A six-figure money-laundering penalty against the company behind Pickering Casino Resort is just the newest signal that Ontario’s gaming regulator, long content to issue polite reminders, will now come after casinos, betting apps and even the studios that stock their games, and will pull a licence when it decides that is warranted. TORONTO – Through … Read more
Four years after launch, Ontario’s regulated iGaming market is posting some of its biggest numbers yet, with April revenue the third-highest on record and up almost 30 percent in a year, even as the money rolls in mainly from online casino and the conversation about harm grows louder. TORONTO – Ontario’s regulated online gambling market … Read more
Five years after Parliament decriminalized single-game wagering, Canada has a multibillion-dollar online market, a mounting public-health bill and exactly one province that has opened its doors to competition. TORONTO – The story of legal sports betting in Canada turns exactly five years old on June 29. On that date in 2021, a private member’s bill … Read more
Drake’s $100 million-a-year promotion of crypto-gambling platform Stake.com is reaching Canadian audiences through Kick livestreams. Ontario’s 2024 celebrity advertising ban does not cover the channel, and no Canadian regulator has acted.
Ontario’s gambling regulator has moved to suspend PointsBet Canada for five days over unreported wagers tied to the Jontay Porter scheme, the first such action against a major sportsbook in the province.