Source: OLG
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) paid Wasaga Beach $152,138 for hosting Playtime Casino Wasaga Beach. The payment covered casino revenue generated during the facility’s first 39 operating days, from 23 November to 31 December 2022; OLG said Gateway Casinos built the casino as part of its land-based gaming modernisation.
The payment sets out the host community’s revenue share from the new casino’s opening period.
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