Canadian Casinos Progressing in Go-Green Direction

Among the various global themes, which are attracting attention of people, going green is a recurrent theme. In the current years, this theme appears progressively and occupies a very important part in many Canadian provinces. The casino industry, which works worldwide, does not carry out environmentally responsible trade sadly. But taking the world by surprise, majority of Canadian casinos are moving towards go-green direction.

The fact is that casinos emit bright light and great volumes of electricity are pumped through the billion-dollar industry. The industry is a royal money-maker and it does great work towards job creation, charity and general humanitarian relief. The work done by this industry is much more than any micro-economy. So when it comes to casinos and the gaming industry, generally a blind eye is turned when it comes to finger pointing at the “abusers of the grid”.

Congratulations to an OLG Initiative

But the truth is that for making a real difference each and every industry will have to take responsibility for the earth. The casinos in Canada are taking attempts for just that. All such initiatives started way back in 2015, 4 years ago, when Ontario Lottery and Gaming Commission (OLG) called for a partnership with Bullfrog Power for trying to curb the usage of various energy resources. Moreover, Bullfrog Power was asked to operate and run some of the online gaming sites by OLG.

The main idea and aim was to convert the online operations for making use exclusively of “clean” or pollution-free energy. Green Energy was not the lot of it because Bullfrog Power and OLG had already handled a project which saved almost 40 million sheets of paper. Achieving the task was simple because the size of printed lottery tickets from the house of OLG was reduced.

PlayOLG and Know Your Limit are the two gaming sites, which intend to benefit from the go-green online games initiative.

Extensive online green-reach

It is true that on or two green gaming sites might not seem much, but the scope of the impact can be understood when the concept is seen on a large scale. There is no doubt that land-based resorts occupy a very important place in the Canadian games and entertainment market; but currently, the impact of online casinos cannot be ignored. Canada’s online operators make up almost 80% of collective gambling energy.

When the facts are considered in perspective, the margins tend to shift immediately. When two major online sites go completely green, it turns all the more remarkable. In fact, it kind of becomes industry-defying. When the bigger picture is considered, this might be a small attempt, but worth it from all aspects. This is like setting an example with great hope that more and more operators will follow suit.