Ontario Lottery Terminals to display Amber Alerts

The Ontario Association of Broadcasters and OPP initiative has grown to include Lottery Retailers across Ontario. The province’s 9,000 lottery terminals now broadcast critical information when a child is abducted - Video Sample.

The new lottery terminal/AMBER Alert initiative was announced at a press conference April 4th at Toronto’s Union Station. Along with members of the OAB Executive were members of the government, officials from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLGC), members of provincial police services, and the Ontario Convenience Store Association.

This new partnership increases an AMBER Alert’s visibility by displaying potentially life-saving information on lottery terminal screens in high-traffic locations such as convenience stores, gas stations, mall kiosks, supermarkets and newsstands.

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Joseph Cordiano, Minister of Economic Development and Trade,
also responsible for the OLGC

Nancy Brown-Dacko, Ontario Association of Broadcasters

Monte Kwinter, Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services

John Carson, Deputy Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police

Premier McGuinty, Ontario Government