The Investigation and Enforcement Bureau (IEB) is comprised of OPP Officers, fully integrated as a Bureau within the AGCO. The OPP Bureau is assigned to the AGCO and is fully integrated into AGCO operations, to streamline, standardize and improve investigative response. The IEB is comprised of the Investigations Branch (IB) and the Intelligence and Investigative Support Branch (IISB). These branches provide investigative expertise and effective information sharing to external law enforcement, regulatory and industry stakeholder agencies to ensure integrity and public safety within AGCO regulated industries.
IEB Investigation Branch
Occurrences
TABLE 4 – Number of IEB Investigations
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|
2017-18 |
2018-19 |
|---|---|---|
|
iGaming |
21 |
33 |
|
Charitable Gaming |
30 |
21 |
|
Liquor Licence Holders and Applicants |
127 |
110 |
|
Lottery Insider Wins |
49 |
55 |
|
Lottery Suspicious Wins |
83 |
87 |
|
Other Lottery Investigations |
109 |
167 |
|
Additional Investigations Reviewed and Referred to AGCO Regulatory Compliance for Follow Up |
143 |
32 |
Gaming Enforcement Branch
Gaming Investigation Units
TABLE 5 – Occurrences at Casinos and Slot Machine Facilities
|
|
2017-18 |
2018-19 |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Investigations |
8,507 |
9,424 |
|
Total Criminal Code Offences |
3,262 |
2,291 |
|
Alleged Cheat-at-Play Instances |
108 |
179 |
|
Cheat-at-Play Charges Laid |
20 |
19 |
|
Total Non-Criminal Code Related Offences
|
5,245 |
7,133 |
| In 2018-2019, there were a total of 1,123 other calls for police assistance, including calls for medical emergencies, police information and abandoned children. | ||
Eligibility Investigations Unit (EIU)
TABLE 6 – Eligibility Investigations
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|
2017-18 |
2018-19 |
|---|---|---|
|
Investigations - Gaming Include files on gaming related and non-gaming related suppliers, racing teletheater investigations, investigations on gaming site employees, and lottery retailer investigations |
531 |
518 |
|
Outside Agency Assist Checks These checks provide investigative assistance to external law enforcement agencies. |
725 |
562 |
Strategic Partnerships
Compliance Services (CS) recognizes the benefits of collaborative working relationships with police services and other regulatory bodies. Throughout 2018-2019, CS continued to seek out new strategic partnerships and collaborative approaches to promote compliance among all sectors regulated by the AGCO.
In this fiscal year, CS led the implementation of the Ottawa Compliance Project focusing on the ByWard Market area, in collaboration with municipal compliance bodies including by-law, public health, fire, and police. The project established baseline awareness seminars for front-line compliance personnel to increase their awareness of key compliance concerns for the participating agencies and established an efficient process to refer items of concern to the responsible agency. Based on the results of this pilot, further opportunities to partner with additional communities will be explored.