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Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario


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Key activities

The AGCO is responsible for the following activities:

Regulating Alcohol and Gaming Sectors
Inspecting and Monitoring
Adjudication

	Regulating Alcohol and Gaming Sectors back
	Licensing and regulating Ontario's establishments that sell or serve beverage alcohol, as well as administering the Special Occasion Permit programme, delivered through designated Liquor Control Board of Ontario stores.
	Licensing and regulating liquor delivery services; Ontario beverage alcohol manufacturers, their agents, and agents of foreign manufacturers; and ferment on premise facilities.
	Authorizing manufacturer's retail stores, which includes on-site and off-site winery retail stores, on-site distillery retail stores and brewery retail stores, and Brewers Retail Inc. stores ("The Beer Store").
	Registering commercial suppliers and gaming employees of charitable gaming events, casinos, charity casinos, and slot machine facilities at racetracks.
	Registering suppliers and retailers of OLG lottery products.
	Administering the regulatory framework governing the issuance of charity lottery licences (e.g., bingo, raffle, and break open ticket events).
	Licensing games of chance at fairs and exhibitions.
	Approving rules of play or change to rules of play for games of chance conducted and managed by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation.
	Excluding persons from accessing gaming premises in the province of Ontario pursuant to the Gaming Control Act, 1992 and its regulations.

Inspecting and Monitoring back
	Inspecting and monitoring licensed establishments to ensure compliance with the Liquor Licence Act and regulations.
	Inspecting and monitoring casinos, charity casinos, slot machine facilities at racetracks, charitable gaming events/facilities and retail locations where OLG lottery products are sold for compliance with the Gaming Control Act, 1992, its regulations and licence requirements.
	Approving and monitoring internal control systems, surveillance and security systems, and other operational systems for casinos, charity casinos, slot machine facilities at racetracks and retail locations where OLG products are sold for compliance with all regulatory requirements.
	Testing, approving and monitoring slot machines and gaming and lottery management systems.

Adjudication back
	Conducting hearings on proposed disciplinary actions under the Liquor Licence Act and the Gaming Control Act, 1992.
	Conducting hearings on Registrar's refusal to register or licence under the Liquor Licence Act and Gaming Control Act, 1992.
	Conducting compliance order hearings and hearings on the wine authority's refusal to grant an approval or suspend, revoke or refuse to renew an approval to use the terms, descriptions and designations established by the wine authority under the Vintners Quality Alliance Act, 1992.
	Conducting public interest hearings to determine eligibility for, or revocation of liquor licences or additions to liquor licensed premises where the public files objections in response to a public notice advising of the request for a licence or amendment thereof.