Toy Store Worker Bags $1M Lotto Max Win
A man from Mississauga recently discovered for himself the joy of beginner’s luck when he decided to purchase a lottery ticket for the first time in his life. Lucky Lotto winner Nathaniel Marksman bagged a massive $1 million in Maxmi...Read More
Edmonton Man Wins $17M In Lotto Draw
While a resident of Edmonton, Canada, has every reason to break out the bubbly and celebrate in a huge way after bagging a massive Lotto 6/49 Jackpot, he insists that he is a simple man, and will continue to be one. Pritpal Chahal won a st...Read More
Tom Brady’s Return Results In Suspicious Betting
Tom Brady is back from retirement, though some were not as surprised as they perhaps should have been. The star player’s return was highly speculated about leading up to the Super Bowl LVII, but there was never any certainty that his ...Read More
Toronto Resident Wins CA$30 Million Jackpot
What can be said about winning the Lotto Max jackpot that isn’t already obvious? Patrick Hale, resident of Toronto, doesn’t have to say much of anything. Especially not considering that he is now a staggering CA$30 million riche...Read More
More Calls For Ontario iGaming To Be Delayed
Lisa Gretzky, a member of the Provincial Parliament for Windsor, has urged the Ontario government to delay the upcoming iGaming market. It isn’t the first time that calls have been heard for the opening of the market to be delayed, th...Read More
Canadians Are The Biggest Gamblers Worldwide
It’s official. Canada is amongst the biggest gambling nations in the world, and likely to become the biggest before long. According to a recently released report, the region generates a staggering $31 billion in gambling yield annuall...Read More
ALC Launch Get In On The Madness Promotion
It’s March, and for the Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC) it means March Madness. The promotion this year is being referred to as Get In On The Madness, and involves a fun lure for those that are interested in sports betting. Anyone ...Read More
Ontario License Awarded To Bragg Gaming Group
Bragg Gaming Group certainly has reason to celebrate, having officially been awarded an Ontario operating license. This means that the company will now be allowed to offer its services in the province, the value of which can’t be over...Read More
EA Dodges Massive Loot Boxes Fine
In a ruling that will send ripples around the global gaming community, video games giant Electronic Arts (EA) recently dodged a bullet. A Dutch court overturned a previous Hague ruling that ordered the company to part with a whopping $10.9 ...Read More
Loto-Quebec Q3 Repost Indicates Recovery
Canadian gaming giant and Crown corporation Loto-Quebec recently released its latest financial figures. The good news is that the corporation appears close to fiscal recovery following the unprecedented effects of the worst of the global he...Read More
Cascades Casino North Bay Finally Open
Gateway Casinos & Entertainment’s Cascades Casino North Bay is finally open for business. The exciting new legal and licensed gaming hotspot is the result of a massive $41 million investment. Commenting on the grand opening last ...Read More
High 5 Games Join Forces With Loto-Quebec
Loto-Quebec is clearly on a mission to expand its catalogue of content. The company announced that it has finalised a partnership with High 5 Games, thereby getting access to a ton of new products. This is, of course, good news for locals l...Read More
FansUnite Joins New Ontario iGaming Market
With the Ontario iGaming market opening in less than a month, operators are scrambling to get their licenses. The latest company to officially get a license is FansUnite, a sportsbook known for its presence across various international mark...Read More
Marketing Forbidden For Ontario iGaming Brands
Ontario is holding its breath as the opening of the region’s iGaming market draws near. It is only a matter of time before licensed operators are allowed to offer their services, though they certainly won’t be able to market any...Read More
Edmonton Oilers Captain Partners With BetMGM
Connor McDavid is widely known as the captain of the Edmonton Oilers. But starting now he will also be known as an ambassador for BetMGM. In a recent announcement the sportsbook made it official that they have signed up the captain to act a...Read More
Ontario Unions Worried About iGaming Market
The iGaming industry in Ontario is about to be thrown wide open, with the official opening less than a month away. Local gambling enthusiast are certainly excited, but local unions are less thrilled about the implications. The fact of the m...Read More
The Avengers Game A Massive Fail
Most assumed that The Avengers game would be a smash hit. How could it not be, given its direct attachment to one of the biggest movie franchises in the world? But upon release players quickly discovered that the title was a lacklustre bugg...Read More
New York Might Increase Sportsbook Licenses
If New York Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow has anything to say about it there could soon be significantly more mobile sportsbooks operating in the area. He has officially proposed that the number of active licenses be increased to 16, which ...Read More
Two Manitoba Residents Now CA$1M Richer
Manitoba residents have been luckier than usual lately. At least, this pair has, having both managed to walk away with CA$1 million in their pockets. Jim Konowalchuk and Conrad Hykawy both managed to hit a million dollar lottery payout, a...Read More
Winnipeggers Strike It Big With BIG SPIN
When it comes to winning big the lottery can sometimes defy expectations. In this case a pair of Winnipeg residents went head to head with THE BIG SPIN lottery game, courtesy of the Western Canada Lottery Corporation. Though, it seems as if...Read More
Run It Once Poker Acquired By Rush Street Interactive
Phil Galfond is mainly known as a professional Poker player. But he is also the owner and driving force behind the site Run It Once Poker (RIO.) It was his insight, combined with a professional team of software developers, that made the pop...Read More
KED Project Back In The Spotlight Once Again
The story that never seems to leave the headlines for long is back; the Kingsway Entertainment District (KED) project. Up until now the proposed construction has gone through several upsets, and it really is nothing short of bizarre that ba...Read More
888 Joins Ontario Regulated iGaming Market
The iGaming market in Ontario is well and truly taking off. The latest giant gambling corporation to enter the market is 888, an organisation recognised as amongst the biggest in the industry. According to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission ...Read More
CHL Officially Cancels Russia Junior Series
Russia’s actions in the Ukraine are sending shock waves around the world, and some countries are responding in the only way they can. By cancelling events that would have previously involved the aggressor. Russian athletes are being b...Read More
iGaming Ontario Adjusts Online Poker Rules
iGaming Ontario, the new regulatory group and subsidiary of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission Of Ontario (AGCO,) hasn’t been around for very long. But even still, it seems as if the organisation is keen on taking control of the iGamin...Read More
New Yorker Wins 2nd US$10 Million Lotto Jackpot
The chances of winning a single lottery jackpot are very slim. So, what are the chances of winning two jackpots in three years? Probably so slim as to be virtually impossible. But be that as it may, this lucky New Yorker has done exactly th...Read More
Elden Ring Impresses The Video Game World
From Software is known for creating some of the best video games in the world, so it isn’t surprising that the company’s latest release has been hotly anticipated. Elden Ring, announced in 2019, has now finally dropped. Somehow ...Read More
GGPoker And FLIP Join Forces For Women’s Day
With International Women’s Day coming up, it seems as if GGPoker and Fantastic Ladies In Poker (FLIP) saw the opportunity to host a spectacular promotional event. The organisations came together to create the International Women&rsquo...Read More
Cascades Casino North Bay Nears Opening Day
Things are slowly getting back to normal after the major disruption of the world health crisis. Land based casinos, all of which have suffered tremendously, are now slowly being allowed to reopen. This includes the Cascades Casino North Bay...Read More
$21 Million Jackpot Won By Ontario Resident
Sometimes the lottery wins handed out in Ontario defy belief. Ontario Lottery and Gaming (OLG) recently declared that a local will have a staggering CA$21 million injected straight into their bank account. The cash comes courtesy of Lotto 6...Read More
New York Looking At Online Casino Legislation
It wasn’t long ago that New York introduced legal online sports betting. Now, unsurprisingly, it seems as if the state is swiftly moving on to legalising an online casino market. Senator Joseph P. Addabbo Jr has come forward with the ...Read More
Calgary Women Warned About Tinder Scammer
The world health crisis has made it more difficult than ever to meet new people. In response to the challenge many have turned to dating apps to make friends, and possibly even find that special someone. Those living in Calgary had better...Read More
OLG Joins Forces With Black Talent Initiative
In 2022, the focus on diversity and inclusion continues to grow, and the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) is well aware of how corporate social responsibility (CSR) has fallen under the spotlight. To show their support, the OL...Read More
Poker Player Ben Ross Ejected From Venue
Some would say that the life of a Poker professional is easy. Or at least they would if they hadn’t seen the video of Ben Ross being thrown out of the Watauga Social Lounge. A video of the player surfaced on social media, clearly show...Read More
Relax Gaming Formally Partners With LottoLand
Relax Gaming is a well-known development studio in the world of legalized iGaming, recognized for its impressive software contributions. However, it seems as if the company is taking things to the next level. It was revealed in an announcem...Read More
Loto-Quebec Exploring Crypto As An Option
With Crown corporation Loto-Quebec known to be constantly looking for new ways to improve the offerings and services brought to the people of the province, technology has been a huge focus point for the organisation. The Crown corp. this ...Read More
Brave Billionaire Heads Back Into Outer Space
It’s difficult for the average person to imagine what they would do with billions, if they had it. But tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman seems to know exactly what he’s doing with his billions. Namely heading off on SpaceX flig...Read More
Borgata Poker Tournament Enrages Players
The world health crisis understandably put a hold on Poker tournaments around the world. But now with restrictions being eased things are getting back to normal. At least, they would be getting back to normal were it not for the chaos cur...Read More
Beijing Games Attracts Millions Of CA Viewers
Canadian audiences showed up in a huge way for supporting the country’s athletes at the Beijing Olympics. In fact, over 70 per cent tuned in to watch CBC/Radio-Canada’s Winter Olympics coverage every evening. The Canadian Bro...Read More
Niagara Casino Getting Back To Business
There is little as frustrating for a business as having to close doors, especially when operations are running smoothly. But that is exactly what Ontario casinos have had to do on multiple occasions over the last 2 years. The world health...Read More
Big Lotto Max Winner Finally Comes Forward
It was announced in January that a winner had been found for a massive Lotto Max jackpot. But, against expectations, the winner was not coming forward. Who wouldn’t want their more than CA$22 million? It turns out that the winner, G...Read More
Casino Rama To Reopen Entertainment Center
Over the last 2 years, visitors at Casino Rama have been somewhat disappointed in the lack of live entertainment on offer. The classic venue, usually known for a wide range of entertaining shows, has had to restrict all live entertainment. ...Read More
Kahnawà:ke Fight For Their Gaming Rights
The Mohawk Council Of Kahnawake are not taking recent developments in the gambling industry lying down. The First Nation has engaged with the federal and provincial government twice over the last few weeks, and this seems to just be the b...Read More
Jeremy Ausmus Crowned Overall PokerGO Champ
The PokerGO Tournament has been wrapped up, but not without a few unexpected twists and turns along the way. The final table saw Brock Wilson duke it out with Sean Perry, and fittingly the finale was a nail biter. Perry went in with a signi...Read More
British Columbia Woman Wins CA$1 Million
What is the correct response for learning that you are an instant millionaire? No one knows for sure, but for this British Columbia woman the correct response was running out on her hair appointment. Unfortunately for her she ran out with h...Read More
5.6M Legal Betting Accounts Active During Super Bowl
When Super Bowl weekend comes around it is all but certain that betting enthusiast are going to participate. As to how many do participate, the active legal online betting accounts are a pretty good indication. So that the most recent Sup...Read More
New Online Poker Jackpot Win Recorded
Professional Poker players around the world are starting to pay attention to a previously unknown site. Called CoinPoker, the crypto based digital venue has seen a steady climb in record breaking pots. The most recent, snagged by Antanas &l...Read More
Lost Ark Soars To The Top Of Steam Charts
It seems that video game enthusiasts really are desperate for the next big thing. The new MMO Lost Ark has completely defied all expectations, somehow managing to get over a million players just 24 hours after release. This makes the MMO no...Read More
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Partners With NFL
The National Football League (NFL) and Ontario Lottery and Gaming (OLG) are now officially partners. This is big news for a number of reasons, not in the least due the fact that this is the first time an Ontario sportsbook has partnered w...Read More
Is Metaverse The Canadian Casino Future?
