O. Reg. 208/00: GAMES OF CHANCE CONDUCTED AND MANAGED BY THE ONTARIO CASINO CORPORATION AND THE ONTARIO LOTTERY CORPORATION

 

ONTARIO REGULATION 208/00

made under the

Gaming Control Act, 1992

Made: March 21, 2000
Filed: March 23, 2000

Amending O. Reg. 385/99

(Games of Chance Conducted and Managed by the Ontario Casino Corporation and the Ontario Lottery Corporation)

1. The title to Ontario Regulation 385/99 is revoked and the following substituted:

GAMES OF CHANCE CONDUCTED AND
MANAGED BY THE ONTARIO LOTTERY
AND GAMING CORPORATION

2. (1) Section 1 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following definition:

“casino” means a place that is kept for the purpose of playing a prescribed lottery scheme, but does not include a charity casino or a slot machine facility;

(2) The definitions of “charity casino”, “operator” and “slot machine facility” in section 1 of the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:

“charity casino” means a charity casino as defined in the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation Act, 1999;

“operator” means the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation or a registered gaming–related supplier who operates a gaming premises that is a casino, charity casino, slot machine facility or the premises used for a prescribed lottery scheme under contract with the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation;

“slot machine facility” means a place that is kept for the purpose of playing a game of chance operated on or through a slot machine, and includes the premises where services ancillary to the game of chance are provided, but does not include a casino or a charity casino;

(3) Clause (d) of the definition of “gaming key employee” in section 1 of the Regulation is amended by striking out “the Ontario Casino Corporation, the Ontario Lottery Corporation” and substituting “the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation”.

(4) The definition of “gaming–related supplier” in section 1 of the Regulation is amended by striking out the portion before clause (a) and substituting the following:

“gaming–related supplier” means a person, other than the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, who,

. . . . .

(5) Clause (e) of the definition of “gaming–related supplier” in section 1 of the Regulation is amended by striking out “the Ontario Casino Corporation, the Ontario Lottery Corporation” and substituting “the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation”.

3. Section 2 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

2. The following lottery schemes are prescribed for the purposes of clause (b) of the definition of “game of chance” in subsection 1 (1) of the Act:

1. A lottery scheme operated on or through a slot machine.

2. A lottery scheme played on tables or wheels of fortune, including card games, roulette, keno, and dice games.

4. Section 4 of the Regulation is amended by striking out “the Ontario Casino Corporation, the Ontario Lottery Corporation” and substituting “the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation”.

5. Subsection 5 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “the Ontario Casino Corporation, the Ontario Lottery Corporation” and substituting “the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation”.

6. Subsection 10 (3) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “the Ontario Lottery Corporation”.

7. (1) Subsection 11 (2) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “or is a registered gaming–related supplier” and substituting “is a registered gaming–related supplier or the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation”.

(2) Clause 11 (6) (d) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “or with the Ontario Lottery Corporation”.

(3) Clause 11 (7) (a) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(a) within 30 days after the termination of the registration, the registrant applies to the Registrar to have the name of the operator or the non–gaming–related supplier named in the registration replaced with the name of another operator or non–gaming–related supplier; and

(4) Subsection 11 (8) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “or the Ontario Lottery Corporation”.

8. Section 12 of the Regulation is amended by striking out “the Ontario Lottery Corporation” and substituting “the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation”.

9. Subsection 13 (2) of the Regulation is revoked.

10. (1) Subsection 30 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(1) An operator of a gaming premises shall submit to the board of the Commission for its approval a complete description of each game of chance that it intends to offer for play at the premises.

(2) Clause 30 (2) (b) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(b) the chances of winning the game and the advantage of the operator in relation to each wager; and

(3) Subsection 30 (3) of the Regulation is revoked.

(4) Subsection 30 (4) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(4) An operator of a gaming premises shall ensure that the games of chance offered for play at the premises are approved by the board and played in accordance with the rules approved by the board.

(5) Subsection 30 (5) of the Regulation is revoked.

11. (1) Paragraph 3 of subsection 32 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

3. An individual who the operator has reason to believe has been excluded from the premises under subsection 3.6 (1) of the Act.

(2) Paragraph 7 of subsection 32 (1) of the Regulation is revoked.

(3) Paragraph 8 of subsection 32 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

8. Directors, officers and employees of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation.

12. (1) Section 35 of the Regulation is amended by striking out the heading and the portion before paragraph 1 and substituting the following:

Exclusion of Individuals from Gaming Premises

35. For the purposes of subsection 3.6 (1) of the Act, the following are prescribed as criteria for refusing an individual access to a gaming premises:

. . . . .

(2) Paragraph 1 of section 35 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

1. The individual has been excluded from premises where gaming occurs by any other jurisdiction where gaming is legal.

13. (1) Subsection 36 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(1) Before the board of the Commission issues a direction to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation requiring it to refuse to allow an individual access to its gaming premises in Ontario, it shall serve a notice of the proposed direction on the individual by registered mail to the individual’s last known address.

(2) Clause 36 (2) (c) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “casinos; and” and substituting “gaming premises of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation; and”.

(3) Subclause 36 (3) (d) (i) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “casinos, or” and substituting “gaming premises of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, or”.

(4) Subclause 36 (3) (d) (ii) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “casinos” and substituting “gaming premises of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation”.

14. Subsection 37 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “the Ontario Casino Corporation requiring it to refuse to allow an individual access to casinos” and substituting “the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation requiring it to refuse to allow an individual access to its gaming premises”.

15. Subsection 38 (5) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(5) If the board is satisfied that the individual has shown cause why the direction should be revoked, it shall issue a direction to that effect to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation and, on receiving it, the Corporation shall no longer refuse the individual access to its gaming premises in Ontario.

16. The Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

Registrar’s Inquiry or Investigation

38.1 (1) If, following an inquiry or investigation under subsection 9 (1.1) of the Act, the Registrar is of the opinion that a person may not be suitable to be a member of the Board of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation or to exercise significant decision–making authority with respect to the conduct, management or operation of games of chance, the Registrar shall advise the person of that fact and the reasons for the opinion.

(2) The person is entitled to make submissions to the Registrar with respect to the inquiry or investigation before the Registrar forms a final opinion.

17. This Regulation comes into force on the day section 19 of Schedule L to the Red Tape Reduction Act, 1999 comes into force.