IGaming
Checking in on Canada: Where we’ve been and where we’re going
Ontario's regulated gaming market has fulfilled its goals of providing a wide range of choice to consumers and bringing in revenue for the province. That early success can serve as a launchpad for the rest of Canada if and when further provinces choose to regulate gaming.Those were two of the…
NorthStar Gaming reports quarterly record betting traffic, appoints new CFO
Record quarterly betting volume fueled a 63% year-over-year rise in revenue in the first quarter of 2024 for NorthStar Gaming.For the three months ended March 31, 2024, NorthStar Bets, the company's made-in-Ontario casino and sportsbook platform, took a record $218 million in wagers. It also…
Kahnawà:ke won’t appeal Ontario court iGaming decision
The Quebec-based Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke (MCK) says it will not appeal the Ontario Superior Court's decision to dismiss its challenge of iGaming Ontario's online gaming and betting model.The MCK had argued that the provincial government's "unilateral changes" to the way gaming is managed…
Troy Ross discusses what lessons Ontario can teach gaming
Troy Ross draws on 30 years of experience at the intersection of politics, gaming, and regulation in Canada. He has been at the forefront of the iGaming lobby in Canada and played a pioneering role in the achievement of successive iGaming milestones, beginning in 2006 with the defeat of legislation…
Court upholds iGaming Ontario model, dismisses Kahnawà:ke challenge
The Ontario Superior Court has dismissed the challenge filed by the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke and ruled that the gaming model operated by iGaming Ontario is valid.
In its official judgment, the court found iGO's gaming framework and the way it conducts and manages the industry in the province to…
AGS goes private in $1.5B Brightstar Capital acquisition
AGS has agreed to be acquired by affiliates of private equity firm Brightstar Capital Partners in a deal worth approximately $1.5 billion CAD.The transaction is projected to close in the second half of 2025. Global gaming supplier AGS will become a privately held company.If AGS shareholders…
Casino Time launches iGaming website in Ontario
Ontario-based online casino Casino Time has launched its iGaming website, CasinoTime.ca.The website features games from each of Casino Time’s core verticals, including slots, live dealer casino games, and bingo. It also plans to introduce a sportsbook later on in 2024.Casino Time is a joint…
Soft2Bet joins IBIA and activates membership in Ontario
Soft2Bet is the newest member of the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA).The IBIA confirmed that the gaming platform provider had activated its membership in Ontario before expanding implementation to the brands it operates worldwide.“Soft2Bet is a very welcome addition to…
Penn to embed betting functionality in theScore media app
Penn Entertainment CEO and President Jay Snowden announced at the company's earnings call on May 2 that theScore will tie theScore Bet's betting experience directly into the brand's media app in Ontario.Score Media and Gaming first launched theScore Bet in September 2019, two years before Penn…
Blueprint Gaming to employ Future Anthem AI-driven jackpot tool
Blueprint Gaming will use Future Anthem's upgraded real-time personalisation product Amplifier AI to generate personalised audiences for jackpot games.The UK studio's Jackpot King line of games will utilise the Amplifier AI Audience Identifier jackpot extension. Audience Identifier monitors pot…