City of Windsor receives over $3 million from OLG for hosting Caesars Windsor
![Caesars Windsor Caesars Windsor entrance in Windsor, Ont. (Melanie Borrelli/CTV News Windsor)](/content/dam/ctvnews/en/images/2021/7/23/caesars-windsor-1-5521065-1684507453174.jpeg)
The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has announced a payment of over $3 million to the City of Windsor for hosting Caesars Windsor.
OLG is making a first quarter (April 1 -June 30) payment totaling $3,052,259 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.
Since the gaming site opened in May 1994, Windsor has received $95,370,033.
—With files from AM800
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