IGaming
Ontario’s licensed iGaming market to launch April 4
Ontario's new open iGaming market finally has a launch date.The province's online gaming market is set to go live on April 4, 2022. iGaming Ontario (iGO), a subsidiary of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO), will conduct and manage iGaming provided through private operators…
SG Digital, IGT, & Evolution lead North American game charts
The latest Eilers-Fantini Online Game Performance Data Insight Report has shown that SG Digital, IGT, and Evolution outstripped rivals to lead the North American game-rank charts through the final six months of 2021.This game-rank history aggregates data across monthly reports to give an overall…
Kings Entertainment eyes online growth after CSE listing
Kings Entertainment, the company which owns LottoKings, has outlined its plans to target the online casino vertical in 2022 as it launched on the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE).The firm said it plans to "focus on revenue growth in the profitable online casino vertical, while continuing to…
theScore Bet becomes first to achieve RGC accreditation
theScore Bet has become the first prospective private market operator in Ontario to achieve the RG Check iGaming Accreditation from the Responsible Gambling Council (RGC).A press release notes that the accreditation is "widely regarded" as one of the most comprehensive responsible gambling…
MaximBet partners with Kambi ahead of Canadian launch
MaximBet, a recently launched sports betting supplier currently operating in Colorado, has signed multi-year partnership deals with Kambi and White Hat Gaming as it looks ahead to launching in Canada and more U.S. states in 2022.The Kambi deal will see MaximBet integrate the Canadian Gaming…
Atlantic Lottery becomes NeoPollard’s first North American digital content partner
Lottery supplier NeoPollard Interactive (NPi) has agreed its first digital content deal in North America with a partnership with Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC).The initial agreement will see ALC, the only regulated iGaming operator in Atlantic Canada, expand its alc.ca platform by adding…
BetMGM sets eyes on Ontario launch
BetMGM has firmed up its commitment to its highly anticipated launch into the Ontario market by announcing in a press release that it is expecting to launch both online sportsbook and iGaming offerings in the province later in 2022.CEO Adam Greenblatt added that bwin, another brand owned by…
Scientific Games earns WLA responsible gaming honour
Scientific Games has been awarded the World Lottery Association’s Responsible Gaming Framework Certificate, which recognizes the company for its continued improvement in responsible gaming practices across its global lottery operations for retail and digital products and services.“In the…
Great Canadian-aligned report warns Ontario over online gambling
A new report prepared for and sponsored by Great Canadian Gaming Corporation has warned that Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government could lose out on hundreds of millions of dollars in annual revenue as a result of its bet on opening up online gambling.According to CBC News, the report from…
Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries aiming for online growth
Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries (MBLL) CEO Manny Atwal has suggested that the corporation intends to gamble on growing its online gambling presence in the province in the coming months.Atwal presented MBLL's 2020-21 fiscal report at a standing committee hearing on January 11, during which he…