Dave Briggs
Briggs has appeared on multiple CTV stations, plus CP24 and TVO. He is often quoted by The Canadian Press for his professional opinion about the growth of Canada’s gambling sector.
He currently works as Catena Media’s managing editor for playcanada.com and playmichigan.com.
Before joining PlayCanada, Briggs spent more than 25 years as a writer and editor covering North American horse racing. For 18 years, he was the editor of The Canadian Sportsman, covering the harness racing industry. He also spent more than five years as the editor of Canadian Thoroughbred magazine. He holds a master’s degree in journalism from Western University and was a 2018 inductee into the Communicators’ Corner of the US Harness Racing Hall of Fame. He has won 26 national writing awards for his coverage of the horse racing industry.
Beyond a deep passion for family and music, Briggs has a mostly tragic, lifelong love of Detroit sports teams. The LaSalle, Ontario native has long lived in the Lake Erie beach town of Port Stanley, Ontario with his wife, Laura, and their beloved Vizsla named California.
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The 22-year-old Ottawa Senators centre has been hit with a 41-game suspension for violating the NHL’s gambling policy.
Now that we have all the numbers, Ontario ranked a close second behind only Michigan when comparing first-year online gambling revenue.
Dr. Jeff Derevensky tells PlayCanada that video game loot boxes that offer random in-game prizes allow kids to gamble with real money.
Dr. Jeff Derevensky says adolescents have much higher rates of problem gambling than adults and are particularly vulnerable.
Great Canadian VP Chuck Keeling details the $1 billion Las Vegas-style casino in Toronto that is the size of the home of the Blue Jays.
The casinos have been closed since Sunday at 1 p.m. and will remain closed “in the coming days” as Gateway works to restore its IT systems.
Gaming handle in Ontario grew 21% from the Q3 total of $11.53 billion. Revenue was up more than 12% from the Q3 revenue of $457 million.
Five serious Ontario sports bettors say Ontario’s open, regulated online gambling industry isn’t as glorious as some say it is.
Six online gambling operators agree Ontario’s open, legal and regulated market is one of the most competitive on the continent.