebration for the $20 million milestone, as this location was part of the initial pilot project in 2005. Today’s event was attended by Glenn Thibeault, MPP for Sudbury; Brian Bigger, Mayor of Sudbury; Rick Gray, Vice President of Charitable Gaming, OLG; and Lynn Cassidy, Executive Director of the Ontario Charitable Gaming Association.

“I’m so impressed with the work that has been done locally over the past 10 years through the revitalization of Charitable Gaming.  What an achievement, raising 20 million dollars to benefit so many local charities and non-profit organizations across our community,” said Glenn Thibeault, MPP for Sudbury. “I want to commend the staff at Boardwalk gaming, OLG, as well as the many volunteers who have helped reach this milestone.  And I know there is more to come in the future as this partnership continues.”

“The City of Greater Sudbury is very proud of our community partnership with Boardwalk Gaming and their 150 local charities and not-for-profits that raise over $2 million annually for programs and services in our city,” said Brian Bigger, Mayor of Greater Sudbury.” All of these funds remain in our community and benefit the people of Greater Sudbury in a way that is truly impactful.”

“OLG is proud of the Charitable Gaming Revitalization program and the role we play in providing sustainable revenue sources to the charities that serve the Sudbury area,” said Rick Gray, OLG’s Vice President of Charitable Gaming.

“Today is celebrating the wonderful success of Charitable Gaming in Sudbury,” said Lynn Cassidy, Executive Director of the OCGA. “This initiative is making a big difference to many local charities that provide important programs and services.”

Background on Charitable Gaming in Ontario

In the past 10 years, OLG has been working with the CGAO and the OCGA to revitalize the province’s Charitable

Bingo and Gaming industry. By developing and introducing new products and technologies that have invigorated the

traditional Charitable Gaming experience, more money has been generated for thousands of local charities across the

province. The revitalization initiative is preserving and enhancing funding for charities across Ontario while creating

economic benefits, including employment opportunities at local Charitable Gaming centres.

A pilot program was started in 2005 to test electronic versions of existing paper-based bingo games with six

Charitable Gaming Centres in five communities in Ontario.

Following the success of this pilot project, a phased rollout of a new suite of electronic games was introduced to

other Charitable Gaming Centres in the province. This started in 2012.  The new Charitable Gaming products offer

customers more choice and complement existing paper bingo games:

• Electronic Bingo: Charitable Gaming Centres offer terminals with touch screens that allow players to

  touch the screen to dab the numbers and play along.

• Play On Demand (POD): A collection of electronic games that can be played anytime, with great prizes

  to be won.

• TapTix: The evolution of the classic Break Open Ticket features an interactive display screen on a ticket

  dispenser.

The new games allow Charitable Gaming Centres to offer more customer choice and appeal to a broader

demographic, while providing a different gaming entertainment experience from traditional bingo.

In total, 31 Charitable Gaming Centres have raised more than $100 million in additional money for local charities

and their communities.

As part of the revitalization, OLG assisted in introducing Responsible Gaming Resource Centres at all of the 31

Charitable Gaming Centres.  The RGRCs, managed by the Responsible Gambling Council of Ontario, offer effective

educational tools and resources to build awareness and understanding of the risks associated with, and strategies to

prevent, problem gambling.

Each RGRC has information available on the following topics:

• Safer play strategies
• Gambling myths and facts
• Community agencies that support people with gambling concerns

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
OLG Media Relations
1-888-946-6716
Ontario Charitable Gaming Association (OCGA)
905-824-5478

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is leading the integration of horse racing into the provincial gaming strategy. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $42 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

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SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) today issued fourth-quarter (January to March, 2016) non-tax gaming revenue payments totaling $20,184,541 to 22 municipalities which currently host OLG facilities. To date, host municipalities have received more than $1.2 billion in non-tax gaming revenue.

“OLG gaming site revenue provided to host municipalities helps communities invest in infrastructure projects and important local programs and services which benefit Ontario families,” said Charles Sousa, Ontario’s Minister of Finance. “Along with supporting local development, these funds directly benefit vital public services such as health care and education in communities across Ontario.”

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 2015-2016, 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 2015-2016 was $38 million.

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is leading the integration of horse racing into the provincial gaming strategy. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $42 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

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TORONTO, ON – Ontario’s Charitable Bingo and Gaming Revitalization initiative is marking an important milestone in Thunder Bay. More than $1 million has been raised and has benefited local charities in the region as a result of the revitalization of charitable bingo and gaming.

This program, which began a decade ago, is delivered through a partnership between Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG), the Ontario Charitable Gaming Association (OCGA), the Commercial Gaming Association of Ontario (CGAO) and local gaming and bingo centre operators.

Superior Shores Gaming Centre hosted the official celebration for the $1 million milestone, as this location, which is owned and operated by sixty-five local charities, converted to an e-bingo gaming site in December 2014. Today’s event was attended by the The Honourable Michael Gravelle, Minister of Northern Development and Mines and MPP for Thunder Bay-Superior North, Mayor Keith Hobbs, David Fraser, Director of Governance and Relationship Management, OLG and Lynn Cassidy, Executive Director of the Ontario Charitable Gaming Association.

“OLG is proud of the Charitable Bingo and Gaming Revitalization program and the role we have played in providing sustainable revenue sources to the charities that serve the Thunder Bay area,” said Rick Gray, OLG’s Vice President of Charitable Gaming.

“Today is celebrating the wonderful success of Charitable Gaming in Thunder Bay,” said Lynn Cassidy, Executive Director of the OCGA.  “This initiative is making a big difference to many local charities who provide important programs and services.”

Background on Charitable Gaming in Ontario

In the past 10 years, OLG has been working with the CGAO and the OCGA to revitalize the province’s Charitable Bingo and Gaming industry. By developing and introducing new products and technologies that have invigorated the traditional Charitable Gaming experience, more money has been generated for thousands of local charities across the province. The revitalization initiative is preserving and enhancing funding for charities across Ontario while creating economic benefits, including employment opportunities at local Charitable Gaming centres.

A pilot program was started in 2005 to test electronic versions of existing paper-based bingo games with six Charitable Gaming Centres in five communities in Ontario.

Following the success of this pilot project, a phased rollout of a new suite of electronic games was introduced to other Charitable Gaming Centres in the province. This started in 2012.  The new Charitable Gaming products offer customers more choice and complement existing paper bingo games:

• Electronic Bingo: Charitable Gaming Centres offer terminals with touch screens that allow players to
  touch the screen to dab the numbers and play along.
• Play On Demand (POD): A collection of electronic games that can be played anytime, with great prizes
  to be won.
• TapTix: The evolution of the classic Break Open Ticket features an interactive display screen on a ticket
  dispenser.

The new games allow Charitable Gaming Centres to offer more customer choice and appeal to a broader demographic, while providing a different gaming entertainment experience from traditional bingo.

In total, 31 Charitable Gaming Centres have raised more than $100 million in additional money for local charities and their communities.

As part of the revitalization, OLG assisted in introducing Responsible Gaming Resource Centres at all of the 31 Charitable Gaming Centres.  The RGRCs, managed by the Responsible Gambling Council of Ontario, offer effective educational tools and resources to build awareness and understanding of the risks associated with, and strategies to prevent, problem gambling.

Each RGRC has information available on the following topics:

• Safer play strategies
• Gambling myths and facts
• Community agencies that support people with gambling concerns

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
OLG Media Relations
1-888-946-6716
Ontario Charitable Gaming Association (OCGA)
905-824-5478

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is leading the integration of horse racing into the provincial gaming strategy. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $42 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

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TORONTO –   A new partnership between the Jays Care Foundation and the Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corporation (OLG) is creating a new game day tradition for Toronto Blue Jays baseball fans which will benefit charities across Ontario.

Just in time for the Blue Jays’ home opener, OLG is introducing a new electronic 50/50 raffle system at the Rogers Centre. State-of-the-art handheld devices will replace the existing manual 50/50 raffles. The change will help raise more money for charities supported by the Jays Care Foundation and provide larger prizes for raffle players.

Electronic 50/50 raffle draws are also available at Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto Raptors, Toronto Rock and Ottawa Senators home games. Sales at these games started in September 2014, which has resulted in significantly increased money raised for the Maple Leaf Sports Entertainment (MLSE) Foundation and the Ottawa Senators Foundation.

Highlights of the new electronic 50/50 raffle program include:

• More excitement for players: Electronic 50/50 features real-time displays of total prize money available in the jackpot.
• Improved access: Electronic 50/50 allows sellers to reach more patrons and allows longer ticket sales to increase money for charities and provide larger jackpots.
• Greater integrity and accuracy: Electronic 50/50 systems register and record all transactions and tickets.
• Improved security and accountability: With electronic 50/50, each and every dollar is tracked in real-time.

Results from electronic 50/50 ticket sales at the Rogers Centre, in addition to continued sales from draws at the Air Canada Centre and the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, will provide more data in order to evaluate this pilot program.

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is leading the integration of horse racing into the provincial gaming strategy. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $42 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

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TORONTO, ON – Effective today, OLG is taking over administration of the Transfer Payment Agreements (TPAs) that the Ontario government has with racetracks in the province. TPAs support the industry by providing funding for purses and operational costs at tracks that run live racing.

“The ongoing collaboration between the Ontario government, OLG and the industry is helping to build the foundation for proactive, industry-led success,” said Cal Bricker, Senior Vice President, Horse Racing. “By taking over administration of the TPAs, OLG will distribute approximately $93 million of government funding to racetracks in Ontario to support close to 950 race dates in 2016-17.”

In the 2016 Ontario Budget, the government announced a two-year extension to support for the horse racing industry, formerly known as the Horse Racing Partnership Funding Program. The extension will provide funding that is consistent with current levels until March 2021, giving the industry confidence to make investments and business decisions for the coming years.

OLG is continuing to work with the industry to provide options to the Ontario government on a long-term funding arrangement.

OLG is also launching a new page on OLG.ca that contains information and updates on horse racing integration. The new horse racing line of business at OLG is providing additional resources to keep integration moving forward in partnership with the industry and government.

Horse racing is vital to rural communities. The industry provides jobs for thousands of people across the province and is an important part of Ontario’s heritage.

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is leading the integration of horse racing into the provincial gaming strategy. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $42 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

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TORONTO – The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) is announcing that it intends to add the two Niagara Casinos—Fallsview Casino Resort and Casino Niagara—to its modernization procurement process.

“Including the Niagara Casinos in the procurement process will ensure greater consistency in Ontario’s gaming market and will maximize the benefit of modernization for the people and Province of Ontario,” said Stephen Rigby, OLG’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “It will make future capital costs of developing, expanding, improving and maintaining the Niagara Casinos the responsibility of a service provider—so public money is no longer used to cover these costs. It will also give the selected service provider the flexibility to operate the sites in the bundle more efficiently.”

In order to include the two Niagara Casinos in modernization, OLG has notified its operator— Falls Management Group LP, acting through its general partner, Falls Management Company (collectively FMC)—that OLG will not extend the current operating agreement beyond its initial term, which ends on June 10, 2019. This is an option OLG has under the current agreement.

OLG estimates it will take up to three years to procure a service provider for the Niagara Gaming Bundle and enter into a new operating agreement. OLG is announcing its intention to include the Niagara Casinos in modernization now to ensure the selection of a service provider aligns with the end of the initial term of the current operating agreement with FMC. The announcement also allows OLG to:

• Plan for a smooth transition of operations to a service provider after June 10, 2019
• Provide notice that OLG intends to add the Niagara Gaming Bundle to the modernization procurement process to pre-qualified proponents that are actively participating in the RFP process for the North, Southwest and GTA Gaming Bundles, as well as to RFPQ applicants in other active Gaming Bundles
• Ensure the transparency of OLG’s procurement process

OLG expects to release a Request for Pre-Qualification (RFPQ) for the Niagara Gaming Bundle in summer 2016.

OLG is continuing the procurement process for a new Niagara Falls Entertainment Centre. In November 2015, OLG released an RFPQ that outlines the opportunity to design, build, finance and maintain a new large-scale, high-quality entertainment centre in the City of Niagara Falls. OLG expects to release the Request for Proposals (RFP) to pre-qualified proponents in spring 2016. The service provider OLG selects for the Niagara Gaming Bundle will also be responsible for operating the future Niagara Falls Entertainment Centre.

“OLG is proud to be part of the Niagara Falls community,” said Rigby. “We continue to work with all stakeholders to help ensure the long-term competitiveness of the Niagara Falls market.”

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 key government services.

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is leading the integration of horse racing into the provincial gaming strategy. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $42 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

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Gaming Zone	Current OLG Gaming Site	Host Community
SW10	Casino Niagara	Niagara Falls
SW11	Fallsview Casino Resort	Niagara Falls

For more details on OLG’s procurement process for the modernization of lottery and gaming, including Gaming Zone maps, visit: http://about.olg.ca/modernization-project-status-rfp/

OLG’s Modernization

In July 2010, OLG was asked by the Ontario government to complete a comprehensive, strategic review of the lottery distribution network and land-based gaming sites. The review resulted in a report to government called Modernizing Lottery and Gaming in Ontario. In March 2012, OLG announced its modernization plan.

OLG is engaging the private sector to help build a new model for lottery and gaming in Ontario. OLG’s modernization will expand private sector participation in the industry, which will ensure greater efficiencies because:

• Service providers will be able to focus on delivering certain day-to-day operations, while OLG maintains control and accountability
• Capital costs of expanding, improving and maintaining gaming facilities will be taken on by the private sector, not the government

Through modernization, OLG will:

• Become more customer focused
• Expand the regulated role of the private sector in the day-to-day operations of lottery and gaming
• Renew its role in the conduct and management of lottery and gaming

Under section 207 (1) (a) of the Criminal Code of Canada, only OLG (as an agent of the Province) is permitted to conduct and manage gaming in Ontario. That is why OLG will continue its conduct and manage role and will remain the operating mind behind the delivery of gaming and lottery in Ontario.

As service providers take over certain day-to-day operations of lottery and gaming, OLG will continue to:

• Conduct and manage lottery and gaming
• Require compliance with applicable regulations set out by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO)
• Be the owner of key player information
• Uphold the standards of its Responsible Gambling program through service providers, including the self-exclusion program
• Distribute Municipality Contribution Agreement payments to host communities

Once modernization is fully implemented, it will provide additional revenue to the Province to support vital services Ontarians rely on. At the same time, Ontario will continue to be a North American leader in responsible gambling, supporting the research, prevention and treatment of problem gambling.

OLG’s Gaming Procurement Process

Modernization is a significant transformation of a government agency. The plan is ambitious and complex.

OLG’s modernization procurement process will lead to long-term contracts with service providers. OLG needs to ensure proper due diligence in order to select service providers from among the best and most qualified proponents.

Since its initial launch, modernization has evolved in response to further consultation with industry experts through the Request for Information (RFI) and Request for Pre-Qualification (RFPQ) processes, collaboration with municipalities across Ontario and public policy adjustments.

OLG has made significant progress by:

• Completing an RFI process for lottery and land-based gaming
• Issuing RFPQs for lottery and land-based Gaming Bundles
• Successfully procuring a service provider for iGaming and launching the PlayOLG online gaming platform
• Launching the revitalization of charitable gaming
• Working with the horse racing industry and government to build the foundation for a more sustainable horse racing industry in Ontario
• Completing the RFP process for the East Gaming Bundle and launching the RFP process for the North, Southwest, GTA and West GTA Gaming Bundles
• Issuing the RFPQ for the Niagara Gaming Bundle and the RFP for the Niagara Falls Entertainment Centre

On September 9, 2015, OLG announced it had selected Ontario Gaming East LP as the service provider for the East Gaming Bundle. Ontario Gaming East LP took over certain day-to-day operations of OLG Casino Thousand Islands and OLG Slots at Kawartha Downs on January 11, 2016.

What is a Request for Pre-Qualification (RFPQ)?

RFPQs help OLG determine the skills and abilities of potential service providers.

Through a public tendering system (MERX™), interested proponents are asked to submit information on their operational experience, financial and technical attributes and capabilities, including proof of successful experience with similar projects. In addition, the proponents must provide information on business and other relationships that they have had with First Nations and First Nations communities.

Interested proponents must also register with the AGCO or have submitted an application for registration.

The RFPQ process results in OLG identifying pre-qualified proponents eligible to receive the RFP documents—the next step in OLG’s procurement process.

What is a Request for Proposal (RFP)?

In the RFP stage, pre-qualified proponents are invited to bid on a specific opportunity through a competitive and transparent procurement process. RFPs are confidential and only distributed to the proponents that are pre-qualified during the RFPQ stage.

