Canadian state-run provincial lottery operator is forging ahead with arrangements to offer games of chance over the Internet by the autumn.
Thursday 15th July 2010
After announcing its intention to launch a new online gaming site this autumn based on the Swedish model, Canadian state-run provincial lottery operator Loto-Quebec has released a statement clarifying its plans.
The operator first announced its intention to offer games of chance over the Internet in February while revealing that the new site would feature measures ‘subject to international responsible gaming expertise’ to weed out problem gamblers including age verification, options for self-exclusion and deposit limits.
“Loto-Quebec intends to bring its online games of chance project to fruition with all of its well-known rigour and integrity,” said Alain Cousineau, President and Chief Executive Officer for Loto-Quebec.
“Loto-Quebec will cooperate fully with the Online Gaming Monitoring Committee chaired by University Of Montreal Psychology Department full professor Louise Nadeau.
“We will be offering Quebecers a choice of entertaining games like poker, various table games and sportsbetting within a controlled circuit and in a secure environment whose integrity will be beyond question.”
Cousineau revealed that online poker would be offered on a common platform with the British Columbia Lottery Corporation and the Atlantic Lottery Corporation provided by GTECH G2, the interactive subsidiary of leading American gaming technology and services firm GTECH Corporation. This platform will be hosted in Montreal and feature customer account management software designed by OpenBet Limited, which is also set to supply some of the new site’s table games.
