Sports Betting
Saskatchewan to go live with online gaming and sports betting in November
Saskatchewan will launch its first and only legal online gaming and sports betting website, PlayNow.com, for residents of the province on Nov. 3.The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Association (SIGA) has stated it will be the official operator of PlayNow, as per an operating agreement with…
Great Canadian Entertainment agrees to retail sportsbook deal with Kambi
Great Canadian Entertainment has sealed a multi-year partnership with Kambi for the utilization of the latter’s on-property sportsbook across 10 of its casinos in Ontario.Under the terms of the deal, Great Canadian will launch a Kambi-powered sportsbook across its properties in the province…
Pinnacle to launch sportsbook website for Ontario market
Pinnacle has announced that its website for the Ontario market, Pinnacle.ca, will go live on Oct. 26, allowing bettors in the province to wager on sports and esports events.The operator received approval from the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) in September to provide its…
Low6 to produce F2P games for BET99
Gaming platform Low6 has agreed to a partnership with online sportsbook and casino BET99 to produce free-to-play games for the Canadian market.Under the terms of the deal, BET99 will utilize Low6’s gamification technology, offering the platform’s F2P games including a Football and Hockey Pick‘em…
PokerStars & MLSE kickstart Toronto team seasons with Union Station takeover
PokerStars and Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) have brought their partnership to life with a PokerStars Casino takeover of Union Station.The duo officially launched their partnership earlier this year via a strategic partnership between Flutter Entertainment and MLSE, which saw…
Rivalry anticipates record Q3 handle thanks to esports betting
Rivalry has published its preliminary results for the third quarter, declaring a record handle and revenue thanks to esports betting, as well as growth in casino experiences.On its website, the sportsbook and media company reported a new all-time high betting handle of $70.3m, a 20.3% increase…
iGO: Ontario igaming market reaches $6bn in Q2 betting
iGaming Ontario (iGO) has posted its second quarter of operations market performance report for the Ontario igaming market, reporting progress on Q1’s figures as total wagers rose by close to $2bn.For the period from July 1 through September 30, iGO stated total wagers of $6.04bn for Q2, an…
Canada in the clear as IBIA issues 76 suspicious sports betting alerts in Q3 2022
The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) has reported 76 cases worldwide of suspicious sports betting in Q3 2022, but not a single one originated from Canada.The only North American country in question proved to be the Dominican Republic, whose single case was for tennis.There…
TonyBet seals bet monitoring deal with US Integrity ahead of Ontario launch
TonyBet has agreed to a comprehensive partnership with US Integrity to ensure betting integrity ahead of its launch in the Canadian sports betting market.Under the terms of the deal, integrity monitoring services will be provided by US Integrity to TonyBet via its proprietary dashboard. The…
BetRivers recruits Canadian sports broadcaster Bob McCown as new brand ambassador
Rush Street Interactive has signed up Canadian sports broadcaster Bob McCown as the newest member of its BetRivers brand ambassador team.Perhaps best known as the long-time host of Canadian sports talk show ‘Prime Time Sports’, McCown has signed a multi-year deal to represent the BetRivers brand…