The RFP process will result in OLG selecting a service provider for each Gaming Bundle, subject to customary closing conditions and pending the execution of the Casino Operating and Services Agreement (COSA).

What are Gaming Zones?

In order to effectively manage the gaming market in Ontario, OLG identified Gaming Zones where existing or new gaming facilities would be permitted, subject to municipal and provincial government approvals.

Gaming Zones are geographic areas where a single gaming facility may be located. The location and design of these Gaming Zones is intended to ensure a sustainable and efficient gaming market in Ontario.

The boundaries of Gaming Zones across the province were determined by a gravity model—a business tool commonly used for modeling supply and demand within a given geographic area. The model looked at a number of factors to determine where there is customer demand for a gaming facility, including:

• Proximity of a Gaming Zone relative to other Gaming Zones and gaming facilities
• Proximity of a Gaming Zone to current and potential customers
• Distance a customer is willing to travel to reach a gaming site

Within each Gaming Zone, service providers will be permitted to assume certain day-to-day operations for an existing facility and possibly expand the site, establish a new facility if one does not currently exist, or relocate the existing facility within the boundaries of the Gaming Zone, all subject to approvals.

Only one gaming facility is permitted within each Gaming Zone.

What are Gaming Bundles?

To enable OLG to more effectively manage the gaming market in Ontario, OLG grouped some Gaming Zones into Gaming Bundles—each representing a separate bidding opportunity.

As a result, for some gaming RFPQs, potential proponents have been asked to demonstrate their ability to operate multiple facilities in a given region or geographic area of the province.

Gaming Bundles are intended to create opportunities for service providers to be more efficient by operating multiple facilities in a given region.

What are the next steps for the remaining Gaming Bundles?

OLG expects to release procurement documents for the remaining Gaming Bundles in the coming months.

Interested proponents who pre-qualify through the RFPQ process will be invited to participate in the RFP stage of the procurement process. The successful service provider for the applicable Gaming Bundle will be selected from this group.

Communities and OLG’s Modernization

Municipal and community choice is an important element of OLG’s modernization. OLG will only locate gaming facilities where there is support to do so from the municipal council or the First Nation band council. OLG has always been clear that it will respect the decision of a municipality or First Nation band council regarding hosting a new gaming site, or relocating or expanding an existing one.

When it comes to gaming facilities, OLG’s approach to potential and current host municipalities and host reserves across Ontario has been consistent.

The municipal council or First Nations band council must pass a resolution confirming their interest in hosting a gaming facility.

Where a municipal council or First Nations band council has included conditions as part of its resolution for gaming in its community, such as restrictions on the movement or expansion of a gaming site, OLG will ensure service providers are aware of such conditions during the RFP phase of the procurement process.

The municipal council or the First Nations band council then works with the selected service provider to determine the location of a new gaming site, if one is proposed and permitted.

As has always been the case, adding table games at a gaming site that currently has none, relocating a current gaming site or building a new gaming site can only occur where there is municipal or band council consent and a viable business case put forth by a service provider, which is subsequently approved by OLG.

Any new gaming site, introduction of table games at a gaming site that currently has none, or the proposed relocation of an existing gaming site, is subject to final approval from the Ontario government.

Horse Racing Integration

OLG is working with the horse racing industry and the Ontario government to build the foundation for a more sustainable horse racing industry in Ontario.

Horse racing integration is part of modernization and is included in OLG’s mandate from the Ontario government.

OLG is working with the horse racing industry to:

• Create a business model for integration that is focused on stability
• Provide advice to the government on long-term funding
• Partner with the industry to optimize branding and build public awareness about horse racing
• Develop new horse-themed lottery and gaming products

OLG is also providing provincial support by sharing its expertise and helping to direct the industry to adopt a Responsible Gambling program.

Ensuring a strong future for horse racing is a priority for OLG and a key part of modernization. Representatives from the horse racing industry, the Government of Ontario and Crown agencies are working together in support of a more sustainable industry.

OLG’s Conduct and Manage Role

OLG will continue its role in the conduct and management of gaming in Ontario.

To fulfill this role, OLG will retain control over lottery and gaming, but will expect service providers to deliver many of the services related to the day-to-day operation of lottery and gaming.

World’s Best Responsible Gambling Program

OLG will continue to work within the Province’s overall problem gambling strategy to contribute to the prevention and mitigation of problem gambling through its Responsible Gambling program, which was ranked number one in the world by the World Lottery Association in 2014.

OLG will also require service providers to follow the Responsible Gambling Standards that OLG has developed.

Ensuring a Competitive Procurement Process

OLG is following the Ontario government’s procurement guidelines to ensure that its procurement process is fair and competitive.

OLG has engaged an impartial Fairness Monitor throughout the process to provide oversight on the integrity and fairness of its procurement process.

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TORONTO, ON – Ontario’s Charitable Bingo and Gaming Revitalization initiative is marking an important milestone in Cambridge. More than $1.6 million has been raised and has benefited local charities in the region as a result of the revitalization of charitable bingo and gaming.

This program, which began a decade ago, is delivered through a partnership between Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG), the Ontario Charitable Gaming Association (OCGA), the Commercial Gaming Association of Ontario (CGAO) and local gaming and bingo centre operators.

The Cambridge Bingo Centre hosted the official celebration for the $1.6 million milestone, as this location converted to an e-bingo site in September 2013. Today’s event was attended by the Mayor of Cambridge, Doug Craig, Rick Gray, Vice President of Charitable Gaming, OLG and Lynn Cassidy, Executive Director of the Ontario Charitable Gaming Association.

“OLG is proud of the Charitable Bingo and Gaming Revitalization program and the role we have played in providing sustainable revenue sources to the charities that serve the Cambridge area,” said Rick Gray, OLG’s Vice President of Charitable Gaming.

“The money raised through the Cambridge Bingo Centre has a great impact on our community,” said Mayor Doug Craig. “The charities and non-profits supported by this organization provide services that benefit all of Cambridge and really allow our community to thrive.”

“Today is celebrating the wonderful success of Charitable Gaming in Cambridge,” said Lynn Cassidy, Executive Director of the OCGA.  “This initiative is making a big difference to many local charities who provide important programs and services.”

Background on Charitable Gaming in Ontario

In the past 10 years, OLG has been working with the CGAO and the OCGA to revitalize the province’s Charitable Bingo and Gaming industry. By developing and introducing new products and technologies that have invigorated the traditional Charitable Gaming experience, more money has been generated for thousands of local charities across the province. The revitalization initiative is preserving and enhancing funding for charities across Ontario while creating economic benefits, including employment opportunities at local Charitable Gaming centres.

A pilot program was started in 2005 to test electronic versions of existing paper-based bingo games with six Charitable Gaming Centres in five communities in Ontario.

Following the success of this pilot project, a phased rollout of a new suite of electronic games was introduced to other Charitable Gaming Centres in the province. This started in 2012.  The new Charitable Gaming products offer customers more choice and complement existing paper bingo games:

• Electronic Bingo: Charitable Gaming Centres offer terminals with touch screens that allow players to touch the screen to dab the numbers and play along.
• Play On Demand (POD): A collection of electronic games that can be played anytime, with great prizes to be won.
• TapTix: The evolution of the classic Break Open Ticket features an interactive display screen on a ticket dispenser.

The new games allow Charitable Gaming Centres to offer more customer choice and appeal to a broader demographic, while providing a different gaming entertainment experience from traditional bingo.

In total, 31 Charitable Gaming Centres have raised more than $100 million in additional money for local charities and their communities.

As part of the revitalization, OLG assisted in introducing Responsible Gaming Resource Centres at all of the 31 Charitable Gaming Centres.  The RGRCs, managed by the Responsible Gambling Council of Ontario, offer effective educational tools and resources to build awareness and understanding of the risks associated with, and strategies to prevent, problem gambling.

Each RGRC has information available on the following topics:

• Safer play strategies
• Gambling myths and facts
• Community agencies that support people with gambling concerns

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Sault Ste. Marie – Time is running out to claim an ENCORE – LOTTO 6/49 prize worth $10,000 for a ticket sold one year ago in Burlington.  Players have one year from the original draw date to claim their prize.

The winning numbers for the Wednesday, March 25, 2015 ENCORE – LOTTO 6/49 draw were 8 – 5 – 7 – 0 – 2 – 5 – 7.  Players must match the first six of the seven numbers drawn in exact order to win the $10,000 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 Tuesday, March 29, 2016.

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:

• Visit the Winning Numbers page on olg.ca.
• Call our WIN! Line at 416-870-8946 (Toronto area) or toll free at 1-866-891-8946 (outside Toronto area).
• Use the easy self-serve Ticket Checker at your lottery terminal retailer. Simply insert the ticket, barcode side up, and wait for the message to appear on the Ticket Checker’s screen.
• Sign up on olg.ca for winning numbers to be e-mailed to you.
• Pick up a winning numbers printout from your lottery terminal retailer.
• Sign your ticket and ask a lottery retailer to check it for you.

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is leading the integration of horse racing into the provincial gaming strategy. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $42 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

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Sault Ste. Marie – Time is running out to claim a LOTTO 6/49 prize worth $10,000 for a ticket sold one year ago in Chatham.  Players have one year from the original draw date to claim their prize.

The winning selection for the Saturday, March 21, 2015 LOTTO 6/49 Super Draw was 59375638-01. Players must exactly match the Guaranteed Prize Draw Selection to win the $10,000 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 Monday, March 21, 2016.

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:

• Winning Numbers page on olg.ca
• Call our WIN! Line at 416-870-8946 (Toronto area) or toll free at 1-866-891-8946 (outside Toronto area)
• Use the easy self-serve Ticket Checker at your lottery terminal retailer. Simply insert the ticket, barcode side up, and wait for the message to appear on the Ticket Checker’s screen.
• Sign up on olg.ca for winning numbers to be emailed to you
• Pick up a winning numbers printout from your lottery terminal retailer
• Sign your ticket and ask a lottery retailer to check it for you

OLG is the Ontario government agency that delivers gaming entertainment in a socially responsible manner. OLG conducts and manages gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, PlayOLG Internet gaming, the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres and is leading the integration of horse racing into the provincial gaming strategy. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $42 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. These payments to the province support the operation of hospitals, amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program, local and provincial charities and problem gambling prevention, treatment and research.

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TORONTO – Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation’s (OLG) Internet gaming website, PlayOLG.ca has received global recognition for its Responsible Gaming (RG) Program. PlayOLG has been certified with the RG Check certification, the most rigorous RG accreditation program in the world.

Administered by the Responsible Gambling Council (RGC), the RG Check accreditation program is based on an RG Index comprising a set of standards developed independent of the gaming industry. Informed by international best practices, this Index evaluates seven core standards: corporate policies, self-exclusion, advertising and promotion, informed decision making, assisting customers who may have problems with gambling, gaming environment and game features, and employee training.

PlayOLG launched to legal-aged Ontarians in January 2015 as the only Internet gaming site regulated by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario. PlayOLG is built with RG measures in place to encourage healthy player behaviour, to respond to changes in play that may lead to risky gambling and to direct players to information on where to seek help, if needed.

OLG consulted broadly with a range of stakeholders, researchers and addiction specialists in addition to reviewing available industry and academic research, to develop and implement RG best practices for PlayOLG.

PlayOLG’s Responsible Gambling

PlayOLG has embedded RG tools which draw on Canadian and global best practices after consulting broadly with a range of stakeholders, researchers and addiction specialists.

OLG’s RG program continues to receive international recognition. In 2015, the World Lottery Association (WLA) awarded OLG the WLA Best Overall Responsible Gambling Program Award. This award recognizes excellence in Responsible Gambling among more than 140 member organizations from around the world.

“PlayOLG’s RG safeguards and analytics offer a direct insight into the gambling habits or our customers,” said Paul Pellizzari, OLG’s Executive Director of Social Responsibility. “The RG features enable us to promote healthy playing habits and how to seek help and support for problem gamblers.”

PlayOLG’s RG features include:

• No anonymous play
• Registration includes age and identity verifications
• Mandatory weekly deposit limits
• Casino loss limits
• Time limits for casino game play
• Lottery ticket purchase limits
• Customized RG messaging based on play levels
• Seven day cooling-off period before increasing limits
• Player self-assessments and risk profiles
• Breaks from play on PlayOLG (one day to three months)
• Self-Exclusion
• Full account history available to every player
• Tips for parents about password protection, how to use tools to restrict access to websites, and how to monitor their children’s Internet access and usage

Please visit PlayOLG.ca for more information

OLG is a provincial agency responsible for gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, the PlayOLG Internet gaming website and the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres across the province. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $42 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. OLG’s annual payments to the province have helped support the operation of hospitals; prevention, treatment and research of problem gambling; amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program; and local and provincial charities. OLG was a Premier Sponsor of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games.

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TORONTO, ON – Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) is proud to announce OLG Casino Brantford has received Silver Certification in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) from the Canada Green Building Council. This recognition is a significant achievement for OLG’s Bet on Green program, and overall sustainability efforts.

LEED is the most widely used and globally recognized green building rating system. The certification process includes independent, third-party verification that a building was designed, built and is operating using strategies aimed at achieving high performance in key areas of human and environmental health such as sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality.

“OLG is taking steps to reduce our environmental footprint and, in many ways, Casino Brantford is leading the way for the organization,” said Stephen Rigby, OLG’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “This is a strong example of our efforts to reduce our environmental impact and demonstrates OLG’s commitment to strengthening the communities in which we operate.”

Several green building strategies were incorporated in the overall design and construction of OLG Casino Brantford to achieve the LEED Silver Certification including:

• 49% reduction in water consumption
• 3% reduction in lighting power use
• 90% of all appliances are energy star rated
• 3% of construction materials contain recycled content
• 9% of materials used in the construction are from rapidly renewable resources.

LEED Silver Certification also takes into account how the operation of the business impacts green initiatives. For example, OLG Casino Brantford aims to encourage the ongoing reduction of carbon emissions by ensuring:

• easy access to public transportation for customers and employees as it is located on two local bus lines
• customers with electric vehicles have access to two charging stations in the parking lot
• employees who wish to bike to work have access to bicycle storage and change rooms complete with showers
• an extensive recycling program is maintained and practiced within the gaming facility.

“Achieving LEED Silver Certification is a very important milestone,” said Edward Day, General Manager, OLG Casino Brantford. “However, to maintain this certification it requires an extensive team effort. We at Casino Brantford are all committed to this effort.”

OLG has driven environmental improvements through our Bet on Green program.  For example, greenhouse gas emissions at OLG have decreased almost 16-thousand tonnes in the last four years. OLG has reduced paper use by making our lottery tickets 25 per cent smaller. Also, OLG supports various green initiatives in the communities where we operate such as sponsoring and participating in the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup.

OLG is a provincial agency responsible for gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, the PlayOLG Internet gaming website and the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres across the province. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $42 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. OLG’s annual payments to the province have helped support the operation of hospitals; prevention, treatment and research of problem gambling; amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program; and local and provincial charities. OLG was a Premier Sponsor of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games.

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TORONTO – The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) is continuing its procurement process for land-based gaming by issuing Request for Proposal (RFP) documents to pre-qualified proponents selected to bid on the GTA Gaming Bundle.

The RFP will enable OLG to select one service provider to run certain day-to-day gaming operations for the two gaming sites in the Gaming Bundle — OLG Slots at Woodbine Racetrack and OLG Slots at Ajax Downs. In addition, OLG continues to have discussions with the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation regarding the possible inclusion of the Great Blue Heron Casino within the GTA Gaming Bundle. Some draft agreements have been developed and will be put forward for required approvals by the Provincial government, the OLG Board of Directors and others as necessary. If and when applicable, further details will be provided by OLG to proponents during the RFP process.

The GTA RFP follows the selection of a service provider for the East Gaming Bundle and release of RFPs for the North and Southwest Gaming Bundles.

To OLG, the integrity of the procurement process is of the utmost importance. Public procurements involve information of a commercially sensitive nature. As a result, details of the RFP documents and names of pre-qualified proponents will not be released by OLG while the process is ongoing.

Additionally, there will be no further communication by OLG about the RFP for this bundle until the selected service provider is announced. OLG expects to announce the successful service provider in late summer 2017.

OLG expects to release the RFPs for remaining Gaming Bundles in the coming months.

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 key government services, including health care and education.

OLG is a provincial agency responsible for gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, the PlayOLG Internet gaming website and the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres across the province. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $42 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. OLG’s annual payments to the province have helped support the operation of hospitals; prevention, treatment and research of problem gambling; amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program; and local and provincial charities. OLG was a Premier Sponsor of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games.

