Lottery Licensing - Break Open Tickets

Complete and submit the Break Open Ticket application. 

Break Open Ticket Application

The completed application must be submitted with: 

• a copy of Gaming Control Act Registration if selling from a third party retail location (i.e. variety store)

Failure to complete the application in full will delay the approval process. 

Please submit the application at least one (1) week before it is required to allow time for a proper review. 

You will be notified when the application has been approved and what the total fee will be. The licence must be paid for in full before it will be released to the charitable organization. 

A break open ticket is a device made of cardboard and which has perforated cover window tabs behind which symbols revealed by tearing open the cover tab. The winning combination of symbols is specified on the back of the ticket.

In order to be approved for sale in Ontario, all break open tickets, including seal card games and bingo event game tickets, must comply with the Registrar’s requirements and standards related to break open tickets, including the Standards for Suppliers of Goods and Services: Break Open Tickets.

Schedules of approved break open tickets are available from the Registrar and can be found on the AGCO website.

The licence fee will be 3% of the total prize value. Staff will advise you of the fee once the application has been approved. The licence will not be released until the fee has been collected. 

1. Reports are due 30 days after the licence expires or all tickets have been sold, whichever comes first.
2. All sections of the report must be completed prior to being submitted
• Break Open Ticket Report
3. The report must be accompanied with the following supporting documents: 
• Lottery trust account bank statements and copies of cheques for the entire licensed period
• Copies of invoices matched to the corresponding cheque 
4. The report must be signed by both signing authorities that signed the application for the raffle. 

Reports are to be dropped off at the Administration Office or emailed to events@lambtonshores.ca.

If your organization wishes to extend the date of the licence or add additional deals, the request must be made in writing to events@lambtonshores.ca.  When adding additional deals you must submit the licence fee of 3% of the total prize value for the additional deals.

The original licence will need to be brought to the Administration office to be amended by the appropriate municipal staff.