Ontario Casinos Archive

Malta seeks global self-exclusion from live and online casino gambling. The utilization of self-exclusion services to promote the prevention of problem gambling is nothing new. Jurisdictions all over the world have regulatory guidelines that mandate the provision of self-exclusion systems among their licencees. However, these programs have been largely unsuccessful for a multitude of...

Niagara Falls Mayor Jim Diodati implores Canada to permit legal sports betting on single events. The list of influential supporters for the legalization of single-event live and online sports betting in Canada got longer this week. The Canadian Gaming Association began lobbying for legalization last week, the very moment the US Supreme Court made...

Gamblit’s ‘TriStation’ skill-based gambling games coming to US and Canada casinos. For months now, Gambling Gaming has been testing out its latest invention at select Las Vegas casinos. The company, which specializes in real money skill games, was previously permitted to run a trial of its ‘TriStation‘ gambling devices. If they passed regulatory inspection...

UKGC slaps popular Canada online casino with £600k fine. Swedish-owned LeoVegas Casino, founded in 2011 and launched the following year with a mobile-first approach to iGaming, has become one of the most successful internet gaming destinations of all time. It’s immensely popular in the UK and Canada, accommodating countless players from around the globe....

Hard Rock Ottawa Casino could bring 2x revenue to Canadian capitol. Following its recent acquisition by the Seminole Tribe of Florida and their partners at Rideau Carleton Raceway, the new managers of the Hard Rock Casino Ottawa are hoping to make big changes. There are major plans in the works for a $318 million...

What are Canadian friendly online casinos? Are they legal? For more than a decade, there’s been doubt surrounding the legality of online gambling in many regions of the world. Questions first arose when the US began its war on internet gambling back in 2006. Thanks to legislative amendments, we now know for certain that...

Will Pickering, Ontario host one of the biggest casinos in Canada? The world is teeming with massive integrated casino resorts. Huge hotels, entertainment complexes, business and conference centers, luxury amenities – these are common in major gambling hubs like Las Vegas, Atlantic City, London, Sydney, Macau, etc. But is the city of Pickering the...

Toronto online casino players finding sweeter deposit bonuses at home. For more than three years, the majority of gambling enthusiasts in Ontario have elected to do their iGaming with international casino websites. When provincial regulators launched a home-grown iGaming website in January of 2015, it failed to draw much attention. Recent interpretations of the...

The new casino on Crawford Drive is well underway, and set to open later this year, despite 5 years of local opposition to the Peterborough, Ontario casino. The government of Ontario – all of Canada, for that matter – is one of democratic allegiance. At its foundation, this means that the people have the...

Unencumbered guide to Ubuntu Linux casinos in Canada. I remember writing on this very same topic several years ago. The content was far different back then. It was nearly impossible to find Ubuntu casinos. Canada had access to an endless number of Windows-compatible casinos, even some Mac-compliant ones. But Linux users were so few...