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Lottery and Casino Business
The following is meant solely to help the reader understand the main features of primary regulations governing this activity, and not meant in any way to provide a legal interpretation.
Gaming Control Act; Gaming Control Regulations; Canada's Criminal Code (Part VII):
The Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General - Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch regulates all gaming in British Columbia, including the operations of the British Columbia Lottery Corporation, which conducts and manages commercial gaming in the province.
Community organizations may also apply to the Branch for a gaming licence to earn revenue for eligible purposes. There are 4 different classes of licenses which can be researched at http://www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/gaming/licences/index.htm
All gaming in B.C. is subject to federal and provincial legislation and policies, which provide penalties for non-compliance. The Province also seeks out and prosecutes operators of illegal gambling events.
Primary Contact:
Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch
Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General
Location: 3rd Floor, 910 Government Street
Victoria, B.C., V8W 1X3
Mail: PO Box 9310,
Stn. Prov. Govt.,
Victoria, B.C., V8W 9N1
Tel: (250) 387-5311
Fax: (250) 356-8149
E-mail: Gaming.Branch@gov.bc.ca
Website: http://www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/gaming/index.htm
Grant and licence inquiries:
In Victoria: (250) 387-5311
Outside Victoria:
Call Enquiry BC toll-free at 1-800-663-7867, or
(604) 660-2421 in the Greater Vancouver area and ask to be transferred to the Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch number in Victoria: (250) 387-5311.
Secondary Contact:
BC Lottery Corporation
Head Office
74 West Seymour Street
Kamloops, BC V2C 1E2
Tel: (250) 828-5500
Fax: (250) 828-5631
Website: http://www.bclc.com
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