Category: Canada gambling news

Alberta has begun iGaming registration, taking a key step toward a regulated iGaming market

Five Nova Scotia-based Mi’kmaw communities entered retail casino space after purchasing four Alberta casino properties.

iGaming Ontario will become an entirely standalone agency independent of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario.

The MCK and Entain have ended their longstanding partnership in Sports Interaction, the Nation’s trailblazing online gambling platform.

With the release of the OLG’s annual report we now know that Ontario’s online gambling revenue grew 54.5% to over $3 billion in Year 2 alone.

iGaming Ontario’s favourable cost to entry has led more than 85% of formerly-illegal gambling sites over to the regulated market.

For two decades, horse racing has offered legal, common betting pools beyond Ontario’s borders. It could be a precedent for poker and DFS.

Minister Dale Nally announced at the Canadian Gaming Summit that Alberta will launch an open online gambling market modelled after Ontario’s.

Deloitte’s analysis concludes Ontario’s iGaming sector supported 2,863 more jobs and produced $479 million more in tax revenue than year one.