Caesars Leisure’s working license at Caesars Windsor will expire in 2025. In anticipation of reaching a brand new partnership with the Las Vegas Strip agency or a brand new gaming administration entity, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Company (OLG) this week opened up a aggressive bidding course of.
Caesars Windsor in Ontario has an operational settlement in place with Caesars Leisure that runs by 2025. In anticipation of renewing the contract or discovering a brand new associate, the on line casino’s proprietor, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Company, is conducting a aggressive bidding course of. (Picture: Caesars Windsor)
The OLG on Wednesday initiated its Request for Pre-Qualification (RFPQ) for its Windsor on line casino. The RFPQ, the OLG defined, is step one within the procurement course of to pick out the on line casino’s subsequent operator.
OLG is advancing plans that may help the long-term vibrancy and pleasure of the on line casino expertise in Ontario,” stated Duncan Hannay, the president and CEO of the OLG. “Releasing the RFPQ for the Windsor on line casino is step one in deciding on a extremely certified service supplier that may make sure the long-term competitiveness of the positioning whereas persevering with to generate financial advantages for the local people and for Ontario.”
To prequalify, companies should display to the OLG that the group has an extended observe file in managing a big on line casino resort, akin to Caesars Windsor. Prequalifying firms will advance to the Request for Proposal (RFP) procurement part.
Caesars Windsor is close to Detroit and options 750 resort rooms. The on line casino ground presents 2,230 slot machines, 85 desk video games, and a Caesars Sportsbook. The resort has six eating places, 4 bars, and the 5,000-seat Colosseum theater.
Caesars Favored
The OLG says the on line casino operators that qualify for the RFP might be given the chance to current their concepts for the way forward for Caesars Windsor. Within the second spherical of the bidding course of, the OLG will provide bidders with paperwork and knowledge outlining the chance and the data the federal government seeks in a proposal.
The OLG is a Crown company owned by the Ontario authorities. Fashioned in 1975 to make use of lotteries and gaming to generate provincial tax income, the OLG right now owns the province’s lotteries, charity gaming companies, Aboriginal casinos, business casinos akin to Caesars Windsor, and racinos.
The OLG companions with each private and non-private firms to handle its places. Whereas Caesars Leisure is a publicly traded agency, the Nice Canadian Gaming Company and Gateway Casinos, which function quite a few OLG on line casino properties, are privately held.
Caesars Leisure has operated the Windsor on line casino all through its existence, relationship again to 1994, when the venue opened as the primary business on line casino in Ontario. Caesars is reportedly concerned with extending its OLG contract and is the presumed heavy front-runner within the aggressive bid.
Contracts Uniform
The OLG’s brick-and-mortar on line casino portfolio contains 28 places. The OLG’s gaming companions all make the most of the identical system to determine the quantity of the gaming proceeds that have to be shared with the federal government unit. These proceeds are predominantly allotted again to the host neighborhood.
The Metropolis of Windsor’s income share from Caesars Windsor within the fourth quarter of 2022 was slightly greater than $2 million. Since its opening, the on line casino has benefited Windsor with greater than $80.3 million.
