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Five Years of Legal Sports Betting in Canada: A Boom, a Warning and One Open Market

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Legal Sports Betting In Canada | Five Years On

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

Ontario Gambling Helpline Calls From Young Men Up 317 Percent, CMAJ Study Finds

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Ontario Online Gambling Harm Surges | New CMAJ Study

Helpline calls from boys and men aged 15 to 24 with gambling-related concerns rose 317 percent after Ontario privatized online gambling, a new CMAJ study found. The data points to online casino, not sports betting, as the dominant harm product.