Canada Archive

Five important tips before cashing out at online casinos. Signing up a new online casino account is the easy part. Enter all your information, press a button, and you’re all set. Even funding the account is a simple process, with more instant deposit options available than there are Las Vegas casinos. But when it...

Will inaugural ICE North America ignore Canada online gambling market? A very stimulating announcement was made last week. Clarion Gaming, host of the annual ICE Totally Gaming summit in London, UK (and others), proclaimed the inaugural ICE North America is coming in 2019. The entire iGaming industry is dizzy with anticipation. But now, a...

Hard Rock Casino Vancouver labour dispute is finally over. After a very long and arduous ten weeks, the strike at British Columbia’s Vancouver Hard Rock Casino is over. According to the British Columbia Government and Service Employee’s Union (BCGEU), negotiations came to an end this morning as workers voted in favour of their first...

What makes an online casino safe for Canadian players? If you’ve visited this website before, you may have noticed by now that, what we primarily do is investigate and report on the safety, security, and overall efficacy of online gambling sites. That, and we script a good bit of gaming news relative to the...

With Caesars Windsor open and call for US boycott, will Canadians still flock to Detroit for casino gambling? Nearly two decades ago, Detroit, Michigan became host city to three major gambling destinations. The MGM Grand Detroit opened its doors in July 1999. It was soon followed by MotorCity Casino in December 1999, then Greektown...

Swiss sports betting odds firm to benefit Canada Pensioners. Here in Canada, everyone’s talking about sports betting. The government needs to expand our laws. Single-events must to be legalized. The US took the smart path, while we continue to lose billions offshore. Round and round we go, but nothing seems to be happening. Finally,...

Will Delaware’s $7 million in 20 days be enough to induce a Canada single sports betting law? Sports betting is not illegal in Canada. In fact, we’ve been laying wagers on sporting events for decades. The problem is, we’re limited to ProLine parlays, picking multiple contests and only winning if all of them come...

Fine-happy UKGC issues Enforcement report to help online gambling companies avoid future penalties. Since legislating a whole new iGaming regulatory and licensing regime in late 2014, the United Kingdom Gambling Commission (UKGC) has dished up millions in fines to operators who fail to comply with the legislative agenda. In the last year, they’ve been...

Report recommends BC gambling regulator be replaced. Earlier this year, following staggering allegations of millions of dollars worth of money laundering through BC casinos, Peter German issued an independent report on the matter. Within that report is recommendations for policy changes and other effective ways to prevent future incidents. That report was partially released...

Stigma dissolves from Canada internet casinos, poker, and sports gambling. Rejoice, for it is official! According to university researchers, the stigma that has surrounded online gambling—and casino gambling in general—has finally become a deliquesce of nature in Canada. No longer is logging on to an internet casino, poker room or sportsbook a shameful activity,...