Canada Casinos Archive

Manitoba Internet Gambling: Making all the right moves since January 2013. Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries is one of four provincial gaming regulators throughout Canada who’s elected to host a home-grown internet gambling regime. In the last few years of operation, the MLL has seen exponential growth in revenue. This month, they’re praising the iGaming...

Oh, how times have changed! A new Ontario casino site expansion planned for London is being welcomed with open arms by the community. It’s a far cry from the reaction incurred twenty years ago when a mere 300-machine slots lounge proposal appeared on the docket. The new Ontario casino site is being built as...

Online gambling has been around for more than two decades now. However, for some unfathomable reason, its regulation lacks any uniformity; not just from one country to the next, but within national territories. And when it comes to online casinos Canada is one of the strangest, least uniform markets on the planet. Most European...

Has David Baazov, former CEO of Canada online betting giant Amaya, gone from ‘King of the Mountain‘ to ‘Bottom of the Barrel‘? It’s doubtful the situation has escalated so far. More likely, his recent divestment of 7 million shares in the online gambling firm, is just another way to further distance himself from the...

A few years ago, the British Columbia Lottery Corp (BCLC) launched a socially responsible gambling strategy called GameSense. The provincial regulator has since rolled out the new program at all 35 of its land-based casinos and gaming facilities. It has a simple purpose, but involves a much deeper, interactive process than the casino world...

A Canada slots player says he was wrongfully denied a $10k jackpot prize he won at the OLG Slots at Mohawk Racetrack. The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp (OLG) says they cant pay the prize, because he signed a self-exclusion form nearly two decades ago. At a glance, it would seem the OLG is...