The Metaverse is being pushed hard, with many saying that it houses a big part of the Canadian digital future. Some are even hinting that locals may soon be able to visit a casino via virtual reality (VR.) It may sound farfetched but isn&...Read More
$4.5 Million Super Bowl Bet Breaks Records
Those that know the name Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale know it for one of two reasons. Either due to the man owning a successful chain of furniture stores, or due to him placing some truly ridiculously big sports bets. Either ...Read More
Casino Rama Happy To Back In Business Again
It hasn’t been an easy time for casinos in Canada. The world health crisis has forced multiple closures, leaving the venues all but entirely abandoned. Venue staff have also been left high and dry, keen to get back to work, but give...Read More
GCG Puts Forward Bizarre Last-Minute Lobby
Ontario is ready to open its iGaming market to the world, much to the delight of foreign operators. But Great Canadian Gaming (GCG) isn’t happy about the situation. Standing as one of the most influential land-based casino companies...Read More
PokerStars Apps Crash
Stars Group is known for real money apps such as Stars Casino, PokerStars, and FOXBet. Each site is well liked, at least when the software actually works. Twitter was abuzz with angry Poker players for an entire weekend, given that none o...Read More
PointsBet Celebrates Ontario iGaming License
Ontario is abuzz with the opening of its iGaming market. Naturally many operators are keen to get in on the action, though first need to obtain a license. This isn’t a problem for PointsBet Canada though, at least not anymore. The com...Read More
Latest Lotto 6/49 Millionaire Announced
When the British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) makes an announcement, Canada sits up and pays attention. That’s because the company is generally announcing who the latest lottery millionaire is. In this case it happens to be Mic...Read More
First Nation Upset About Ontario iGaming
The Ontario iGaming market is set to open on April 4th. This is big news, not in the least because many predict the region could be amongst the most lucrative in the world. But not everyone is happy about the development. The M...Read More
Nevada Gambling Revenue Breaks Records
It’s difficult to believe that, not long ago, the whole of the Nevada casino market was entirely shut down. But now just a few months later the state is officially posting a new gross gaming revenue (GGR) record. A recent report made ...Read More
Tom Brady Retires After 22 Seasons
As far as the NFL is concerned, the name Tom Brady is synonymous with excellence. He is by far the most successful quarterback in history, having participated in 22 seasons and winning 7 Super Bowl titles. Along the way he also managed to...Read More
Sony Buys Bungie For Whopping $3.6 Billion
The video game world is undergoing some dramatic changes. It wasn’t long ago that Microsoft, makers of the Xbox, purchased Activision Blizzard, leaving many reeling at the implications. But now Sony, makers of the PlayStation, have hi...Read More
WSOP Circuit Calgary Sets New Prize Record
It is safe to say that the World Series Of Poker (WSOP) was dramatically upset by the world health crisis. But now, thankfully, it seems as if the community of Poker is fully recovering. The Circuit Calgary was previously cancelled but has ...Read More
New ALC Scratch And Win Promotional Concept
The Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC) has officially introduced a new Scratch and Win ticket concept. The concept is referred to as Retro Combo 3 In 1, and as the name suggests incorporates several fun retro ideas. Those interested can pic...Read More
Ontario Online Casino Market Opening April 4th
Ever since the Ontario online casino market announced that it would open, Canada has been holding its breath in anticipation. Numerous delays prevented the market from opening at the end of 2021, but it seems as if now an official date has ...Read More
BCLC Launches New Monopoly Lunar New Year
As most are aware the Lunar New Year is incoming. What better way to enjoy it than with a fun new online casino game at PlayNow.com? In celebration of the celestial event, the British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) is launching a new t...Read More
Alex O’Brien Plays Poker For Charity
If the name Alex O’Brien rings a bell, it’s because the writer was supposed to go head-to-head with Dan Bilzerian. In December 2020 she earned the right to play against him, having won the GGPoker promotional event. This matchup...Read More
Edmonton Elks Name Victor Cui As New CEO
Edmonton Elks fans already know that the 2021 season was not particularly good. In fact, many have gone so far as to call it a disaster. But major plans are already unfolding in an attempt to turn the regrettable situation around. A new chi...Read More
Poker World Goes Wordle Word Game Crazy
When thinking of Poker most don’t associate it with a word game. But that would be a mistake, because apparently Wordle is big with card loving fanatics. Created by Josh Wardle, the simple word-based game is going viral in a big way. ...Read More
Ontario Casinos Ready To Reopen Doors Again
It has been a bumpy, unpredictable road for Ontario land-based casinos. The world health crisis forced gambling venues to close their doors again on the 5th of January 2022. This came after most establishments were finally gettin...Read More
UK Online Casino Operators Hit With Fines
The United Kingdom Gambling Commission (UKGC) clearly isn’t playing softball. The watchdog organisation announced that it is dishing out fines to the tune of $1.77 million, with a pair of UK based online casino operators obliged to pa...Read More
Ontario Gambling Venues Could Lose Billions
It is no secret that Ontario is preparing to open up its iGaming market. This is good news for online operators, but rumors are now circulating that online gambling could be devastating for the province on many levels. A consulting firm has...Read More
Canadians May Soon See Less Food On Shelves
Canada might soon experience food shortages, at least as far as some items are concerned. The new cross border vaccination mandate, put in place due to a resurgence of the world health crisis, is almost certain to impact supply chains. This...Read More
Canadian Speed Skaters Head For Winter Games
As far as Olympic speed skating is concerned, Manitoba has a history that stretches back 90 years. The region has produced, simply put, some of the best in the world. Now 3 residents are hoping to keep the tradition alive. Alexa Scott of Cl...Read More
Pollard Banknote’s Success With Texas Lotto
North American Lottery scratch-ticket leader Pollard Banknote requires no introduction. The Canada-based industry leader is constantly growing in prominence and acclaim, and recently celebrated the incredible success the Texas Lottery has h...Read More
Beter Days For Casino Lac Leamy Workers
Workers employed at Loto-Quebec’s Casino Lac Leamy are looking forward to an extended collective agreement with their employers. Discussions have been ongoing ever since the previous contract expired back in 2018. But at the beginnin...Read More
Steam Deck Game Verification Now Possible
We’re now less than a month away from Valve’s big Steam Deck launch. Part AMD-powered gaming PC, part handheld gaming system, this unassuming device promises a powerful gaming session in the palm of your hand.
