Sports Betting
theScore Bet continues to light the way for PENN amid ESPN Bet struggles
Ontario remains PENN Interactive's top market despite its U.S. expansion. Company executives hope to soon be seeing similar success with theScore Bet in Alberta.On an earnings call with investors and analysts on Thursday, when ESPN Bet's slow going south of the border was a big topic of…
PointsBet board accepts MIXI takeover offer amid rival bid from BlueBet
The CEO of PointsBet told investors on Tuesday, Feb. 25 that the Australian gaming company has agreed to be taken over by the Japanese firm MIXI, despite a rival bid from BlueBet.Sam Swanell said on an earnings call that 100% of the shareholding of PointsBet Holdings Ltd. will be bought by the…
Kambi taking over as OLG’s sportsbook supplier
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) is getting a new omnichannel sportsbook provider.Kambi announced on Monday that it is taking over the contract currently held by France's La Française des Jeux (FDJ). FDJ identified Kambi as its preferred assignee and Kambi expects the multi-channel…
4 Nations takes hockey betting to new levels in Canada
Canada loves hockey. That's not a new conclusion, but it was illustrated in both the viewing numbers and the sports betting figures that have emerged since Connor McDavid's overtime goal gave Team Canada the win over Team USA in the 4 Nations Face-Off championship game last Thursday.Sportsnet,…
Ontario sportsbooks enjoy most profitable betting month ever
Ontario set its latest monthly record for gaming activity to kick off 2025, including the most profitable month of regulated sports betting in the province's history.iGaming Ontario's (iGO) numbers for January 2025 show that Ontarians bet $7.84 billion on sports, online casino games and online…
How big is the unregulated slice of Canadian online gaming?
A sizeable chunk of online gaming activity in Canada continues to be done in the grey market.This is nothing new, of course. Ontario now hosts more than 50 licensed and regulated iGaming and online betting operators, many of which already boasted significant recognition and visibility by the…
How Canadians wagered and sportsbooks fared on Super Bowl LIX
Everyone knows the Super Bowl is big business, and so it proved again for Super Bowl LIX last weekend.In the U.S., multiple states smashed their Super Bowl betting records for activity and net win as the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Kansas City Chiefs, while the likes of FanDuel, BetMGM and…
MLB extends partnership with data supplier Sportradar
Major League Baseball (MLB) has acquired an equity stake in Sportradar as part of an expansion of the two parties' long-term partnership.Sportradar has been an official partner of MLB since 2019. Under the new enhanced terms, it will exclusively distribute MLB’s ultra-low latency official data,…
Are affordability checks coming to Canadian gaming?
For years, affordability checks have been like a boogie man for most markets. It lurks as a threat but it has yet to manifest into something operators and regulators have ever had to actually confront.That is starting to change, though. The UK Gambling Commission began a pilot program on…
NorthStar Gaming forecasts big annual profit jump
NorthStar Gaming said the final quarter of the Canadian fiscal year completed its best-ever year.The company's preliminary results released on Tuesday suggest that Northstar Bets' total wagers for Q4 will reach around $303 million, a 42% jump on Q4 2023-24. Gross gaming revenue is expected to…