Gambling in Canada

There are more than 100,000 spaces to make a wage in Canada. Canadians and guests can decide to put money at 38,246 VLTs, 31,500 slot machines, 32,900 lottery ticket centres, 1,880 bingo halls with permits, 58 permanent casinos, 71 race tracks (25 with slot machines) and 112 teletheatres.

The profit for local was $5.5 billion in 2003/2004. Gambling leads indulgence tax revenues for the regions. At $5.3 billion, provincial gambling revenue is now shy of the $5.5 billion that the provinces net from the selling of alcohol and tobacco. Total profits were estimated at $9 billion by Statistics Canada for 2003. Looking at the difference between the gross and net figures, a big chunk of revenue, $3.1 billion, is the cost of operating gambling.