Casino
Paving the Way for an Increasingly Cashless Future
The Canadian Gaming Association’s regulatory Standards for Cashless Systems are the result of an industry-wide discussion about where gaming is headed.
Given the large extent to which all corners of the Canadian gaming industry have been affected by COVID-19 in the last 14 months, it’s easy to…
Gaming Advisory Services Launches New Website for Compliance and AML
Gaming Advisory Services has launched a new website which aims to help gaming industry organizations and personnel navigate the industry's compliance and AML needs.
Gaming Advisory Services offers help to land-based gaming, cGaming, iGaming, provincial gaming agencies, and gaming regulators…
B.C. Casino Workers Plead for Casinos to Reopen in Video
The British Columbia Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) recently released a video in which B.C. casino workers plead for land-based gaming facilities to reopen again.
Gaming facilities across the province have been shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic since March 2020.
The video…
British Columbia Casinos Pass One Year of Closure With No Firm End Date in Sight
By Tom Nightingale
For British Columbia casino operators and gamblers, the waiting game continues.
Last week saw the marking of one year since casinos were last open in the province. All land-based gaming facilities were ordered to be shut down on March 16, 2020 as the extent of the COVID-19…
HookMotion’s table-tracking software optimizes your casino’s operations
The Canadian gaming industry is taking leaps forward when it comes to integrating technology and gaming. But, as the gaming experience moves with the times, security, surveillance, and casino optimization are in danger of being left behind.
Montreal-based company HookMotion are making it their…
SIGA Feels the Weight of Responsibility During COVID-19
By Tom Nightingale
For the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority (SIGA), the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic have hit a little differently than for most operators and regulators.
That’s because SIGA is not like most of its industry peers. The authority operates numerous gaming…
Resiliency and Progress the Name of the Game for SaskGaming
By Tom Nightingale
There are stories to be told all over Canada when it comes to gaming in 2020. In Saskatchewan, there’s been a clear focus when it comes to casinos and gaming. The province has looked to position itself so that the industry – and public health – remains resilient to the…
A Q&A with David Flinn, IGT’s Vice President of South America & Canada
By Tom Nightingale
The last seven months have been a testing and unprecedented time for all corners of the gaming industry, from operators to customers to regulators. On the supply and technology side, too, things have never been quite like they are in 2020, and that’s necessitated resilience and…
Changing consumer habits bring new challenges for leading gaming industry suppliers
By Tom Nightingale
For gaming industry suppliers in North America, like so many companies in so many industries, the situation has arguably never been quite the same as it is in 2020. Though the path charted by gaming this year hasn’t been entirely similar in every province, the general tests…
How Alberta’s Pure Canadian Gaming has weathered the COVID-19 storm
One thing's for sure: For casino operators, 2020 has been a year like no other.
Closures, pivots, challenges, lessons. With the inexorable onset of the COVID-19 pandemic hitting Canada in full force from March, the Canadian gaming industry was far from alone in grounding to an effective…