Sports Betting
theScore Bet, Golf Canada extend multi-year partnership
theScore Bet and Golf Canada will be pairing up for Canadian golf events for the next few years.The sportsbook and the governing body have extended their existing partnership. theScore Bet will continue as the organization’s exclusive official gaming partner, including sponsorship of Canada’s…
Alberta passes bill opening potential door for gambling expansion
It's official: Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis is not the only entity that can conduct and manage gaming in the province.The Alberta legislature has passed a bill that recognises that the provincial government has the authority to conduct and manage gaming in the province as well as AGLC.…
BCLC retail sportsbook Sports Action ends operations after 33 years
The British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) is shutting down its retail sportsbook Sports Action this weekend after 33 years.Sports Action will end operations at in-person venues on Saturday, May 25 to make way for a new retail sportsbook to come. The lottery corporation says the new…
Checking in on Canada: Where we’ve been and where we’re going
Ontario's regulated gaming market has fulfilled its goals of providing a wide range of choice to consumers and bringing in revenue for the province. That early success can serve as a launchpad for the rest of Canada if and when further provinces choose to regulate gaming.Those were two of the…
NorthStar Gaming reports quarterly record betting traffic, appoints new CFO
Record quarterly betting volume fueled a 63% year-over-year rise in revenue in the first quarter of 2024 for NorthStar Gaming.For the three months ended March 31, 2024, NorthStar Bets, the company's made-in-Ontario casino and sportsbook platform, took a record $218 million in wagers. It also…
Kahnawà:ke won’t appeal Ontario court iGaming decision
The Quebec-based Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke (MCK) says it will not appeal the Ontario Superior Court's decision to dismiss its challenge of iGaming Ontario's online gaming and betting model.The MCK had argued that the provincial government's "unilateral changes" to the way gaming is managed…
1/ST Content expands Canadian offering with Assiniboia Downs
1/ST CONTENT has expanded its Canadian horse racing offering through a long-term international distribution deal with Assiniboia Downs (ASD).The company will provide betting content across a 50-fixture schedule which starts today, May 20. Highlights of ASD’s schedule include the Manitoba Derby,…
CFL’s Shawn Lemon appeals betting suspension
Suspended CFL player Shawn Lemon is appealing his lifetime ban from the league.Lemon was suspended after an investigation found he had bet on games in 2021 while a member of the Calgary Stampeders. "Irrefutable evidence" concluded he wagered on one game that he played in.However, the league…
IBIA and PFA Canada to deliver sports integrity education to the CPL
The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) has partnered with the Professional Footballers’ Association Canada (PFA Canada) to design a sports-integrity education program for players and staff in the Canadian Premier League (CPL).The program will touch on the dangers of sports…
AGCO’s Doug Hood: Sports must take the lead on integrity
How can the sports and sports betting industries ensure the integrity of competition? It's a question with no simple answer and one at the forefront of the conversation in recent months.In the wake of cases such as Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter's lifetime ban from the NBA for betting…