Ontario provincial officials call press conference on internet gambling

Provincial lottery and government officials, including Finance Minister Dwight Duncan and Ontario Lottery and Gaming chairman Paul Godfrey have called a media conference for later today (Monday) to discuss “modernizing lottery and gaming in Ontario.”

Ontario has been flirting with the idea of making changes to its current gambling laws in a bid to exact more profit from the multimillion-dollar online gambling industry , following the example of British Columbia and Quebec.

OLG has said online gambling is worth about Cdn$500 million in Ontario, which currently goes to offshore betting sites.

The agency has recently sent out proposal requests for help setting up and running online games such as video poker and video slots, as well as lottery ticket sales.

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