Community Highlights Report 2015 For over 30 years, Great Canadian Gaming Corporation has been In everything we do as Great Canadians, we ask ourselves if we Canada’s leading gaming, entertainment and hospitality operator are being true to our values: integrity, service excellence, drive and developer with properties in , , New to succeed, team engagement and citizenship. Whether we are Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Washington State. The Company serving a guest, interacting with a team member, or supporting a has 21 gaming properties which consist of 13 casinos, including PROUD charitable initiative, we strive to embody our values to the two with a four Diamond resort hotel, three 1,000+ seat theatres, highest of standards. As a way to hold ourselves accountable, we four horse racetrack casinos, three community gaming centres are sharing our initiatives and their results in our first ever Great and one commercial bingo hall. Driven by a commitment to social Canadian Community Highlights Report. The purpose of this Report responsibility, a key element of Great Canadian’s business model is is to illustrate the efforts and activities of the company across our PROUD brand and program. PROUD of our people, our business, multiple jurisdictions in relation to community outreach, economic our community is Great Canadian’s brand that unifies all of our impact, responsible gambling and environment. Each of these company’s community, volunteering and social responsibility efforts. areas is pivotal in the success of our business and together, they Under the PROUD program, Great Canadian annually invests over reinforce our vision which is to be the leading gaming, entertainment $2.5 million in our communities, and in 2015, over 3,600 charitable and hospitality company in Canada, and to provide outstanding organizations were supported. experiences to our guests, rewarding opportunities for our team, and superior value to our shareholders. | 2015 Great Canadian Community Highlights Report Highlights Canadian Community Great | 2015 1 SETTING THE STAGE - INDUSTRY CONTEXT

BRITISH COLUMBIA ONTARIO NOVA SCOTIA NEW BRUNSWICK 1 GPEB AGCO AGD GCA

2 BCLC OLG NSPLCC NBLGC

3 SERVICE PROVIDERS

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1 Organizations that regulate all gaming activity in the province.

2 Provincial crown corporations that conduct and manage gaming in a socially responsible manner.

Private companies like Great Canadian, that own and/or lease gambling facilities such as casino and racetracks, 3 while maintaining the day-to-day facility operations. Service providers hire the sta at facilities, provide surveillance and security behind the scenes and operate to the standards set out by provincial regulators.

4 Casinos, racetracks and non-gaming amenities including show theatres, conference facilities, dining outlets. VOLUNTEER PROGRAM

Under the WE’RE PROUD program, a Great Canadian employee who has volunteered a minimum of 40 hours of unpaid work on personal time in VOLUNTEER the last 12 consecutive months for a PROGRAM There are a variety of ways in which Great Canadian charitable or nonprofit organization, demonstrates regular and impactful community support is eligible to receive up to a maximum through our PROUD brand and program: of $500 for the organization they have volunteered for. VOLUNTEER VAULT DAY OF CARING

NEW VOLUNTEERVOLUNTEER VAULT DAY OF CARING NATIONALPROGRAM WEEK OF CARING

This program provides financial During the PROUD National Week of This program recognizes a community assistance to Great Canadian team Caring, all properties dedicate one leader who has proven to support various members and eligible dependents in day during the chosen week to host or charitable initiatives and causes. The an effort to recognize their community participate in a fundraising activity all in PROUD Champion receives $2,500 in involvement while supporting their post- support of a charity of their choice. cash, and another $2,500 for their charity secondary educational pursuits. Every or non-profit organization of their choice. year, five PROUD scholarships worth $1,000 each, are available to be awarded. VOLUNTEER VAULT DAY OF CARING VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY RELATED DRIVES PROGRAM VOLUNTEER SeasonalPROGRAM events such as food and clothing drives are regularly initiated by staff and management teams in support Great Canadian properties are Great Canadian’s Signature Charitable of local organizations. encouraged to take ownership of the Partnership program creates a lasting PROUD program at their location relationship between a given property and establish its presence in the local and a particular charity or community community. As a requirement of the group (a “charity of choice”), where the PROUD Challenge, each property property supports that organization identifies a charity they wish to support through in-kind, volunteer and financial andVOLUNTEER plans a number of fundraising VAULT and means in a wayDAY that is meaningful OF CARING and volunteer initiatives throughout the yearVOLUNTEER VAULT unique to them. DAY OF CARING in support of that group. The winning property receives $5,000 that goes With a focus on providing volunteer hours towards their total amount raised for versus financial support, the PROUD Day their charity. of Caring encourages all Great Canadian properties to choose an activity through which they will as a team contribute volunteer hours for a period of one day. | 2015 Great Canadian Community Highlights Report Highlights Canadian Community Great | 2015 2 COMMUNITY OUTREACH WHERE DOES GAMING By tracking our community outreach efforts, Great Canadian is able to set goals and best practices from REVENUE GO? one year to the next. Here are the numbers of charities Gaming revenue to the host city in 2014/2015 supported by each property in 2014/2015. Gaming revenue to the host city since opening In each Canadian gaming jurisdiction, a significant portion of gross gaming revenue from gaming facilities is retained IA MB 33 by our crown partners on behalf of their provincial LU government for the purpose of supporting programs like O C 71 healthcare, education and social services. Each year, local H governments that host casinos or community gaming S I centres receive a share of gaming revenue generated T 57 I 61 at those facilities. Below are payments made by Great R

