The Interprovincial Lottery Corporation was established by the provincial lottery organisations in 1976 to operate joint lottery games across Canada.
Today it oversees three games, Lotto 6/49, Celebration (a special event lottery) and Super 7.
Each provincial organisation is individually responsible for marketing the national games within its own jurisdiction, and revenues are returned to each province in proportion to generated sales.

Pollard Banknote To Supply Interprovincial Lottery Corporation With National Instant Game
WINNIPEG, Canada (April 18, 2006) -- Pollard Banknote Limited Partnership (“Pollard Banknote”) is pleased to announce it has been awarded a contract to print a brand new national instant ticket game for the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation (ILC)...........................Read the full story at: Vol.35 No.3

Dutch Lottery Operator Partners Canadian Charity Lottery to Sell Tickets Online
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND (October 1, 2001) - According to the CBC News Service organisers of the controversial Earth Future Lottery (EFI) announced on Saturday that a new financial partner has come on board, Novamedia, the largest charitable lottery in the Netherlands.
Prince Edward Island has issued EFI with a temporary licence to conduct the charity lottery online, but it's conditional on a ruling from the Supreme Court of Canada.
The organisers say if the venture goes ahead, people will be able to spend US$50 for a chance to win between $1,000 and $1 million. Just over 40% of ticket sales will be given to charities – an estimated $50 million a year.
However, The Interprovincial Lottery Corporation (ILC) has commenced legal against the proposal. It argues that it's against the law for a regional charity to sell tickets outside a given province's border.
The federal government and the province of Quebec plan to send lawyers to speak out against the Web lottery when the case is heard next year.
SOURCE: CBC News Service.

Provinces Fight Prince Edward Island's Web Lottery, Court Battle Over Bid to Grant Online Lottery Licence
CANADA (August 31, 2001) -- According to local news sources a bid by Prince Edward Island (PEI) to licence Canada's first legitimate gaming site on the Internet has landed it in a courtroom battle with other provinces.
The 'National Post' said that P.E.I. has launched a legal reference that asks the Prince Edward Island Court of Appeal to rule on whether a local charity's proposed Web lottery would be lawful or not.
However, the Interprovincial Lottery Corp. says if the P.E.I. scheme resulted in tickets being sold into other jurisdictions, via the Internet without permission, it would violate Criminal Code restrictions.
When the case began Lynne Roiter, the corporation's chairman, said:

"If the project is allowed to operate freely within Canada and globally, it would alter the fundamental framework that has served Canadian lotteries well for 25 years and has been respected by all provinces,"

The Interprovincial Lottery Corp., which represents all provincial gaming operators, had earlier sued P.E.I. over the licence it tentatively awarded to the Earth Fund, an environmental charity, to run the Earth Future Internet lottery.
The case, filed in Ontario Superior Court, stalled this year over questions about whether the court had jurisdiction to hear it.
P.E.I. wants to get the issue resolved as soon as possible, so it filed the legal reference in the province's own appeal court last week, a source said.
The Earth Future lottery would sell tickets for $50 over the Internet and offer prizes ranging from $1,000 to $1-million, with daily and weekly draws for the smaller prizes and a monthly draw for the grand prize.
The lottery will aim at the 40 million Internet users across North America and Europe and operators expect that most of its customers would be outside the country, said Marshall Pollock of Lottery Management Inc., which has been hired to operate the proposed site. Operators hope to pull in about $120-million in revenue a year, he said.
The Criminal Code allows provinces to licence gaming enterprises by charities that are operated within their province. It does not specifically address Internet sites that are operated out of one province, but accessible from others by computer.
SOURCE: National Post.

Prince Edward Island Supreme Court to Determine Legality of Earth Fund’s Lottery License
MONTAGUE, PE (September 3rd, 2001) -- The Government of Prince Edward Island (PEI) has filed a reference in the Supreme Court of PEI (Appeal Division) to obtain a ruling on whether the Earth Fund’s lottery license is legal. The reference is in response to an action filed in Ontario on September 7, 2000 by the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation (ILC) claiming the Internet-based Earth Future Lottery would violate the Criminal Code. The ILC has not proceeded with that action, which has been adjourned indefinitely.
"This is really an exercise in prudence," said Marshall Pollock, President of Lottery Management (PEI) Inc., the local firm that will operate the lottery on behalf of the Earth Fund. "Because the ILC has not proceeded and has left things hanging in limbo," he said, "someone needed to finally resolve this issue.
"Both the Earth Fund and the PEI Government want to be sure that all of the legal issues have been formally confirmed by the Supreme Court of PEI before proceeding with the project. The Earth Future Lottery will not begin operating unless and until the Court has ruled that its license is legal."
Before issuing the Earth Fund a license the PEI Government sought an opinion from the Honorable Charles Dubin, Former Chief Justice of Ontario, which stated the Government does have jurisdiction and authority to license the Fund as long as all of the lottery operations are based in and controlled from PEI, and a mechanical device – not a computer – is used to select winning numbers.
The Earth Fund and its strategic partners, EF Marketing SA and Amsterdam-based Novamedia BV, are confident that the former Chief Justice Dubin’s opinion will be upheld.
"In the meantime," added Pollock, "we are moving ahead with development work and preparations in PEI so we can be ready to launch the Earth Future Lottery as soon as we get the go-ahead from the Court."
Details of the Reference, including exact questions, may be obtained from the Office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court, Sir Louis Henry Davies Law Courts Building, 42 Water Street, Charlottetown, PEI.
SOURCE: Lottery Management (PEI) Inc.
CONTACT: Marshall Pollock, President, Tel. (416) 391-3887, Ext. 31 or Kelly Hickman, Director of Public Affairs & Customer Service, Tel. (902) 838-5836
The Earth Fund, Fond Pour la Terre, Stephanie Foster, Executive Director, Tel. (416) 498-3150; (416)-499-0090, ext 266.