OLG appointed four people to senior safer gambling roles in Ontario, according to an announcement by Vice President Aaron GlynWilliams on LinkedIn. The hires include two former AGCO staff, with roles covering policy and controls, compliance, player risk monitoring and intervention, and strategy and governance.
The appointments expand OLG’s senior capacity for safer gambling across its operations.
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Ontario and the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation announced a process on 28 October 2026 to attract up to three casino operators to Niagara. The government expects more than $3 billion in direct investment over 20 years; each successful operator must invest at least $1.5 billion and pay a $100 million entrance fee. Initial expressions of interest are due by 3 December 2026.
A process to open Niagara Falls to as many as three additional casino operators was unveiled on 28 October 2026 by the provincial government and the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG). Companies that want to take part have until 3 December 2026 to file initial expressions of interest. Those that make the cut will then be asked to send in full proposals for integrated casino resorts.
The Ontario government and the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) have launched a Call for Investment to attract casino operators to the Niagara Region. The plan allows for up to three new operators, each paying a C$100m entrance fee and a 9.75% gaming tax, and would end MGE’s regional exclusivity.
Ontario’s Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) amended its lottery standards, effective 28 October 2026, to allow OLG-registered retailers to use self-service terminals with integrated cameras. The cameras must clearly capture people at or near the terminal without collecting personal information, and footage must be kept for at least 14 days and provided to the AGCO on request.
Ontario’s AGCO lottery standards prohibit selling tickets to people under 18 or to specified groups, including people who appear intoxicated. The rules also restrict who may play or win prizes and require operators and sellers to monitor and prevent prohibited betting activities.
Ontario's AGCO lottery standards bar sellers from selling lottery tickets to anyone under 18 and to a list of designated groups, according to a regulator's notice. Sellers may not sell to a person who appears intoxicated, to the seller's own directors, officers or partners, or to registered gaming assistants working at the site where the tickets are sold. The same restriction covers officers or staff of a union representing or bargaining for employees at that site, employees of registered suppliers who maintain or repair gaming equipment there, and board members or employees of the CAJO.
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation has launched CASH POP, a draw-based game in which players choose numbers and wager amounts. The game has five daily draws, with prizes of up to $5,000, and tickets are available through OLG retail and digital channels.
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) launched CASH POP in Ontario on 6 October 2026, the corporation announced. OLG said it is the first lottery jurisdiction in Canada to offer the draw-based game, in which players choose numbers and wager amounts. Tickets are available at OLG's 10,000 retail locations, on OLG.ca, through the OLG app and at self-serve lottery terminals.