Ontario Charitable Gaming Association
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The Ontario Charitable Gaming Association (OCGA) administers charitable gaming for non-profit organizations in Ontario, Canada
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The OCGA is a non-government, provincial association which helps charities and non-profit organizations raise funds through pull tabs
and bingo
games. The association is populated with the member charities it serves.
Charities in Ontario raise more than $150 million CAD
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Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
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The OCGA is a non-government, provincial association which helps charities and non-profit organizations raise funds through pull tabs
Pull-tab
A pull-tab is a gambling ticket that is sold as a means to play a pull-tab game. The object of the ticket is to open the perforated windows on the back of the ticket and match the symbols inside the ticket to the winning combinations on the front of the ticket. The winning Pull-Tab ticket is turned...
and bingo
Bingo (US)
Bingo is a game of chance played with randomly drawn numbers which players match against numbers that have been pre-printed on 5x5 matrices. The matrices may be printed on paper, card stock or electronically represented and are referred to as cards. Many versions conclude the game when the first...
games. The association is populated with the member charities it serves.
Charities in Ontario raise more than $150 million CAD
Canadian dollar
The Canadian dollar is the currency of Canada. As of 2007, the Canadian dollar is the 7th most traded currency in the world. It is abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or C$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies...
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