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British Columbia Lottery Corporation

The British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) is a Crown Corporation of the Province of British Columbia, Canada. In 1969 the Canadian federal government rectified the criminal Code, allowing the establishments of Lottery Corporations, this was followed by the foundation of BCLC.

At first BCLC was encompassed by the Western Canada Lottery Foundation and only in 1985 it was designated as the only provider of lottery services to British Colombia. Since it was founded many provinces gradually joined the BCLC in order to sell lottery (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and so on).

Canadian Lottery Games

Under the BCLC umbrella are hosted many games and products. The main category is of course the lottery games. The most profitable games is Lotto 6/49, also available nationwide in Canada was launched on June 3rd, 1982. In 1986 BCLC launches its only online game, Lotto BC. Punto, the first and only sports lottery game starts its Internet life in 1988. In 1992 BC/49 offers the players a chance to win a ,000,00 for only ticket. Keno debuts in 1995 and offers a draw every 5 minutes.

Lotto Super 7 is launched in 1998 and lately replaced with Lotto Max. 2007 sees the beginning of a new game awarding its winner ,000,000 each year for 25 years. The game is called Millionaire Life.

BCLC owns Bingo and casinos through out British Colombia except to the lotteries it offers. In addition, BCLC offers together with the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation Canada's most profitable lotteries: Lotto 6/49 as well as Lotto Max. In 1988 BCLC was also the first Canadian jurisdiction to offer Punto, the online sports lottery game. In 1997 BCLC receives the supervision over the slot machines in British Colombia. The first location to have slot machines is the Great Canadian Casino Newton at Surry where events like the B.C. poker Championship took place in.

However BCLC is not just a lottery corporation but it also has a community involvement programs. The most recent is in conjunction with the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympics Winter Games. The aim is to raise money to support the amateur sports in British Colombia. These 2 organizations formed a partnership called SprtsFunber that include a new set of Olympics related lottery games.

It is estimated to produce as much as ,000,000 in profits. The amateur sports community of British Colombia expects the first payments to be about .5,000,000. This sum and all other expected revenues are to boost and support all levels of amateur sport participation.

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More games and products include Slot machines, bingo and Poker. BCLC has 2 main bingo features. Big Link Bingo is a game connecting halls and players in British Colombia, all participating in one bingo game. The previous name of Big Link Bingo was SuperStar Bingo, however the newer name is Ka-Chingo. With the new CahLine Feature. Except for Bingo BCLC also features the inaugural B.C. Poker Championships in conjunction with River Rock Casino Resort. It was launched in 2005 and its first winner was a player from Salt Spring Island winning the jackpot of 2,000