Intralot Canada Wins OLG Contract to Modernise Lottery by 2029
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has selected Intralot Canada Ltd. as its new lottery technology provider. The decision follows a competitive procurement process. The upgraded core system is due by 2029, with Intralot Canada, the Canadian arm of Bally’s Intralot Group, supporting implementation alongside OLG teams in Sault Ste. Marie and Toronto.
The contract covers a full replacement of OLG’s core lottery systems. OLG says the new system should cut time to market for new games and let it adapt faster to shifting player habits in Ontario.
OLG runs lottery games across the province. It also operates internet gaming, land based gaming facilities, bingo, and electronic gaming at charitable gaming centres. The agency supports Ontario’s horse racing industry as well.
OLG says it has generated about C$64bn for Ontario since 1975. Proceeds fund healthcare, problem gambling treatment, amateur athletes, host communities, Ontario First Nations, retailers, and local charities.
A core system this old becoming OLG’s bottleneck explains the timing. Casino and sports betting operators in Ontario can launch new products in weeks. Lottery, running on legacy infrastructure, cannot match that pace. The Intralot Canada contract is OLG’s attempt to close that gap before it costs the agency more market share.
OLG President and CEO Duncan Hannay said the investment would help modernise legacy systems and strengthen the agency’s ability to return value to the province.
For Bally’s Intralot, the deal adds a major North American reference. Robeson Reeves, CEO of Bally’s Intralot Group, said the agreement reflects the scale, complexity, and security requirements the group’s lottery systems are built to handle.
Bally’s Intralot has been combining Bally’s digital capabilities with Intralot’s lottery systems background since the two companies merged their lottery operations. Ontario is the kind of large, regulated contract that tests whether that combined offering works at scale, and a clean rollout here would carry weight in future North American lottery tenders.
💡 TGJ Take
This is a long cycle supplier win with real strategic weight, not just a contract renewal. OLG is not only replacing old infrastructure. It is buying speed in a market where lottery competes directly with casino and sports betting for player attention. For Bally’s Intralot, Ontario becomes a reference account that should strengthen its position in upcoming North American lottery tenders. The risk sits with OLG: a 2029 timeline is long, and if player expectations keep moving faster than legacy systems can support, the gap will widen before the new system even goes live.