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Gaming Zone	Current OLG Gaming Site	Host Community
C2	OLG Slots at Woodbine Racetrack	Toronto
C3	OLG Slots at Ajax Downs	Ajax

For more details on OLG’s procurement process for the modernization of lottery and gaming, including Gaming Zone maps, visit: http://about.olg.ca/modernization-project-status-rfp/

OLG’s Modernization

In July 2010, OLG was asked by the Ontario government to complete a comprehensive, strategic review of the lottery distribution network and land-based gaming sites. The review resulted in a report to government called Modernizing Lottery and Gaming in Ontario. In March 2012, OLG announced its modernization plan.

OLG is engaging the private sector to help build a new model for lottery and gaming in Ontario. OLG’s modernization will expand private sector participation in the industry, which will ensure greater efficiencies because:

• Service providers will be able to focus on delivering certain day-to-day operations, while OLG maintains control and accountability
• Most capital costs of expanding, improving and maintaining gaming facilities will be taken on by the private sector, not the government

Through modernization, OLG will:

• Become more customer focused
• Expand the regulated role of the private sector in the day-to-day operations of lottery and gaming
• Renew its role in the conduct and management of lottery and gaming

Under section 207 (1) (a) of the Criminal Code of Canada, only OLG (as an agent of the Province) is permitted to conduct and manage gaming in Ontario. That is why OLG will continue its conduct and manage role and will remain the operating mind behind the delivery of gaming and lottery in Ontario.

As service providers take over certain day-to-day operations of lottery and gaming, OLG will continue to:

• Conduct and manage lottery and gaming
• Require compliance with applicable regulations set out by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO)
• Be the owner of key player information
• Uphold the standards of its Responsible Gambling program through service providers, including the self-exclusion program
• Distribute Municipality Contribution Agreement payments to host communities

Once modernization is fully implemented, it will provide additional revenue to the Province to support vital services Ontarians rely on, like health care and education. At the same time, Ontario will continue to be a North American leader in responsible gambling, supporting the research, prevention and treatment of problem gambling.

OLG’s Gaming Procurement Process

Modernization is a significant transformation of a government agency. The plan is ambitious and complex.

OLG’s modernization procurement process will lead to long-term contracts with service providers. OLG needs to ensure proper due diligence in order to select service providers from among the best and most qualified proponents.

Since its initial launch, modernization has evolved in response to further consultation with industry experts through the Request for Information (RFI) and Request for Pre-Qualification (RFPQ) processes, collaboration with municipalities across Ontario and public policy adjustments.

OLG has made significant progress by:

• Completing an RFI process for lottery and land-based gaming
• Issuing RFPQs and receiving submissions for lottery and land-based Gaming Bundles
• Successfully procuring a service provider for iGaming and launching the PlayOLG online gaming platform
• Launching the revitalization of charitable gaming
• Working with the horse racing industry and government to build the foundation for a more sustainable horse racing industry in Ontario
• Completing the RFP process for the East Gaming Bundle and launching the RFP process for Lottery, the North, Southwest and GTA Gaming Bundles

On September 9, 2015, OLG announced it had selected Ontario Gaming East LP as the service provider for the East Gaming Bundle. Ontario Gaming East LP took over certain day-to-day operations of OLG Casino Thousand Islands and OLG Slots at Kawartha Downs on January 11, 2016.

What is a Request for Pre-Qualification (RFPQ)?

RFPQs help OLG determine the skills and abilities of potential service providers.

Through a public tendering system (MERX^TM), interested proponents are asked to submit information on their financial and technical attributes and capabilities, including proof of successful experience with similar projects. In addition, the proponents must provide information on business and other relationships that they have had with First Nations and First Nations communities.

Interested proponents must also be registered with the AGCO or have submitted an application for registration.

The RFPQ process results in OLG identifying qualified proponents eligible to receive the RFP documents—the next step in OLG’s procurement process.

What is a Request for Proposal (RFP)?

In the RFP stage, pre-qualified proponents are invited to bid on a specific opportunity through a competitive and transparent procurement process. RFPs are only distributed to the proponents that are pre-qualified during the RFPQ stage.

The RFP process will result in OLG selecting a service provider for each Gaming Bundle, subject to customary closing conditions and pending the execution of the Casino Operating and Services Agreement (COSA).

What are Gaming Zones?

In order to effectively manage the gaming market in Ontario, OLG identified Gaming Zones where existing or new gaming facilities would be permitted, subject to municipal and provincial government approvals.

Gaming Zones are geographic areas where a single gaming facility may be located. The location and design of these Gaming Zones is intended to ensure a sustainable and efficient gaming market in Ontario.

The boundaries of Gaming Zones across the province were determined by a gravity model—a business tool commonly used for modeling supply and demand within a given geographic area. The model looked at a number of factors to determine where there is customer demand for a gaming facility, including:

• Proximity of a Gaming Zone relative to other Gaming Zones and gaming facilities
• Proximity of a Gaming Zone to current and potential customers
• Distance a customer is willing to travel to reach a gaming site

Within each Gaming Zone, service providers will be permitted to assume certain day-to-day operations for an existing facility and possibly expand the site, establish a new facility if one does not currently exist, or relocate the existing facility within the boundaries of the Gaming Zone, all subject to approvals.

Only one gaming facility is permitted within each Gaming Zone.

What are Gaming Bundles?

To enable OLG to more effectively manage the gaming market in Ontario, OLG grouped some Gaming Zones into Gaming Bundles—each representing a separate bidding opportunity.

As a result, for some gaming RFPQs, potential proponents have been asked to demonstrate their ability to operate multiple facilities in a given region or geographic area of the province.

Gaming Bundles are intended to create opportunities for service providers to be more efficient by operating multiple facilities in a given region.

OLG is currently modernizing seven Gaming Bundles: Ottawa Area Gaming Bundle, East Gaming Bundle, North Gaming Bundle, Southwest Gaming Bundle, West GTA Gaming Bundle, Central Gaming Bundle and GTA Gaming Bundle.

What are the next steps for the remaining Gaming Bundles?

OLG expects to release procurement documents for additional Gaming Bundles in the coming months.

Interested proponents who pre-qualify through the RFPQ process will be invited to participate in the RFP stage of the procurement process. The successful service provider for the applicable Gaming Bundle will be selected from this group.

Communities and OLG’s Modernization

Municipal and community choice is an important element of OLG’s modernization. OLG will only locate gaming facilities where there is support to do so from the municipal council or the council of the band of a First Nation. OLG has always been clear that it will respect the decision of a municipality or council of the band regarding hosting a new gaming site, or relocating or expanding an existing one.

When it comes to gaming facilities, OLG’s approach to potential and current host municipalities and host reserves across Ontario has been consistent.

The municipal council or council of the band must pass a resolution confirming their interest in hosting a gaming facility.

Where a municipal council or council of the band has included conditions as part of its resolution for gaming in its community, such as restrictions on the movement or expansion of a gaming site, OLG will ensure service providers are aware of such conditions during the RFP phase of the procurement process.

OLG then works with the municipal council or the council of the band and the selected service provider to determine the location of a new gaming site, if one is proposed and permitted.

As has always been the case, adding table games at a gaming site that currently has none, relocating a current gaming site or building a new gaming site can only occur where there is municipal or band council consent and a viable business case put forth by a service provider, which is subsequently approved by OLG.

Any new gaming site, introduction of table games at a gaming site that currently has none, or the proposed relocation of an existing gaming site, is subject to final approval from the Ontario government.

Horse Racing Integration

OLG is working with the horse racing industry and the Ontario government to build the foundation for a more sustainable horse racing industry in Ontario.

Horse racing integration is part of modernization and is included in OLG’s mandate from the Ontario government.

OLG is working with the horse racing industry to:

• Create a business model for integration that is focused on stability
• Provide advice to the government and support legislative changes
• Partner with the industry to optimize branding and build public awareness about horse racing
• Develop new horse-themed lottery and gaming products

OLG is also providing provincial support by sharing its expertise and helping to direct the industry to adopt a Responsible Gambling program and has hired a senior vice president to lead horse racing integration.

Ensuring a strong future for horse racing is a priority for OLG and a key part of modernization. Representatives from the horse racing industry, the Government of Ontario and Crown agencies are working together in support of a more sustainable industry.

Future of OLG Gaming Sites at Racetracks

OLG continues to work closely with racetracks to finalize lease agreements.

OLG has recently finalized leases with Woodbine Entertainment Group for Woodbine Racetrack. Woodbine is the largest racetrack in Ontario with the busiest gaming floor in the province.

OLG’s Conduct and Manage Role

OLG will continue its role in the conduct and management of gaming in Ontario.

To fulfill this role, OLG will retain control over lottery and gaming, but will expect service providers to deliver many of the services related to the day-to-day operation of lottery and gaming.

World’s Best Responsible Gambling Program

OLG will continue to work within the Province’s overall problem gambling strategy to contribute to the prevention and mitigation of problem gambling through its Responsible Gambling program, which was ranked number one in the world by the World Lottery Association in 2014.

OLG will also require service providers to follow the Responsible Gambling Standards that OLG has developed.

Ensuring a Competitive Procurement Process

OLG is following the Ontario government’s procurement guidelines to ensure that its procurement process is fair and competitive.

OLG has engaged an impartial Fairness Monitor throughout the process to provide oversight on the integrity and fairness of its procurement process.

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TORONTO, ON – The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has posted an addendum on the procurement website, MERX^TM, which extends the submission deadline for the Niagara Falls Entertainment Centre Request for Pre-Qualification (RFPQ).

The previous deadline for the RFPQ was February 25, 2016. Applicants will now have until March 23, 2016 to provide OLG with RFPQ submissions.

The RFPQ outlines an opportunity to design, build, finance and maintain a new large-scale, high-quality entertainment centre in the City of Niagara Falls.

Through the RFPQ, OLG will pre-qualify proponents that have the required experience, skills and abilities to receive the Request for Proposal (RFP) for the opportunity to build the facility.

OLG is ensuring a fair and competitive procurement process that is conducted within the guidelines mandated by the Government of Ontario. Following the close of the RFPQ, OLG will undertake its due diligence in evaluating the submissions.

OLG expects to release the RFP to pre-qualified proponents in spring 2016.

OLG is a provincial agency responsible for gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, the PlayOLG Internet gaming website and the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres across the province. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $42 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. OLG’s annual payments to the province have helped support the operation of hospitals; prevention, treatment and research of problem gambling; amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program; and local and provincial charities. OLG was a Premier Sponsor of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games.

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TORONTO, ON – Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) signs a 20-year Casino Operating and Services Agreement (COSA) with Ontario Gaming East Limited Partnership (Ontario Gaming East LP). Under the agreement, Ontario Gaming East LP takes over certain day-to-day operations and the assets of the East Gaming Bundle which include OLG Casino Thousand Islands and OLG Slots at Kawartha Downs, effective today.

On September 9, 2015, OLG announced it had selected Ontario Gaming East LP as the service provider for the East Gaming Bundle. Since then, OLG and Ontario Gaming East LP have been working towards concluding a Transition and Asset Purchase Agreement and entering into the COSA.

OLG has worked with Ontario Gaming East LP to help ensure that transferring employees have a smooth and seamless transition. This includes the requirement for Ontario Gaming East LP to retain transferring employees for a period of no less than 12 months in their current position and geographic location, and to provide eligible employees with benefits and a registered pension plan.

As the service provider for the East Gaming Bundle, Ontario Gaming East LP has the opportunity to build a new gaming and entertainment facility in Belleville.

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 key government services, including health care and education.

OLG is a provincial agency responsible for gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, the PlayOLG Internet gaming website and the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres across the province. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $42 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. OLG’s annual payments to the province have helped support the operation of hospitals; prevention, treatment and research of problem gambling; amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program; and local and provincial charities. OLG was a Premier Sponsor of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games.

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TORONTO – The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) is cancelling the Request for Pre-Qualification (RFPQ) for the Ottawa Area Gaming Bundle.

OLG and the landlord have not been able to finalize a lease for the gaming site at Rideau Carleton Raceway. OLG hopes to reach a commercially viable solution in the near future. A finalized lease for the gaming site is required for OLG to proceed with the procurement process to select a service provider for the Ottawa Area Gaming Bundle, given that relocation is not possible at this time.

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 key government services, including health care and education.

OLG is a provincial agency responsible for gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, the PlayOLG Internet gaming website and the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres across the province. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $42 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. OLG’s annual payments to the province have helped support the operation of hospitals; prevention, treatment and research of problem gambling; amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program; and local and provincial charities. OLG was a Premier Sponsor of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games.

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TORONTO – The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) is continuing its procurement process for land-based gaming by issuing Request for Proposal (RFP) documents to pre-qualified proponents selected to bid on the North and Southwest Gaming Bundles.

The RFPs will enable OLG to select one service provider to run certain day-to-day gaming operations for each Gaming Bundle.

The North Gaming Bundle has five gaming zones. Three gaming zones are currently served by OLG gaming sites: OLG Casino Thunder Bay, OLG Slots at Sudbury Downs and OLG Casino Sault Ste. Marie. There is the potential for a new gaming site in each of the other two zones, one in North Bay and one in the Kenora area.

The Southwest Gaming Bundle has six gaming zones, each currently served by an OLG gaming facility:

• OLG Slots at Western Fair District
• OLG Slots at Clinton Raceway
• OLG Slots at Dresden Raceway
• OLG Slots at Hanover Raceway
• OLG Slots at Woodstock Raceway
• OLG Casino Point Edward

To OLG, the integrity of the procurement process is of the utmost importance. Public procurements involve information of a commercially sensitive nature. As a result, details of the RFP documents and names of pre-qualified proponents will not be released while the process is ongoing. Additionally, there will be no further communication about the RFPs for these bundles until the selected service providers are announced. OLG expects to announce the successful service providers in early 2017.

OLG will release the RFPs for remaining Gaming Bundles in the coming months.

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 key government services, including health care and education.

OLG is a provincial agency responsible for gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, the PlayOLG Internet gaming website and the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres across the province. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $42 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. OLG’s annual payments to the province have helped support the operation of hospitals; prevention, treatment and research of problem gambling; amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program; and local and provincial charities. OLG was a Premier Sponsor of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games.

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Gaming Bundle	Gaming Zone	Current OLG Gaming Site	Host Community
North	N1	OLG Slots at Sudbury Downs	Sudbury
	N2	OLG Casino Sault Ste. Marie	Sault Ste. Marie
	N3	OLG Casino Thunder Bay	Thunder Bay
	N4	Proposed new facility	Kenora area
	N5	Proposed new facility	North Bay
Southwest	SW3	OLG Slots at Woodstock Raceway	Woodstock
	SW4	OLG Slots at Western Fair District	London
	SW5	OLG Slots at Clinton Raceway	Central Huron
	SW6	OLG Slots at Dresden Raceway	Chatham-Kent
	SW7	OLG Slots at Hanover Raceway	Hanover
	SW8	OLG Casino Point Edward	Point Edward

For more details on OLG’s procurement process for the modernization of lottery and gaming, including Gaming Zone maps, visit: http://about.olg.ca/modernization-project-status-rfp/

OLG’s Modernization

In July 2010, OLG was asked by the Ontario government to complete a comprehensive, strategic review of the lottery distribution network and land-based gaming sites. The review resulted in a report to government called Modernizing Lottery and Gaming in Ontario. In March 2012, OLG announced its modernization plan.

OLG is engaging the private sector to help build a new model for lottery and gaming in Ontario. OLG’s modernization will expand private sector participation in the industry, which will ensure greater efficiencies because:

• Service providers will be able to focus on delivering certain day-to-day operations, while OLG maintains control and accountability
• Most capital costs of expanding, improving and maintaining gaming facilities will be taken on by the private sector, not the government

Through modernization, OLG will:

• Become more customer focused
• Expand the regulated role of the private sector in the day-to-day operations of lottery and gaming
• Renew its role in the conduct and management of lottery and gaming

Under section 207 (1) (a) of the Criminal Code of Canada, only OLG (as an agent of the Province) is permitted to conduct and manage gaming in Ontario. That is why OLG will continue its conduct and manage role and will remain the ‘operating mind’ behind the delivery of gaming and lottery in Ontario.

As service providers take over certain day-to-day operations of lottery and gaming, OLG will continue to:

• Conduct and manage lottery and gaming
• Require compliance with applicable regulations set out by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO)
• Be the owner of key player information
• Uphold the standards of its Responsible Gambling program through the service provider, including the self-exclusion program
• Distribute Municipality Contribution Agreement payments to host communities

Once modernization is fully implemented, it will provide additional revenue to the Province to support vital services Ontarians rely on, like health care and education. At the same time, Ontario will continue to be a North American leader in responsible gambling, supporting the research, prevention and treatment of problem gambling.