But the quest...Read More
Report Creates Concern Over Ontario iGaming
Canada’s Ontario province is rearing and ready to go as it prepares to open its doors to more online casino operators entering the booming iGaming market in the province. So promising is this new project, that according to a report c...Read More
Kent Hughes Appointed New Canadiens GM
The Montreal Canadiens have appointed a new General Manager in an effort to shake things up and hopefully turn their struggling ship around. The team announced on Tuesday that it had agreed to a 5-year contract with former player agent Kent...Read More
Big CA$70M Lotto Max Winner Steps Forward
A father from Brampton has now come forward to claim the incredible prize money awarded in the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.’s Dec. 17, 2021, Lotto Max draw. 54-year-old Manoharan Ponnuthurai says he won the incredible CA$70 millio...Read More
Wordle – A Game Reminiscent Of Simpler Times
It’s deceptively easy to play, but not nearly as easy to solve as it looks. It’s called Wordle, and with millions of users tuning in each day, it’s a word puzzle taking the internet by storm. Once a day, players get to ha...Read More
Century Group To Offload Calgary Casino
Making M&A headlines is the sale of the property on which the famous Century Casino Calgary is located. Owned by Century Casinos, the property is reportedly in the process of being offloaded for a cool $6.5 million to Rowanwood Financia...Read More
KED Legal Woes Push Opening Date To 2025
The development of the long-in-the-pipeline Kingsway Entertainment District (KED) planned for Greater Sudbury has once again been delayed. Initially set for 2024, the KED’s grand opening has now been pushed back to 2025. The further ...Read More
Casino Rama Looking Forward To Reopening
Welcome news seems to be on the horizon for Gateway Casinos & Entertainment and their Casino Rama venue in Ontario. The company said this week it anticipates resuming operations at the gaming hotspot by at least the end of the month. C...Read More
Woodbine Racing Posts Phenomenal 2021
The ongoing challenges faced by Ontario’s horseracing season in 2021 notwithstanding, popular venue Woodbine Mohawk Park still pulled a rabbit from the habit by recording a superb season. The horseracing leader on Jan. 11 published it...Read More
Manitoba Regulator To Expand Online Gaming
After a particularly trying 2020-21 financial year, the province of Manitoba is considering several options in order to raise much-needed revenue. One such option currently on the table before the Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Corporation...Read More
Neymar Struts His Stuff In Winter Series
Most sports fans know Brazilian football superstar Neymar to be famous for more than just his stellar antics on the field. Neymar also happens to be a keen Poker player, and recently spent his injury time away from his team at Paris St. Ger...Read More
Saskatoon Resident Hits Big Lotto Max Draw
January 7th’s Lotto Max Jackpot prize was the result of several weeks of roll-overs. Since nobody had managed to claim the prize money for quite some time, it had increased all the way to a life-changing CA$50,000,000. An...Read More
New York A City Of Mobile Betting Firsts
It’s official: New Yorkers no longer need to leave the comfort of home to bet on sports. On Saturday, the Big Apple became not only the most densely populated US state to launch mobile betting, but also the first city to do so in 2...Read More
Toronto Family Wins $44M Lotto Max Jackpot
Incredible luck has befallen an ex-couple from the city of Toronto, Canada. The couple recently discovered that they had won a massive and life-changing $44,023,273.40 in the Lotto Max draw of July 20, 2021. The ex-couple, Elizabeth and ...Read More
2021 A Daunting Time For Low-Budget Gamers
2021 had been a particularly challenging year for many industries – including the gaming hardware sector. And so challenging an effect did it have on especially budget hardware, that even popular YouTuber the LowSpec Gamer had been ...Read More
New Safe Gambling Initiative For Ontario
A new safe gambling initiative has been launched in Ontario – with a specific focus on local gamblers resident in the province. Titled “Mindfulness Before Gambling”, the initiative is the handiwork of the Responsible Gam...Read More
Regulators Appeal Wynn Free Pass Ruling
Former casino boss Steve Wynn is once again in the news. It has now been reported that the Nevada Gaming Control Board and the Nevada Gaming Commission are appealing a ruling handed down by the District Court in 2020. According to the ru...Read More
Gateway Appoints New CFO Queenie Wong
After a particularly challenging year for the entire industry, Canadian gaming giant Gateway Casinos & Entertainment has announced a new addition to their team. The company has appointed Queenie
Wong as its new Chief Financial O...Read More
Sony Announces New Releases For January
It’s the moment gamers all over Canada and the world have been waiting for: Sony has now officially announced the games set to be added to PS Plus and PS Now during the month of January. PS Now, which is Sony’s cloud-based ga...Read More
Caesars Windsor Announces Temporary Closure
Gaming and entertainment hub Caesars Windsor is temporarily closing its doors once more. The casino confirmed in a release to the press that the reason for it’s closure on Wednesday, Jan. 5, is that of new health and safety regulati...Read More
Samsung To Launch Gaming Hub For New TVs
Console-less gaming for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X streamed over the internet is just about the best use for any decent smart TV – and the technology continues to grow and get better all the time. This makes Samsung’s CES...Read More
Las Vegas’ 1st Mob Casino Celebrates 75 Years
Las Vegas’ very first mob-built casino is celebrating it’s 75th anniversary. The famous Flamingo Las Vegas Hotel & Casino is the oldest resort still operational on the Strip and has been heralded as venue that ...Read More
$1 Casino Bonuses Explained
$1 online casino bonuses are becoming an increasingly common offering at many of the best sites that accept Canadian players. At first glance, some players might think there’s something fishy about those offers, but the top sites ha...Read More
Lottery Tips For Canadians
Millions of Canadians play provincial and lotteries every week. Given the number of players and possible combinations of winning numbers, the odds aren’t exactly in their favour. However, as most players know, that doesn’t mea...Read More
Riot Games Agree To $100M Lawsuit Settlement
A 2018 gender-based discrimination class-action lawsuit against Riot Games is being brought to a close. The League of Legends publisher announced in December that it will pay US$100 million to settle the suit brought against them by Calif...Read More
The Perks Of Penny Online Slot Machines
For some players, penny online slots have a bad rap as games for the blue-rinse brigade of little old ladies with a penchant for day-glow tracksuits and moon bags. It’s a reputation that’s entirely undeserved, as those slots h...Read More
Quebec Casino And Gaming Shutdowns
Players in Quebec will need to turn to online gaming options for the foreseeable future. The increasing number of Covid-19 cases in the province has led the provincial government to suspend various social activities; a move that prompted ...Read More
Lotto Max Makes A New Multimillionaire
Another Ontarian has become a multimillionaire thanks to the popular Lotto Max. According to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG), the player won an incredible CA$70,000,000 in the draw on 17 December. At the time of writing, ...Read More
What Makes An Online Casino Legal In Canada?
Wondering what makes an online casino legal in Canada? Now, the question of online gambling in the country is a murky one, but one that doesn’t mean players cannot enjoy the many winning opportunities available on the worldwide web....Read More
Nevada Welcomes First Official Tribal Casino
Nevada is undergoing a historic change. The Nevada Gaming Commission (NGC) has officially given the go ahead to the San Manuel Band Of Mission Indians Of Southern California, allowing the group to finalize a $650 million acquisition. The ...Read More
Gambling Operators Shell Out Big On Marketing
There are few developments that seem as ill-fated as the controversial Kingsway Entertainment District (KED) casino project. Ever since it was first announced the massive $100 million plan has been dogged on all sides by problems, making ...Read More
Scratch Cards Not For Children Says BCLC
It turns out that many parents have been buying scratch tickets for their children. At least they have according to the forcing the company to remind everyone that gambling products aren’t for minors....Read More
Ex-Casino Manager Arrested For Ponzi Scheme
Denny Bhakta may have formerly been a manager at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront casino, but now he’s being held by the FBI. He was arrested on Tuesday, having charges of fraud and brought against him. ...Read More
KED Casino Project Back In The Spotlight
There are few developments that seem as ill-fated as the controversial Kingsway Entertainment District (KED) casino project. Ever since it was first announced the massive $100 million plan has been dogged on all sides by problems, making ...Read More
Record High For House Prices In Canada
The average price for a house in Canada has reached a record high this November. The amount sits at $720 850 now, which is up from the record that was set back in March even. The overall increase in house prices from this time last year i...Read More
Casino Lac-Leamy In Hot Water Over Safety
It is a time of relief for many casino establishments in Canada, given that they’ve been allowed to open for business. But it seems that one of the biggest venues in Quebec, Casino Lac-Leamy, is in some serious hot water. Reports em...Read More
ALC & Casino Company Everi Digital Join Forces
The (ALC) is making big strides. The company recently signed a massive content distribution partnership, meaning that offered content is about to increase significantly. The partnership struck was with the digital branch of Everi Holding...Read More
US Gambling Revenue Surpasses 2019 Record
There was little doubt that the United States gambling market would be growing, but current performance seems to be defying all expectation. According to the (AGA,) current gross gaming revenue (GGR) has officially reached an all-time hi...Read More
New Hogwarts Legacy Trailer Reportedly Incoming
Will the world ever have had enough of Harry Potter? The short answer to that question is no, with the franchise still commanding an admirable amount of interest. Though, the latest addition isn’t going to be a book or movie, but in...Read More
Golden Nugget Owner Settles At $33 Million
Owner of , Fertitta Entertainment, seemed to be in some seriously hot water. The company landed up with a major dispute from FAST Acquisition, the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that was previously slated for a merger. But now...Read More
Gulas Wins 2021 World Series Of Poker Main European Event
Josef Gulas Jr was crowned the new champion after his victory at the 2021 World Series Of Poker Europe Main Event in December. Gulas claimed the title and the €1,276,712 ($1,440,808) first prize when he beat Johan Guilbert at King&rs...Read More
Epic Releases Free Matrix Awakens Tech Demo
Although the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X have been out for some time now, they have yet to showcase particularly impressive capability. In fact, many would say that the consoles landed with a rather hollow thud, doing little to convin...Read More
National Athletes To Be Honoured At Canadian Sport Awards
The 44th edition of the Canadian Sports Awards is set to honour five athletes with awards acknowledging their accomplishments, impact, and leadership. AthletesCAN will announce the winners via a virtual broadcast later this thi...Read More
Alberta Moves Towards Sports Betting Market
Alberta residents have been looking forward to a new, regulated sports betting market for some time. That market is now reportedly closer than ever before to being opened, despite various delays and other hurdles encountered along the way...Read More
Niagara Casino Readies Event Center Opening
Those that know the iconic Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort are breathless with anticipation. The property is already known for providing a luxurious setting, complete with a massive games floor and multiple gourmet restaurants. But things...Read More
Latest eInstant Lottery Feature Debuts In BC
Instant Win Gaming (IWG) is breaking new ground yet again. The developer is known for being an industry leader as far as lottery games are concerned, providing over 250 games to numerous companies around the world. The company is also kno...Read More
PokerPaint Faces Massive Copyright Backlash
NFTs (non-fungible tokens) are currently all the rage, especially when it comes to sites like PokerPaint. The digital outlet deals in Poker inspired art, selling images that are reminiscent of iconic moment in the game’s history. Th...Read More
Huge Lotto Max Jackpot Climbs Ever Higher
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Doug Polk Makes A Comeback
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Canada’s Star Swimmers Prep For Olympics
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GCGC Celebrates Reopening
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WSOP.com Launches In Pennsylvania
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Man Steals Thousands Of Dollars From Bingo Hall
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Canadian Woman Wins 4,800 KM Bike Ride
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Can A Four-Day Workweek Work Everywhere?
