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SIGA Feels the Weight of Responsibility During COVID-19
By Tom NightingaleFor the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority (SIGA), the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic have hit a little differently than for most operators and regulators.That’s because SIGA is not like most of its industry peers. The authority operates numerous gaming…
Resiliency and Progress the Name of the Game for SaskGaming
By Tom NightingaleThere are stories to be told all over Canada when it comes to gaming in 2020. In Saskatchewan, there’s been a clear focus when it comes to casinos and gaming. The province has looked to position itself so that the industry – and public health – remains resilient to the…
A Q&A with David Flinn, IGT’s Vice President of South America & Canada
By Tom NightingaleThe last seven months have been a testing and unprecedented time for all corners of the gaming industry, from operators to customers to regulators. On the supply and technology side, too, things have never been quite like they are in 2020, and that’s necessitated resilience and…
Changing consumer habits bring new challenges for leading gaming industry suppliers
By Tom NightingaleFor gaming industry suppliers in North America, like so many companies in so many industries, the situation has arguably never been quite the same as it is in 2020. Though the path charted by gaming this year hasn’t been entirely similar in every province, the general tests…
How Alberta’s Pure Canadian Gaming has weathered the COVID-19 storm
One thing's for sure: For casino operators, 2020 has been a year like no other.Closures, pivots, challenges, lessons. With the inexorable onset of the COVID-19 pandemic hitting Canada in full force from March, the Canadian gaming industry was far from alone in grounding to an effective…
Electronic gaming and the quest for personal space in Alberta’s casinos
Relaunching the Canadian gaming industry has been a tough challenge in recent months during COVID-19. One province that has been ahead of the curve has been Alberta, which allowed casinos to reopen their doors for electronic gaming back in June and has begun reintroducing table games in recent weeks…
Betting on the Future
When Billy MacLellan and Richard Cone founded Bet Rite in 2009 as a way to leverage their collective experience in the gaming industry – they had already garnered much success with their respective businesses, Macklyn Casino Services and Progressive Gaming Consulting – the pair had no idea that just…
The no-touch magic touch
Can you explain the thought process that went into developing your new contactless gaming solutions?Many of our innovative solutions, including our Unified Wallet cashless solution, were in development long before we could foresee what impact COVID-19 would have on our industry. However, many…
Bet Rite releases body temperature kiosk for gaming market
Bet Rite Inc. has introduced a new product for the Canadian gaming market that allows for a contactless check of body temperature.The Canadian owned and operated company has shifted its focus to solutions that will allows its customers to plan for the safe reopening of their facilities. Its most…
Cleaning Up
The news broke, oddly enough, while I was on my way to an anti-money laundering conference in Las Vegas in the autumn of 2017. “Have you seen the news?” a colleague back in Ontario asked me over the phone. “All hell is breaking loose in British Columbia.”The morning of September 22, 2017, B.C.’s…