OLG’s Gaming Procurement Process

Modernization is a significant transformation of a government agency. The plan is ambitious and complex, and modernization is continuing.

OLG’s modernization procurement process will lead to long-term contracts with service providers. OLG needs to ensure proper due diligence in order to select service providers from among the best and most qualified proponents.

Since its initial launch, modernization has evolved in response to further consultation with industry experts through the Request for Information (RFI) and Request for Pre-Qualification (RFPQ) processes, collaboration with municipalities across Ontario and public policy adjustments.

OLG has made significant progress by:

• Completing an RFI process for lottery and land-based gaming
• Completing an RFPQ process for lottery and land-based gaming
• Successfully procuring a service provider for iGaming and launching PlayOLG
• Launching the revitalization of charitable gaming
• Launching the Request for Proposals (RFP) process for gaming and for lottery — all while continuing to deliver consistent annual revenue to government and communities

On September 9, 2015, OLG announced it had selected Ontario Gaming East LP as the service provider for the East Gaming Bundle. OLG expects the service provider to take over certain day-to-day operations of OLG Casino Thousand Islands and OLG Slots at Kawartha Downs in early 2016.

What is a Request for Pre-Qualification (RFPQ)?

RFPQs help OLG determine the skills and abilities of potential service providers.

Interested proponents must also be registered with the AGCO or have submitted an application for registration.

The RFPQ process results in OLG identifying qualified proponents eligible to receive the RFP documents—the next step in OLG’s procurement process.

What is a Request for Proposal (RFP)?

In the RFP stage, pre-qualified proponents are invited to bid on a specific product or service through a competitive and transparent procurement process. RFPs are only distributed to the proponents that are pre-qualified during the RFPQ stage.

What are Gaming Zones?

In order to effectively manage the gaming market in Ontario, OLG identified Gaming Zones where existing or new gaming facilities would be permitted, subject to municipal and provincial government approvals.

Gaming Zones are geographic areas where qualified service providers will be permitted to operate a single gaming facility. The location and design of these Gaming Zones is intended to ensure a sustainable and efficient gaming market in Ontario.

The boundaries of Gaming Zones across the province were determined by a gravity model—a business tool commonly used for modeling supply and demand within a given geographic area. The model looked at a number of factors to determine where there is customer demand for a gaming facility, including:

• Proximity of a Gaming Zone relative to other Gaming Zones and gaming facilities
• Proximity of a Gaming Zone to current and potential customers
• Distance a customer is willing to travel to reach a gaming site

Within each Gaming Zone, service providers will be permitted to operate and possibly expand the existing facility, establish a new facility if one does not currently exist, or relocate the existing facility within the boundaries of the Gaming Zone, all subject to approvals.

Only one gaming facility is permitted within each Gaming Zone.

What are Gaming Bundles?

To enable OLG to more effectively manage the gaming market in Ontario, OLG grouped some Gaming Zones into Gaming Bundles—each representing a separate bidding opportunity.

As a result, for some gaming RFPQs, potential proponents have been asked to demonstrate their ability to operate multiple facilities in a given region or geographic area of the province.

Gaming Bundles are intended to create opportunities for service providers to be more efficient by operating multiple facilities in a given region.

There are currently seven Gaming Bundles in Ontario: Ottawa Area, East Gaming Bundle, North Gaming Bundle, Southwest Gaming Bundle, West GTA Gaming Bundle, Central Gaming Bundle, GTA Gaming Bundle.

What are the next steps for the remaining Gaming Bundles?

OLG expects to release RFPs for additional Gaming Bundles in the coming months.

Interested proponents who pre-qualified through the RFPQ process will be invited to participate in the RFP stage of the procurement process. The successful service provider for the applicable Gaming Bundle will be selected from this group.

Communities and OLG’s Modernization

Municipal and community choice is an important element of OLG’s modernization. OLG will only locate gaming facilities where there is support to do so from the municipal council or the council of the band of a First Nation. OLG has always been clear that it will respect the decision of a municipality or council of the band regarding hosting a new gaming site or expanding an existing one.

When it comes to gaming facilities, OLG’s approach to potential and current host municipalities and host reserves across Ontario has been consistent.

The municipal council or council of the band must pass a resolution confirming their interest in hosting a gaming facility.

Where a municipal council or council of the band has included conditions as part of its resolution for gaming in its community, such as restrictions on the movement or expansion of a gaming site, OLG will ensure service providers are aware of such conditions during the RFP phase of the procurement process.

OLG then works with the municipal council or the council of the band and the selected service provider to determine the location of a new gaming site, if one is proposed and permitted.

As has always been the case, adding table games at a gaming site that currently has none, relocating a current gaming site or building a new gaming site can only occur where there is municipal or band council consent and a viable business case put forth by a service provider, which is subsequently approved by OLG.

Any new gaming site, introduction of table games at a gaming site that currently has none, or the proposed relocation of an existing gaming site, is subject to final approval from the Ontario government.

Horse Racing Integration

OLG is working with the horse racing industry and the Ontario government to build the foundation for a sustainable horse racing industry in Ontario.

Horse racing integration is part of modernization and is included in OLG’s mandate from the Ontario government.

OLG is working with the horse racing industry to:

• Create a business model for integration that is focused on stability
• Provide advice to the government and support legislative changes
• Partner with the industry to optimize branding and build public awareness about horse racing
• Develop, review and assess new horse-themed lottery and gaming products

OLG is also providing provincial support by sharing its expertise and helping to direct the industry to adopt a Responsible Gambling program and has hired a senior vice president to lead horse racing integration.

Ensuring a strong future for horse racing is a priority for OLG and a key part of modernization. Representatives from the horse racing industry, the Government of Ontario and Crown agencies are working together in support of a sustainable industry.

OLG has also included horse racing criteria into the RFPs for the North and Southwest Gaming Bundles.

Future of OLG Gaming Sites at Racetracks

OLG continues to work closely with racetracks to finalize lease agreements.

OLG has recently finalized two long-term leases with Woodbine Entertainment Group for Woodbine Racetrack. Woodbine is the largest racetrack in Ontario with the busiest gaming floor in the province.

OLG’s Conduct and Manage Role

OLG will continue its role in the conduct and management of gaming in Ontario.

To fulfill this role, OLG will retain control over lottery and gaming, but will expect service providers to deliver many of the services related to the day-to-day operation of lottery and gaming.

World’s Best Responsible Gambling Program

OLG will continue to work within the Province’s overall problem gambling strategy to contribute to the prevention and mitigation of problem gambling through its Responsible Gambling program, which was ranked number one in the world by the World Lottery Association in 2014.

OLG will also require service providers to follow the Responsible Gambling Standards that OLG has developed.

Ensuring a Competitive Procurement Process

OLG is following the Ontario government’s procurement guidelines to ensure that its procurement process is fair and competitive.

OLG has engaged an impartial Fairness Monitor throughout the process to provide oversight on the integrity and fairness of its procurement process.

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Toronto, ON – A faster growing jackpot, new prizes and better overall odds of winning are in store for LOTTARIO, Ontario’s longest running lottery game. The first draw of the improved LOTTARIO will be held on Saturday, November 14, 2015.

“LOTTARIO, sold only in Ontario, has been creating local winners in the province since 1978,” said Wendy Montgomery, OLG Vice President, Lottery Marketing & Sales. “A faster growing jackpot and more prizes means there has never been a better time to play LOTTARIO!”

In addition to a faster growing jackpot, LOTTARIO offers other great enhancements!

• Better Odds: The overall odds of winning any prize improve from 1 in 20.89 to just 1 in 5.8.
• New $30 Prize: A new $30 prize for matching 4 numbers plus the bonus number.
• New $5 Prize: A new $5 prize for matching 3 numbers plus the bonus number.
• Free Play: A new Free Play prize for matching the bonus number.

All of these improvements are offered at the same value players expect – LOTTARIO remains priced at $1 for two lines of numbers.

How to Play:

• Choose six numbers from 1 to 45 or ask your lottery retailer for a Quick Pick.
• Match six of six numbers to win the jackpot.
• Draws take place every Saturday.
• Tickets purchased before midnight (Eastern Time) on Friday are eligible for the Early Bird draw, featuring a $50,000 prize.
• Tickets are sold until 10:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) on draw night.

For more information about LOTTARIO, please visit olg.ca and click on Lotteries.

OLG is a provincial agency responsible for gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, the PlayOLG Internet gaming website and the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres across the province. Since 1975, OLG has provided nearly $42 billion to the Province and the people of Ontario. OLG’s annual payments to the province have helped support the operation of hospitals; prevention, treatment and research of problem gambling; amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program; and local and provincial charities. OLG was a Premier Sponsor of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games.

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Toronto, ON –Cloud 6/49 has soared to new, uncharted heights! For the first-time ever, Saturday’s LOTTO 6/49 jackpot will reach a record-high estimated $64 Million plus the Guaranteed $1 Million Prize Draw.

“This Saturday’s LOTTO 6/49 jackpot is the biggest-ever offered in Canada!” says Wendy Montgomery, Vice President of Lottery Marketing & Sales at Ontario Lottery and Gaming. “With a $64 Million jackpot up for grabs, LOTTO 6/49 players can really dream BIG!”

LOTTO 6/49 has been busy making dreams come true since its launch 33 years ago:

• Previously, the largest LOTTO 6/49 jackpot ever offered was $63,413,885 for the April 13, 2013 draw. The jackpot was shared between four winning tickets – three sold in British Columbia and one sold in Western Canada.
• A LOTTO 6/49 jackpot was last won on September 5, 2015. The amount was $7 million. Since then the jackpot has rolled over 11 times.
• A LOTTO 6/49 jackpot greater than $30 Million has been won 35 times.
• Lucky sevens? The top number sequence chosen by LOTTO 6/49 players is 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42.
• The most frequently drawn numbers for LOTTO 6/49 are 31, 45 and 40.
• LOTTO MAX recently made headlines by offering and awarding a huge $60 Million jackpot for the September 25, 2015 draw.

Since LOTTO 6/49 was launched in June 1982, Ontario players have won more than $10.9 billion in prize money, including 1,313 jackpot wins. As of October 10, 2015 there have been 3,310 LOTTO 6/49 draws. For more information, please visit olg.ca and click on Lotteries.

Players can purchase a LOTTO 6/49 ticket at authorized OLG retailers until 10:30 p.m. Saturday, October 17, 2015 for the draw that evening.

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TORONTO, ON – Today, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) marks the close of the GTA Gaming Bundle Request for Pre-Qualification (RFPQ) — the final RFPQ in OLG’s modernization procurement process.

OLG will now undertake its due diligence in evaluating the RFPQ submissions. From the submissions, OLG will select the proponents eligible to receive the Request for Proposal (RFP) document for the Gaming Bundle.

To OLG, the integrity of its procurement process is of the utmost importance. 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 key government services, including health care and education.

OLG is a provincial agency responsible for gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, the PlayOLG Internet gaming website and the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres across the province. 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 the operation of hospitals; prevention, treatment and research of problem gambling; amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program; and local and provincial charities. OLG was a Premier Sponsor of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games.

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TORONTO, ON – Following a competitive procurement process, Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has selected Ontario Gaming East Limited Partnership (“Ontario Gaming East LP”) as the service provider for Gaming Bundle 2 (East) (the “East Gaming Bundle”). Great Canadian Gaming Corporation holds the majority interest in Ontario Gaming East LP.

“Today’s announcement marks an important milestone in OLG’s modernization and the future of our organization,” said Stephen Rigby, OLG’s President and CEO. “As the service provider for the East Gaming Bundle, the investments Ontario Gaming East LP will make will help move modernization forward while ensuring we continue to deliver an exceptional experience for our customers.”

OLG has entered into a Transition and Asset Purchase Agreement with Ontario Gaming East LP, which sets out the customary closing conditions to be satisfied for OLG and Ontario Gaming East LP to enter into a 20-year Casino Operating and Services Agreement. Under this agreement, Ontario Gaming East LP will take over day-to-day operations of OLG Casino Thousand Islands and OLG Slots at Kawartha Downs. OLG expects this transition to take place in early 2016.

“We thank OLG for the opportunity to participate in the modernization of gaming in Ontario and are both honoured and excited to have been awarded this first gaming bundle,” stated Rod N. Baker, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “Great Canadian has been involved in gaming in Canada since 1982 and in Ontario horse racing at our Flamboro Downs and Georgian Downs properties since 2005. We look forward to this next chapter in the Company’s history and the opportunity to collaborate with the OLG and local municipalities to provide exciting entertainment experiences for each of the communities of the East Gaming Bundle, which will include a new gaming and entertainment facility for the community of Belleville or Quinte West. We are very excited to welcome OLG employees at the existing locations and we look forward to working with them after the anticipated completion of the acquisition early next year.”

OLG employees will transfer to the new service provider and OLG will work with Ontario Gaming East LP to ensure they have as smooth and seamless a transition as possible. This includes a requirement for the service provider to retain employees for a period of no less than 12 months in their current position and geographic location, and to provide eligible employees with benefits and a registered pension plan.

As the service provider for the East Gaming Bundle, Ontario Gaming East LP will have the opportunity to build a new gaming and entertainment facility in Belleville or Quinte West. The proposed new facility will be subject to required regulatory, municipal and provincial government approvals.

While Ontario Gaming East LP will be responsible for the day-to-day gaming operations in the bundle, OLG will continue to:

• Conduct and manage gaming in the bundle
• Require compliance with applicable regulations set out by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO)
• Be the owner of key player information
• Uphold the standards of its Responsible Gambling program through the service provider, including the self-exclusion program
• Distribute Municipality Contribution Agreement payments to host communities

Ontario Gaming East LP is required to follow all applicable laws, as well as OLG and AGCO regulations and rigorous Responsible Gambling standards.

To OLG, the integrity of its procurement process is of the utmost importance. Throughout the procurement process, OLG has engaged the services of a Fairness Monitor to provide oversight and advice to support integrity and fairness.

The majority interest holder of Ontario Gaming East LP, Great Canadian Gaming Corporation, operates gaming, entertainment and hospitality facilities in British Columbia, Ontario, Nova Scotia, and Washington State. The Company’s 16 gaming properties consist of three community gaming centres, four racetracks (two with casinos operated by the Company and two with slot facilities conducted, managed and currently operated by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation), and nine casinos, including one with a Four Diamond resort hotel. Further information is available on the Company’s website, www.gcgaming.com.

OLG is a provincial agency responsible for gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, the PlayOLG Internet gaming website and the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres across the province. 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 the operation of hospitals; prevention, treatment and research of problem gambling; amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program; and local and provincial charities. OLG was a Premier Sponsor of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games.

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OLG is continuing its procurement process to modernize lottery and gaming in Ontario by selecting Ontario Gaming East Limited Partnership (“Ontario Gaming East LP”) as the service provider for Gaming Bundle 2 (East) (the “East Gaming Bundle”). Great Canadian Gaming Corporation holds the majority interest in Ontario Gaming East LP.

OLG has entered into a Transition and Asset Purchase Agreement with Ontario Gaming East LP, which sets out the customary closing conditions to be satisfied for OLG and Ontario Gaming East LP to enter into a 20-year Casino Operating and Services Agreement.

Under this agreement, Ontario Gaming East LP will take over day-to-day operations of OLG Casino Thousand Islands and OLG Slots at Kawartha Downs. OLG expects this transition to take place in early 2016.

As the service provider for the East Gaming Bundle, Ontario Gaming East LP will have the opportunity to build a new gaming and entertainment facility in Belleville or Quinte West. The proposed new facility will be subject to required regulatory, municipal and provincial government approvals.

Gaming Zone	Current OLG Gaming Site	Host Community
E1	OLG Slots at Kawartha Downs	Cavan-Monaghan
E2	Proposed new sited	Belleville or Quinte West
E3	OLG Casino Thousand Islands	Gananoque and Leeds and the Thousand Islands

For more details on OLG’s procurement process for the modernization of lottery and gaming, including Gaming Zone maps, visit:http://about.olg.ca/modernization-project-status-rfp/

What is the Casino Operating and Services Agreement?

Currently, OLG and Ontario Gaming East LP are operating under a temporary transitional agreement that allows the two parties to work together to share knowledge and help position Ontario Gaming East LP for success. This transition period is expected to end in early 2016.

Once the transition is complete, OLG and Ontario Gaming East LP will sign the Casino Operating and Services Agreement (COSA). This contract finalizes Ontario Gaming East LP as the service provider for the bundle and allows it to assume responsibility for the day-to-day operation of the sites.

Ontario Gaming East LP is the service provider for the bundle, subject to customary closing conditions and pending the execution of the COSA.

