Manitoba Lotteries Corporation

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The Manitoba Lotteries Corporation (MLC) is a Crown Corporation operates and manages two casino properties: McPhillips Street Station Casino and Club Regent Casino in Winnipeg, Manitoba. MLC also operates video lottery terminals (VLT) and is responsible for the distribution of all lottery products to a network of lottery retailers, in the province of Manitoba.

The first lottery in Manitoba started in 1970 through special legislation. By 1993, the Manitoba Lotteries Corporation was established as a Crown Corporation.

[edit] Community Support

$273 million was given to the Province of Manitoba in 2004-05 by 2006-2007 that number had reached 282.7 million.^[1] This income goes back to the community in a number of ways $65 million in VLT revenues was donated in the form of unconditional grants to Manitoba municipalities, including 4.6 million to Rural Municipalities, $30,625 to Pinawa, $270,543 to Villages, 1.6 million to Towns, 1.7 million to Steinbach, Brandon, Dauphin, Flin Flon, Portage La Prairie, Selkirk, Thompson, and Winkler, and $173,811 to Northern Communities.^[2]
The remainder of the net income is given to the Government of Manitoba that provide health care, education, community and social services and economic development for Manitobans.

MLC also provided 1.8 million in sponsorships to community events, the Winnipeg Comedy Tour, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Winnipeg Goldeyes, Manitoba Moose, as well as Assiniboia Downs and Manitoba Marathon.^[3]

MLC's economic impact on the Province of Manitoba is about 340 million.^[4]

Today, the MLC employs under 2,000 people. It has its headquarters in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.