Sports Betting
Kings Entertainment merging with Bet99 parent
Updated May 31
Kings Entertainment Group and Sports Venture Holdings (SVH), the parent company of the Bet99 online sports and casino betting brand, have agreed to combine their operations into one sports betting and gaming-focused company.SVH is a holding company of subsidiaries that operate…
OLG launches Canada’s first lottery and gaming affiliate program with Paysafe
The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has become the first Canadian lottery corporation to launch an affiliate partnership, extending its work with Paysafe with a new program powered by the affiliate software of Income Access, Paysafe’s marketing technology and services provider.A…
Mohegan Gaming becomes first land-based operator licensed in Ontario
Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment has become the first land-based operator to be licensed to operate an online brand in the province by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO).Mohegan Gaming now just needs to execute an operating agreement with iGaming Ontario (iGO) before its new…
Paysafe strikes unified payments partnership with Strive Gaming
Leading specialized payments platform Paysafe has announced a new partnership with Strive Gaming, a Vancouver-based advanced player account management (PAM) platform designed for the multi-state requirements of online operators in the North American market.Strive had recently linked up with…
DraftKings finally launches in Ontario
Six weeks into Ontario's regulated online gaming and betting market, perhaps the biggest missing name has finally joined the throngs.DraftKings officially went live in the province on May 18, becoming the latest operator rivalling Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) in the regulated…
MP Kevin Waugh criticizes slow pace of Saskatchewan’s Bill C-218 rollout
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…
NorthStar Bets officially goes live as Ontario’s 17th operator
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 completes GNOG acquisition, expects Q2 Ontario launch
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…
Ontario market shaping up well one month on
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…
National Basketball League of Canada selects IMG as betting partner
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…