OLG’s Modernization

In July 2010, OLG was asked by the Ontario government to complete a comprehensive, strategic review of the lottery distribution network and land-based gaming sites. The review resulted in a report to government called Modernizing Lottery and Gaming in Ontario. In March 2012, OLG announced its modernization plan.

OLG is engaging the private sector to help build a new model for lottery and gaming in Ontario. OLG’s modernization will expand private sector participation in the industry, which will ensure greater efficiencies because:

• Service providers will be able to focus on delivering day-to-day operations, while OLG maintains control and accountability
• Capital costs of expanding, improving or maintaining gaming facilities will be taken on by the private sector, not the government

Through modernization, OLG will:

• Become more customer focused
• Expand the regulated role of the private sector in the day-to-day operations of lottery and gaming
• Renew its role in the conduct and management of lottery and gaming

Under section 207 (1) (a) of the Criminal Code of Canada, only OLG is permitted to conduct and manage gaming in Ontario. That is why OLG will continue its conduct and manage role and will remain the ‘operating mind’ behind the delivery of gaming and lottery in Ontario.

As service providers take over day-to-day operations of lottery and gaming, OLG will continue to:

• Conduct and manage gaming in the bundle
• Require compliance with applicable regulations set out by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO)
• Be the owner of key player information
• Uphold the standards of its Responsible Gambling program through the service provider, including the self-exclusion program
• Distribute Municipality Contribution Agreement payments to host communities.

Once modernization is fully implemented, it will provide additional revenue to the Province to support vital services Ontarians rely on, like health care and education. At the same time, Ontario will continue to be a North American leader in responsible gambling, supporting the research, prevention and treatment of problem gambling.

OLG’s Gaming Procurement Process

Modernization is a significant transformation of a government agency. The plan is ambitious and complex, and modernization is continuing.

OLG’s modernization procurement process will lead to long-term contracts with service providers. OLG needs to ensure proper due diligence in order to select service providers from among the best and most qualified proponents.

Since its initial launch, modernization has evolved in response to further consultation with industry experts through the Request for Information (RFI) and Request for Pre-Qualification (RFPQ) processes, collaboration with municipalities across Ontario and public policy adjustments.

OLG has made significant progress by:

• Completing an RFI process for lottery and land-based gaming
• Completing an RFPQ process for lottery and is in the final stages of the RFPQ process for land-based gaming
• Successfully procuring a service provider for iGaming and launching PlayOLG
• Launching the revitalization of charitable gaming
• Launching the Request for Proposals (RFP) process for gaming and for lottery — all while continuing to deliver consistent annual revenue to government and communities.

What is a Request for Pre-Qualification (RFPQ)?

RFPQs help OLG determine the skills and abilities of potential service providers.

Interested proponents are asked to submit information on their financial and technical attributes and capabilities, including proof of successful experience with similar projects. In addition, the proponents must provide information on business and other relationships that they have had with First Nations and First Nations communities.

Interested proponents must also have submitted an application for registration with the AGCO.

The RFPQ process results in OLG identifying qualified proponents eligible to receive the RFP documents—the next step in OLG’s procurement process.

What is a Request for Proposal (RFP)?

In the RFP stage, pre-qualified proponents are invited to bid on a specific product or service through a competitive and transparent procurement process. RFPs are only distributed to the proponents that are pre-qualified during the RFPQ stage.

The RFP process resulted in OLG selecting Ontario Gaming East LP as the service provider for the East Gaming Bundle, subject to customary closing conditions and pending the execution of the COSA.

What are Gaming Zones?

In order to effectively manage the gaming market in Ontario, OLG identified Gaming Zones where existing or new gaming facilities would be permitted, subject to municipal and provincial government approvals.

Gaming Zones are geographic areas where qualified service providers will be permitted to operate a single gaming facility. The design of these Gaming Zones is intended to manage competition between facilities and ensure a sustainable and efficient gaming market in Ontario.

The boundaries of Gaming Zones across the province were determined by a gravity model—a business tool commonly used for modeling supply and demand within a given geographic area. The model looked at a number of factors to determine where there is maximum customer demand for a gaming facility, including:

• Proximity of a gaming site to other gaming facilities
• Proximity of a gaming site to current and potential customers
• Distance a customer is willing to travel to reach a gaming site

Within each Gaming Zone, service providers will be permitted to operate and possibly expand the existing facility, establish a new facility if one does not currently exist, or relocate the existing facility within the boundaries of the Gaming Zone, all subject to approvals.

Only one gaming facility is permitted within each zone.

What are Gaming Bundles?

To enable OLG to more effectively manage the gaming market in Ontario, OLG grouped some Gaming Zones into Gaming Bundles—each representing a separate bidding opportunity.

As a result, for some gaming RFPQs, service providers have been asked to demonstrate their ability to operate multiple facilities in a given region or geographic area of the province.

Gaming Bundles are intended to create opportunities for service providers to be more efficient by operating multiple facilities in a given region. Gaming Bundles will not result in the merging of current or proposed facilities, or of proposed Gaming Zones.

There are seven Gaming Bundles in Ontario: Ottawa Area, East Gaming Bundle, North Gaming Bundle, Southwest Gaming Bundle, West GTA Gaming Bundle, Central Gaming Bundle, GTA Gaming Bundle.

What are the next steps for the remaining Gaming Bundles?

OLG expects to release RFPs for additional Gaming Bundles in the coming months.

OLG is taking what it has learned through the East Gaming Bundle procurement process and applying it to the remaining Gaming Bundles.

Interested service providers who pre-qualified through the RFPQ process will be invited to participate in the RFP stage of the procurement process. The successful service provider for the applicable Gaming Bundle will be selected from this group.

Municipal Choice and OLG’s Modernization

Municipal choice is an important element of OLG’s modernization. OLG will only locate gaming facilities where there is municipal support to do so. OLG has always been clear that it will respect a municipality’s decision regarding hosting an existing gaming site, a new site or expanding an existing one.

When it comes to gaming facilities, OLG’s approach to potential and current host municipalities across Ontario has been consistent. That approach has three steps:

• Municipalities must pass a resolution confirming their interest in hosting a gaming facility.
• OLG then chooses a service provider through a fair and competitive procurement process. Where a municipality has included conditions as part of its resolution for gaming in its community, such as restrictions on the movement or expansion of a gaming site, OLG will ensure service providers are aware of such conditions during the RFP phase of the procurement process.
• OLG then works with the municipality and the selected service provider to determine the location of a new site, if one is proposed.

As has always been the case, adding table games at a gaming site that currently has none, relocating a current gaming site or building a new gaming site can only occur where there is municipal consent and a viable business case put forth by a service provider, which is subsequently approved by OLG.

Any new facility, introduction of table games at a gaming site that currently has none, or the proposed relocation of an existing gaming site, is subject to final approval from the Ontario government.

Horse Racing Integration

OLG is working with the horse racing industry and the Ontario government to build the foundation for a sustainable horse racing industry in Ontario.

Integration is part of modernization and is included in OLG’s mandate from the Ontario government.

In February 2015, OLG participated in a horse racing stakeholder meeting hosted by the Ministry of Finance during which all parties restated their commitment to integration. Since then, meetings have been taking place regularly to deepen the relationships between OLG and the industry while beginning to build a collaborative plan for integration.

OLG is working with the industry to:

• Create a business model for integration that is focused on stability
• Provide advice to the government and supporting future legislative changes
• Partner with the industry to optimize branding and build public awareness about horse racing
• Develop, review and assess new horse-themed lottery and gaming products

OLG is also providing provincial support by sharing its expertise and helping to direct the industry to adopt a Responsible Gambling program and has hired a senior vice president to lead horse racing integration.

Ensuring a strong future for horse racing is a priority for OLG and a key part of modernization. For the first time, representatives from the horse racing industry, the Government of Ontario and Crown agencies are working together in support of a sustainable industry.

As the racetrack operator of Georgian Downs and Flamboro Downs since 2005 and a member of the Standardbred Alliance, Great Canadian Gaming Corporation will continue to work with the horse racing industry and OLG on integration.

OLG continues to work closely with racetracks to finalize lease agreements.

OLG has recently finalized two long-term leases with Woodbine Entertainment Group for Woodbine Racetrack. Woodbine is the largest racetrack in Ontario with the busiest gaming floor in the province.

OLG’s Conduct and Manage Role

OLG will continue its role in the conduct and management of gaming in Ontario.

To fulfill this role, OLG will retain control over lottery and gaming, but will expect service providers to deliver many of the services related to the day-to-day operation of lottery and gaming.

World’s Best Responsible Gambling Program

OLG will continue to work within the Province’s overall problem gambling strategy to contribute to the prevention and mitigation of problem gambling through its Responsible Gambling program, which was ranked number one in the world by the World Lottery Association in 2014.

OLG will also require service providers to follow the Responsible Gambling Standards that OLG has developed.

Ensuring a Competitive Procurement Process

OLG is following the Ontario government’s procurement guidelines to ensure that its process is fair and competitive.

OLG has engaged an impartial Fairness Monitor throughout the process to provide oversight on the integrity and fairness of its procurement process.

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Sault Ste. Marie – Time is running out to claim a DAILY KENO prize worth $10,000 for a ticket sold one year ago in Markham. Players have one year from the original draw date to claim their prize.

The winning numbers for the Sunday, September 7, 2014 DAILY KENO (EVENING) draw were 5 – 7 – 12 – 14 – 16 – 23 – 33 – 35 – 36 – 42 – 43 – 44 – 46 – 50 – 52 – 55 – 61 – 62 – 65 – 70.

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 Monday, September 7, 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:

• Visit the Winning Numbers page on olg.ca.
• Call our WIN! Line at 416-870-8946 (Toronto area) or toll free at 1-866-891-8946 (outside Toronto area).
• Use the easy self-serve Ticket Checker at your lottery terminal retailer. Simply insert the ticket, barcode side up, and wait for the message to appear on the Ticket Checker’s screen.
• Sign up on olg.ca for winning numbers to be e-mailed to you.
• Pick up a winning numbers printout from your lottery terminal retailer.
• Sign your ticket and ask a lottery retailer to check it for you.

OLG is a provincial agency responsible for gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, the PlayOLG Internet gaming website and the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres across the province. 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 the operation of hospitals; prevention, treatment and research of problem gambling; amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program; and local and provincial charities. OLG was a Premier Sponsor of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games.

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TORONTO, ON – The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has posted a revised GTA Gaming Bundle Request for Pre-Qualification (RFPQ) on the procurement website, MERX^TM.

The revised RFPQ document states that OLG has reached two long-term lease agreements with Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG), each for terms of 22 years (subject to Planning Act approval). The first is a long-term racetrack lease that applies to OLG’s current gaming site at Woodbine Racetrack in Gaming Zone C2. The second is a long-term ground lease that will allow the selected service provider to develop a predetermined number of acres owned by WEG for gaming and non-gaming purposes. The leases reflect Woodbine Racetrack’s prominence in the horse racing industry in both Ontario and in North America.

“This is a significant milestone in OLG’s modernization progress in a key market for Ontario. It will help OLG achieve its modernization objectives, which include job creation, new capital investment and increased revenue for the Province of Ontario,” said Stephen Rigby, President and Chief Executive Officer, OLG.

“Today is an important day for Woodbine Entertainment Group. These leases will allow us to continue to contribute to the vibrancy of the horse racing business and the economic benefits it generates for the Province and the thousands of people it employs,” said Jim Lawson, Chief Executive Officer, Woodbine Entertainment Group.

The selected service provider will be required to sign both long-term leases as a condition of closing when it assumes operation of the gaming sites in the GTA Gaming Bundle. The long-term lease agreements will be made available to pre-qualified proponents during the RFP process.

The leases represent an important step forward for OLG as it works in partnership with the industry to integrate horse racing and gaming. The leases also contribute to a sustainable and competitive horse racing industry. Broader discussions with the industry continue on all aspects of integration. “The work we are doing, in partnership with OLG, is about taking many positive steps forward to integrate horseracing into the gaming strategy across Ontario,” said Sue Leslie, President, Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association.

To ensure proponents have time to properly prepare submissions based on the revised RFPQ, OLG is also extending the deadline for submissions to September 10, 2015.

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 key government services, including health care and education.

For more information on OLG’s integration of horse racing, visit ModernOLG.ca.

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SAULT STE. MARIE – The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) today issued first-quarter (April to June, 2015) non-tax gaming revenue payments totalling $33,993,636 to 22 municipalities which currently host OLG facilities. To date, host municipalities have received more than $1.1 billion in non-tax gaming revenue.

“OLG gaming sites generate funds that allow host municipalities to invest in local priorities and infrastructure,” said Charles Sousa, Minister of Finance. “Important public services like health care and education directly benefit from these gaming revenues in the province of Ontario.”

These payments are made under an equitable formula in the Municipality Contribution Agreement that determines the fee 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 2015-2016, the province will allocate $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 2015-2016 is $38 million.

OLG is a provincial agency responsible for gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, the PlayOLG Internet gaming website and the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres across the province. 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 the operation of hospitals; prevention, treatment and research of problem gambling; amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program; and local and provincial charities. OLG was a Premier Sponsor of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games.

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Sault Ste. Marie – Time is running out to claim an ENCORE – ONTARIO 49 prize worth $100,000 for a ticket sold one year ago in Brampton. Players have one year from the original draw date to claim their prize.

The winning numbers for the Saturday, July 26, 2014 ENCORE – ONTARIO 49 draw were 8 – 6 – 4 – 4 – 7 – 7 – 1. Players must match the last six of the seven numbers drawn in exact order 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 Monday, July 27, 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:

• Visit the Winning Numbers page on olg.ca.
• Call our WIN! Line at 416-870-8946 (Toronto area) or toll free at 1-866-891-8946 (outside Toronto area).
• Use the easy self-serve Ticket Checker at your lottery terminal retailer. Simply insert the ticket, barcode side up, and wait for the message to appear on the Ticket Checker’s screen.
• Sign up on olg.ca for winning numbers to be e-mailed to you.
• Pick up a winning numbers printout from your lottery terminal retailer.
• Sign your ticket and ask a lottery retailer to check it for you.

OLG is a provincial agency responsible for gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, the PlayOLG Internet gaming website and the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres across the province. 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 the operation of hospitals; prevention, treatment and research of problem gambling; amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program; and local and provincial charities. OLG was a Premier Sponsor of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games.

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TORONTO – Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG), together with the Ontario Charitable Gaming Association (OCGA) and Commercial Gaming Association of Ontario (CGAO), have made further progress in the revitalization of charitable bingo and gaming in Richmond Hill with the introduction of new electronic bingo games.

The goal of this revitalization is to ensure local charities have a viable way to fundraise; to support local programs; to enhance local charitable operations; to support local employment at the gaming centres; and to offer customers a new entertainment experience.

“We are pleased to partner with Bingo World to improve the bingo and gaming experience for our players,” said Rick Gray, Vice President of Charitable Gaming at OLG. “In addition to providing the bingo hall with new opportunities, this initiative also supports more than 30 local charities–organizations that provide vital services and supports in the community.”

Bingo World now offers customers the choice of new electronic bingo-themed games or the traditional paper-based games that have been played at bingo centres for years.

“Adding new electronic products to our traditional paper-based games enables us to revitalize the charitable gaming industry and with the goal being to provide a sustainable source of revenue for our associated charities to continue their important work in Richmond Hill,” said Lynn Cassidy, Executive Director of the Ontario Charitable Gaming Association.

The introduction of these new electronic bingo devices follows a successful 2005 pilot program which introduced electronic bingo at six sites in five communities throughout the province which resulted in a significant increase of revenue raised for local communities. Since the launch of the pilot program, more than $87 million in additional funds have been raised for Ontario charities.

More charitable gaming centres across the province will complete their revitalization in the coming months.

Backgrounder Charitable Gaming in Ontario

OLG is working closely with the CGAO and the OCGA to revitalize the province’s Charitable Bingo and Gaming industry. By developing and introducing new products and technologies that will invigorate the traditional charitable gaming experience, more money will be generated for thousands of local charities across the province. The revitalization initiative is intended to preserve and enhance funding for charities across Ontario while creating economic benefits, including employment opportunities, at local charitable gaming centres.

OLG introduced a pilot program in 2005 to test electronic versions of existing paper-based bingo games to six charity bingo centres in five communities in Ontario. These pilot centres in Barrie, Kingston, Peterborough, Sudbury and Windsor have since raised $87 million in additional money for local charities.

Following the success of this pilot project, OLG began a phased rollout of a new suite of electronic games to other charitable gaming sites in the province. This new suite of charitable games offers customers more choice and complements existing paper bingo games. Offerings include:

• Electronic Bingo: Charitable Gaming Centres offer terminals with touch screens that allow players to touch the screen to dab the numbers and play along.
• Play On Demand (POD): A collection of electronic games that can be played anytime, with great prizes to be won.
• Tap Tix: The evolution of the classic Break Open Ticket features an interactive display screen on a ticket dispenser.

