OLG Issues Fourth Quarter Payment to Niagara Falls

Thursday, 21 April 2022 11:52

By Linda Morgan

City of Niagara Falls to receive over $2.9 million from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation.

The City of Niagara Falls is getting a fourth quarter revenue payment from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG).

The OLG says it will pay the City $2,969,020 for hosting Casino Niagara and Fallsview Casino Resort.

For fiscal 2021-22, Niagara Falls received $11,526,576 in gaming revenue.

The payments are determined by a formula applied to all gaming sites in in the province.

Since the first casino opened in December 1996, Niagara Falls has received over $174,000,000.

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