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Caesars Windsor Casino Set To Reopen On 16 July
After months of lockdown due to the global health crisis, Canada’s province of Ontario is finally entering the third phase of its reopening plan. With this has come the official announcement that Caesars Windsor will once again open...Read More
Entain Doubling Studio Staff In Online Studios
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Computer Analyst Embezzles Loto-Québec Customer Money
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Surrey’s Elements Casino Reopens
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Moreno Takes Wynn Millions 2021 Title
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GCGC To Be Purchased By Raptor Acquisitions
The Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (GCGC) is a well-known company, owning numerous land-based casinos across the country. However, after struggling tremendously due to the world health crisis, it seems as if the corporation is set to b...Read More
Robinhood App Faces Record High Penalties
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Bill C-218 Moves Forward With Royal Assent
Currently Canada has a restrictive set of gambling regulations in place, allowing only parlay bets for sports betting. Single bets are entirely restricted, much to the ire of local bettors. But this is all set change with the much-anticip...Read More
British Columbia Casinos To Finally Reopen
After having been under lockdown restrictions for nearly a year and a half, British Columbia is finally seeing some normality. In particular, casinos in the area have had their doors firmly shut, with the world health crisis risks outweig...Read More
Sockeye Salmon Return To Okanagan Lake
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Kingsway Entertainment District Causes Controversy
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ASA Issues Warning Over Bingo Advertising
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Sports Illustrated To Launch 2021 US Sportsbook
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Wage Agreement Finalised At Chances Casino
Serious tension has been brewing at Chances Casino Abbotsford. Previous lockdowns in accordance with the world health crisis left members of the United Steelworkers union unable to work for over 15 months. Now, upon their return the venue...Read More
What Gamers Can Expect From Windows 11
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Ontario Pushing For Single-Sports Betting
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Daniel Negreanu Ready For WSOP
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Canada’s Volleyball Teams Loses Olympics Qualifier
The Tokyo Olympic Games are just around the corner. Scheduled to start on 23 July after being postponed for a year due to the global health crisis, the Games are expected to attract millions of eyes from across the world, all rooting for ...Read More
Saskatoon’s Casinos And Bingo Halls Reopen
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Toxic Chemicals In Cosmetics Under The Spotlight
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Hellmuth Emerges Victorious From High Stakes Duel
Phil Hellmuth has once more done what he always seems to do – won a high-stakes game of Poker despite being the underdog. This marks the third time that he has beaten Daniel Negreanu and a sixth consecutive win. With the High Stakes...Read More
Player Sues BetMGM For $3M In Lost Winnings
A woman from Detroit, Michigan, is gearing up to sue BetMGM. She claims that she won millions of dollars after an initial $50 wager during an online game of Roulette. Now, however, she says that the casino is refusing to pay up. Jacqueli...Read More
Pragmatic Play Sign New Online Bingo Deal
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Canadian Senate Passes Sports Betting Bill C-218
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Vancouver Motorists Face Pollution Charges
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Canada’s Best Swimmers Perform To Empty Stadiums
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Loto-Quebec finally seems to have found a solution to the casino crime wave that has been sweeping the province. Recently, there have been several criminal undertakings occurring at local casino properties. Just last week, the government...Read More
Phil Ivey Teases Return To Pro Poker
As the winner of 10 World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets and one of the game’s most iconic faces, every move that Phil Ivey makes is one of great interest to the Poker community. He recently sat down for a lengthy, revealing inter...Read More
Bill C-218 Moves Forward
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Racing Night Live Makes A Comeback
Live harness racing has made its official comeback in Ontario and Woodbine Entertainment will be broadcasting Standardbred and Thoroughbred races on television. All of the racing action from Woodbine Mohawk Park and Woodbine Racetrack wil...Read More
Metroid: Dread Released at E3 2021
Gamers were in for a big surprise at E3 2021: the launch of Yoshio Sakamoto’s creation Metroid Dread was finally announced by Nintendo. The 2D side-scroller game was first conceived by Sakamoto about 15 years ago but development was...Read More
America’s Cardroom CEO In Trouble Over Comments
This week, the game of poker suffered yet another major setback as Phil Nagy, Chief Executive Officer of America’s Cardroom, displayed an instance of overt misogyny within the community. During a Twitch stream, he made a number of c...Read More
Wolfville Welcomes Vegas-Style Wedding Chapel
Wolfville, Nova Scotia has something a little bit different on offer for couples planning their nuptials. Those who are eager to walk down the aisle now have the option of doing so at Wolfville Wedding Chapel, a newly opened venue that of...Read More
Drive-In Bingo Coming To Two Sudbury Locations
Players who love dabbing tickets in Greater Sudbury soon will be able to do so at two venues that bring together convenience, social distancing, and a hugely popular game. Players who join the drive-in Bingo offerings at Delta Bingo and G...Read More
Ex-Gaming Exec Pleads Guilty In Vaccine Trial
Multimillionaire former Great Canadian Gaming Corporation CEO Rod Baker and his actress wife Ekaterina Baker officially pleaded guilty to crashing a Yukon Covid vaccine clinic in January. The pair faced charges of failure to follow declar...Read More
Ex GCGC CEO Still In Trouble With Beaver Creek
Rod Baker, the former CEO of Great Canadian Gaming Corporation, and his wife, actress Ekaterina Baker, made headlines at the beginning of the year. The two infamously attempted to jump ahead in the vaccine queue in the remote town of Beav...Read More
Peters Wins Second US Poker Open Event
This year’s US Poker Open is drawing to a close and with two events left to decide who the winner will be, David Peters and Ali Imsirovic seem to be the tournament’s stand-out stars. Peters is the first ever player to have won...Read More
Lack Of Scoring Concerns Canada’s Olympic Soccer Team
While the Canadian women’s soccer team has had a fairly respectable season of three wins, two losses and two draws, there has been a worrying lack of scoring. Overall, the team has managed to score just six goals over the course of ...Read More
Joe Ingram’s Phil Ivey Interview Digs Deep
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Century Casinos Reopens Four Alberta Establishments
Century Casinos, the Colorado Springs-based gaming company, has announced that four of its Alberta establishments have reopened as of June 10, 2021. After the company had to close all casinos in the Canadian province on 13 December last y...Read More
Local Food Week Comes To Canada
The first full week of June means a celebration for Ontario. The Local Food Act declares these seven days, otherwise called Local Food Week, as a time to acknowledge farmers who make sure all Canadians have access to the best quality frui...Read More
Casino Workers Sue Great Canadian Gaming
A number of former employees at Great Canadian Gaming Corporation’s (GCGC) Casino Nanaimo in British Columbia have filed class action lawsuits in response to what they believe is wrongful dismissal. A total of 27 staff members indiv...Read More
Increase In Virtual Bingo Players in Alberta
As the global health crisis continued to disrupt everyday activities across the world, many of us were forced to turn to virtual experiences. Avid Bingo players in Alberta know this all too well. While there was, at first, some worry that...Read More
Players Welcomed Back To Great Northern Casino
After over a year of being stuck in limbo due to the global health crisis, Alberta is taking the necessary steps to move closer to a sense of normality. Players will be pleased to know that as of Thursday, 10 June 2021, Great Northern Cas...Read More
WSOP 2021 Updates Announced
We have less than four months to go until the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) begins on Thursday, 30 September. Throughout the global Poker community, a vivid sense of excitement is brewing as players look forward to returning to Las Ve...Read More
New Amazon Sidewalk May Be Sharing Your Bandwidth
A new program launched by Amazon this week has made it possible for neighbours to access one another’s home wireless bandwidth with certain Amazon devices – without your knowledge. This has raised alarm about the increased vul...Read More
E3 2021 Goes Virtual
E3 2021 will take place online this year, allowing companies and developers to showcase their new arrivals to a global audience via a free livestream. Tech giants Nintendo and Microsoft will be displaying brand new titles, along with Ubis...Read More
Wayne Gretzky Named BetMGM Brand Ambassador
National Hockey League icon Wayne Gretzky says he’s always loved his relationship with the MGM brand. And that his journey with the brand makes of it an absolute delight to be joining the BetMGM team as official brand ambassador. W...Read More
AGS Joins SG’s Link-Up With Loto-Quebec
The brand association between Scientific Games and Crown corporation Loto-Quebec has just become even stronger, with the addition of iGaming provider and gaming cabinet manufacturer American Gaming Systems (AGS) to SG’s OpenGaming p...Read More
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The latest news from Crown corporation Loto-Quebec has been anything but good. Loto-Quebec late last week published its latest financial results for the financial year that ended on March 31, which included a disappointing decline of near...Read More
Saskatchewan Casinos To Reopen On June 20
Saskatchewan is finally preparing for the grand reopening of its casino and gaming venues after over a year of closures. The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority announced this week that the seven gaming venues spread out across the regio...Read More
Bingo Supports Local Manhattan Businesses
Residents of the bustling Midtown East neighbourhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City, can now have their Bingo cake and eat it too. The East Midtown Partnership, a business improvement district working towards the improvement of the qua...Read More
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Canada is slowly emerging from the global health crisis and seeing vaccinations roll out across the country. With this, businesses and their employees are coming to terms with the fact that they will soon need to leave their work-from-hom...Read More
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When Saskatoon’s Prairieland Park announced earlier this year that it planned on pulling the plug on horse racing at Marquis Downs, the immediate assumption was that the global health crisis was to blame. However, it has now emerged...Read More
Virtue Poker Attracts Big Names For Charity
The colourful world of Poker hardly ever does anything on a small scale. After Virtue Poker, the world’s first licensed Ethereum-based decentralised Poker app and platform, went live on Friday, it has now been confirmed that some of...Read More
Chances Casino Kelowna Partly Reopens
The provincial government of British Columbia has finally announced a potential reopening plan that will allow casinos and other gaming venues to potentially resume business on July 1st - this after more than a year of closures...Read More
