The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) has banned a standardbred trainer and a harness driver for 10 years each after a horse tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug.Trainer Richard Moreau and Hall of Fame harness…

Caesars Entertainment has brought its new Horseshoe Online Casino platform north of the border.The brand is now live in the Ontario market as of Friday, Nov. 1.Horseshoe Online Casino, the digital version of the formerly retail-only…

PointsBet's Canadian sports betting business continues to grow as the company reported big jumps in handle and net win in Canada last quarter.While iGaming remains PointsBet's chief source of revenue in Canada, the gap between online…

As Alberta continues to explore the best way to introduce a regulated, commercial online gambling market, the University of Alberta has launched a new micro-credential course aimed at educating people on the evolving gaming industry.The…

The Ontario government says it expects to make significantly less money from gaming in the current fiscal year than it had previously projected.In its Fall Economic Statement published on Wednesday, the government said that a key reason…

The $500 million deal between GGPoker parent company NSUS Group and Caesars Entertainment for the former to acquire the World Series of Poker (WSOP) is officially complete.First announced in August, Caesars confirmed the deal closure on…

The Martin Lycka Safe Bet Show is back, and this time in the hot seat was Chief of Staff at the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) Aaron GlynnWilliams. https://youtu.be/JbVlFFSdIjAGlynWilliams analysed OLG’s purpose and…

Eilers & Krejcik Gaming (EKG) has released its latest monthly online game performance report providing insights into Canada’s online casino market.Using a secure database supported by Oracle and Fantini Research, EKG analyzed more…

Summer slowdown? Not so much in Ontario, at least on the iGaming side.Commercial operators in Ontario’s regulated gaming market took $18.7 billion in wagers in the second quarter of the year alone, from July 1 to Sept. 30. That handle,…

The Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC) reported a slight dip in profits in the 2023-24 fiscal year despite 17% year-over-year growth in online lottery sales.The ALC's annual report for the 2023-24 fiscal year shows a drop of 1% or…