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Internet Gambling Canada: Research Shows Provincial Efforts are Lacking After more than 20 years, the online gambling industry hasn’t gotten any easier to compete in. That’s great news for players, as competition drives promotional generosity among operators. But it’s not such great news for Canadian provinces; most of which just found out their efforts...

Four New Ontario Live Casino & RNG Gambling Sites Gain iGO Licence It’s been just over two months since the launch of Ontario’s competitive online gambling market. Kicking off on April 4, 2022, the iGaming scene debuted with an impressive total of 17 websites. Online sports betting, casino games, and virtual poker tables were,...

BC Lottery Corp to Develop the First Saskatchewan Gambling App for SIGA For years now, it’s always been the same Canadian provinces that make headlines in the iGaming industry. British Columbia has been doing it for nearly two decades, having launched the country’s first legally and locally licensed online gambling portal back in 2004....

ALC Online Gambling Platform Receives RG Check Accreditation Responsibility in gambling – it’s an absolute must! It’s not just players who are encouraged to gamble responsibly, either. Operators of land-based casinos, as well as online gaming websites, are expected to uphold responsible practices. Perhaps more important is the responsibility of the government agencies that...

FYI: Online Sportsbook Casinos vs. Individual Gambling Apps The online gambling industry has grown to fantastic heights over the last 25 years. What was once a small, burgeoning enterprise riddled with suspicion, is now a global, multi-billion-dollar eCommerce, highlighted by qualitative games and multi-jurisdictional regulation; from painfully slow downloads on bulky PCs, to instant...

Province Encourages Locals to Gamble Safely Online from Ontario There are two very good reasons why the government of Ontario is choosing to regulate internet gambling. The first reason – the one their touting the most heavily – is that it offers locals a safer way to bet on the web. The second one...

Online Gambling Ontario: What iGaming Regulation Means to You Ontarians have been gambling over the internet for the last 25 years. A lot has changed in that time. It’s not just about the quantity and quality of games anymore. The most significant changes have come by way of regulatory action. In the late 1990s,...

Ontario Casino Games Licenses Won’t Reach Offshore Brands this Year Online gambling has been big business in some parts of Canada for years now. British Columbia has been raking in the profits longer than any other province, following the 2004 launch of BCLC’s Playnow.com. Ontario was slow to the game, launching PlayOLG in January...

Learn which casino games you can beat in the long term. Most people seem to think there is just one, maybe two casino games that can be beaten. In reality, there are three of them. But it’s probably not what you’re thinking. The two games most commonly believed to be beatable are blackjack and...

A propitious start for one-wager sports betting in Ontario. Sports fans all over Canada have always believed sports betting shouldn’t be limited to multi-pick parlays. It took nearly a decade for a majority of the nation’s lawmakers to agree. In June, it finally happened. Single-event betting was made legal via the passage of Bill...