For the Canadian gaming industry, 2024 brought numerous big-picture developments that could have a significant impact on what comes next in 2025.From court cases to parliamentary proceedings, advertising to Alberta, here are some of the…

iGaming Ontario Executive Director Martha Otton has pushed back her retirement date to March 2025 to allow iGO more time to identify and appoint her successor as leader.iGO announced that Otton, who intended to retire at the end of this…

The Ontario Court of Appeal heard this week from legal representatives of various parties on Ontario's reference question about whether it would be legal for online gamblers based in the province to play peer-to-peer games against rivals…

When Ontario approved its fall 2024 budget measures, at the end of October, it included a provision to make a significant change to the way gaming is conducted in the province.As well as adjusting its expectations for net profit from…

Bill S-269, the proposed legislation that would establish a national framework for regulating sports betting adverts across Canada, was adopted in the Senate on Tuesday.After the Transport and Communications Committee held initial…

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…

NorthStar Gaming has run afoul of Ontario authorities over a geolocation test issue.The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) has fined NorthStar Gaming (Ontario) Inc. $30,000 after an assessment found the operator had failed…

Amid the return of the debate on sports betting advertising to the Canadian Senate in recent weeks, the NFL and the NHL both wrote to lawmakers to advise them against heavy-handed measures.The Standing Committee on Transport and…

Alberta will not be launching a regulated online gaming and betting market anytime soon. Certainly not along the timeframe that had initially been touted.Since Minister of Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction Dale Nally announced at…

In a Canadian Senate Transport and Communications Committee meeting on Oct. 2 discussing Bill S-269, the National Framework on Advertising for Sports Betting Act, witnesses testified that Canada's gaming and broadcast regulators are doing…