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Table of ContentsThe Lotteries Commission of New BrunswickAuditor's Financial Statements
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The Honorable Peter Mesheau,
Minister of Finance
Province of New Brunswick
We are pleased to submit to you the Annual Report of the Lotteries Commission of New Brunswick for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2001.
J.E. Mallory
Commissioner
E.L. MacKinnon
Commissioner
The New Brunswick government does not directly operate lotteries but is a shareholder in the Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC) and in the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation (ILC). The Atlantic Lottery Corporation is a jointly owned corporation of the four Atlantic provinces. In 2000-2001, in the New Brunswick market, it offered the following products:
The deputy minister of the Department of Finance and the president and CEO of the New Brunswick Investment Management Corporation represented the Province on the board of directors of the Atlantic Lottery Corporation. The president and CEO of the New Brunswick Investment Management Corporation also represented the Province on the board of directors of the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation.
Licensing regulations govern the licensing of all bingos, raffles, and other charitable gaming in the province. The regulations are designed, in part, to ensure that the money raised from these sources is used for community, non-profit benefit and to ensure that the public is treated honestly and fairly. The Criminal Code of Canada requires that such activities be licensed by the Province.
A total of $18,645 was collected in licensing fees for the year in question.
The investigations can vary greatly in terms of complexity and duration. Some may involve a brief inspection of an approved video lottery site, to assure that the site is in compliance with the rules and to assure that there are no illegal gambling products. Others may involve a lengthy site approval process or an in-depth undercover investigation and background check arising from a complaint. These investigations can, at times, last a period of weeks. The unit also performs routine inspections of bingo sites licensed to charitable non-profit groups, and inspectors must also investigate complaints in regard to these operations.
The following lists the types of gaming inspections/investigations conducted during the 2000-2001 fiscal year:
Under the new agreement, New Brunswick should see an increase in lottery revenues.
Most of these revenues received by the commission are treated like other provincial revenues by being immediately credited to the consolidated revenue fund.
As provided for in the Lotteries Act, earnings from two separate instant games were earmarked by the Province to be paid into a trust fund in support of the arts ($700,000) and a trust fund in support of sport ($500,000).
New Brunswick's share of the 2000-2001 net profit of the Atlantic Lottery Corporation was $90,195,599. This was an increase of 3.9% over the previous year. New Brunswick earned 25.6% of Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC) profits.
Total ALC lottery sales in New Brunswick in 2000-2001 were $260.1 million. The following games accounted for the indicated percentage of the total:
| Video lottery | 43.3% | |
| Scratch 'n Win games | 19.7% | |
| Breakopen ticket games | 6.0% | |
| Online games (6/49, Super 7, TAG and regional online games) | 31.0% |
The regulation requires that prize payouts from the video lottery program not be less than 80 per cent and not more than 91 per cent of the money put into the video lottery machines.
31 MARCH 2001
The New Brunswick Lottery Dollar 2000-2001
VIDEO LOTTERY PRIZE PERCENTAGE IN NEW BRUNSWICK
