Self-serve lottery terminals are coming to Ontario.

[kbet]

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/olg-plans-to ... -1.6075885

[bangminton]

I wonder what the (daily) limit is for these terminals, if any, and whether that is part of the store limit where these terminals are located or if they have their own.

[richhhh]

I worry that the future could be you have to sign in before playing even at a store and that is ultimately how they cut sharps off (limiting).

[bangminton]

rich, I was thinking about these self-serve kiosks as similar to the touchscreen at your local McDonald's or Tim's where anyone can buy anything off the menu and pay with credit cards (or cash/redeeming winning tickets at the counter).

Are you thinking this to be along the line of the touchscreen at Costco food court where members have to swipe/scan their membership card first, before they can order food? In this case, players have to enter their OLG credentials first? I agree with you that would certainly not be good...

[tshi2015]

they have these in atlantic province and before you do anything you swipe your driver's ID first

[bangminton]

they have these in atlantic province and before you do anything you swipe your driver's ID first

Do you know if Atlantic Canadians' Driver's license # is tied into their online ALC account? I know there is all kind of linked identity/single-sign-on crap these days but this is a pretty big stretch, IMO.

I think swiping driver's license is just to confirm the players are 18 (or whatever the legal age to gamble is out East) and not necessarily tied to user account restrictions and what have you.

[tshi2015]

yes you need to provide driver's license before registering for ALC account so when you swipe your driver's license at the machine they know exactly who's playing

[bangminton]

yes you need to provide driver's license before registering for ALC account so when you swipe your driver's license at the machine they know exactly who's playing

This site has a bit more info and you are right, we will have to swipe ID first before we can play.

Nice to see this one paying out (smaller) prizes as well. I suppose it will be stocked with cash or perhaps OLG lottery cards in the amount that we choose.

https://dailyhive.com/toronto/self-chec ... -terminals

[bangminton]

Has anyone had a chance to use these self-serve terminals in Ontario?

Will your accounts be restricted, if they deem you to be winning too much? I have no interest to fight traffic to get to the stores to find out I can only put $50 on each play, as an example.