Sports Betting
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…
Penn to embed betting functionality in theScore media app
Penn Entertainment CEO and President Jay Snowden announced at the company's earnings call on May 2 that theScore will tie theScore Bet's betting experience directly into the brand's media app in Ontario.Score Media and Gaming first launched theScore Bet in September 2019, two years before Penn…
NorthStar Gaming takes quarterly record revenue in Q4 2023
Toronto-based NorthStar Gaming reported a 103% year-over-year increase in Q4 revenue as it unveiled the financial results for its first full year of operations.NorthStar took total revenue of $6.5 million in the three months ended Dec. 31, 2023, a quarterly record for the company and more than…
Alberta to begin consultations with gaming stakeholders this year
After Alberta set aside $1 million in its 2024 budget to assess the potential of a regulated gaming and betting market, the province says it will begin discussions with industry stakeholders later this year.
The province has not formally announced a timeframe for taking solid steps toward exploring…