About RGC

Our Ontario-wide social marketing campaigns use marketing techniques such as mass media, ambient advertising and contests, to reach key audiences with problem gambling prevention messages. 

The current theme, Safe or Sorry, is RGC's fourth campaign. It is designed to encourage youth aged 18-24 to be more aware of their gambling behaviours and take precautions in order to prevent a problem.

One of the largest programs of its kind in Canada, it is delivered to 45-plus Ontario communities, reaching more than three million households every year through interactive awareness displays, local advertising, activities and inserts in community newspapers.

The current theme, No Regrets, focuses on money management and gambling, and serves to remind people that setting and sticking to money limits is one way to make sure that you walk away with no regrets, win or lose.

This interactive theatre production for high school students features young actors and age-relevant messaging. With tours across Ontario and Atlantic Canada, these productions personalize the issue of problem gambling by dramatizing the issue in a way that engages and entertains high school students.

Scared Money is now available for booking for fall 2013 in Ontario and Atlantic Canada.

Located in all Ontario Lottery and Gaming (OLG) Slots and Casinos, RGRCs provide patrons with information on safer gambling practices, as well as assistance and local referrals for help with gambling-related problems.

At Ontario’s eight largest Centres, RGRC Service Coordinators are also on-site to answer questions or discuss an issue related to gambling problems. If staff is not on-site, and patrons require information about problem gambling, patrons can contact the Ontario Problem Gambling Helpline (OPGH).

Know the Score 2 (kts2) is an interactive problem gambling awareness program targeting college and university students, online and on campus. Open to post-secondary students in Ontario and Atlantic Canada, kts2 engages students in a quiz designed to give them information so they can make informed decisions.

BetCheck is a responsible gambling safety check. This online tool, also available as part of the MARGI kiosks, allows people to compare their gambling habits with the "typical gambler." Visitors assess their gambling compared with the population at large, using items such as time spent and money spent to assess their risk level for problem gambling. BetCheck is based on numbers – not judgements.

M.A.R.G.I. kiosks (Mobile Access to Responsible Gambling Information) are free and easy-to-use interactive kiosks that offer helpful gambling information through games and activities. M.A.R.G.I. kiosks are currently located in all Ontario Lottery and Gaming (OLG) Slots and Casinos as well as both Casino Nova Scotia’s locations (Halifax and Sydney) and in Prince Edward Island at both Red Shores Racetrack and Casino locations (Charlottetown and Summerside). M.A.R.G.I. Online is now available. Play the same interactive activities as M.A.R.G.I. kiosks online, and get the same responsible gambling information to help you make more informed decisions if you choose to gamble.

The Cost2Play Calculator is an online tool and downloadable app that helps people who gamble keep their play safer by showing them their gambling spending. For three popular games—slots, roulette and blackjack—the cost of play can be calculated over the long term by entering information like bet amounts, frequency of play and speed of play. 

The RGC Centre for the Advancement of Best Practices promotes the identification and adoption of best practices in problem gambling prevention. It conducts research and analysis of specific aspects of gambling, including gaming management and regulation in an effort to influence how gaming is provided.

Developed by the RGC Centre for the Advancement of Best Practices, the Responsible Gambling Index (RG Index) is a set of standards that provides objective and independent benchmarks for the quality of responsible gambling programs designed and delivered by gaming companies, providing a high standard of consumer protection.

RGC's accreditation program, RG Check, based on the Responsible Gambling Index (RG Index), offers gaming companies the opportunity of an independent endorsement of the quality of their responsible gambling safety net. The RG Check program is administered through an independent corporation set up by the Responsible Gambling Council.

RGC's Discovery Conference provides an international platform to explore, examine and discuss issues related to problem gambling prevention, bringing together people who are committed to problem gambling prevention, treatment, research and policy analysis.

RGC’s free weekly e-newsletter for the responsible gambling sector, Newscan, provides responsible gambling news, insights, upcoming events and other updates of interest to stakeholders across Canada and around the world.

RGC staff collect and share daily gambling news stories of from across Canada and around the world. These stories are selected for their responsible gambling implications as they affect the full range of RGC stakeholders.

RGC is a founding member of the Canadian Partnership for Responsible Gambling, a collaboration of non-profit organizations, gaming providers, research centres and regulators working to find and promote effective ways to reduce the risk of problem gambling. In addition, RGC provides administrative support for the partnership.