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Overview
The licensing authority you go to depends on where the event will be located, the expected prize amount, and the type of lottery.
Municipality
Apply with your municipality for:
- bingo events, with prize boards of up to $5,500
- media bingo events
- merchandise bingo events
- break open tickets for local organizations where they are not to be sold in conjunction with another gaming event
- raffle lotteries for total prizes up to $50,000
- bazaar lotteries which include wheels of fortune with a maximum bet of $2.00
- blanket raffle lotteries
If you want to apply for a licence from your municipality, you must contact them directly. They will provide you with more information about how to apply and any fees you must pay. The municipality may include extra conditions to a licence, as long as they don’t conflict with the rules and standards the province sets.
Find Charitable gaming forms for municipal applications and reporting
AGCO
Apply with the AGCO for:
- all lotteries conducted in unorganized territories, on Crown lands (like a Canadian Forces Base) or in some First Nations communities
- bingo events with a prize board over $5,500
- bingo events conducted in conjunction with other licensed lottery events
- super jackpot bingo events
- progressive bingo game events and loonie progressive games
- table board bingo events where:
- held in conjunction with a Regular Bingo event and where the Table Board Bingo prizes are in addition to the maximum Regular Bingo prize board. The Bingo Sponsors’ Association must apply for the licence.
- held in conjunction with a Special (Monster) Bingo event, where the Table Board Bingo prizes are in addition to the special bingo prize board. The Bingo Sponsors’ Association must apply for this type of Table Board Bingo event.
- special occasion gaming event
- raffle lotteries for total prizes over $50,000
- electronic raffles
- break open ticket lotteries where the licensed organization has a provincial mandate (allows eligible organizations can sell break open tickets from one (1) location in each municipality across Ontario)
- break open ticket lotteries where the event is to be conducted in conjunction with another licensed lottery event
- fairs or exhibitions’ lotteries
- lotteries held with another gaming event, including break open tickets at bingo events