With the British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) having achieved the first regulated iGaming framework in North America, we spoke to the company's Director of eBusiness, Rhonda Garvey, about the success of its PlayNow.com site to date and the potential shape of things to come for provincial iGaming in Canada.
What instigated the decision to expand the lottery's remit to include iGaming products such as casino games and poker?
BCLC added casino games to PlayNow. com in the summer of 2010 in response to evolving player and online gaming market demand? and to offer British Columbians legal gaming options where revenue generated stays in BC to benefit all residents.
Describe, if you will, your discussions with regulators in bringing about the creation and implementation of your iGaming offering?
British Columbians were spending an estimated $100 million each year gambling on approximately 2,000 available unregulated offshore Internet gambling websites. Our partners in government agreed th...[more]
