Reputation and Know-how

Traditional and televised lotteries, interactive games, video lotteries, casinos, network bingo, information technology, security and the prevention of compulsive gambling: these are a few of the areas that have piqued the interest of foreign lottery corporations.

Reaching Out to the World

Loto-Québec maintains a worldwide network of contacts in the lottery and gambling industry. Among others, the Corporation is a member of:

• World Lottery Association, whose members include 140 lottery corporations from 76 countries. A member of Loto-Québec's senior management sits on the WLA Board of Directors.
  
  In April 2009, Loto-Québec was awarded Level IV certification of the WLA's Responsible Gaming Framework. This is the highest international certification of its kind. In July 2011, Loto-Québec was granted the Security Control Standard (WLA SCS 2006) recognizing the secure and trustworthy nature of the Corporation's operations of games of chance.
  
  
• the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries, which is made up of 51 government‑owned lottery corporations across North America.

World Firsts

Loto-Québec was the world's first lottery corporation to:

• operate a terminal-based lottery sales network
• market a teleactive lottery
• launch a CD-ROM-based lottery
• introduce interactive terminals to its casinos to help prevent compulsive gambling

Know-how . . .

In Multimedia Products

With the official creation of a new subsidiary called Ingenio in 1998, Loto-Québec demonstrated a certain degree of boldness. No other business in the world had up to then ventured so far as to develop instant lotteries based on multimedia technology. On February 29, 2000, Loto-Québec subsidiary Ingenio rocked the traditional lottery market with the launch of the very first CD-ROM-based lottery, Treasure Tower™. This innovative lottery was a prime example of the predetermined-outcome lottery concept, a technology that Ingenio developed and patented.

Ingenio has since developed a whole range of interactive games that have found markets beyond the province's borders - Belgium, French-speaking Switzerland and the U.S. states of New Jersey and Oregon - thereby placing Loto-Québec's know-how in the international spotlight. Ingenio also conducts R&D for other gaming sectors, such as casinos and bingo, in conjunction with partners from the gaming industry the world over.

In Casino Management: Leading the way in Security and Management

Loto-Québec has developed specialized know-how in casino security and management, which has attracted the interest of numerous foreign partners.

Also, thanks to its internationally-recognized expertise, Loto-Québec sits on the board of directors of two industry organizations, the International Association for Casino Security and the Canadian Association of Casino Security Directors.

Last update: August 16, 2011