Fandom Sports Links Up With The CGA
The Canadian Gaming Association (CGA) has announced its latest member addition. According to a recent press release, it has now been joined by eSports gaming provider Fandom Sports. The CGA is a countrywide trade organisation representin...Read More
Nvidia Says PC Gaming Its Biggest Market
While chipmaking giant Nvidia raked in revenue to the tune of $155 million from the sales of crypto mining cards during the first quarter of the year alone, it maintains that PC gaming is still its most important avenue of revenue. Nvidi...Read More
Evolution Signs Landmark Deal With SG
Specialist live casino provider Evolution has announced the signing of a thrilling new deal that will see the gaming powerhouse bring its Lightning Roulette game to land-based casinos worldwide. The deal, which was signed with technology ...Read More
Evolution Signs Landmark Deal With SG
Specialist live casino provider Evolution has announced the signing of a thrilling new deal that will see the gaming powerhouse bring its Lightning Roulette game to land-based casinos worldwide. The deal, which was signed with technology ...Read More
Evolution Signs Landmark Deal With SG
Specialist live casino provider Evolution has announced the signing of a thrilling new deal that will see the gaming powerhouse bring its Lightning Roulette game to land-based casinos worldwide. The deal, which was signed with technology ...Read More
Old Guard Poker Legend Tommy Hufnagle Dies
One of Poker’s few true old-school legends, Tommy Hufnagle, has passed away. After suffering an incapacitating heart attack on Feb. 15 this year, Hufnagle died on Friday. He was 77. Originally from Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, the ...Read More
Trashed $1M Lottery Ticket Returned To Owner
Finding a million-dollar winning Lottery ticket in the trash and knowing the identity of the person who mistakenly discarded that ticket got to present the finder with a moral dilemma of epic proportions. And yet, for one particular famil...Read More
Alberta Designer Creates Kaitlyn Bristowe’s Ring
The Bachelor alum Kaitlyn Bristowe has become something of a household name. While she didn’t find love on the reality TV show, she has now become engaged to Jason Tartick, who also featured on a season of the show. To mark...Read More
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How Bingo Is Fostering A Love For Reading
Not only has Bingo emerged a lifesaver in the time of physical distancing, combatting isolation and helping to raise desperately needed funds for those in need, but it’s now also doing its bit for fostering a love for reading. And w...Read More
Excitement As Bill C-218 Passes 2nd Reading
The news is official: the bill set to legalise single-event sports betting in Canada has passed a second reading before Senate. The Senate of Canada announced in a Twitter tweet on Tuesday that Bill C-218 has passed its second reading and...Read More
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Crown corp. and gaming regulator the British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) has announced the appointment of a new chair to its board of directors. The corporation confirmed this week that experienced public services expert Greg Moor...Read More
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With warmer weather on its way, not to mention the gradual lifting of stay-at-home orders and other restrictions to movement and socialising, this summer is quickly turning into a period of reckoning for online Poker. This is an industry ...Read More
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What could be more exciting than transforming something from dull and grey to alive and green? Today, the concept of urban gardening is about so much more than growing flowers or herbs in a windowsill. In fact, experts in urban gardening ...Read More
Fair Interactive Coming Soon To Canada
With Canada moving ever nearer online gambling regulation, several big-brand operators have expressed a keen interest in serving the Canadian market. One such operator has been confirmed as Fair Interactive Group N.V., a private online ca...Read More
Ontario Gets Ready For Horse Racing Return
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Take-Two To Release 62 New Games By 2024
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AGA Report Highlights Casino Sector Recovery
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Elon Musk Makes Haters Of Poker Community
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Sony Files PS Patent For eSports Betting
PlayStation users may actually soon be able to place bets on live eSports matches using an automated system accessed via their consoles. This after gaming giant Sony Interactive Entertainment has now officially gone public with details of...Read More
Former Poker-Pro Accused Of Spying On FBI
Former Poker-pro and Survivor star Anna Khait has been accused of spying on FBI employees during former US President Donald Trump’s term in office. According to a report ran on Thursday by the New York Times, Khait did so on behalf ...Read More
Cops Accused Of Bad Behavior During Den Bust
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Study Shows Sports Betting More Addictive Than Gambling
An insightful new study published by the University of Guelph offers an interesting opinion on the connection between sports betting and problem gambling. According to the study, sports bettors are exponentially more prone to develop prob...Read More
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For several years now we’ve been told that the blue light emitted from our smartphones can be detrimental to our sleeping patterns. And, that if we can’t put our phone away, using a blue light-reducing feature for at least an ...Read More
Locals Fight For The Life Of Marquis Downs
Horse racing supporters are desperate to prevent the closure of Saskatoon’s Marquis Downs track. This after in March, Prairieland Park confirmed that it would be calling a permanent halt on all races at the park and that the aim was...Read More
Ubisoft To Shift Focus To Free-To-Play
Significant changes are coming to how Ubisoft has traditionally approached the release of new premium AAA games titles. The gaming software giant during its full-year earnings update on Tuesday announced that instead of focusing on the de...Read More
Online Bingo Helps Rotary Clubs Do Good Work
Since the outbreak of the global health crisis, many charities and community clubs have had to shelve their usual fund-raising initiatives because of safety concerns, physical distancing, etc. But the Golden Rotary Club realised very quic...Read More
Bingo Loco Announces Bingo Rave Of The Year
Anybody assuming rave music and events to be part of an era long gone has it horribly wrong. Thanks to Bingo and Bingo Loco, a world leader in Bingo party events, rave has an all-new party jacket going on. And what’s more, it’...Read More
Woodbine Welcomes New CCO Michael Copeland
Ontario horse racing leader Woodbine Entertainment may not have lived the best of times of late, with the world of sports and entertainment in absolute turmoil over the ongoing effects of the global health crisis. But with that having bee...Read More
MGM Reaches Amicable Settlement With Ocean
MGM Resorts International and its Atlantic City Borgata have reportedly now dropped the trade secrets lawsuit previously instituted against AC rival Ocean Casino Resort. According to a statement issued last week by MGM, the issue had been...Read More
Bluff-Fest As Daniel Loses Twice To Phil
“The Poker Brat” Phil Helmuth recently pulled off yet another one up on Canadian Poker-pro Daniel Negreanu when he beat his worthy opponent to the victor’s post in Round 2 of the High Stakes dual on PokerGO. After Round ...Read More
Rise in Homesteaders after Global Health Crisis
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Professional Bank Hauls Evander Kane to Court
Evander Kane might be a National Hockey League superstar, but it doesn’t seem to be doing him any good. Professional Bank wants the $15 million it lent him back and says the athlete never intended to make good on his repayments. Th...Read More
Bingo Operator Celebrates Provincial Reopening
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PEIHRIA Live Harness Survey Released
The Prince Edward Island Harness Racing Industry Association (PEIHRIA) has announced that it will be building on the momentum that the live harness industry has reaped over the last year. It is looking for feedback in order to help improv...Read More
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A new report has emerged claiming that Disney is being pitched on two new Star Wars games. Fans will be pleased to know that games for The Mandalorian and High Republic, two popular branches of the franchise, ma...Read More
Senate Officially Introduces Bill C-218
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Hard Rock Atlantic City Embarks On $20 Million Renovation
Hard Rock Atlantic City has announced that it will spend at least $20 million in capital improvements. The bulk of this budget has been allocated to renovating 91 of the suites at the Boardwalk casino. Hard Rock opened this integrated res...Read More
Alomar Resigns From Hall Of Fame Board
On Monday, it was announced that Roberto Alomar has resigned from the Baseball Hall of Fame board. Chairperson of the board, Jane Forbes Clark, announced the board’s acceptance of his resignation. Alomar had been elected to serve on...Read More
Phil Hellmuth Looking To Extend Winning Streak
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Patrick Pads Leonard Blows Points Whistle
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Salon De Jeux Move Estimated At CA$12M
Loto-Québec outgoing president Lynne Roiter on Tuesday revealed the actual costs involved in the relocation of the Salon de Jeux. Roiter during an open-door finance committee meeting revealed that the cost of the move of the gaming...Read More
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Ontario’s Homebuyer Complaints Surge
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Casino Nova Scotia Closes Down
With the global health crisis showing no immediate signs of letting up, Canadian casinos continue to struggle under the pressures of closures across the provinces. The latest bad news was the shuttering of the Great Canadian Gaming Corpor...Read More
Irish Twitch Champ Wins Second SCOOP Title
Irish online Poker ace Fintan “EasyWithAces” Hand made full use of what could very well be described as the biggest virtual gaming weekend of the year when he only just beat a power outage to grab the second SCOOP title of his...Read More
Urban One The Favourite For Richmond Casino
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Canada’s Women’s Soccer To Open With Japan
Canada’s women’s soccer team got quite the mix-up of events during Wednesday’s Olympic soccer draw. In the bag was a high-octane opener against Olympic hosts Japan, the treat of a banana skin against Olympic newcomers Ch...Read More
Canada Facing A Shortage Of Boba
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eQube Announces Resignation Of Directors
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Cullen Commission Hears Former BC Premier
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New Hockey Program Encourages Fans To Exercise
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WSOP.com Reveals Full Schedule For 2021
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Stadium Gaming Headed For Manitoba Casinos
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Successor Named For Loto-Quebec’s Roiter
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Sam Trickett Taking A Break From Poker
English Poker master Sam Trickett has opted to take a break from his responsibilities as partypoker ambassador. The Brit has explained his decision as one motivated by a desire to focus more of his attention on his “growing” f...Read More
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Poker Fans Get Ready For WPTDeepStacks
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Online Drag Bingo Fundraising Event A Success
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Peter German Denies David Eby Influence
