Key Takeaways
- In Ontario, PlayOLG will launch shortly with casino games, but online poker is expected to be added as soon as possible.
- The intention to launch internet gambling s not new, but the site has been in development for over 18 months. It is opening in a soft launch phase where “members of OLG’s Winner’s Circle Rewards program will participate in a short-term, soft launch of the new site before it becomes available to legal-aged Ontarians in the coming weeks,” the press release explained.
British Columbia, Manitoba, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces will shortly be joined by Ontario as Canadian regions with locally regulated online gambling.
PlayOLG is soon to open a “soft-launch” phase with Blackjack and roulette, slots, and lottery ticket sales. Online poker is expected to be added soon after.
The intention to launch internet gambling is not new. It picked GTECH as its software provider back in April 2013 and was initially slated to go live by the end of the year. Finally last week, eighteen months since work began on the platform, VIP members were emailed with a sneak preview.
