Loto-Québec facing new challengers in iGaming operator coalition
A group of online gaming operators are calling for change in Quebec which could mount a significant challenge to the Loto-Québec provincial lottery.
The Québec Online Gaming Coalition (QOGC) presented a brief earlier this week making its case for a regulated online iGaming market in the province, similar to Ontario’s.
As it stands, Ontario is the only regulated betting market in Canada, and is one of the most lucrative in the whole of North America. Total gross gaming (GGR) revenue rose 34% to C$4bn in 2025 alone.
Alberta is also set to join the craze, with a regulated market launch expected later this year. In Ontario, gaming stakeholders are attempting to appeal to one of the government’s main concerns – revenue, specifically tax revenue.
The coalition argues that legalising iGaming would generate around $300m in tax revenue each year from a hypothetical 20% tax on GGR, the same rate in Ontario and Alberta. This estimate is based on a combination of this rate and Quebec’s adult population.
Coalition members include FanDuel owner Flutter Entertainment, Sports Interaction owner and BetMGM co-owner Entain, Super Group’s Betway, BetRivers owner Rush Street Interactive (RSI), Bet99, DraftKings and the Games Global and Apricot Investment suppliers.
A big challenge for Loto-Québec
Of course, the prospect of Quebec launching a regulated iGaming market is at the moment purely hypothetical. However, the prospect of new competitors may have still raised a few eyebrows at Loto-Québec.
Loto-Québec is not just the provincial lottery operator in Quebec, but is also the exclusive operator of sports betting, casinos and online gaming. This revenue is critical to the company, as seen in its quarterly and full year financial statements.
The firm’s last financial statement, covering April-September 2025, showed revenue of $1.53bn, with casinos and gaming hall revenue along heavily eclipsing lottery revenue by a wide margin.
Casino and gaming hall revenue came in at $657.4m while lottery revenue came in at $467.4m. An additional $417.9m was generated by ‘gaming establishments’. A similar trend was seen in Q3 2025.
Should an IGaming market launch see a number of competitors – including some of the biggest names in US and Ontario iGaming with proven products and marketing in FanDuel, DraftKings and BetMGM etc – flood into the province.
However, it might not be all bad for Loto-Québec, as the operator could perhaps benefit from a liberalisation of products which could come with the launch of a new market. In Ontario, the Ontario Gaming and Lottery Corporation (OLG) has hardly faded away in the years since the 2023 launch.
In its brief to the provincial government, the QOGC called for the creation of an independent regulatory body to supervise gaming operators – notably saying that this regulator would oversee both ‘private and public’ firms, the latter meaning Loto-Québec.
The brief also recommended the creation of standards specific to Quebec, an operating licence system for private companies with defined criteria, and a system of financial support for communities and prevention allocated from industry revenues.
https://lotterydaily.com/2026/02/13/highlighted/loto-quebec-igaming/