The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has issued a second-quarter payment of $461,614 to the Municipality of Chatham-Kent for hosting Cascades Casino Chatham. The payment covers the period from July 1 to September 30, 2025.
So far this fiscal year, which runs from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026, Chatham-Kent has received a total of $936,606 in OLG payments. Since the casino first opened in April 2001, the municipality has received $20,479,529 in total.
These payments are calculated based on a formula in the Municipality Contribution Agreement, which applies a graduated scale of gaming revenue that is consistent across all land-based casino sites in Ontario.
“Chatham-Kent is able to offer local programs and improve the quality of life of our residents through the economic activity generated through revenue from Cascades Casino Chatham,” said Trevor Jones, Member of Provincial Parliament for Chatham-Kent–Leamington. “The people of Ontario benefit from OLG’s gaming revenues as 100 per cent of OLG profits are reinvested in the province to support provincial priorities.”
Since 1994, host communities across Ontario have received nearly $2.3 billion in non-tax gaming revenue.
OLG said it is proud to share proceeds of casino gaming with local communities, contributing to economic development, infrastructure and job creation. Payments to host municipalities are part of OLG’s commitment to reinvest 100 per cent of its profits back into the province.
Over the past nine years, service providers have invested more than $2.9 billion in private-sector capital projects across Ontario. Those investments have resulted in the opening of seven new casinos, two large-scale resort developments, and numerous gaming floor expansions and new non-gaming amenities.
Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, OLG is a Crown agency that contributes to a better Ontario by providing entertainment through land-based gaming, lottery sales, internet gaming, and charitable gaming centres. Since 1975, OLG has generated approximately $62 billion for the province, supporting health care, problem gambling prevention, amateur athletics, and community development across Ontario.
