Just recently, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation shared some of the best news. The Crown agency did say that it had been named by Forbes in Canada’s Best Employers list for 2022. It was the first time that the organization had managed to find itself on the list, meaning that it’s among the top 20% of organizations that has a personnel of more than 500 people.
The OLG is Ontario’s Crown corporation, whose role is to oversee and develop top-class gaming entertainment for the entire province of Ontario in one of the safest and regulated way. It manages brick-and-mortar gaming establishments in addition to iGaming, lottery games, electronic gaming services, and bingo offerings. Since way back in 1975, the Crown has managed to secure more than CA$55 billion to Ontario from the proceeds of its gaming.
A Big Honor
Duncan Hannay, President and CEO of the OLG said that making it to the list of the best employers in Canada was a big honor for the firm. He further said that it was a good to learn that a majority of employees consider the OLG as an ideal working environment. He went on to urge every other ambitious resident of Ontario to seek the OLG as a nice place to work.
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Mr. Hannay didn’t stop there. He went on to say that the Crown corporation is one of the best gaming and entertainment firm that changes the culture while providing exceptional service. In addition, Mr. Hannay also said that the company contributes to Ontario’s economic development. This is OLG’s debut appearance on Canada’s Best Employers List, where it ranks number 53 out of 300 organizations.
Statista Inc. and Forbes chose best employers in Canada 2022 based on an independent poll of more 10,000 personnel who work for organizations with more than 500 personnel across the country. The grade is on the basis of both direct and indirect feedback from employees who were asked to rate their willingness to recommend their employers to others.
Nancy Kennedy, Senior Vice President of People and Culture of the Crown corporation asserted that what’s special regarding this award is the fact it’s voted by employees. Nancy went on to say that the employees here live by the firm’s principles, which include aspects such as supporting, respecting, and loving their fellow colleagues, in addition to celebrating diverse opinions and their backgrounds. According to her, this is what the Crown such a wonderful place to work.
Allocations Distributed
The company had just begun issuing quarterly revenue-sharing allocations to the municipalities of Ontario. The Municipality Contribution Agreement distributes these funds to regions, all in exchange for the hosting of casino properties on their land. For example, the City of Windsor was paid CA$2,158,545 just last week for hosting Caesars Windsor Casino in the dates between October 1, 2021 and December 31, 2021.
Last week, even more regions in Canada received their portion of non-tax gaming funds. CA$580,000 and CA$91,000 were awarded to Peterborough and Cavan-Monaghan in that order. Another apt example is example is the Greater Sudbury that saw the city receiving an allocation of CA$386,488 for the hosting of Gateway Casinos Sudbury. You need to note that the entire payments are for the firm’s 2021 fiscal 3rd third quarter.
