Responsible Gambling Archive

LOK Law Will Bring New Respect to Curacao Gaming License Holders September 1, 2023, is stacking up to become a bold entry date in the history books of online gambling. For more than two decades, online casinos waving a license from the Caribbean island had little to boast about. Come next month, that’s going...

Educated Gamer’s Informational Guide to Online Gambling Laws Ontario Gambling is one of the most historically famous pastimes in the world. When the great Venetian explorer John Cabot arrived here in 1497, he discovered the natives participating in various gambling games. During colonization, British soldiers were known to be avid gamblers, despite King Richard...

New Mayor wants all OLG Lottery and Gaming Jobs in Sault St Marie Former councilman Matthew Shoemaker is now the mayor of Sault St. Marie, Ontario. As a more influential member of local government, he is more adamant than ever that the city deserves sole operation of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG)....

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Then & Now: Gambling Laws of Canada On Land and Online (2024) What is gambling? It is the act of placing a bet. A bet is placed when an individual risks something of value on the outcome of something that hasn’t happened yet in hopes of winning an equal or larger thing of value...

Just Because Sports Betting is Legal in Canada Doesn’t Mean it’s Not Risky On August 27, 2021, single-event sports betting became legal all across Canada. That was the day millions of Canucks threw out their parlay slips in favor of straight-up bets. It opened a whole new world of odds and wagers; a world...

Manchester City Joins LeoVegas Casino for Euro/Canada Sponsorship Deal Canadian soccer fans and iGaming enthusiasts alike may find this news very interesting. LeoVegas is teaming up with Manchester City. Okay, so it’s not Caesars Palace and Manchester United – it’s still pretty big news. LeoVegas is one of Canada’s top online casinos, with a...

Unibet Ontario takes a $48k Hit from AGCO for “Generous” Bonus Ad It took many years for Ontario to get all its iGaming ducks in a row. Above all, provincial leaders had to ensure utmost player protections; protection against not just scams and fraudulent activity, but against predatory marketing. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission...

Half a Million Player Accounts are Already Gambling Online in Ontario April 4, 2022, was a great day in Canada, and not because it was my birthday; (although that did make it a bit more memorable). No, the historical significance of that date belongs to Ontario’s official launch of a provincially regulated, competitive iGaming...

After Years of Convincing, ALC Launches Online Casino in Nova Scotia For the last decade, the Atlantic Lottery Corp has been working tirelessly to give east coast provinces access to a locally-regulated online gambling market. In the beginning, it was a trial in futility. None of the provinces were showing interest. Their preference for...