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Business
May 6, 2022
NBL Canada Taps IMG Arena as Sports Data Distribution Partner
The National Basketball League of Canada NBL has teamed up with IMG Arena with the latter company becoming the official data supplier for the company. This comes as part of a multi-year arrangement between the two organizaitons. Distributing Big Data for Additional Value Moving forward, IMG Arena will tap into the league data feeds. The […]
Business
May 4, 2022
Kambi and Mohegan Team Up for Exclusive Mobile Wagering Services
Kambi Group PLC has entered a strategic mobile sportsbook partnership with Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment. With this development, Kambi will provide its mobile betting solutions to the Fallsview Casino establishment, located in Ontario, Canada. Ontario’s online gambling market launched on April 4. Fallsview Casino Is the Largest Casino Resort in Ontario Kambi will be able […]
Casino
May 4, 2022
Ontario Regulator Issues Penalties to BetMGM and PointsBet
Ontario is now a month into its regulated online gambling market, and it has already meted out two penalties to companies that have colored around the lines. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario or AGCO for short issued financial penalties to both BetMGM Canada and PointsBet. Regulator Fines PointsBet and BetMGM in Ontario AGCO […]
Lottery
May 3, 2022
Colleagues Cut Pizza Guy out of Pool Lottery Winnings
Doing business with family and friends sounds like a great idea, but things can get ugly really quickly. This applies to colleagues pitching in to buy a lottery ticket and winning CA$1 million ($780,000). And, when you have 17 people participating, you are bound to have someone kick up a fuss. Former Pizza Delivery Guy […]
Sports
April 25, 2022
Betway Leads Ontario Betting Market But App Downloads Favor theScore Bet
Ontario opened the sports betting market for private companies on April 4. Since then, there are already some companies and brands that are pulling ahead in the race. Local sportsbooks are giving US companies a good run for their money, with theScore Bet, bet365, and FanDuel presently running neck-and-neck in the first three-or-so weeks of […]
Business
April 21, 2022
OpenBet Brings Stewart Groumoutis to Preside over Commercial Growth
OpenBet has hired Stewart Groumoutis as vice president of commercial for Canada as the company seeks to expand and consolidate its footprint in one of the most promising betting and igaming markets in North America. The company has confirmed that the arrival of the heavyweight regulation expert Groumoutis in the position is reflective of OpenBet’s […]
Industry
April 12, 2022
New Report Analyzes the Impact of COVID-19 on Gamblers in Ontario
A new report reveals how the global COVID-19 pandemic impacted the behavior of gamblers in Ontario, Canada. Ontario’s Responsible Gambling Council Releases Results from a New Study The Responsible Gambling Council’s (RGC) Centre for the Advancement of Best Practices (CABP) issued the results of a new study in collaboration with the Ontario Gambling Research Society […]
Industry
April 12, 2022
IGT Will Deliver 1,375 VLTs to the Atlantic Lottery Corporation
International Game Technology (IGT), a multinational B2B producer of slot machines and gambling technology, has inked a new partnership deal with the Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC) in Canada. IGT Will Supply ALC with 1,375 New VLTs As per the deal, IGT’s Canadian subsidiary, IGT Canada Solutions, will provide its partner with more than a thousand […]
Sports
April 11, 2022
SportsGrid to Debut Weekday Betting News Program NewsWire
US nation’s first streaming video network serving sports betting audiences SportsGrid announced today the NewsWire weekday news program is set to debut streaming live on April 12, 2022. ‘Perspective and Authority’ The NewsWire, a sixty-minute live sports wagering news program, will be presented by long-time broadcast veteran and journalist Craig Mish, featuring the most important […]
Business
April 11, 2022
PointsBet Becomes Official Sports Betting Partner for MLSE’s Pro Teams
PointsBet Canada has signed a multi-year deal with sports and real estate company Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE). According to the agreement, PointsBet will become one of MLSE’s official sports betting partners. The New Partnership Is Historic PointsBet Canada’s chief executive officer Scott Vanderwel called the new agreement a “historic deal”, adding that partnering […]