More Ontario communities received casino revenue-sharing allocations from OLG this week. Most recently, Missysoga of Skugog Island First Nation informed the public that during the first quarter of the new fiscal year 2022-2023, it attracted the Great Blue Heron Casino in the territory, receiving nearly a million Canadian dollars.
Ontario Lottery and gaming companies send payments to local communities that attract casino properties statewide every quarter. It is called the Unity Contribution Agreements, and every municipality has received its share based on a formula that is applied consistently across all game locations using a phased revenue scale at each site.
On Tuesday, Scugog Island First Nation's Missogas shared that it received its first quarterly payment for the 2022-2022 financial year from Crown Corporation. The allocation is worth 978,403 Canadian Dollars and is dedicated to the community to host the Great Blue Heron Casino from April 1st to June 30th, 2022.
Crown Agency's premium gaming amenity in port ferry opened in May 2000, and has since contributed over C$28,014,947 in extra-tax gaming revenue to the region and first nation. Since 1994, the Ontario host community has received more than C$1.86 billion in out-of-tax casino revenue and been reinvested in local coffers, according to OLG.
However, the relationship between MSIFN and OLG is not ideal, as First Nation is unhappy with Crown Company's new property, Pickering Casino Resort. The tribe has recently expressed dissatisfaction with the agency, arguing that the launch of the new casino violated Durham's agreement on a limited number of gaming properties.
Pickering Casino Resort officially began operations on July 16, 2021. And First Nation claimed that the government repeatedly warned them about violations of their Greater Toronto-area game contracts, to no avail. The new property is just 50 km from the tribe's Great Blue Heron Casino, and the tribe is concerned about potential cannibalism.
Missy Suggers of the Skugog Island First Nation also criticized Ontario's new and regulated iGaming and sports betting market for private operators. A few months ago, First Nation said once again that local governments had not had proper consultations with Indigenous communities about the possible impact on their operations from the new regime.
Kelly LaRoca, MSIFN's chief executive, believes the province has made a hasty decision on new iGaming models without adequate data to support the framework. She said the province didn't provide much information to First Nations about how they thought the model would work and affect land-based gaming facilities across the province.
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