$100 Million Contributed to Non-Profit Organizations by the Société des bingos du Québec During Its 10 Years of Existence

Montréal, November 30, 2007 – Loto-Québec and the Forum des OSBL are pleased to be marking the 10th anniversary of the Société des bingos du Québec (SBQ), an important player within the bingo industry.

Since December 2, 1997, the SBQ has been actively involved in marketing network bingo products in order to help boost the revenues of non-profit organizations (NPOs) that depend on bingo activities as a tool to finance their charitable work. Since 2002, all profits generated by network product sales have been distributed to close to 1,000 NPOs that hold bingo licenses. This represents a total contribution of more than $10 million per year. Since the start of the SBQ’s commercial operations, Loto-Québec has paid out $100 million to NPOs through this subsidiary. Moreover, during the course of its 10 years of operation, the SBQ has awarded close to $178 million in prizes to thousands of bingo winners and more than $22 million to bingo hall operators.

The marketing of network bingo products in 108 bingo halls in Québec has had a notable positive impact on the province’s bingo industry. In addition to having a leveraging effect on regular bingo products, the introduction of increasingly attractive games and continuously growing jackpots has enhanced the bingo world with a new level of excitement and served to attract players to the bingo halls. The SBQ is committed to constantly adding entertainment value to its games, whether in the form of animation, shows or events that celebrate winners and highlight big wins.

The SBQ currently offers three network bingo games: Le Grand Tour in the evening, Le Petit Tour in the afternoon, and Caméléon offered before the two other games. This Sunday, December 2, the subsidiary will be marking its 10 years of network bingo activities with guaranteed jackpots in its Le Petit Tour and Le Grand Tour games, which will be played with no ball limits. The minimum assured jackpot for Le Petit Tour will be $20,000, while Le Grand Tour will offer a minimum of $50,000.

The SBQ wishes to thank all hall operators and non-profit organizations for their collaboration, as well as its patrons who have embraced its initiatives with great enthusiasm. Without all of these parties, the community at large would simply not be able to enjoy the positive spin-offs of the SBQ’s activities. Network bingo - a winning proposition for all of Québec society!

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Information:

Chantal Lavallée                                   Jean-Claude Dubois
Board of Directors - Forum des OSBL   Board of Directors - Forum des OSBL
450 424-1616                                      819 374-2423

Jean-Pierre Roy
Director of Media Relations, Loto-Québec
514 499-5151

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