The new games allow Charitable Gaming Centres to offer more customer choice, be more competitive and appeal to a broader demographic, while providing a different gaming entertainment experience from traditional paper-based bingo.

OLG is a provincial agency responsible for gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, the PlayOLG Internet gaming website and the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres across the province. 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 the operation of hospitals; prevention, treatment and research of problem gambling; amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program; and local and provincial charities. OLG was a Premier Sponsor of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games.

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Toronto, ON – Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) would like to congratulate Kirsten Moore-Towers and Steve van Knotsenburg who were selected to be Pan Am torchbearers in the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games Torch Relay.

Kirsten is a Canadian pair skater. With former partner Dylan Moscovitch, she was the 2013 Four Continents silver medalist, 2014 Olympic team event silver medalist, and 2011 Canadian national champion.

Steve is a Canadian rower from Beamsville, Ontario. He won a silver medal at the 2009 World Rowing Championships. Steve also won silver and gold medals in the 2011 Pan American Games men’s eight and coxless pairs respectively.

Kirsten and Steve are recipients of Quest for Gold funding.

The Quest for Gold program was established in January 2006 to support Ontario athletes and increase their performance and participation on national and international sports teams. Since its launch, the program has provided $93 million in support of the province’s amateur athletes and their coaches. Each year, OLG contributes $10 million in proceeds to the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport which runs the program. To date, more than 4,000 athletes have received funding assistance through the Quest for Gold program.

“OLG is proud to be a Premier Partner of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games and a Presenting Partner of the Torch Relay,” says Stephen Rigby, OLG’s President and CEO. “OLG has a proud history of championing amateur athletics in Ontario through Quest for Gold and the torch relay will be a great opportunity to celebrate that history.”

Kirsten and Steve will carry the Pan Am flame through St. Catharines on Saturday, June 20, 2015.

The torch relay started in Canada on May 30, 2015. The 41-day journey shares the Pan Am Games spirit in more than 130 communities and will make its final stop on July 10, 2015, at the Opening Ceremony in Toronto.

OLG is a provincial agency responsible for gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, the PlayOLG Internet gaming website and the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres across the province. 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 the operation of hospitals; prevention, treatment and research of problem gambling; amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program; and local and provincial charities. OLG was a Premier Sponsor of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games.

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Toronto, ON – Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) would like to congratulate Christine Nesbitt who was selected to be a Pan Am torchbearer in the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games Torch Relay.

Christine is a retired Canadian long track speed skater. She won the gold medal in the 1000 metres event at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. She had previously won a silver medal in the team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. She is also the 2011 sprint champion, 2012 1500 metres world champion, three-time world champion for 1000 metres (2009, 2011, 2012), and three-time world champion for team pursuit (2007, 2009, 2011). On June 4, 2015 she announced her retirement.

Christine is a recipient of Quest for Gold funding.

The Quest for Gold program was established in January 2006 to support Ontario athletes and increase their performance and participation on national and international sports teams. Since its launch, the program has provided $93 million in support of the province’s amateur athletes and their coaches. Each year, OLG contributes $10 million in proceeds to the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport which runs the program. To date, more than 4,000 athletes have received funding assistance through the Quest for Gold program.

“OLG is proud to be a Premier Partner of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games and a Presenting Partner of the Torch Relay,” says Stephen Rigby, OLG’s President and CEO. “OLG has a proud history of championing amateur athletics in Ontario through Quest for Gold and the torch relay will be a great opportunity to celebrate that history.”

Christine will carry the Pan Am flame through London on Wednesday, June 17, 2015.

Join us at the torch relay evening celebration to mark the arrival of the Pan Am flame at London’s Victoria Park at 509 Clarence Street. The flame will arrive at 7 p.m. Entertainment will be provided before and after the flame’s arrival.

The torch relay started in Canada on May 30, 2015. The 41-day journey shares the Pan Am Games spirit in more than 130 communities and will make its final stop on July 10, 2015, at the Opening Ceremony in Toronto.

OLG is a provincial agency responsible for gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, the PlayOLG Internet gaming website and the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres across the province. 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 the operation of hospitals; prevention, treatment and research of problem gambling; amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program; and local and provincial charities. OLG was a Premier Sponsor of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games.

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Toronto, ON – Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) would like to congratulate Josh Vander Vies who was selected to be a Pan Am torchbearer in the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games Torch Relay.

Josh Vander Vies competed in the Athens 2004 Paralympics in the sport of Boccia. He won a bronze medal at the 2011 Parapan Amercian Games. He also earned two silver medals and one bronze medal from the 2005 and 2009 Americas Cup.

Josh is a recipient of Quest for Gold funding.

The Quest for Gold program was established in January 2006 to support Ontario athletes and increase their performance and participation on national and international sports teams. Since its launch, the program has provided $93 million in support of the province’s amateur athletes and their coaches. Each year, OLG contributes $10 million in proceeds to the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport which runs the program. To date, more than 4,000 athletes have received funding assistance through the Quest for Gold program.

“OLG is proud to be a Premier Partner of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games and a Presenting Partner of the Torch Relay,” says Stephen Rigby, OLG’s President and CEO. “OLG has a proud history of championing amateur athletics in Ontario through Quest for Gold and the torch relay will be a great opportunity to celebrate that history.”

Josh will carry the Pan Am flame through Sarnia on Tuesday, June 16, 2015.

Join us at the torch relay evening celebration to mark the arrival of the Pan Am flame at Windsor City Hall at 350 City Hall Square West. The flame will arrive at 7 p.m. Entertainment will be provided before and after the flame’s arrival.

The torch relay started in Canada on May 30, 2015. The 41-day journey shares the Pan Am Games spirit in more than 130 communities and will make its final stop on July 10, 2015, at the Opening Ceremony in Toronto.

OLG is a provincial agency responsible for gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, the PlayOLG Internet gaming website and the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres across the province. 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 the operation of hospitals; prevention, treatment and research of problem gambling; amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program; and local and provincial charities. OLG was a Premier Sponsor of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games.

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Sault Ste. Marie – Time is running out to claim an ENCORE – LOTTO MAX prize worth $100,000 for a ticket sold one year ago in Bowmanville. Players have one year from the original draw date to claim their prize.

The winning numbers for the Friday, June 27, 2014 ENCORE – LOTTO MAX draw were 5 – 5 – 5 – 2 – 8 – 7 – 8. Players must match the last six of the seven numbers drawn in exact order to win the $100,000prize.

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 Monday, June 29, 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:

• Visit the Winning Numbers page on olg.ca.
• Call our WIN! Line at 416-870-8946 (Toronto area) or toll free at 1-866-891-8946 (outside Toronto area).
• Use the easy self-serve Ticket Checker at your lottery terminal retailer. Simply insert the ticket, barcode side up, and wait for the message to appear on the Ticket Checker’s screen.
• Sign up on olg.ca for winning numbers to be e-mailed to you.
• Pick up a winning numbers printout from your lottery terminal retailer.
• Sign your ticket and ask a lottery retailer to check it for you.

OLG is a provincial agency responsible for gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, the PlayOLG Internet gaming website and the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres across the province. 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 the operation of hospitals; prevention, treatment and research of problem gambling; amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program; and local and provincial charities. OLG was a Premier Sponsor of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games.

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Sault Ste. Marie – Time is running out to claim an ENCORE – LOTTO 6/49 prize worth $100,000 for a ticket sold one year ago in Mississauga. Players have one year from the original draw date to claim their prize.

The winning numbers for the Wednesday, June 25, 2014 ENCORE – LOTTO 6/49 draw were 5 – 7 – 6 – 1 – 3 – 5 – 4. Players must match the last six of the seven numbers drawn in exact order 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, June 25, 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:

• Visit the Winning Numbers page on olg.ca.
• Call our WIN! Line at 416-870-8946 (Toronto area) or toll free at 1-866-891-8946 (outside Toronto area).
• Use the easy self-serve Ticket Checker at your lottery terminal retailer. Simply insert the ticket, barcode side up, and wait for the message to appear on the Ticket Checker’s screen.
• Sign up on olg.ca for winning numbers to be e-mailed to you.
• Pick up a winning numbers printout from your lottery terminal retailer.
• Sign your ticket and ask a lottery retailer to check it for you.

OLG is a provincial agency responsible for gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, the PlayOLG Internet gaming website and the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres across the province. 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 the operation of hospitals; prevention, treatment and research of problem gambling; amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program; and local and provincial charities. OLG was a Premier Sponsor of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games.

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Toronto, ON – Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) would like to congratulate Connor McConvey, Shelby Heyd and Katie Farrow, who were selected to be Pan Am torchbearers in the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games Torch Relay.

Connor is a long track speed skater, Shelby is a softball senior outfielder, and Katie is an alpine skier.

Shelby is a recipient of Quest for Gold funding while Connor and Katie are past recipients.

The Quest for Gold program was established in January 2006 to support Ontario athletes and increase their performance and participation on national and international sports teams. Since its launch, the program has provided $93 million in support of the province’s amateur athletes and their coaches. Each year, OLG contributes $10 million in proceeds to the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport which runs the program. To date, more than 4,000 athletes have received funding assistance through the Quest for Gold program.

“OLG is proud to be a Premier Partner of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games and a Presenting Partner of the Torch Relay,” says Stephen Rigby, OLG’s President and CEO. “OLG has a proud history of championing amateur athletics in Ontario through Quest for Gold and the torch relay will be a great opportunity to celebrate that history.”

Connor and Shelby will carry the Pan Am flame through Innisfil on Thursday, June 11, 2015.

Katie will carry the Pan Am flame through Collingwood on the same day.

The torch relay started in Canada on May 30, 2015. The 41-day journey shares the Pan Am Games spirit in more than 130 communities and will make its final stop on July 10, 2015, at the Opening Ceremony in Toronto.

OLG is a provincial agency responsible for gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, the PlayOLG Internet gaming website and the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres across the province. 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 the operation of hospitals; prevention, treatment and research of problem gambling; amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program; and local and provincial charities. OLG was a Premier Sponsor of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games.

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Toronto, ON – Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) would like to congratulate Lauren McEwan and Mitchell Islam who were selected to be Pan Am torchbearers in the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games Torch Relay.

Lauren is a rugby player and a member of Canada’s U-20 team.

Mitchell is a figure skater. In 2010, Mitchell and his partner Alexandra Paul claimed the silver medal at the 2010 World Junior Championships.

Mitchell is a recipient of Quest for Gold funding while Lauren is a past recipient.

The Quest for Gold program was established in January 2006 to support Ontario athletes and increase their performance and participation on national and international sports teams. Since its launch, the program has provided $93 million in support of the province’s amateur athletes and their coaches. Each year, OLG contributes $10 million in proceeds to the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport which runs the program. To date, more than 4,000 athletes have received funding assistance through the Quest for Gold program.

“OLG is proud to be a Premier Partner of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games and a Presenting Partner of the Torch Relay,” says Stephen Rigby, OLG’s President and CEO. “OLG has a proud history of championing amateur athletics in Ontario through Quest for Gold and the torch relay will be a great opportunity to celebrate that history.”

Lauren will carry the Pan Am flame through Penetanguishine on Wednesday, June 10, 2015.

Mitchell will carry the Pan Am flame through Barrie later that same day.

Join us at the torch relay evening celebration to mark the arrival of the Pan Am flame at Barrie City Hall, 70 Collier Street in Barrie. The flame is scheduled to arrive at 7 p.m. Entertainment will be provided before and after the flame’s arrival.

The torch relay started in Canada on May 30, 2015. The 41-day journey shares the Pan Am Games spirit in more than 130 communities and will make its final stop on July 10, 2015, at the Opening Ceremony in Toronto.

OLG is a provincial agency responsible for gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, the PlayOLG Internet gaming website and the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres across the province. 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 the operation of hospitals; prevention, treatment and research of problem gambling; amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program; and local and provincial charities. OLG was a Premier Sponsor of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games.

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Toronto, ON – Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) would like to congratulate Andrew Fagan who was selected to be a Pan Am torchbearer in the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games Torch Relay.

Dr. Andrew Fagan is a member of the Canadian Compound Archery Team. He has competed at the Pan American Championships, the FITA Archery World Cup circuit, and the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Andrew is a recipient of Quest for Gold funding.

The Quest for Gold program was established in January 2006 to support Ontario athletes and increase their performance and participation on national and international sports teams. Since its launch, the program has provided $93 million in support of the province’s amateur athletes and their coaches. Each year, OLG contributes $10 million in proceeds to the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport which runs the program. To date, more than 4,000 athletes have received funding assistance through the Quest for Gold program.

“OLG is proud to be a Premier Partner of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games and a Presenting Partner of the Torch Relay,” says Stephen Rigby, OLG’s President and CEO. “OLG has a proud history of championing amateur athletics in Ontario through Quest for Gold and the torch relay will be a great opportunity to celebrate that history.”

Andrew will carry the Pan Am flame through Ajax on Saturday, June 6, 2015.

Join us at the torch relay evening celebration to mark the arrival of the Pan Am flame at the Audley Recreation Centre at 1955 Audley Road in Ajax. The flame will arrive at 5 p.m. Entertainment will be provided before and after the flame’s arrival.

The torch relay started in Canada on May 30, 2015. The 41-day journey shares the Pan Am Games spirit in more than 130 communities and will make its final stop on July 10, 2015, at the Opening Ceremony in Toronto.

OLG is a provincial agency responsible for gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, the PlayOLG Internet gaming website and the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres across the province. 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 the operation of hospitals; prevention, treatment and research of problem gambling; amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program; and local and provincial charities. OLG was a Premier Sponsor of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games.

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Toronto, ON – Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) would like to congratulate Braxton Stone-Papadopoulos and Justine Barnes who were selected to be Pan Am torchbearers in the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games Torch Relay.

Braxton is multi-medal winning wrestler. Her wins include a 2013 Pan American Games bronze medal and a 2014 bronze medal in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Justin is passionate about sailing. At 17, he joined the High Performance team at the Royal Canadian Yacht Club.

Braxton and Justin are both recipients of Quest for Gold funding.

The Quest for Gold program was established in January 2006 to support Ontario athletes and increase their performance and participation on national and international sports teams. Since its launch, the program has provided $93 million in support of the province’s amateur athletes and their coaches. Each year, OLG contributes $10 million in proceeds to the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport which runs the program. To date, more than 4,000 athletes have received funding assistance through the Quest for Gold program.

“OLG is proud to be a Premier Partner of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games and a Presenting Partner of the Torch Relay,” says Stephen Rigby, OLG’s President and CEO. “OLG has a proud history of championing amateur athletics in Ontario through Quest for Gold and the torch relay will be a great opportunity to celebrate that history.”

Braxton and Justin will carry the Pan Am flame through Oshawa on Friday, June 5, 2015.

Join us at the torch relay evening celebration to mark the arrival of the Pan Am flame at Oshawa Town Hall at 50 Centre Street South. The flame will arrive at 7 p.m. Entertainment will be provided before and after the flame’s arrival.

The torch relay started in Canada on May 30, 2015. The 41-day journey shares the Pan Am Games spirit in more than 130 communities and will make its final stop on July 10, 2015, at the Opening Ceremony in Toronto.

OLG is a provincial agency responsible for gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, the PlayOLG Internet gaming website and the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres across the province. 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 the operation of hospitals; prevention, treatment and research of problem gambling; amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program; and local and provincial charities. OLG was a Premier Sponsor of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games.

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Toronto, ON – Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) would like to congratulate Cheryl Copson who was selected to be a Pan Am torchbearer in the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games Torch Relay.

Cheryl will carry the Pan Am flame through Peterborough on Thursday, June 4, 2015.

Cheryl has been a rower since 2005. She has represented Ontario at the Canada Summer Games and the Under 23 World Rowing Championships.

Cheryl is also a past recipient of Quest for Gold funding.

The Quest for Gold program was established in January 2006 to support Ontario athletes and increase their performance and participation on national and international sports teams. Since its launch, the program has provided $93 million in support of the province’s amateur athletes and their coaches. Each year, OLG contributes $10 million in proceeds to the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport which runs the program. To date, more than 4,000 athletes have received funding assistance through the Quest for Gold program.

“OLG is proud to be a Premier Partner of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games and a Presenting Partner of the Torch Relay,” says Stephen Rigby, OLG’s President and CEO. “OLG has a proud history of championing amateur athletics in Ontario through Quest for Gold and the torch relay will be a great opportunity to celebrate that history.”

