On Monday, Alberta becomes the second province to open online gambling to private operators, in the most crowded launch Canada has seen. It will not be a big bang so much as a rolling start, and the harder question is how many of the dozens of brands chasing a province of five million will still … 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
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.