The ''Gaming Control Act'' (the Act) was passed in 1992 to control the growth of the gaming industry and the introduction of casinos in

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. The Act was enforced by the

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to ensure honesty, integrity, and financial responsibility to participants as well as preventing criminal activity such as

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Who the Gaming Control Act affects

The Act affects businesses or individuals that have been authorized to conduct

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schemes, which supply goods such as

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paper or lottery tickets, services, and equipment (

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s) to charitable and religious organizations.

Registrants

There are seven sectors of registration for suppliers.

Operator

Operators include Bingo Hall owners part of a charity, church, or

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; where break open tickets may or may not be sold, and Commercial Casino Operators.

Seller

On June 1, 2012, the previously separated distinctions of break open ticket seller and lottery retailer were combined. A seller is authorized to sell lottery products and/or break open tickets in more than one location if they have a valid retailer contract on behalf of the OLG, a licensed charitable or a religious organization. To ensure the integrity of gaming, the seller may not traffic lottery tickets to anyone they are affiliated with, such as: employees, board members, and gaming trade union staff. They are also advised not to sell lottery tickets to individuals who appear intoxicated.

Gaming-related supplier

A gaming-related supplier may supply or manufacture bingo paper, break open tickets, gaming equipment, and gaming services.

Non-gaming-related supplier

Trade union

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Category 1 gaming assistant

A Category 1 Gaming Assistant may refer to a Gaming Key Employee, Gaming Premises Manager, or Lottery Retailer Manager.

Category 2 gaming assistant

A Category 2 Gaming Assistant may refer to a Bingo Caller,

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, Gaming Employee, or Gaming Services Employee.

Exemptions

People who are exempt from registration as suppliers or gaming assistants include those who provide services without a salary, provide goods or services to themselves, are full-time employees of fundraising for charitable organizations, the employees of a seller, or the owners and operators who grant leases.

Gaming assistant exemptions

Non-gaming related supplier exemptions

Age documentation

Participants are only allowed to game if they have been verified to be the

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in Canada. To check a person’s age, their driver’s license, passport, citizenship card, armed forces identification card, certificate of Indian status, liquor control board of Ontario card, photo card under the ''Photo Card Act'', or any other card issued by the government of Canada with a photo of the individual and their date of birth is acceptable to confirm.

References

{{Reflist 1992 in Canadian law Ontario provincial legislation 1992 in Ontario