Source: OLG
OLG and the Government of Ontario approved Gateway Casinos & Entertainment to locate a gaming site in Innisfil on 23 April 2025. Gateway, the service provider for the Central Gaming Bundle, must obtain all required municipal approvals before construction can begin.
Gateway cannot begin construction until it secures the required municipal approvals.
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Ontario and the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation have opened the first phase of a Call for Investment to bring new land-based gaming operators to the Niagara Region. The province says each operator must invest at least C$1.5bn and pay a C$100m entrance fee; the initial market will admit up to three operators. Interested operators must respond by 3 December.
A competitive land-based gaming market in the Niagara Region is the goal of a Call for Investment launched by the Ontario government together with the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG). As a starting point, no more than three new operators will be admitted. Gaming companies that want in have until 3 December to answer the procurement's first phase.
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.