Lottery
OLG launches enhanced retail sports betting
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has announced that it is now offering sports bettors in the province "a complete gaming experience" with new sports betting products at retailers under its PROLINE brand.Players can now place single-event wagers on a variety of sports at approximately…
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…
OLG named to 2022 Canada Best Employer list
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has been named in the top 20 per cent of Canadian employers with over 500 staff in Forbes’ Canada Best Employer 2022 list.Compiled by Forbes and Statista Inc, the annual award honours 300 companies. OLG made it onto the final list for the first time…
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…
AGLC simplifies access to its self-exclusion program
Alberta Gaming, Liquor & Cannabis (AGLC) is improving access to its self-exclusion program, making it easier for gamblers to exercise greater control over their habits and gain greater access to responsible gambling tools.As of January 10, 2021, bettors who wish to enroll or renew their…
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…
Nova Scotia still weighing up sports betting
Five months on from the enacting of Bill C-218 to legalize single-event sports betting across Canada, Nova Scotia is still assessing how best to roll out that new market.When the announcement was made on August 27, 2021, Atlantic Lottery Corporation declared it would be offering singles bets in…
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…
BCLC President & CEO Jim Lightbody steps down
BCLC's Lightbody had been on medical leave since September 6, 2019, after receiving a cancer diagnosis.
Jim Warren appointed Chair of OLG Board of Directors
OLG has named Jim Warren, president and CEO of Riseley Strategies Inc., as the new chair of its board of directors.