Join us at the torch relay evening celebration to mark the arrival of the Pan Am flame at Del Crary Park at 100 George Street North in Peterborough on Thursday, June 4, 2015. The flame will arrive at 7 p.m. Entertainment will be provided before and after the arrival of the flame.

The torch relay started in Canada on May 30, 2015. The 41-day journey shares the Pan Am Games spirit in more than 130 communities and makes its final stop on July 10, 2015, at the Opening Ceremony in Toronto.

OLG is a provincial agency responsible for gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, the PlayOLG Internet gaming website and the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres across the province. 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 the operation of hospitals; prevention, treatment and research of problem gambling; amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program; and local and provincial charities. OLG was a Premier Sponsor of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games.

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Toronto, ON – Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) would like to congratulate Jordan Mino and Robert Shaw who were selected to be Pan Am torchbearers in the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games Torch Relay.

Jordan Mino is a Sledge Hockey player from North Bay. He plays for North Bay Ice Breakers and Sledge Team Ontario.

A talented tennis player, Robert Shaw is an up-and-comer to look out for in the Canadian wheelchair tennis landscape.

Jordan is a recipient of Quest for Gold funding and Robert is a past recipient.

The Quest for Gold program was established in January 2006 to support Ontario athletes and increase their performance and participation on national and international sports teams. Since its launch, the program has provided $93 million in support of the province’s amateur athletes and their coaches. Each year, OLG contributes $10 million in proceeds to the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport which runs the program. To date, more than 4,000 athletes have received funding assistance through the Quest for Gold program.

“OLG is proud to be a Premier Partner of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games and a Presenting Partner of the Torch Relay,” says Stephen Rigby, OLG’s President and CEO. “OLG has a proud history of championing amateur athletics in Ontario through Quest for Gold and the torch relay will be a great opportunity to celebrate that history.”

Jordan and Robert will carry the Pan Am flame through North Bay on Wednesday, June 3, 2015.

Join us at the torch relay evening celebration to mark the arrival of the Pan Am flame at River Mill Park in Huntsville. The flame will arrive at 7 p.m. Entertainment will be provided before and after the flame’s arrival.

The torch relay started in Canada on May 30, 2015. The 41-day journey shares the Pan Am Games spirit in more than 130 communities and will make its final stop on July 10, 2015, at the Opening Ceremony in Toronto.

OLG is a provincial agency responsible for gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, the PlayOLG Internet gaming website and the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres across the province. 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 the operation of hospitals; prevention, treatment and research of problem gambling; amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program; and local and provincial charities. OLG was a Premier Sponsor of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games.

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Toronto, ON – Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) would like to congratulate Rebecca Johnston who was selected to be a Pan Am torchbearer in the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games Torch Relay.

Rebecca will carry the Pan Am flame through Sudbury on Tuesday, June 2, 2015.

Rebecca has been a member of Canada’s National Women’s Hockey Team since 2007. She is a two-time Olympic Gold Medallist. Rebecca is also a recipient of Quest for Gold funding.

The Quest for Gold program was established in January 2006 to support Ontario athletes and increase their performance and participation on national and international sports teams. Since its launch, the program has provided $93 million in support of the province’s amateur athletes and their coaches. Each year, OLG contributes $10 million in proceeds to the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport which runs the program. To date, more than 4,000 athletes have received funding assistance through the Quest for Gold program.

“OLG is proud to be a Premier Partner of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games and a Presenting Partner of the Torch Relay,” says Stephen Rigby, OLG’s President and CEO. “OLG has a proud history of championing amateur athletics in Ontario through Quest for Gold and the torch relay will be a great opportunity to celebrate that history.”

Join us at the torch relay evening celebration to mark the arrival of the Pan Am flame at the Grace Hartman Amphitheatre in Sudbury on Tuesday, June 2, 2015. The flame will arrive at 7 p.m. Entertainment will be provided before and after the arrival of the flame.

The torch relay will start in Canada on May 30, 2015. The 41-day journey will share the Pan Am Games spirit in more than 130 communities and will make its final stop on July 10, 2015, at the Opening Ceremony in Toronto.

OLG is a provincial agency responsible for gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, the PlayOLG Internet gaming website and the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres across the province. 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 the operation of hospitals; prevention, treatment and research of problem gambling; amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program; and local and provincial charities. OLG was a Premier Sponsor of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games.

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TORONTO, ON – Starting Monday July 13, 2015, lottery customers will have more time in the evening to buy an OLG ticket for a draw to be held the same night. The cut-off time to purchase a ticket for a draw the same night will move to 10:30 p.m. from 9:00 p.m.

The change applies to all OLG evening lottery draw games including the national big lotto games LOTTO MAX and LOTTO 6/49, as well as all Ontario regional games such as ONTARIO 49, LOTTARIO, and ENCORE.

With the later time to buy tickets, the times at which draws are held and winning numbers are announced will also occur later. Winning numbers and prize information will still be released as quickly as possible, and players will still be able to validate tickets early the next day.

The later time to buy a ticket for a draw the same night applies to all OLG games with evening draws. There’s no change to the 2:00 p.m. cut-off for ticket purchases on mid-day draws. To ensure players are aware of the change, notices and information about the later times began June 1 through messages printed on tickets, at lottery retailers and on OLG websites.

Ontario lottery players can also purchase tickets online for LOTTO MAX, LOTTO 6/49 and ENCORE by registering with OLG’s Internet gaming and lottery site Playolg.ca.

OLG is a provincial agency responsible for gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, the PlayOLG Internet gaming website and the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres across the province. 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 the operation of hospitals; prevention, treatment and research of problem gambling; amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program; and local and provincial charities. OLG was a Premier Sponsor of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games.

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Toronto, ON – Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) would like to congratulate Rosie MacLennan, Zsofia Balazs and Manuel Aparicio of Toronto, who were selected to be Pan Am torchbearers in the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games Torch Relay.

Rosie is an Olympic and Pan Am Gold medal trampoline gymnast. Rosie will be the first TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games Torchbearer to carry the flame on Canadian soil when the Pan Am Torch Relay kicks off at Harbourfront on Saturday, May 30, 2015.

Also carrying the flame on Saturday will be Zsofia Balazs, a distance swimmer who won a silver medal in the 2007 Pan Am Games in Brazil. Zofia and Rosie will be joined by Manuel Aparicio who is a soccer player with Toronto FC.

Rosie and Manuel are recipients of Quest for Gold funding and Zsofia is a past recipient.

The Quest for Gold program was established in January 2006 to support Ontario athletes and increase their performance and participation on national and international sports teams. Since its launch, the program has provided $93 million in support of the province’s amateur athletes and their coaches. Each year, OLG contributes $10 million in proceeds to the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport which runs the program. To date, more than 4,000 athletes have received funding assistance through the Quest for Gold program.

“OLG is proud to be a Premier Partner of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games and a Presenting Partner of the Torch Relay,” says Stephen Rigby, OLG’s President and CEO. “OLG has a proud history of championing amateur athletics in Ontario through Quest for Gold and the torch relay will be a great opportunity to celebrate that history.”

Rosie, Zsofia and Manuel will carry the Pan Am flame through Toronto on Saturday, May 30, 2015.

Join us at the torch relay evening celebration to mark the arrival of the Pan Am flame at Trinity Square at Distillery District in Toronto. The flame will arrive at 5 p.m.

The torch relay will start in Canada on May 30, 2015. The 41-day journey will share the Pan Am Games spirit in more than 130 communities and will make its final stop on July 10, 2015, at the Opening Ceremony in Toronto.

OLG is a provincial agency responsible for gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, the PlayOLG Internet gaming website and the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres across the province. 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 the operation of hospitals; prevention, treatment and research of problem gambling; amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program; and local and provincial charities. OLG was a Premier Sponsor of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games.

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Toronto, ON – Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) would like to congratulate Brad Jacobs, E.J. and Ryan Harnden and Mac and B.J. Marcoux who were selected to be Pan Am torchbearers in the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games Torch Relay.

Brad, Ryan and E.J. are all members of Team Jacobs, an Olympic Gold Medal winning team from Sault Ste. Marie. The team competes in the sport of curling. E.J. is also an OLG employee.

Mac is a Canadian Paralympic Alpine skier and his older brother, B.J. is Mac’s guide.

Brad, E.J., Ryan, Mac and B.J. have all received Quest for Gold funding.

The Quest for Gold program was established in January 2006 to support Ontario athletes and increase their performance and participation on national and international sports teams. Since its launch, the program has provided $93 million in support of the province’s amateur athletes and their coaches. Each year, OLG contributes $10 million in proceeds to the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport which runs the program. To date, more than 4,000 athletes have received funding assistance through the Quest for Gold program.

“OLG is proud to be a Premier Partner of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games and a Presenting Partner of the Torch Relay,” says Stephen Rigby, OLG’s President and CEO. “OLG has a proud history of championing amateur athletics in Ontario through Quest for Gold and the torch relay will be a great opportunity to celebrate that history.”

Brad, E.J., Ryan, Mac and B.J. will carry the Pan Am flame through Sault Ste. Marie on Monday, June 1, 2015.

Join us at the torch relay evening celebration to mark the arrival of the Pan Am flame at the Roberta Bondar Pavilion, 65 Foster Drive in Sault Ste. Marie. The flame is scheduled to arrive at 7 p.m. Entertainment will be provided before and after the flame’s arrival. The torch relay will start in Canada on May 30, 2015.

The 41-day journey will share the Pan Am Games spirit in more than 130 communities and will make its final stop on July 10, 2015, at the Opening Ceremony in Toronto.

OLG is a provincial agency responsible for gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, the PlayOLG Internet gaming website and the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres across the province. 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 the operation of hospitals; prevention, treatment and research of problem gambling; amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program; and local and provincial charities. OLG was a Premier Sponsor of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games.

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TORONTO – The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG), together with the Ontario Charitable Gaming Association (OCGA) and Commercial Gaming Association of Ontario (CGAO) have made further progress in the revitalization of charitable bingo and gaming in Toronto with the introduction of new electronic games.

The goal of this revitalization is to ensure local charities have a viable way to fundraise; to support local programs; to enhance local charitable operations and support local employment at the gaming centres; and to offer customers a new entertainment experience.

“We are pleased to partner with Dolphin Bingo to enhance the bingo and gaming experience for our players,” said Rick Gray, Vice President of Charitable Gaming at OLG. “In addition to providing the bingo hall with new opportunities this initiative also supports more than 40 local charities, organizations that provide vital services and supports in the community.”

Dolphin Bingo now offers customers the choice of new electronic games or the traditional paper-based games that have been played at bingo centres for years.

“Adding new electronic products to our traditional paper-based games enables us to revitalize the charitable gaming industry and with the goal being to provide a sustainable source of revenue for our associated charities to continue their important work in Toronto,” said Lynn Cassidy, Executive Director of the Ontario Charitable Gaming Association.

The introduction of these new devices follows a successful 2005 pilot program which introduced e-bingo at six sites in five communities throughout the province. The pilot program resulted in a significant increase in revenue raised for local communities. Since the launch of the pilot program, more than $85 million in additional funds has been raised for Ontario charities.

More charitable gaming centres across the province will complete their revitalization in the coming months.

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OLG is working closely with the CGAO and the OCGA to revitalize the province’s Charitable Bingo and Gaming industry. By developing and introducing new products and technologies that will invigorate the traditional charitable gaming experience, more money will be generated for thousands of local charities across the province. The revitalization initiative is intended to preserve and enhance funding for charities across Ontario while creating economic benefits, including employment opportunities, at local charitable gaming centres.

OLG introduced a pilot program in 2005 to test electronic versions of existing paper-based bingo games to six charity bingo centres in five communities in Ontario. These pilot centres in Barrie, Kingston, Peterborough, Sudbury and Windsor have since raised $85 million in additional money for local charities.

Following the success of this pilot project, OLG began a phased rollout of a new suite of electronic games to other charitable gaming sites in the province. This new suite of charitable games offers customers more choice and complements existing paper bingo games.Offerings include:

• Electronic Bingo: Charitable Gaming Centres offer terminals with touch screens that allow players to touch the screen to dab the numbers and play along.
• Play On Demand (POD): A collection of electronic games that can be played anytime, with great prizes to be won.
• Tap Tix: The evolution of the classic Break Open Ticket features an interactive display screen on a ticket dispenser.

The new games allow Charitable Gaming Centres to offer more customer choice, be more competitive and appeal to a broader demographic, while providing a different gaming entertainment experience from traditional bingo and casinos.

OLG is a provincial agency responsible for gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, the PlayOLG Internet gaming website and the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres across the province. 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 the operation of hospitals; prevention, treatment and research of problem gambling; amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program; and local and provincial charities. OLG was a Premier Sponsor of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games.

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TORONTO, ON – Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) is celebrating the 40th anniversary of WINTARIO – Ontario’s first provincial lottery game. The anniversary was marked with a celebration today at Toronto’s Yonge-Dundas Square where OLG previewed its support of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games Torch Relay and introduced the “All for Community Challenge” initiative, which builds on WINTARIO’s legacy of support in local communities throughout the province.

The first WINTARIO lottery draw was broadcast live on TV on May 15, 1975 from the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto. As part of today’s celebration, former WINTARIO host Faye Dance shared memories of her time travelling across Ontario with the live broadcast. For 22 years, WINTARIO held its draws across the province, in big cities, small towns and even smaller villages, giving away hundreds of thousands of dollars in lottery prizes and creating great legacies in each of those communities. Faye highlighted the important contributions WINTARIO grants made in communities such as the building of recreation centres, arenas and art galleries.

Today’s WINTARIO celebration was also attended by World Trampoline champion, Olympic and Pan Am gold medallist Rosie MacLennan. Rosie spoke about the importance of supporting amateur athletics in Ontario. Since January 2006, OLG’s Quest for Gold program has provided $93 million in support for Ontario’s amateur athletes and their coaches.

Beginning May 30, 3,000 torchbearers will carry the Pan Am flame that will share the Pan Am spirit in more than 130 communities. OLG will celebrate the torch relay in dozens of those communities with exciting day and evening events. The Pan Am flame will make its final stop July 10, 2015 at the Opening Ceremony of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games.

In the proud tradition of WINTARIO, and central to OLG’s support for the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games Torch Relay, is the “All for Community Challenge” initiative which celebrates the work of local charities throughout Ontario. Select local charities will have an opportunity to vie for a share of $10,000. Just as the torch relay will leave behind indelible memories of the excitement of the games, the “All for Community Challenge” will help local charities create lasting legacies in dozens of communities.

Spectators at today’s WINTARIO celebration were also able to enter a draw for a chance to win one of 20 pairs of tickets to the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games.

For more details on today’s event and to share your experiences, go to Twitter and use the hashtag #allforhere.

OLG is a provincial agency responsible for gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, the PlayOLG Internet gaming website and the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres across the province. 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 the operation of hospitals; prevention, treatment and research of problem gambling; amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program; and local and provincial charities. OLG was a Premier Sponsor of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games.

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Sault Ste. Marie – Time is running out to claim a LOTTO 6/49 prize worth $1 million for a ticket sold one year ago in the North Bay region. Players have one year from the original draw date to claim their prize.

The winning selection for the Saturday, May 24, 2014 LOTTO 6/49 Guaranteed $1 Million Prize Draw was 53089654-01. Players must exactly match the Guaranteed Prize Draw Selection to win the $1 million 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 Monday, May 25, 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:

• Winning Numbers page on olg.ca
• Call our WIN! Line at 416-870-8946 (Toronto area) or toll free at 1-866-891-8946 (outside Toronto area)
• Use the easy self-serve Ticket Checker at your lottery terminal retailer. Simply insert the ticket, barcode side up, and wait for the message to appear on the Ticket Checker’s screen.
• Sign up on olg.ca for winning numbers to be emailed to you
• Pick up a winning numbers printout from your lottery terminal retailer
• Sign your ticket and ask a lottery retailer to check it for you

OLG is a provincial agency responsible for gaming facilities, the sale of province-wide lottery games, the PlayOLG Internet gaming website and the delivery of bingo and other electronic gaming products at Charitable Gaming Centres across the province. 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 the operation of hospitals; prevention, treatment and research of problem gambling; amateur sport through the Quest for Gold program; and local and provincial charities. OLG was a Premier Sponsor of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games.

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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, 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:

• Winning Numbers page on olg.ca
• Call our WIN! Line at 416-870-8946 (Toronto area) or toll free at 1-866-891-8946 (outside Toronto area)
• Use the easy self-serve Ticket Checker at your lottery terminal retailer. Simply insert the ticket, barcode side up, and wait for the message to appear on the Ticket Checker’s screen.
• Sign up on olg.ca for winning numbers to be e-mailed to you
• Pick up a winning numbers printout from your lottery terminal retailer
• Sign your ticket and ask a lottery retailer to check it for you

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Toronto, ON – The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) as a Presenting Partner of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games Torch Relay, would like to congratulate the 33 Ontarians who were recently announced as Pan Am torchbearers.

