Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation

Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation

Company type	Crown corporation
Industry	Lottery and gambling
Founded	February 1975
Headquarters	Sault Ste. Marie and Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Key people	Jim Warren (Chair of the Board) Duncan Hannay (President and CEO)
Products	Lotteries, casinos, bingo, Sports betting
Revenue	$8.3 billion CAD (2019)[1]
Owner	Government of Ontario
Website	www.olg.ca

Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, known for corporate branding purposes simply as OLG since 2006, is a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario, Canada. It is responsible for the province's lotteries, charity and Aboriginal casinos, commercial casinos, and slot machines at horse-racing tracks. It was created in April 2000 when the Ontario Lottery Corporation (OLC) was merged with the Ontario Casino Corporation (OCC), established in 1994. Prior to 2006, the combined entity was known in short form as the OLGC (or SLJO in French). OLG employs over 8,000 individuals throughout Ontario; 1,400 in Sault Ste Marie and the GTA offices. There are approximately 9,800 retailers operating more than 10,000 lottery terminals across the province.

OLG's prize centre is located in Toronto, while the corporation's primary headquarters is located in Sault Ste. Marie. Whereas OLG is responsible for and operates a variety of gaming services, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) regulates casino gaming. OLG reports through its board of directors to the Minister of Finance. From 2003 to 2007, it was under the Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal.

OLG operates a self-exclusion program for people with gambling addictions,^[2] although this program has been controversial.