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MP Kevin Waugh, whose widely supported private member's bill to legalize single-event sports betting in Canada led to Bill C-218 being passed last summer, has criticized his home province of Saskatchewan for taking so long in moving forward with implementing the change.The Safe and Regulated…

The American Gaming Association (AGA) has announced that commercial US casinos enjoyed their most successful month on record in March 2022, taking more than US$5.3 billion from gamblers. The previous best single-month total ever was July 2021 at US$4.92 billion. Taking Q1 of 2022 as a whole, US…

Light & Wonder has continued its recent spree of acquisitions by purchasing Playzido, an online gaming content developer launched in 2018.The company said in a release that the move will accelerate its vision of becoming "the leading cross-platform global game company".Light & Wonder…

iGaming Ontario (iGO) has announced that NorthStar Bets has officially gone live as the 17th privately operated brand in Ontario's regulated online gaming and betting market.NorthStar's Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) registration had been confirmed in late April, and it has now…

DraftKings has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Golden Nugget Online Gaming (GNOG) that it had announced in August 2021.The all-stock transaction, which has an implied equity value of approximately US$1.56 billion, will enable the group to leverage the Golden Nugget brand to…

GameOn Entertainment Technologies Inc., a leading NFT game technology company partnered with the world’s biggest IPs to launch, operate, and monetize NFT-based games, has appointed Luke Gniwecki as a Special Advisor focused on Web3 and NFT product innovation.Gniwecki comes to GameOn with a…

One month into the new regulated online gaming and betting Ontario market and things are going pretty well, all told.As of May 5, at least 34 operators have been successfully registered with the AGCO and 21 websites/apps are up and running. Those include numerous big-name operators from within…

The National Basketball League of Canada (NBL Canada) has selected Endeavour Group’s sports subsidiary IMG Arena as its official sports betting data supplier.The two organizations' exclusive audio-visual sports betting and data rights deal will begin at the start of the 2022/23 season with…

Law firm Segev LLP has promoted lawyers Aadam Tejpar and Marius Adomnica to partners and elevated lawyer Evie Sheppard to an Of Counsel position at the firm.Adomnica has been with Segev since 2014 and has worked at the forefront of the firm's technology, iGaming, and video game and esports law…

The Canadian Gaming Association (CGA) has expanded its membership roster by welcoming companies including GeoComply, Bet99, and FIS to its ranks. GeoComply GeoComply is a leader in geolocation security and compliance and provides fraud prevention and cybersecurity solutions that detect location…