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City of Windsor receives nearly $2-million from OLG for hosting Caesars Windsor

am800-news-caesars-windsor-1.13940364 A view of Caesars Windsor from the Detroit River. ((Image courtesy of https://www.caesars.com/))

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The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation has announced a nearly $2-million payment to the City of Windsor for hosting Caesars Windsor.

OLG is making a fourth quarter payment totaling $1,991,973 to the city.

The OLG says these payments to host communities are based on a formula consistently applied across all gaming sites in Ontario using a graduated scale of gaming revenue at the hosted site.

During OLG's fiscal year, from April 1, 2023, to March 31, 2024, Windsor has received $9,878,268.

Since the gaming site opened in May 1994, Windsor has received $92,317,774.

am800-news-cascades-casino-C-chatham-july-2019-1.9464289 am800-news-cascades-casino-C-chatham-july-2019 (Entrance of the Cascades Casino in Chatham, July 17, 2019 (by AM800's Peter Langille))

OLG has also announced a fourth quarter of $460,660 to the Municipality of Chatham-Kent for hosting Cascades Casino Chatham.

During the fiscal year, Chatham-Kent has received $1,652,698.

Since the gaming site opened in April 2001, Chatham-Kent has received $17,799,465.