Lottery Archive

Modernization in Moderation: Awaiting the AGLC’s pragmatic approach to an Alberta online casino launch. It was about this time last year when the headlines across Alberta were all abuzz with the news that the province may soon join the iGaming race. In mid-January of 2019, the regulators of Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis (AGLC)...

Live and online casino keno rules, reasons and RTP explained. Keno is one of those casino games people tend to have strong feelings about. They either love it, or they hate it. Your opinion will likely rest on your reason for playing casino games in the first place. If you enjoy the thrill, the...

The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation has recently released its annual revenue report for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2019. Within that verbose document of numerical wonders lies the tale of a blossoming gambling industry. All facets of gaming saw an increase in overall revenue, but none so impressive as a digital market...

By all means, we are among the most liberal online gambling nations in on the planet! However, our government has been 'waiting and watching' for an awfully long time. Our provinces are doing their best to capitalize on the opportunities provided, launching ring-fenced iGaming operations within most provinces, but they are tired of...

Evolution and SG first aligned in 2016, thanks to a mutual burgeoning relationship with the British Columbia Lottery Corp (BCLC). Three years later, their partnership has blossomed into a bountiful harvest, but they're not done blooming yet as a new fruit-bearing interest is in the works....

The online gambling industry is looking towards the foreseeable future in the most lucrative regional markets. Thanks to player-friendly laws from our federal government, Canada is right up there with the best of them. Being among the world's most competitive markets, Canadian players should have a lot to look forward to in the coming...

Combining the revenue generated from lottery and casino games on the provincially operated online gaming portal, Espacejeux.com, the gaming regulator reports a total income of $29.23 million, up from $23.62 million in the same period last year. That marks a total increase of $5.11 million ($23.8%) year over year (YoY)....

The easiest way to tell you're playing a Class II pull-tab game is to look on the borders of the screen. The casino cannot completely hide the fact that it's really an electronic bingo game. Therefore, they must display the bingo card you're really playing each time you press play. Top or bottom,...

Buying ten thousand Lotto Max tickets (at $5 a pop, that's $50,000 btw) isn't going to put a dent in your 1 in 28,633,528 chance of winning. The lottery really is about luck. If you buy a ticket, and you get supremely lucky, you might win it. But as a 79 year old...

The latest revenue reports are telling a much different story than previously expected. Not only are the gambling-related tax coffers still generating an influx of money, the lottery and gaming regulator is seeing record breaking revenue in the 2018-19 fiscal year, and they've got a host of new online casino games and budget-minded...