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…

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…

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…

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…

Sometimes, life is all about timing.For Carol Holmes, a 36-year veteran of the bingo industry, that’s certainly been true in 2020. Holmes started her own charitable gaming compliance consulting company last winter after years in a…

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…

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…

You’ve likely heard the expression before, ‘future-proofing’ — but what does it mean and how does it apply to the gambling industry? Wikipedia defines the term as “the process of anticipating the future and developing methods of minimizing…

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…

September is a big month for sports fans. The NHL, NFL and NCAA football seasons all start; the NBA, which kicks off in October, starts to spin out the next season’s big narratives; and the MLB starts winding down, with teams jockeying for…