The corporation began ticket sales for the monthly passive game Inter Loto fast on the heels of the foundation.
[3] Net revenues from Loto-Québec operations are turned over to the government, and the funds are used, in part, to finance health and education services, infrastructure improvements, and provincial debt reduction.
[5] In December 1992, Quebec authorities announced the approval of the construction project of two casinos run by the government.
[6] As the major government corporation created for the gambling control, Loto-Québec delegates its authorities not only with the Société des casinos du Québec Inc but also with such subsidiaries as Resto-Casino Inc and Casiloc Inc.
[7] This is an incomplete list of casinos in Quebec as of around 2012: [8][9][10] Type: Resort (R) Destination (D) Community (C) Racing entertainment centre (REC) Ownership: Government owned (GO) First Nations (FN) Private facility (PF) Privately operated (PO) Charitable (C) Not-for-profit (NFP) Facilities: Slots (S) Slots-At-Racetracks (SAR) Racino (R) Video lottery terminal (V) Many of the leading bookmakers from the 1930s to the 1960s got their start during the prohibition era of the 1920s.