OLG accredited by the WLA

The OLG was created in 2000 when the Ontario Lottery Corporation merged with the Ontario Casino Corporation and is responsible for the management of the province's lotteries and casinos.

The Crown corporation revealed that it has become only the fifth gaming operator in North America and one of only 22 in the world to achieve level-four accreditation from the WLA, which is an international organisation representing 142 gaming operators from 90 nations.

“We are honoured and proud to be recognised for our responsible gaming policies and programmes by the World Lottery Association,” said Paul Godfrey, Chairman for the OLG. “As our responsible gaming programmes evolve, we always look for areas to improve.”

The OLG stated that its level-four WLA accreditation means that its lottery players and visitors to its gaming sites ‘can be assured’ that it is ‘fully committed to educating our staff and empowering the public about responsible gaming’.

To achieve level-four accreditation, OLG declared that was required to submit a ‘comprehensive report’ accompanied by a ‘second-party assessment’ that described how it had implemented its responsible gaming programmes in areas such as player education, employee and retailer training, advertising and marketing and game design.