Loto-Quebec boosts online sports betting payout percentages

Quebec’s provincial gambling monopoly is attempting to boost business at its state-run online gambling operation by improving sports betting payout percentages.

On Monday, Loto-Quebec announced that its Mise-o-jeu online and mobile sports betting service would boost payout rates from 84% to 90%, with certain wagers paying out at 92%. Bettors looking to take advantage of these improved rates must sign up for an account with Loto-Quebec’s online gambling site Espacejeux.com.

Thanks to national legislators’ failure to pass the C-290 sports betting bill, Canadian bettors who wager with their provincial gambling monopolies are limited to parlay-type wagers, with some exceptions (and the occasional cockup).

For instance, Miseojeu.com offers single bets, but these must be proposition wagers related to more than one event or which combine two questions. For example, bettors can wager on which player might finish a season as the highest point-getter, or picking both the winning team and the number of goals scored in a single match.