IGaming
BCLC and Intralot expand partnership with new iLottery solution
British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) and Intralot are extending their lottery collaboration.
Intralot announced on Nov. 4 that its U.S. subsidiary is working with BCLC for the provision of an online lottery platform. The new iLottery solution will be based on the Player X platform, part of…
Caesars rides its new Horseshoe Online Casino into Ontario
Caesars Entertainment has brought its new Horseshoe Online Casino platform north of the border.
The brand is now live in the Ontario market as of Friday, Nov. 1.
Horseshoe Online Casino, the digital version of the formerly retail-only Horseshoe brand, first launched in Michigan in early…
PointsBet’s Canadian betting business continues to boom
PointsBet's Canadian sports betting business continues to grow as the company reported big jumps in handle and net win in Canada last quarter.
While iGaming remains PointsBet's chief source of revenue in Canada, the gap between online gaming and sports wagering closed significantly over the last…
New University of Alberta gambling course aims to educate on changing industry
As Alberta continues to explore the best way to introduce a regulated, commercial online gambling market, the University of Alberta has launched a new micro-credential course aimed at educating people on the evolving gaming industry.
The university's Gambling and Gaming Microcredential is a…
Ontario lowers gaming expectations in Fall Economic Statement
The Ontario government says it expects to make significantly less money from gaming in the current fiscal year than it had previously projected.
In its Fall Economic Statement published on Wednesday, the government said that a key reason for the adjustment in expectations is that Ontarians are…
WSOP officially part of GGPoker group after finalized Caesars sale
The $500 million deal between GGPoker parent company NSUS Group and Caesars Entertainment for the former to acquire the World Series of Poker (WSOP) is officially complete.
First announced in August, Caesars confirmed the deal closure on Tuesday shortly before the company's Q3 earnings call.…
Light & Wonder and AGS post market share growth in Eilers-Fantini monthly report
Eilers & Krejcik Gaming (EKG) has released its latest monthly online game performance report providing insights into Canada’s online casino market.
Using a secure database supported by Oracle and Fantini Research, EKG analyzed more than 17,000 data points from nine iGaming sites across five…
Ontario online casinos more than compensate for flat betting quarter
Summer slowdown? Not so much in Ontario, at least on the iGaming side.
Commercial operators in Ontario’s regulated gaming market took $18.7 billion in wagers in the second quarter of the year alone, from July 1 to Sept. 30. That handle, as well as the gross gaming revenue figure of $738 million,…
Atlantic Lottery profits and sports betting dip, iLottery grows
The Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC) reported a slight dip in profits in the 2023-24 fiscal year despite 17% year-over-year growth in online lottery sales.
The ALC's annual report for the 2023-24 fiscal year shows a drop of 1% or around $5.2 million in total net profit, down to $487 million,…
OLG report suggests it holds one-fifth of Ontario online gaming market
The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG)'s full-year report suggests that the lottery corporation captured one-fifth of Ontario's regulated online gambling activity in the 2023-24 fiscal year.
Earlier this month, OLG published its full-year figures for the FY that ended on March 31, 2024.…