What is Internet Gaming?
• OLG will choose from a full range of offerings to be delivered on the internet, through an online site accessible via personal computers, laptops, and other internet-connected devices. The offerings could include lottery ticket sales, e-instant tickets, interactive casino-style games (against the house), and peer-to-peer games like poker. • Today, Ontarians are estimated to have between 400,000 and 500,000 accounts with unregulated grey-market internet gaming providers, spending an estimated $400 million per year online, with none of the proceeds being channeled back to Ontario communities through the government of Ontario. • These unregulated sites have no mandate to serve the Ontario public interest and are largely located offshore with virtually no government oversight. Potential Value • OLG now has the ability to catch up with several other Canadian and European jurisdictions in this emerging and fast growing global market of licensed online gaming. • A 2007 survey by eCommerce O
