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
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
Wealthsimple and Kalshi have brought prediction markets to Canadian investors, but securities regulators have walled off the sports and election contracts that power the boom south of the border, leaving Canada with a halfway version of the fastest-growing product in betting. TORONTO – Prediction markets, the fastest-growing product in online betting, finally have a regulated … Read more
TORONTO — The Canadian betting and gaming industry arrives in Toronto on Tuesday for SBC Summit Canada 2026, a three-day gathering at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre that kicks off at what may be the most consequential moment in the country’s regulated gambling history. More than 3,000 operators, affiliates, regulators and technology suppliers are expected … Read more