OLGC.biz
This site documents and analyses the activities of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLGC), for customers and partners doing business with OLGC.
OLGC is headquartered in Sault Ste. Marie, with the prize centre is in Toronto, Ontario and has more than 8000 employees. The purpose of OLGC is to manage the gambling and lottery activities of the Government of Ontario.
It is a Crown Corporation of the Government of Ontario, Canada responsible for the province's lotteries, charity and Aboriginal casinos, commercial casinos, and slot machines at horse-racing track
OLGC reports through its Board of Directors to the Ontario Minister of Finance.
You can view current news articles about OLGC here. Lottery fraud among retailers has been a highly visible recurring news item. Poorly designed instant win games, where players could achieve a greater chance of winning by observing unscratched game cards have been reported multiple times.
Never allow retailers to check your tickets for you. Always use the automated Ticket Checker that is present in every OLGC retailer. This allows you to identify all winning tickets and amounts before you redeem them.
Take a scan or photocopy of each ticket as soon as you buy it. This can assist if any disagreements about the ownership of the ticket arise in the future. Pay with credit card so that a time stamped transaction record is available if an investigation is required.
OLGC operates the Winner’s Circle Rewards loyalty program for Slots and Casino customers.
These games involve no skill. All involve selecting a set of numbers that matched to a set of numbers that are randomly drawn.
Lotto 6/49 and Lotto Max are operated across Canada by the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation.
These games involve no skill. The chances of willing are purely random, although there have been cases in the past where poorly design games allowed winners to be predicted based on information shown on the games prior to purchase.
These games involve some skill. Winners, point spread, or other statistics must be predicted.
The slot facilities are all at locations that also feature horse racing (note: some of these locations have closed or are in the process of closing due to a new Ontario government gaming strategy).
These casinos offer slots as well as table games.
Electronic Bingo is played on terminals with touch screens. Touch your screen to dab the numbers.
Big Ling Bingo games allow players at bingo centres across the province to play together for prizes.