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FanDuel unveils new My Spend customer dashboard
FanDuel has launched a new My Spend tool designed to help users track and manage their spending and gaming activity habits.Customers can view personalized stats including deposit and wager amounts and net winnings over a range of timeframes, from seven days to three months. The dashboard…
BetMGM names Casey Hurbis as new CMO
BetMGM has hired experienced marketing leader and former RocketMortgage executive Casey Hurbis as its new chief marketing officer.At the U.S.'s larges retail mortgage lender, Hurbis led marketing strategies including collaborating with BetMGM’s creative agency of record, Highdive, on three…
NorthStar sees big value in being niche Canadian gaming player
NorthStar Gaming CEO Michael Moskowitz told investors this week that the company sees a great deal of profitability in its position as a smaller, niche operator in Canada.NorthStar operates out of Toronto and runs separate websites, one inside Ontario to serve the regulated market with casino…
Loto-Québec’s casino gaming drives double-digit revenue and profit growth
Loto-Québec has reported double-digit yearly increases in both revenue and profits for last quarter, driven by strong performance in its casino and gaming sector.The crown corporation published its financial figures for Q2 of the Canadian fiscal year, running from July 1 to Sept. 30. Revenues…
Auditor General applauds OLG for keeping pace with commercial operators
The Auditor General of Ontario has found Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) to be making good progress in competing with the province's array of commercial online casino operators.As part of Shelley Spence's first annual report as Auditor General that was published this week, the…
BetMGM to propel Push Gaming in Ontario and beyond
BetMGM will bring Push Gaming's range of titles to a larger audience in Ontario as part of a new deal between the operator and the supplier that will expand into the U.S. next year.The first phase of the partnership with Push Gaming, which is majority owned by MGM Resorts International…
Aviatrix takes flight in Ontario in first North American launch
Multi-award-winning crash game developer Aviatrix has liftoff in North America for the first time after it received a license to launch in the Ontario market.Aviatrix has been granted a B2B supplier license by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO), allowing online casino operators…
How PayPal’s absence impacts Canadian iGaming
PayPal has a strong presence in many online gaming markets around the world. Why not Canada?SBC spoke to Ville Saari, lead content manager at casino comparison site Bojoko.ca, about PayPal's notable lack of footprint in Canadian gaming. Saari believes that the lack of federal gaming regulatory…
A whistle-stop tour of Ontario’s international play question
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 based outside Canada.Since Ontario's legal iGaming market…
CEO Salz reflects on ‘most decisive period in Rivalry’s history’ amid rebrand
Rivalry CEO and Co-Founder Steven Salz told investors on Friday that the company has "completely rebuilt every core element of our product" as it looks to lean more heavily into the cryptocurrency side of online gaming.Rivalry's product overhaul, which was completed this week, included a new…