The Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC) is an organization which operates lottery games in Atlantic Canada. It is owned jointly by the four Atlantic provincial governments: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador. ALC's headquarters are located in Moncton, New Brunswick. The ALC is renowned for its ability to exploit consumers' idiocy - it is not uncommon to hear convenience store clerks tell of the rare $50 winning scratch ticket being redeemed for the equivalent sum in new tickets. A lottery is a popular form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize. ... The four Canadian Atlantic provinces. ... Motto: Spem reduxit (Hope restored) Capital Fredericton Largest city Saint John Official languages English, French (the only constitutionally bilingual province in the country) Government - Lieutenant-Governor Herménégilde Chiasson - Premier Shawn Graham (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 10 - Senate seats 10 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st... Motto: Munit Haec et Altera Vincit(Latin) One defends and the other conquers Capital Halifax Largest city Halifax Regional Municipality Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor Mayann E. Francis - Premier Rodney MacDonald (PC) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 11 - Senate seats 10 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area... Motto: i lost P.E.I. again mom:well, look under the couch Capital Charlottetown Largest city Charlottetown Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor Barbara Oliver Hagerman - Premier Pat Binns (PC) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 4 - Senate seats 4 Confederation July 1, 1873 (7th) Area Ranked 13th... Motto: Quaerite Prime Regnum Dei (Latin: Seek ye first the kingdom of God) Capital St. ... Moncton (46°6′ N 64°46′ W) is the second largest city in the Canadian province of New Brunswick and is at the heart of the fastest growing urban area in the province. ...

All profits returned by ALC are distributed to the provinces for their general funds.

History

ALC was founded in 1976, shortly after the founding of government lotteries elsewhere in Canada. While ALC's first games were only played on a regional basis, it quickly joined the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation, which offered national draws. Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the 1976 Gregorian calendar. ... Loto-Quebec promotional photoshoot. ...

Although it has been slow to adopt its versions of draw games available elsewhere (such as Pro-Line, which was in the rest of the country several years before it was in Atlantic Canada), ALC has been seen by some as an innovator in lottery technology. In 1988 they became the first lottery organization in the world to print a bar code on all draw and scratch tickets, allowing for instant verification of a prize. In 1990, they introduced the first legal video lottery terminals in Canada. The introduction of PlaySphere in 2004 allowed users to play the lottery over the Internet, another first. Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Wikipedia encoded in Code 128_B A barcode (also bar code) is a machine-readable representation of information in a visual format on a surface. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... A Video Lottery Terminal or VLT is a gambling machine that allows gamblers to bet on the outcome of a video game. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 2007, Atlantic Lottery Corporation was named one of Canada's Top 100 Employers, as published in Maclean's magazine, the only provincial gaming authority to receive this honour.^[1] Canadas Top 100 Employers is an annual competition that recognizes the best places in Canada to work. ... A cover of the Canadian magazine Macleans. ...

Games and Products

• Draw Games:
  • Lotto 6/49 (national) — draws every Wednesday, and Saturday
  • Lotto Super 7 (national) — draws every Friday
  • Tag (a 6-digit number attached to other draw tickets)
  • Atlantic 49 (a regional draw played in conjunction with Lotto 6/49 that uses the same format) — top prize is always $1,000,000.
  • Pik 4 (a "mini-Keno" draw using the Lotto 6/49 numbers)
  • Keno Atlantic
  • Atlantic PayDay (a draw of 4 numbers out of 70 in which the top prize is an annuitized $500,000 paid out two weeks at a time)
  • Bucko (played three lines at a time with a possibility of combination wins) — Draws everyday with a top prize of $20,000.
• Sports betting:
  • Pro-Line
  • Over-Under
  • Props
• Other conventional games:
  • Scratch-n-Win (scratch tickets, including recurring draws such as Set For Life)
  • Breakopen (Pull-tabs - these are highly popular among the elderly and government dependent population, thus most of the Maritimes - whenever a ticket is a winner, the customer will usually promptly demand the equivalent sum in additional tickets, thus enriching the provincial government coffers - a vicious cycle)
  • Video lottery terminals
• Internet-based games:
  • PlaySphere (allows for draw games and sports betting to take place over the Internet)

ALC also owns the Charlottetown Driving Park, a harness racing track in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Lotto 6/49 is one of Canadas national lottery games, along with Lotto Super 7. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... This article describes the lottery game. ... Sport Select refers to a group of sports betting games offered by Canadas provincial governments. ... A scratchcard (also called scratch off, scratch game, scratch ticket, scratcher or scratchie) is a small piece of card where an area has been covered by a substance that cannot be seen through, but can be scratched off. ... The ring pull opening mechanism characteristic of post-1970s drinking cans. ... A Video Lottery Terminal or VLT is a gambling machine that allows gamblers to bet on the outcome of a video game. ... The Charlottetown Driving Park (CDP), located in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada is a harness racing track for racing standardbred horses. ... A trotter training at Vincennes hippodrome Harness racing is a form of horse-racing in which the horses race in a specified gait. ... Motto: Template:Unhide = CUNABULA FOEDERIS (Birthplace of Confederation) Location City Information Established: 1764 Area: 44. ...

See Also

• Interprovincial Lottery Corporation

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External links

• Atlantic Lottery Corporation