Specialty Betting Archive

Who better to explicate the situation than Paul Burns, President and CEO of the Canadian Gaming Association (CGA)? He and his organization have been there all along, supporting legislative expansion, lobbying parliament, and contributing documented evidence that legalization is far more beneficial to society as a whole than prohibition has been, especially since the...

The UKGC had some good news to report in its latest research study. It turns out that minors aren't gambling as much in 2019 as they were in years past. The reduction in numbers wasn't as admirable as regulators would have liked, but it is at least a good sign that their efforts are...

By all means, we are among the most liberal online gambling nations in on the planet! However, our government has been 'waiting and watching' for an awfully long time. Our provinces are doing their best to capitalize on the opportunities provided, launching ring-fenced iGaming operations within most provinces, but they are tired of...

Suffice it to say, if you have a new product you'd like to put on the market, there's no better place to host an official launch. That's exactly what the executive team at Mazooma thought when they scheduled the debut of Xpress-branded eCheck Select deposits....

Evolution and SG first aligned in 2016, thanks to a mutual burgeoning relationship with the British Columbia Lottery Corp (BCLC). Three years later, their partnership has blossomed into a bountiful harvest, but they're not done blooming yet as a new fruit-bearing interest is in the works....

Normally, when two candidates debate an issue, they hop on opposing sides of the argument. That's not the case with Pupatello and Masse, who are both supporting the legalization of single-event betting. Their controvert revolves around who supported it first, and who will work the hardest to get the law passed....

According to the Wall Street Journal (and every other major news source from here to Timbuktu), Flutter is merging with Canada-based The Stars Group (TSG). As many of you know, TSG is the proud parent of online poker juggernaut PokerStars. A marriage between these two will irrefutably chisel the theme of the industry's...

The online gambling industry is looking towards the foreseeable future in the most lucrative regional markets. Thanks to player-friendly laws from our federal government, Canada is right up there with the best of them. Being among the world's most competitive markets, Canadian players should have a lot to look forward to in the coming...

The three areas we've seen benefit the most in recent years are regulation, technology and revenue. More jurisdictions are taking the inevitable presence of iGaming seriously. Software companies are making enormous strides in technology. As a result, games developers, operators and players are all seeing greater profits....

The point of this exercise is to determine whether there's a comparable relationship to the strategies behind these two types of games. If that's the case – if the strategies do align – you may find it worth your while to broaden your horizons....