Loto-Quebec’s online site up double-digits; BCLC jumps gun on single-game wagering

Loto-Quebec’s online gambling site has posted strong double-digit revenue gains in the first half of its fiscal year.

The Loto-Quebec provincial lottery corporation recently turned in its fiscal H1 report card, which showed overall revenue up 4% to C$1.75b (US $1.3b) and profit up 5.2% to $617.6m. Lottery revenue improved 8%, while bingo surged 38% and the casino sector was flat year-on-year.

Loto-Quebec’s online site Espacejeux.com saw revenue rise 28.2% to $28.3m. Total revenue in the full 2014-15 fiscal year came to $48.9m, a total that seems destined to be eclipsed by the time 2015-16 is in the books.

Espacejeux offers lotteries, bingo, poker and parlay sports betting but its primary vertical is its online casino, which posted revenue of $16.3m in H1, an improvement of 20.2% compared to the same period last year.