Through the OLG Pass It ONtario Program, chambers of commerce and boards of trade from across the province were asked to select a local resident to carry the Pan Am torch as it makes its way through their communities. Torchbearer selections were made based on the core characteristics of the Torch Relay: community, celebration, participation and pride.

“OLG would like to thank all of the local chambers and boards for selecting outstanding members of their communities to carry the torch through the OLG Pass It ONtario Program,” said Stephen Rigby, President and CEO of OLG. “We are thrilled to be able to give exceptional people from across the province the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become a Pan Am torchbearer and help ignite the spirit of the Pan Am Games. Congratulations, torchbearers.”

The following is a list of the selected torchbearers:

Jack Mallon of Thunder Bay, selected by the Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce

Joe Ruscio of Sault Ste. Marie, selected by the Sault Ste. Marie Chamber of Commerce

Patricia Mills of Sudbury, selected by the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce

John Strang of Astorville, selected by the North Bay Chamber of Commerce

Tim Barrie of Peterborough, selected by the Greater Peterborough Chamber of Commerce

Jeff Quipp of Ajax, selected by the Ajax-Pickering Board of Trade

Dana Smith of Port Perry, selected by the Scugog Chamber of Commerce

Gini Stringer of Orillia, selected by the Orillia District Chamber of Commerce

Craig Busch of Barrie, selected by the Greater Barrie Chamber of Commerce

Jeff Stovold of Innisfil, selected by the Greater Innisfil Chamber of Commerce

Michelle Seip of Wasaga Beach, selected by the Wasaga Beach Chamber of Commerce

Casey Morrison of Collingwood, selected by the Collingwood Chamber of Commerce

John Grant of Hanover, selected by the Hanover Chamber of Commerce

Colin Tyler of Mississauga, selected by the Mississauga Board of Trade

John DeGroot of Sarnia, selected by the Sarnia Lambton Chamber of Commerce

Shannon Prince of North Buxton, selected by the Chatham-Kent Chamber of Commerce

Charlotte Loaring of Windsor, selected by the Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce

David Patchell-Evans of London, selected by the London Chamber of Commerce

Diane Langner of Woodstock, selected by the Woodstock Chamber of Commerce

Dr. John Stickney of Fergus, selected by the Centre Wellington Chamber of Commerce

Lucy Marco of Brantford, selected by the Chamber of Commerce Brantford Brant

Leanne Standryk of Niagara Falls, selected by the Greater Niagara Chamber of Commerce

Corporal Lloyd Jaundoo of Hamilton, selected by the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce

Corporal Chris Klodt of Branchtown, selected by the Flamborough Chamber of Commerce

Donna Coulter of Milton, selected by the Milton Chamber of Commerce

Mark Falbo of Woodbridge, selected by the Vaughan Chamber of Commerce

Michael Croxon of Newmarket, selected by the Newmarket Chamber of Commerce

Eric Tappenden of Markham, selected by the Markham Board of Trade

Jeff Westeinde of Ottawa, selected by the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce

Jordan Pridham of Kingston, selected by the Greater Kingston Chamber of Commerce

Fred Deacon of Belleville, selected by the Belleville and District Chamber of Commerce

Heather Pereira of Whitby, selected by the Whitby Chamber of Commerce

Doug Tarry of St. Thomas, selected by the St. Thomas and District Chamber of Commerce

The Torch Relay will start in Canada on May 30, 2015. The 41-day journey will share the Pan Am Games spirit in more than 130 communities and will make its final stop on July 10, 2015, at the Opening Ceremony in Toronto.

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TORONTO – Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) is proud to announce that it is choosing renewable energy for its Responsible Gambling website knowyourlimit.ca and its internet gambling website PlayOLG.ca.

This decision builds on OLG’s commitment to sustainability and a reduction of carbon emissions for its operations. Bullfrog Power was selected to be OLG’s provider for this initiative.

“The decision to choose green energy with Bullfrog Power complements OLG’s ongoing commitment to reduce our environmental impact across the organization,” said Paul Pellizzari, Executive Director for Policy and Social Responsibility. “Renewable energy is an important part of our efforts to become a global leader in energy-efficient, environmentally lower-impact gaming.”

OLG chooses green electricity for knowyourlimit.ca, PlayOLG.ca, OLG Casino Brantford, 60 per cent of the electricity used at the LEED-certified OLG Slots at Georgian Downs, as well as its entire network of digital signs. In choosing renewable energy for these websites, facilities and signs, OLG is reducing its carbon footprint by more than 1,200 tonnes each year, as well as reducing the emission of other harmful pollutants that contribute to poor air quality.

“Bullfrog Power’s clean, renewable energy has been part of OLG’s program since 2008,” said Anthony Santilli, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Bullfrog Power. “OLG has been a consistent innovator on the environmental front and we’re delighted to be working with them to build on their sustainability efforts.”

The announcement comes at a time when OLG employees and Gaming Sites are participating in WWF Canada’s Earth Hour for the fifth straight year. Participating OLG Gaming Sites will turn off exterior signage and dim all non-essential lights.

“It’s inspiring to see so many OLG employees across the province participate in WWF initiatives including Living Planet @ Work and Earth Hour,” said David Miller, President and CEO of WWF-Canada. “Since the start of our partnership in 2009, OLG has been leading by example, showing how, together, we can harness the power and passion of individuals to help build a sustainable future.”

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TORONTO – The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG), together with the Ontario Charitable Gaming Association (OCGA) and Commercial Gaming Association of Ontario (CGAO) have made further progress in the revitalization of charitable bingo and gaming in Timmins with the introduction of new electronic games.

The goal of this revitalization is to ensure local charities have a viable way to fundraise; to support local programs; to enhance local charitable operations and support local employment at the gaming centres; and to offer customers a new entertainment experience.

“We are pleased to partner with Timmins Gaming Centre to enhance the bingo and gaming experience for our players,” said Rick Gray, Vice President of Charitable Gaming at OLG. “In addition to providing the bingo hall with new opportunities this initiative also supports approximately 60 regional charities, organizations that provide vital services and support in the community.”

Timmins Gaming Centre now offers customers the choice of new electronic games or the traditional paper-based games that have been played at bingo centres for years.

“Adding new electronic products to our traditional paper-based games enables us to revitalize the charitable gaming industry and provide a sustainable source of revenue for our associated charities to continue their important work in Timmins,” said Lynn Cassidy, Executive Director of the Ontario Charitable Gaming Association.

The introduction of these new devices follows a successful 2005 pilot program which introduced e-bingo at six sites in five communities throughout the province which resulted in a significant increase of revenue raised for local communities. Since the launch of the pilot program, $80 million in additional funds has been raised for Ontario charities.

More charitable gaming centres across the province will complete their revitalization in the coming months.

Backgrounder Charitable Gaming in Ontario

OLG is working closely with the CGAO and the OCGA to revitalize the province’s Charitable Bingo and Gaming industry. By developing and introducing new products and technologies that will invigorate the traditional charitable gaming experience, more money is being generated for thousands of local charities across the province. The revitalization initiative is intended to preserve and enhance funding for charities across Ontario while creating economic benefits, including employment opportunities, at local charitable gaming centres.

OLG introduced a pilot program in 2005 to test electronic versions of existing paper-based bingo games to six charity bingo centres in five communities in Ontario. These pilot centres in Barrie, Kingston, Peterborough, Sudbury and Windsor have since raised $80 million in additional money for local charities.

Following the success of this pilot project, OLG began a phased rollout of a new suite of electronic games to other charitable gaming sites in the province. This new suite of charitable games offers customers more choice and complements existing paper bingo games. Offerings include:

• Electronic Bingo: Charitable Gaming Centres offer terminals with touch screens that allow players to touch the screen to dab the numbers and play along.
• Play On Demand (POD): A collection of electronic games that can be played anytime, with great prizes to be won.
• Tap Tix: The evolution of the classic Break Open Ticket features an interactive display screen on a ticket dispenser.

The new games allow Charitable Gaming Centres to offer more customer choice, be more competitive and appeal to a broader demographic, while providing a different gaming entertainment experience from traditional bingo and casinos.

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, ON – The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) is pleased to be the exclusive Presenting Partner of Ontario Scene.

Ontario Scene, presented by Canada’s National Arts Centre, is a major national festival showcasing 600 of Ontario’s established and emerging artists. It takes place throughout Ottawa and the National Capital Region from April 29 to May 10, 2015.

With 90 events over 12 days, festival participants will enjoy events in music, theatre, dance, visual and media arts, film, literature, and culinary arts. These events will occur at different venues across Ottawa and Gatineau, Quebec.

“Ontario’s vibrant cultural scene contributes to the vitality of the province,” said Stephen Rigby, OLG’s President and CEO. “Ontario Scene offers a unique way to spotlight Ontario’s world-class artists, from all creative fields, who reflect our rich diversity of talent. OLG is honoured to join the National Arts Centre in celebrating the energy and spirit of Ontario artists as we show the country and the world what Ontario has to offer.”

OLG has a proud tradition of supporting events and festivals that bring people together and strengthen communities. Each year, OLG supports about 250 local events and festivals in communities across Ontario.

Ontario Scene is the seventh in a series of biennial festivals that celebrate artists from the various regions of Canada. For more information on Ontario Scene, visit ontarioscene.ca.

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 an ENCORE – LOTTO MAX prize worth $100,000 for a ticket sold one year ago in Toronto. Players have one year from the original draw date to claim their prize.

The winning numbers for the Friday, March 14, 2014 ENCORE – LOTTO MAX draw were 6 – 1 – 9 – 9 – 4 – 6 – 6. Players must match the last six of the seven numbers drawn in exact order 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 Monday, March 16, 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:

• Winning Numbers page on olg.ca
• Call our WIN! Line at 416-870-8946 (Toronto area) or toll free at 1-866-891-8946 (outside Toronto area)
• Use the easy self-serve Ticket Checker at your lottery terminal retailer. Simply insert the ticket, barcode side up, and wait for the message to appear on the Ticket Checker’s screen.
• Sign up on olg.ca for winning numbers to be e-mailed to you
• Pick up a winning numbers printout from your lottery terminal retailer
• Sign your ticket and ask a lottery retailer to check it for you

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 DAILY KENO prize worth $25,000 for a ticket sold one year ago in Toronto. Players have one year from the original draw date to claim their prize.

The winning numbers for the Saturday, March 8, 2014 DAILY KENO (EVENING) draw were 5 – 8 – 9 – 19 – 20 – 21 – 24 – 25 – 26 – 37 – 38 – 47 – 51 – 55 – 57 – 61 – 63 – 64 – 69 – 70.

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 Monday, March 9, 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:

• Winning Numbers page on olg.ca
• Call our WIN! Line at 416-870-8946 (Toronto area) or toll free at 1-866-891-8946 (outside Toronto area)
• Use the easy self-serve Ticket Checker at your lottery terminal retailer. Simply insert the ticket, barcode side up, and wait for the message to appear on the Ticket Checker’s screen.
• Sign up on olg.ca for winning numbers to be e-mailed to you
• Pick up a winning numbers printout from your lottery terminal retailer
• Sign your ticket and ask a lottery retailer to check it for you

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 an ENCORE – LOTTO MAX prize worth $10,000 for a ticket sold one year ago in the rural Hamilton area. Players have one year from the original draw date to claim their prize.

The winning numbers for the Friday, March 7, 2014 ENCORE – LOTTO MAX draw were 0 – 0 – 9 – 5 – 6 – 0 – 7. Players must match the first six of the seven numbers drawn in exact order to win the $10,000 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 Monday, March 9, 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:

• Winning Numbers page on olg.ca
• Call our WIN! Line at 416-870-8946 (Toronto area) or toll free at 1-866-891-8946 (outside Toronto area)
• Use the easy self-serve Ticket Checker at your lottery terminal retailer. Simply insert the ticket, barcode side up, and wait for the message to appear on the Ticket Checker’s screen.
• Sign up on olg.ca for winning numbers to be e-mailed to you
• Pick up a winning numbers printout from your lottery terminal retailer
• Sign your ticket and ask a lottery retailer to check it for you

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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New limited-time Ontario lottery with Guaranteed $3 million Grand Prize Draw
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Toronto, ON – What kind of life do you dream of living? If the winter blues have you fantasizing about tropical destinations and convertible cars, the new LIVING THE LIFE LOTTERY from Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) could help turn those dreams into reality.

Available only in Ontario, for a limited time and with a limited number of entries available, LIVING THE LIFE LOTTERY features a $3 million Grand Prize Draw, three Early Bird Draw prizes of $100,000 each and Secondary Prizes ranging from $1 million to $5,000 plus $20 Bonus Prizes. Add it all up and LIVING THE LIFE LOTTERY is offering up to $6 million in total prizes, and every entry issued could have three chances to win.

“With millions of dollars in Guaranteed Prize Draws and value pricing, LIVING THE LIFE LOTTERY is a unique experience for players,” says Wendy Montgomery, Vice President of Marketing & Sales at OLG. “And with extra prizes for playing in time for the Early Bird Draw, there’s lots of ways to picture yourself a winner. It could be your best selfie ever!”

LIVING THE LIFE LOTTERY is on sale now, but only until the Main Draw on March 31, 2015 or until all 6,172,840 possible Entries are sold. Entries purchased by 9 p.m. March 5, 2015 are eligible for the Early Bird Draw of three prizes of $100,000 each. The Main and Early Bird Draws are Guaranteed Prize Draws, meaning that for each prize, one winning entry will be drawn only from the entries issued. There are also thousands of $20 prizes available with the Bonus Draw on March 31 for matching the two-digit Bonus Number. Three draws means up to three ways to win with every entry.

Players have three purchase options: one entry for $5, three entries for $10 or seven entries for $20. Each entry consists of an eight-digit number with a dash separating the first six and last two digits. Entries are available by Quick Pick only.

LIVING THE LIFE LOTTERY FACT SHEET

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OLG’s new LIVING THE LIFE LOTTERY is on sale now until March 31, 2015.

FAST FACTS ABOUT LIVING THE LIFE LOTTERY:

• With its $3 million Grand Prize, LIVING THE LIFE LOTTERY offers players the largest Guaranteed Prize Draw of any of OLG’s Ontario-only games.
• LIVING THE LIFE LOTTERY will only last until all available Entries are issued, or until the close of sales at 9 p.m. for the Main Draw and Bonus Draw on March 31, 2015.
• The Main Draw and Early Bird Draw are Guaranteed Prize Draws with one winning entry for each prize to be drawn only from the entries issued.
• The Early Bird Draw will be held March 5, 2015 and only the entries already sold by 9 p.m. that evening will be eligible to win.
• A limited number of LIVING THE LIFE LOTTERY entries are available. Every entry issued could have up to three chances to win if purchased before the March 5 Early Bird deadline.
• The odds of winning any LIVING THE LIFE LOTTERY prize will be determined by the total number of entries issued.

PRIZES INCLUDE:

• $3 million Grand Prize
• Secondary Prizes ranging from $5,000 to $1 million
• Three Early Bird Prizes of $100,000 each
• Thousands of $20 Bonus Prizes available for matching the last two digits of your entry with those drawn

PURCHASE OPTIONS:

• One Entry for $5
• Three Entries for $10
• Seven Entries for $20
• Quick Pick entries only, ENCORE is not available

For more information on LIVING THE LIFE LOTTERY please visit the game page on olg.ca.

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 LOTTO MAX MAXMILLIONS prize worth $500,000 for a ticket sold one year ago in Hamilton. The ticket sold in Hamilton shared a $1 million prize with another ticket. Players have one year from the original draw date to claim their prize.

The winning numbers for the Friday, February 28, 2014 LOTTO MAX MAXMILLIONS draw were 6 – 13 – 17 – 20 – 28 – 31 – 42. Players must match all of the seven numbers drawn in order to win a MAXMILLIONS 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 Monday, March 2, 2015.

The OLG Prize Centre is 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:

• Winning Numbers page on olg.ca
• Call our WIN! Line at 416-870-8946 (Toronto area) or toll free at 1-866-891-8946 (outside Toronto area)
• Use the easy self-serve Ticket Checker at your lottery terminal retailer. Simply insert the ticket, barcode side up, and wait for the message to appear on the Ticket Checker’s screen.
• Sign up on olg.ca for winning numbers to be e-mailed to you
• Pick up a winning numbers printout from your lottery terminal retailer
• Sign your ticket and ask a lottery retailer to check it for you

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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OLG is modernizing Lottery and Gaming for a better Ontario
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