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Ontario Racing Avails More Relief Aid
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Woodbine Desperate For Re-Opening Relief
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Evolution To Acquire Big Time Gaming
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WPT To Co-Launch Live NFT Marketplace
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Pavel Veksler Crowned Irish Poker Open Champ
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First Nations Head To Court Over PlayAlberta
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First Nation Stakes Claim To NS Elvers
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Digital E3 Confirmed For 2021
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Cascades Casino North Bay Building Resumes
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Poker’s Staples Brothers Share Their Secrets
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Wynn To Pay $5.6M In Unpaid Dealer Tips
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Playtech To Open First Live Studio In US
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Casino Restaurant Reopens At Kamloops
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Bally’s Corp. Completes Acquisition Of MKF
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Patrick Leonard Unleashes Poker Training War
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Krystina Alogbo Quits The Olympic Dream
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B.C. Casino Workers Say They’re Forgotten
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Officials Say B.C. Light Show Wasn’t A Meteor
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Pospisil Apologises For Miami Open Rant
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Qualcomm Planning A Switch Doppelganger
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Cullen Commission Granted Deadline Extension
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Alberta Phase 3 Reopening Expected Soon
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Kade Banks Big Sunday Million Win
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Employee Defrauds Crown Corp. Out Of $275k
An employee of Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries has been arrested and charged after she reportedly defrauded the Crown Corporation out of more than $275,000. The 51-year-old Lori Ann Mann was arrested on March 2 and has since been charged wi...Read More
Pizza Hut’s KFC Collab Breaks The Internet
An exciting new collaboration between Pizza Hut Canada and KFC is being branded as an Internet-breaking collab. A recent tweet shows Pizza Hut going bonkers for a new cheese pizza that has been infused with KFC’s signature gravy and...Read More
Vanessa Kade Signs With Americas Cardroom
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Blacklisted Bingo Helping Local Businesses
Several local organisations in Louisiana, US, have collaborated to create a very special project in support of local Black-owned businesses and projects. Blacklisted Bingo, a month-long event running from March 15 through April 16, will s...Read More
Entain Funds Research Into Ontario Gaming
International sports betting and online gaming giant Entain, formerly GVC Holdings, widely regarded to be one of the biggest iGaming and sports wagering brands in the world, has reportedly taken a keen interest in Ontario’s gaming s...Read More
888 Holdings Reportedly Eyeing William Hill
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Leylah Annie Fernandez Wins Monterrey Open
Upcoming young Canadian tennis star Leylah Annie Fernandez has won her very first career WTA Tour title. The 18-year-old beat Swiss national Viktorija Golubic 6-1, 6-4 in the Monterrey Open final on Sunday. Fernandez, who is from Laval, ...Read More
Postle Enlists HONR Network For Legal Aid
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2021 Heralds The Return Of Grudge Poker
A Poker world literally starving for news and entertainment resulting from the big hiatus on every form of live action that was 2020 has resulted in the rise of a strange and peculiar set of circumstances. And among those at the very top ...Read More
CEBL Perplexed By Sudden OHL Funding
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The Rock Says Canada Loves His Tequila
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Bally’s Casino Corp Tables Superior Offer For WPT
The famous Bally’s casino brand has reportedly submitted a superior proposal to acquire the World Poker Tour (WPT) From Allied Esports. Although Allied has not formally accepted Bally Corporation’s $90 million offer, it’...Read More
Rivers Casino Ready For Betting’s Big Return
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Poll Shows Canadians Don’t Need The Queen
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Starfield Could Launch As Early As November
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Marquis Down Facing Permanent Closure
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Crypto Lawsuit Against Nvidia Dismissed
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New Resorts World Casino To Allow Smoking
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Playstudios Adds myVEGAS Bingo To Lineup
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Man Sentenced For Ponzi Betting Scheme
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Rogers Enters Bid Of The Year For Shaw Comms
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Chicago Mayor Hoping For Vegas-Style Casino
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Harry’s Vegas Visit Resurfaces In Interview
What happens in Vegas typically stays in Vegas – unless you’re third in line to the British throne. Just ask Prince Harry, who recently was reminded of his 2012 “naked billiards” romp at a famous hotel-casino on th...Read More
WPT Final Table Action Here At Long Last
Spring is finally coming – and so are the final World Poker Tour tables delayed for more than a year now due to the big global interrupt. Originally reached during the first couple of months of last year, the tables in question were...Read More
Trudeau Dodges Questions About Head Of State
Other than a shocking exposé about what really goes on behind closed doors within the machinery of a traditionally excluding British Crown and monarchy, Sunday night’s Oprah Winfrey interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Mark...Read More
B.C.’s Playgon Games Receives MGA Licence
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Dawson Creek City Rejects GCGC Request
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EU Approves Microsoft’s Bethesda Bid
The European Commission (EU) has finally approved software giant Microsoft’s bid to acquire gaming and media giant ZeniMax Media in a stunning $7.5 million deal. ZeniMax Media is the parent company of Bethesda Softworks, the studio ...Read More
Poker World Enraged By GGPoker’s Misogyny
GGPoker have pulled the plug on their affiliate deal with women’s Poker-pro Vanessa Kade. And the Poker world is divided in its reaction. Kade earlier this week announced the termination on Twitter, confirming that the popular Poker...Read More
Concerns Raised Over Single-Event Betting
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Bingo Hall Wants Younger Players To Join In
A Charlottetown Bingo hall has come up with an innovative new way to attract a younger crowd of potential Bingo enthusiasts who may never otherwise have discovered the joy of the game. Although closed due to current health and safety rest...Read More
Quebec Skater Adds To WC Podium Finishes
Canadian world champion short track speed skater Courtney Sarault has added yet another stunning accolade to her champion’s medal haul at the short track world championships in Dordrecht in the Netherlands. Sarault first won a bron...Read More
Torstar Announces Interest In Online Gaming
Online casino entertainment may very well become a lifeline for the Torstar Corp., which owns several newspapers circulating in Ontario, including the Hamilton Spectator and the Toronto Star. The media giant made a surprising and unusual ...Read More
Alberta Casinos Expect Mass Return Of Patrons
Canada’s Alberta province is moving ever closer the re-welcoming of the gaming public to local casinos and Bingo halls. Local government has in the meantime started working on a plan of action for ensuring a smooth un-shuttering pro...Read More
Doug Polk Says Malinowski-Holz Was Staged
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2021 Pepsi North America Cup List Revealed
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Former Dealer Testifies At Cullen Commission
The Cullen Commission of Enquiry into money laundering in British Columbia on Wednesday heard even more damning evidence about the involvement of loan sharks in Richmond’s VIP gambling scene. Testimony given by former Vancouver Edge...Read More
Great Canadian Gaming Hard Hit By 2020
The global health crisis has taken a significant toll on the performance of business across the country ever since it first emerged in early-2020. The gaming industry, in particular, has suffered a massive blow as a direct result of count...Read More
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It’s no secret that the holy grail for professional Poker players is being selected to become sponsored ambassadors for renowned Poker sites. More than a means to making a living and being recognised for one’s skills and accom...Read More
BCLC Launches IWG’s InstantJackpots™ Module
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DraftKings Named First UFC Betting Partner
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No Races In Saskatoon This Year - Again
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B.C. Court Uphold e-Bike Ruling
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Crown Cast Moved By Prince Harry’s Response
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Poker-Pro Brent Carter Charged Over Hoaxing
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Zitro Named Best Video Bingo Provider
Zitro has been named Best Video Bingo Provider by the judges of the SAGSE awards. This stellar recognition clearly shows that despite its phenomenal growth in the online video slots industry, the company has continued to lead the way with...Read More
Las Vegas Sands To Offload Sin City Venues
Las Vegas Sands is offloading its Sands Expo and Convention Center as well as its Venetian Resort Las Vegas in a bid it says will enable it to shift its focus to Asian markets. It furthermore confirmed that it had agreed to sell is famous...Read More
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Japanese twin sisters Anna and Mizuki Nakajima have created a multi-million dollar fortune out of floating their female-focused mobile games company on the local stock market. Their stake in Coly, the company joint-founded by them, was va...Read More
Cullen Commission Hear Vancouver Testimony
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Fedor Holtz To Take On Wiktor Malinowski
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Canada Set For Record Olympic Appearance
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Skyrim Is Coming To The World Of Board Games
Skyrim is finally coming to board game. According to the pre-release details of an upcoming new crowdfunding initiative, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, if all were to go according to plan, will soon be available in board game format. Altho...Read More
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Cascades Casino Staff Celebrating Benefits
Staff employed by Gateway Casinos & Entertainment’s Cascades Casino Chatham are reportedly overjoyed after new and improved employment contracts were negotiated between the operator and the union representing them. The new, more...Read More
Retirement Incentives At Caesars Windsor
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Court Says Seneca Nation Should Pay Up
Following Monday’s siding by a US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit with the state of New York, the Seneca Nation of Indians will have to fork out roughly $435 million to local state bodies. The Indian tribe is reportedly curr...Read More
Can Tiger Woods Pull Off A Comeback?
