IGaming
Rivalry posts sequential growth in Q1 2024 but suffers year-over-year decline
Toronto-based Rivalry reported a 51% quarter-over-quarter increase in net revenue in the first quarter of 2024 and smaller upticks in betting handle and gross gaming revenue but is still lagging behind where it stood this time last year.The jump in net revenue to $4.5 million means that as a…
Alberta passes bill opening potential door for gambling expansion
It's official: Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis is not the only entity that can conduct and manage gaming in the province.The Alberta legislature has passed a bill that recognises that the provincial government has the authority to conduct and manage gaming in the province as well as AGLC.…
Swintt enters North American market with Ontario license
Slot software provider Swintt has launched in Ontario after receiving a license from the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario to supply games in the province.The entry into Ontario is the company's first step into a regulated North American market. Swintt has previously been focused on…
BCLC retail sportsbook Sports Action ends operations after 33 years
The British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) is shutting down its retail sportsbook Sports Action this weekend after 33 years.Sports Action will end operations at in-person venues on Saturday, May 25 to make way for a new retail sportsbook to come. The lottery corporation says the new…
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…