B Canadian properties to their host city in 2014/2015 as well 71 as since opening of the facility. | 2015 Great Canadian Community Highlights Report Highlights Canadian Community Great | 2015 3 176 Casino New Brunswick and our two Casino Nova Scotia properties (Sydney and Halifax) provide gaming revenue 112 to their respective provinces through the NBLGC and the NSPLCC. This share of gaming revenue goes back to the community to support important government programs. 27 $807k 1159 MBIA $7.6M LU $6.7M O $105M IO C R H A *Data not available S T I N at Shorelines Casino T $1.1M I O Thousand Islands R $9.1M $1.1M B $4.5M 37 $2.4M $43M $1.1M 31 21 $3.8M $3M $4M $35M N/A $57M $21M $172M C TI N 24 IO A R L A T T A N O $4.9M $60M 67 18 $5.1M $65M $3M $49M

$3.4M C TI $43M N A L Alisa’s Wish ChildT Sophie’s Place DevelopmentA Centre

Bowls for Humane Society Our Place Society Hope Society for Thousand Islands

Peterborough Regional Share Society SPCA Health Centre Foundation

Cape Breton YMCA (Sydney) Kiwassa Richmond Family Place Parker Street Food Neighbourhood House & Furniture Bank (Halifax) ECONOMIC IMPACT To help support, stimulate and grow local economies, wherever possible, Great Canadian utilizes local vendors and suppliers in the community.

Total amount Great Number Total amount Great Number Canadian and its of local Canadian and its of local Municipality Municipality subsidiaries spent vendors subsidiaries spent vendors with local vendors utilized with local vendors utilized Maple Ridge $543K 60 Gananoque $448K 4 $1.1M 70 and Kingston Dawson Creek $420K 33 Peterborough $72K 4 $27.8M 461 Innisfil $1.1M 16 ONTARIO Dundas Nanaimo $389K 46 $361K 52 and Hamilton Greater Victoria $8.7M 90 Sydney $1.1M 67 $91M 84 BRITISH COLUMBIA Halifax $7.3M 154 Richmond $11.7M 205 CANADA Surrey $6.2M 182 ATLANTIC Moncton $320K 4

*Data from 2015 Great Canadian Vendor Summary report*

CAPITAL INVESTMENTS/ACQUISITION COSTS As a leader in the gaming, entertainment and hospitality industry, Great Canadian has invested a significant amount in capital projects and property acquisitions which allows us to enhance, refresh and expand our offerings and amenities so we can better serve our guests.

