Gateway Casinos Sault Ste. Marie (formerly OLG Casino Sault Ste. Marie) is a

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Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Sault Ste. Marie ( ) is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is at the St. Mary's River on the Canada–US border. It is the third largest city in Northern Ontario, after Sudbury and Thunder Bay. The Ojibwe, the indigenous Anishinaabe inhabitants ...

. Owned an Operated by Burnaby based Gateway Casinos & Entertainment, it was

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's first full-time casino when it opened in 1999. The casino is located near the International Bridge which links the city to

Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan Sault Ste. Marie ( ') is the only city in, and county seat of, Chippewa County, Michigan, Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. With a population of 13,337 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the second-most populated ...

Facilities

Food and beverage facilities offered by the casino include a 100-seat

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and a

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. The gaming area is in size and includes 450

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s and 21 game tables. There currently are no accommodations or entertainment facilities on site, making it difficult for the facility to compete with the other casinos in its local market located minutes away in the State of Michigan. The current casino facility has been housed in a temporary movable dome structure since opening in 1999 and has required numerous repairs due to its long-term use. Although the City of Sault Ste. Marie is currently home to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, much like its past financial decision to operate two offices, the corporate office based in Toronto currently has no long-term plans for a permanent presence in the Northern Ontario city in the form of any significant investment into any permanent structures.

Facts and figures

*Casino floor size: *Slot machines: 360 *Table games: 9 *Restaurants: 1 *Bars: 1

Drinking age as an attraction

The casino derives some of its customers from the

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, in part because the

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in Ontario is 19, as opposed to 21 in

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References

Ontario's Top Attractions
- ''TransCanadaHighway.com''
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- Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation
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- Tourism Sault. Ste. Marie
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- Sault This Week

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Facilities

Facts and figures

Drinking age as an attraction

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