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Woodbine Reschedules Winter Racing Events
Ontario’s horse racing industry is finally about to catch a break from the trying times that have prevailed ever since the country went into shutdown nearly a year ago. Provincial government recently announced that it will soon begi...Read More
Hillary Clinton Pens Novel With Canadian Author
Not only is Hillary Clinton about to pen her very first novel, but she’s chosen Canadian mystery writer Louise Penny to help her do it. Penny, a native of Quebec, said she could not say yes quick enough when approached by the forme...Read More
Gateway’s Casino Rama Gets A Revamp
While there remains no new word regarding a possible reopening date for Gateway’s Casino Rama, the operator has clearly decided to bide the time, and has embarked on a complete revamp of the popular Ontario venue. The Casino Rama, w...Read More
Poker Re-Embraces An Era Of Education
The world of Poker has passed through its fair share of historical paradigms. Poker players have traditionally made use of a wide variety of tools and resources in an attempt to better understand the game, as well as increase their levels...Read More
PokerStars To Shut Down Full Tilt Poker
PokerStars is finally pulling the plug on Full Tilt Poker. The operator giant has announced that come Feb. 25, Full Tilt’s entire database will be merged with that of the PokerStars platform, thereby discontinuing Full Tilt’s ...Read More
B.C. Self-Care Bingo Card A Pandemic Fail
Canadians have become so frustrated with the challenges and heartache caused by the global health crisis that not even a "self-care" Bingo card is able to cut the mustard anymore. B.C. residents on Friday labelled an effort by t...Read More
Clearview AI and RCMP In The Wrong
While what companies like Clearview AI do is illegal and a gross infringement on the privacy of Canadians, a pending class action lawsuit currently being considered against the RCMP highlights the fact that mass surveillance technology wo...Read More
Daniel Negreanu To Take On Phil Hellmuth
Those who followed the action between Doug Polk and Canadian Poker champion Daniel Negreanu will be happy to know that the hype has resulted in talk of a similar stand-off between 15-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winn...Read More
2020 Job Losses Were All In Low-Paid Work
During 2020, thousands of jobs were lost due to the economic downturn sparked by the global health crisis, and new research suggests all Canadian job losses had something prominent in common: they all paid CA$27.81 an hour, or less. But w...Read More
Wynn Partners With Data Corp. Genius Sports
Wynn Resorts’ WynnBET has partnered with sports betting data provider Genius Sports by inking an agreement that will see the provider offering sports book operator services to Wynn’s betting unit. The London-based provider wil...Read More
U.S. Lawmaker Contests Sports Betting Loans
Tennessee lawmaker and state representative Darren Jernigan has declared war on a sports book that offers payday loans to its customers. Jernigan has said sports betting and payday loans don’t belong together on a shared menu. And ...Read More
The Rise Of Gaming’s Roblox
So much has the popularity of the children’s video games platform Roblox grown during the last year, that the enormously popular brand’s value has grown from $4 billion in 2020, to an incredible $30 billion in January 2021. W...Read More
Tropicana Casino For Sale For $384 Million
The Tropicana in Vegas is for sale, and owner Gaming & Leisure Properties has finally settled on a selling price. The official asking price: $384 million. While talk and speculation about the fate of the historical Las Vegas gaming a...Read More
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Bingo Could Help Save Hawaii’s Economy
Bingo and Lottery games may be just what the doctor ordered for saving Native Hawaiians from the troubling state of their economy. Local lawmakers are actually considering the idea of legalising Bingo halls and Lottery games on the island...Read More
World’s Longest Hockey Game Sets New Record
The world’s longest hockey game ever played has stolen multiple new records this February. But since this was a game not necessarily played for individual fame and glory, it’s been a win for more than Guinness World Record pur...Read More
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eSports may well have emerged the perfect antidote to lag and fatigue in the workplace. So claims a company by the name of Corporate eSports Association (CEA). The company describes itself to be a modern-day twist to the traditional corp...Read More
Ontario Horse Racing Back On Track
Ontario has finally given the green light for the resumption of live horse racing at the province’s four racetracks. Horse racing has not been permitted since provincial closures last year, and its return is certainly massively welc...Read More
Loto-Québec In Hot Water Over Poker Glitch
A ruling by the Superior Court of Quebec late last week might spell trouble afoot for Crown corporation Loto-Québec after a technical glitch occurred on its OK POKER online platform. Between July 9, 2019 and May 18 last year, playe...Read More
Casino New Brunswick Reopens Its Doors
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Canucks Owner Says Nothing Will Be Changed
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Cullen Commission Told About Assault Cover Up
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Terrence Chan Upset Over Poker Bet Misunderstanding
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Bryn Kenney Strikes Out Ex-Philly Pitcher
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Wynn Announces Sale Of 6.32 Million Shares
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Rama Gaming House To Benefit From SG Systems
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Leyla Fernandez Ousted From Australian Open
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DraftKings And NFL Moving Into Canada
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Casino Regina Dealer Fired Over Racist Talk
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Daniel Dvoress Wins WPT Mike Sexton Classic
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GTA 6 Details Leaked
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New Amazon CEO Recommits To Making Games
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Polk Celebrates Grudge Match Win
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Clearview AI In Breach Of Canadian Privacy Laws
American facial recognition software developer/provider Clearview AI’s mass surveillance of Canadians amounts to the violation of federal as well as provincial laws regulating the use and distribution of personal and private informa...Read More
Commission Hears How Losses Fueled BCLC Inaction
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Trump Avenue In Ottawa To Get Renamed
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Raptors Guard Fred VanVleet Makes History
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Yong Kwon Named 2020 WSOP.com POY
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Hard Rock Casino To Pay $1M In Bonuses
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Amanda Gorman To Bring Poetry To Super Bowl
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Google Pulls The Plug On Stadia’s SG&E
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Six Nations Bingo Hall About To Go Green
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Canada Hot And Cold On Sports Betting Bill
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Canada’s Marino To Star In 1st Major In 8 Years
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PokerStars Officially Live In Michigan State
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15 More Gambling Markets Added To Play Store
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New Push For A Casino On Governors Island
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Canada’s Sport Betting Bill Headed For 3rd Reading - {{mm-yy}}
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Great Canadian CEO Resigns After Arrests
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Microgaming Partners With PearFiction Studios
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Playtech Showed Resilience In Difficult 2020
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Phil Galfond Wins 3rd Match By Concession
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New Wire Act Ruling May Benefit Online Poker
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VLTs To Support Broader Mental Health In NS
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Postle Without Aid As Court Plot Thickens
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B.C.’s Golden Bingo Continues To Boom
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Valve Fined Over EU Anti-Trust Breaches
Valve, owner of online PC gaming store Steam, has been slapped with an anti-trust fine by the European Union’s Competition Commission for breaching antitrust rules. Valve and five other firms, all games publishers, were fined €...Read More
Rhian Wilkinson To Join England’s Lionesses
Rhian Wilkinson, former assistant coach for the Canadian soccer team, having quit the position only a little over a week ago, has been hired as part of the England women’s soccer team. Wilkinson could soon face her former team at th...Read More
OneComply To Facilitate FansUnite Expansion
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Toronto Charity Hosts Special Bingo Night
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888 & Caesars Extend Poker Partnership
Following the successful extension of a multi-year B2B Poker link-up between casino and entertainment giants Caesars Interactive Entertainment and 888, the World Series of Poker online Poker rooms get to enjoy the best online gaming tech ...Read More
Tika The Iggy Is Montreal’s Own Fashionista
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Former OLG Chair Appointed Bragg Director
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Poker Legend Howard “Tahoe” Andrew Dies
Beloved live Poker legend Howard “Tahoe” Andrew has died aged 86. Tahoe is considered by many one of Poker’s most beloved characters and is an industry stalwart who competed in every World Series of Poker Main Event from...Read More
Coast Guard’s New Tech Protects Whales
Radar and real-time vessel tracking technology are proving useful tools in an intensified effort to protect British Columbia’s southern resident killer whales from the dangers of vessel strikes, entanglements and marine traffic. The...Read More
Negreanu Plays Catch-Up In Polk Poker Match
Canadian Poker master and GGPoker ambassador Daniel Negreanu on Monday squashed his losses to under $500k for the first time since day number 12 of his high-stakes Grudge Match against archrival Doug Polk. The 26th session of their WSOP.c...Read More
SG Extends Supply Deal With Loto-Quebec
Big gaming technology provider Scientific Games (SG) has announced an extension of its instant and hybrid Lottery games supply contract with Canadian Crown corporation Loto-Quebec. The partnership has officially been extended for another ...Read More
Riot & Bungie Join Up In Cheat Maker Lawsuit
Cheat makers literally cheat games makers out of millions of dollars each year and are sooner or later made to pay for their sins by the companies whose creations they’re undermining. The latest lawsuit from several recently actione...Read More
WSOP Reveals Online Circuit Line-Up For ‘21
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) recently announced quite a line-up of online events to be played as part of a Circuit series of virtual events all throughout 2021. Since live Poker events may be off the table for a while yet, the idea is...Read More
Retired Ontario Mother Wins $50k Instant Bingo
Being at the right place at the right time has paid off for 65-year-old retired banker and mother of four, Diane Webster. The Barrie native recently won an incredible $50,000 top jackpot prize with the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporati...Read More
Casino Mogul Sheldon Adelson Dies At 87
Las Vegas Sands chairman and chief executive Sheldon Adelson has died. He was 87. Adelson, the single biggest donor to the Donald Trump administration as well as several other Republican causes, and an unwavering and significant challeng...Read More
Tokyo Olympics Hangs In The Balance
Two recent polls in Tokyo have revealed that more than 80% of people want the Olympics postponed, or cancelled altogether. A recent surge in infections has led to a state of emergency, once again putting plans for the Olympics in jeopardy...Read More
Cascades Casino Delta Construction Ongoing
Gateway Casinos & Entertainment’s Cascades Casino Delta in Ladner is a project a few years in the making, with actual underground construction work underway since the beginning of 2020. The CA$87 million project received approva...Read More
BCLC Calls On Banks To Promote Safe Gambling
Financial institutions such as the banking industry could play an important role in the protection of consumers from gambling-related harm. So said BCLC Director of Player Health Jamie Wiebe during his address at the Crown corporation&rsq...Read More
KED Cleared To Proceed–But New Reality Looms