$71.1M $150M $16.9M $23.3M $79.7M $43M $8.4M $24.5M $79.1M $79.7M

$46.4M $43.7M $44.4M $381M BRITISH COLUMBIA ONTARIO ATLANTIC

*space leased from the PROPERTY TAXES City of Vancouver Each Great Canadian property pays municipal taxes annually (with the exception of Hastings **Kawartha does not pay Racecourse and Shorelines Slots at Kawartha Downs, which are leased facilities). This share of taxes is property taxes, as it is included available to be used for local initiatives, and contributes to the overall improvement of communities. in the monthly lease

$341k N/A* $1.5M $158k $167k $659k

$165K $162k $153k N/A** $1.9M $1.4M

$392k $1.1M

$323k $2.6M Report Highlights Canadian Community Great | 2015 4 BRITISH COLUMBIA ONTARIO ATLANTIC RG initiatives in each jurisdiction where Great Canadian operates

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RG Policies and In Procedures progress Guests referred to VSE OLG’s VSE Great Canadian and each of its properties are program mandated to adhere to provincial regulations related in to responsible gambling programs, but also work Employee Training progress actively to manage and develop initiatives that are ResponsibleGambling Guests over and above any compliance programs. referred to Kiosks, Information OLG kiosks In most jurisdictions where Great Canadian operates Centres and Advisors

| 2015 Great Canadian Community Highlights Report Highlights Canadian Community Great | 2015 and centres 5 across Canada, 75-80% of people have gambled once in the last 12 months. While gambling is a non- RG Literature harmful form of entertainment for the majority of guests, Great Canadian recognizes that some players Problem Gambling may need assistance in keeping gambling fun. To Help Line Assistance mitigate the risks of problem gambling, various Not Marketing Standards programs and strategies have been and continue currently to be developed and implemented at each Great Involvement and Canadian property to help reduce gambling related Awareness harm to players and promote gaming in a fun, safe RG Check and responsible way. These responsible gambling n/a n/a initiatives provide outlets of support for guests Accreditation who need it, and engage team members in ongoing Appropriate Service training and education so they’re equipped with the of Alcohol latest information, advancements and best practices surrounding responsible gambling. In accordance with the Responsible Gambling In a 2015 employee survey regarding responsible gambling Council, an independent non-profit organization dedicated to problem gambling prevention, the majority of Great Canadian properties have % completed and received RG Check accreditation, 79 % 86% Great Canadian 89.7 of Great Canadian which involves an independent review against employees* describe of Great Canadian a comprehensive set of responsible gambling employees* have an employees* have an GC’s commitment to understanding of the standards and best practices. This external responsible gambling understanding of the certification allows us to validate as well as risks of gambling signs of gambling as very strong problems continually improve our responsible gambling & strong programs and processes.

81% 79% of Great Canadian of Great Canadian employees* have an employees* have an understanding of tips understanding of for safer gambling responsible gambling tools available

*who participated in the survey

Also developed in 2015 was the company’s BRITISH COLUMBIA first ever Responsible Gambling Blueprint. This resource highlights the ONTARIO requirements and responsibilities that all of our properties and all of our employees are accountable for NOVA as it relates to the responsible gambling SCOTIA programs and protocols activated to ensure the health and well-being of our players. NEW BRUNSWICK OUR PEOPLE Our people and all of their diversity are the greatest asset to the success of our business in the gaming, entertainment and hospitality industry. On a daily basis, they are committed to going above and beyond to deliver world-class customer service and provide our valued guests with Great Experiences Number of % of staff that and Memories. We are proud to call them Great Canadians. employees %10 have worked for Here is a snapshot of our employee statistics from 2015. (as of Feb 2016) YEARS over 10 years

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4 4 Casinos,4 4Casinos,Casinos,Casinos, racetracks racetracks racetracks racetracks and and non-gamingand non-gamingand non-gaming non-gaming amenities amenities amenities amenities including including including including show show show theatres, show theatres, theatres, theatres, conference conference conference conference facilities, facilities, facilities, facilities, dining dining dining outlets.dining outlets. outlets. outlets. ENVIRONMENT Great Canadian strives to limit the amount of waste produced and so we can set and achieve energy reduction and conservation and energy consumed. From coast to coast, our properties are targets, we have initiated the tracking of energy usage at our nine committed to engaging in and applying innovative ways to reduce, BC properties. Energy usage in Ontario, Nova Scotia and New reuse and recycle. To effectively measure our environmental impact Brunswick will be defined in the next issue of this report. The annual Great Canadian Community Highlights Report is one of the ways in which Great Canadian demonstrates its commitment to its stakeholders, communities and the environment – a commitment that deepens from year to year as the company grows its footprint in the gaming, entertainment and hospitality industry. And as the company continues to grow, so will its efforts in relation to community outreach, economic impact, environment and responsible gambling that make up the annual Community Highlights Report.

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