{"id":2184,"date":"2020-01-10T12:30:58","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T12:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=2184"},"modified":"2026-04-24T09:01:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:01:48","slug":"canada-casino-grabs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/canada-casino-grabs","title":{"rendered":"Canada casino is up for grabs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation has put a Canada casino up for grabs to whatever company wants to bid for the Windsor operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Canada.- A Windsor property is soon to get a new operator as the Canada casino is up for bidding. The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation will accept bids from companies interested in taking over day-to-day operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLaunching a competitive procurement to select a long-term service provider for the Windsor Gaming Bundle will complete OLG\u2019s modernization of the Ontario gaming marketplace,\u201d said Stephen Rigby, OLG\u2019s President and Chief Executive Officer. \u201cIt will also help protect the long-term competitiveness of the Windsor market.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the Canada casino changes hands, the new operator must retain employees for at least 12 months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Request for Pre-Qualification (RFPQ) for the Windsor Gaming Bundle should go up by fall 2020 OLG says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sports betting in Canada<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s been over a year since the SCOTUS revoked PASPA and cleared sports wagering to launch in the US. However, Canada wants to pass sports betting legislation<\/a><\/em><\/strong> as well, as a recent meeting shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stakeholders in the lottery and gaming industry met with lawmakers in Windsor to push for the segment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe government needs to act quickly. The threat is imminent,\u201d said Paul Burns, president of the Canadian Gaming Association<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. \u201cMichigan will be up and running soon. New York has started, other states in other parts of the United States have moved exceptionally quickly to pass bills.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After sports betting legislation has repeatedly failed in Canada, Burns explained the landscape has changed. According to the official, with pro leagues on board with the segment, it\u2019s a matter of political will before it turns legal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MP for Windsor-West Brian Masse explained lawmakers are working on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt the end of the day, it could be a matter of weeks if there\u2019s the political will to do that. They have a couple of different options to go to for it. That\u2019s not likely, but that\u2019s the technical answer to the question in regards to the processing,\u201d said Masse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation has put a Canada casino up for grabs to whatever company wants to bid for the Windsor operation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has initiated a competitive procurement process for the Windsor Gaming Bundle, signaling a strategic move to complete its Ontario gaming market modernization. Concurrently, key industry stakeholders are intensifying advocacy for the expedited legalization of single-event sports betting in Canada, driven by escalating cross-border competitive pressures from rapidly expanding U.S. markets.","focusai_entities":"Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, Stephen Rigby, Canadian Gaming Association, Paul Burns, Brian Masse, SCOTUS","focusai_location":"Canada, Ontario, Windsor, US, Michigan, New York","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Windsor Bundle Strategy","query":"What are the strategic implications for OLG's long-term market modernization objectives and the projected GGR\/NGR impact following the re-procurement of the Windsor Gaming Bundle?"},{"label":"Canada Sports Betting Outlook","query":"Considering the cited cross-border competitive dynamics and political will, what is the revised legislative timeline and estimated market opportunity for single-event sports betting within the Canadian gaming verticals?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16331,162],"tags":[29],"class_list":["post-2184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-casino-news","category-elsewhere-news","category-north-america","tag-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2184"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2209,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2184\/revisions\/2209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}