The BCLC (British Columbia Lottery Corp) has released its latest annual report that showed its highlights, achievements and earnings for the period of 2012-2013. According to the reports of the Lottery Corp. the group has earned a total of 1.128 billion dollars in the form of net income. This sum was used in order to fund the many charity and community programs in Canada and the province of British Columbia. This amount was broken down as follows to the different community programs and charities:
– 147.3 million dollars were given to Health Special Account for education, research, health care as well as the promotion of vital health issues.
– 706.8 million were given to the govt. of the province for different public services.
-84.5 million were given to thirty one host that belong to the local governments that own casinos or gaming centers.
– 135 million were given to five-thousand different community and charity organization in the province of British Columbia.
The Highlights of the BCLC for 2012 2013
According to the reports, the BCLC had several highlights during the year between 2012 and 2013 in terms of responsible gambling campaigns, partnerships and achievement. The first highlight is the launch of Lotto Express by the BCLC. It is a lotto that offers players the ability the buy tickets for the lottery through a credit/debit PIN pad. According to the crop, this new technology is available at more than seven-hundred checkout lanes in a total of one-hundred grocery stores that are spread across British Columbia.
That is not all as the corporation has also launched a new website in Manitoba, PlayNow.com which provides the provincial residents with the chance to enjoy online gambling through the website that is powered by the British Colombia Lottery Corp. they can access the site in order to buy lottery tickets as well as enjoy casino games. All of this is believed to lead to a new source of income and revenue for the group which is already trying to enter other jurisdictions for more projects.
The highlights of the BCLC for 2012-2013 also include the Responsible Gambling Awareness Weeks that happened in the first month of this year. These events aimed to educate the public through various interactive activities and forums and this includes “Myth Busting”. During these weeks in January, 2,300 different conversations took place with the participation of the public in thirty-two different locations. The corporation also hosted the New Horizons event that took place in Vancouver where experts gave important lectures and discussions about gambling.
According to a statement by the corp., this is the first time that the BCLC has bolstered its Social Responsibility reporting in its yearly report. It was also stated by the Corp. that their objective behind that is to enhance their foundation in social responsibility.