Since all remaining appeals against Sudbury’s controversial Kingsway Entertainment District (KED) development were finally dismissed late last year, the development is now legally free to proceed as planned. The development passed t...Read More
Raptors And Suns Link Arms In Solidarity
The NBA on Wednesday reacted strongly to the storming of the Capitol by an angry mob of Trump supporters – a day fittingly described by President-elect Joe Biden as one of the darkest days in the history of the U.S. nation. Raptors...Read More
Obsolescence The No. 1 Enemy Of Greener Tech
Doing away with a disposable smartphone blueprint which underscores obsolescence is the secret to greener technology and electronics, Earth advocates are now saying. And this change in approach has to do with a great deal more than just s...Read More
IGT Confirms Nevada Approval Of Resort Wallet
Global casino tech giant International Game Technology (IGT) is celebrating yet another significant milestone achievement following the approval of its carded cashless system, Resort Wallet. The prototype has now successfully passed throu...Read More
Yggdrasil Extends Slot Mechanics To Partners
Leading online casino games giant Yggdrasil has opened up its proprietary mechanical frameworks in such a way that slot mechanics such as Splitz, Gigablox, and MultiMAX are now available for incorporation by development partners part of i...Read More
Alphonso Davies Named L’Equipe World Player
Edmonton native and star soccer fullback Alphonso Davies on Monday became one of 4 current Bayern Munich players to be named by prominent French sports daily L’Equipe as part of its world team of the year for 2020. The 20-year-old C...Read More
Gateway Donated CA$78k To Charities In 2020
Despite a year of bizarre circumstances and a 2020 of which the better part of ten months had been marked by immense challenges, Gateway Casinos & Entertainment has remained committed to host communities and charity organisations who ...Read More
PlayOJO Announces Exciting Bingo Year Ahead
PlayOJO have an exciting year lined up, with the company proudly announcing a major branded partnership. The online casino will be launching a Bingo room branded around The Masked Singer UK television phenomenon. According to the head of Bi...Read More
KFC Announces New Dedicated Gaming Console
In what many initially thought was an elaborate hoax, fast food chain KFC announced their own gaming console; the KFConsole. One of the key features of the device is that it has a chamber for warming chicken, which is certainly not someth...Read More
HeadsUp Entertainment Readying for New Laws
Ahead of changes to Canadian laws around online gambling and sports betting, HeadsUp Entertainment International is reviewing possible mergers and acquisitions in 2021. HeadUp Entertainment, the global media company based in Calgary Cana...Read More
Charles Spencer Buys Property In Muskoka
Residents of Ontario’s famously untouched Port Carling area have expressed anxiety following the news that Princess Diana’s younger brother has purchased a strip of forest land in Muskoka. Earl Charles Spencer and Canadian wif...Read More
Dan Sewnig Aiming For NJ Poker Pro Top Spot
Dan “mj23style” Sewnig says though he enjoys the occasional live tournament at venues like the Borgata and Parx, he considers himself a full-time professional online Poker player. Born and raised in New Jersey, the 29-year-old...Read More
More U.S. States Say Yes To Sports Betting
While the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election may have resulted in a fair quota of excitement on the governance front, the ushering in of a new President and era wasn’t its only focus. Several more decisions were made by way of the ball...Read More
Regulated iGaming Promised In Ontario Budget - {{mm-yy}}
Ontario is officially gearing up to become the first Canadian province to legalise and regulate online gambling. In the province’s budget for 2020-21, Ontario’s Ford Administration commits itself to the introduction of legisla...Read More
2020 A Game-Changing Sports Betting Year
According to data published by the American Gaming Association, 28 U.S. states had by the end of 2020 either already launched a regulated sports betting market or signed into force the legislation necessary for regulation in the near futu...Read More
Loto-Quebec To Support AML Independent Audit
Crown corporation Loto-Quebec has pledged its full support and cooperation to a planned independent anti money-laundering and loansharking audit of its oversight of the province’s casinos. Announced by Quebec Minister of Finance Eri...Read More
AEW’s Big Game Announcement Of The Year
All Elite Wrestling’s big video game announcement of 2020 may just be exactly what fans of wrestling video games have been asking for and craving for years – decades even. But stoking our high expectations of what’s to ...Read More
Vancouver Mayor Wants Indigenous Olympic Bid
Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart believes any future bid to bring another Winter Olympic Games to the city should be headed by Indigenous leaders. So passionate is Stewart about an Indigenous-powered Winter Olympic Games, that he’s n...Read More
Cambridge’s Darwin Notebooks Assumed Stolen
In 2001, two Charles Darwin notebooks went missing from the Cambridge University Library. At the time, library staff didn’t think too much of the fact that the books could not be found, assuming they’d probably been incorrectl...Read More
News Of Vaccine Driving Casino Stocks Up
Investors have seemingly out of the blue resumed betting with confidence on casino stocks. And financial and stock exchange experts are convinced it has everything to do with Pfizer and BioNTech’s announcement regarding the 90% effe...Read More
Online Bingo Performs Well In Midst Of Crisis
A new study focusing on the impact of the online Bingo industry has led to some interesting results. With markets analysed spanning North America, South and Central America, the Middle East and Africa, and even Europe, Asia, the Baltics a...Read More
Top 10 Live Poker Earners Of 2020
2020 has been a strange and precarious year for most people and certainly the majority of industries. The live Poker industry, in particular, has taken a massive hit – not only in 2020 but also over the past several years. Live Pok...Read More
Women Exiting Workforce As Men Enter Jobs
A new Royal Bank report reveals that men are entering the job market at three times the rate of their female colleagues amid the challenges and new opportunities created by the global health crisis. In terms of the actual figures, the rep...Read More
Star Citizen Adds Canadian Studio
Massively multiplayer online game Star Citizen, which is widely known as the never-ending MMO, is adding a brand-new studio to its development portfolio. And best of all is that new addition to the development pipeline is in fact a Canadi...Read More
Mobile Gaming To Surpass $200 Billion By 2023
The most recent estimations are that mobile gaming could be a market worth well in excess of $200 billion by 2023. And that it’s an economic explosion part-created by the global health crisis of 2019-20. While game segments across t...Read More
Noisy Albertans To Help Keep Coyotes Wild
The conservation of Alberta’s wild coyotes has become an increasingly more urgent appeal in recent years, with the animals grown more at ease in their interactions with people as well as domesticated pets. This is obviously not desi...Read More
No Politics For Nintendo’s Animal Crossing
Since the game was first launched in March 2020, Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: New Horizons has become a favourite platform among many with a brand or an idea to sell to players. Much of what has been happening is however about to bec...Read More
Canadian Online Gaming To Benefit From 5G Tech
The advent of 5G technology has sparked its fair share of conspiracy theories – even amongst famously level-headed Canadians. Activists buying into false 5G news doing the rounds on social media have even gone as far as setting fire...Read More
The Likely Future Of Online Poker In Canada
The global health crisis has turned our world and country upside down. So much so, that even as the world celebrates the successful development of a likely vaccine, it will likely be several more months before Canadians will be able to re...Read More
How Bingo Lifted Our Spirits Throughout 2020
When more than 400 people made their way to a single public parking lot in Windsor, Ont. earlier this year, the message was clear: something big and newsworthy was in the air. And exactly so it turned out to be too, because all 400+ of th...Read More
NFL Rolls Out Seven-Point Mobility Plan
Initially adopted by the NFL in 2003, the recently expanded diversity hiring-focused Rooney Rule has seen a much smaller share of successes than what it has witnessed a system lacking actual bite. But the league hopes to change all of tha...Read More
ANR Says Q3 Hike Proof Of Smoke-Free Casino’s Success
Non-smoking policies do not pose any material risks to the earning power of land-based casinos. So said the American Non-smoker’ Rights Foundation (ANR) in response to the release of positive Q3 revenue reports by so-called “s...Read More
New Study Shows The Mental Health Benefits Of Gaming
Playing video games – so suggests a ground-breaking Oxford University study – can be good for mental health. The breakthrough study, which focused primarily on Nintendo’s Animal Crossing and EA’s Plants vs. Zombies...Read More
Hyperloop May Prove Too Big A Deal For Canada
2020 witnessed high-speed ground level transportation history in the making when humans for the first time ever travelled at airline speeds in a hyperloop pod across a half-kilometre stretch of Nevada terrain. Success meant that the Virgi...Read More
Curacao Announces iGaming Overhaul
So desperate has the state of Dutch-controlled Caribbean island Curacao’s economy reportedly become, that the region has stated its intention of overhauling its entire online gambling system and regulatory approach to comply with th...Read More
Economic Analyst Predicts Positive 2021 For Casinos
Prominent television host Jim Cramer says he’s optimistic about casino stocks as he looks ahead to 2021. The CNBC economic analyst said once vaccinations have been rolled out globally, there will be nothing stopping people from trav...Read More
Boyd Gaming To Offload Eldorado Casino
Big gaming brand Boyd Gaming Corporation has inked a deal that will see it divest itself of Clark County gaming landmark Eldorado Casino. Reportedly set to acquire Eldorado is local gaming entity DeSimone Gaming Inc. The actual purchase p...Read More
LeoVegas’ Pink Casino Brand Coming To Canada
Canadians will soon be able to enjoy all of the best online casino entertainment offered by LeoVegas’ Pink Casino brand. The international online casino operator announced on Monday that it will for the first time ever take its Pink...Read More
BCLC Awarded Level 4 WLA Certification
The British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) has for the fourth year in a row been awarded Level 4 World Lottery Association (WLA) certification. Awarded for excellence in responsible gambling, Level 4 certification is the highest leve...Read More
Google To Allow Users To Limit Gambling Ads
Google has announced that it will in future be allowing its users to limit the number of ads seen across certain categories – most notably alcohol, and with gambling an additional option. The new feature will likely be available wor...Read More
Disney Drops Anti-Gambling Stance With ESPN+
Traditionally a company opposed to gambling, and to such an extent that only a little over 2 years ago it had been willing to drop millions in support of its family-friendly cause, Disney has clearly done a one-eighty on the topic of spor...Read More
More Accounts Of Abuse Added To CHL Lawsuit
A class action lawsuit filed against the Canadian Hockey League by two former league players in June 2020 has been joined by at least fourteen more former CHL players. The newly-joined players have now submitted affidavits with the Ontari...Read More
Saskatoon Bingo Hall Say They’re Not Spreaders
Saskatoon Bingo hall City Centre Bingo has lashed out at Saskatchewan health officials over their October 24 warning about the possibility of the venue being a potential super spreader of infections. Despite the venue’s November 3 o...Read More
Historic Moulin Rouge Sold To Foreign Firm
After years of failed promises, false hope, and contractual setbacks, the historic and long-deserted Moulin Rouge near downtown Las Vegas has been sold to a new owner. Once the sole desegregated gaming and entertainment venue in the South...Read More
Cree Artist Creates Indigenous Ikea Showroom
Indigenous representation has finally come to Ikea. The world-famous retailer’s Edmonton location has bunched up with Bigstone Cree Nation visual artist Lance Cardinal to create the big brand’s very first Indigenous showroom. ...Read More
BGaming Inks Huge Deal With SoftGamings
Recognised iGaming studio BGaming has inked a significant partnership in association with mobile-focused software solutions and gaming platforms provider SoftGamings. The deal is focused on integration and global distribution and is expec...Read More
5 Saskatchewan Bingo Halls To Temporarily Close
Although permitted to remain open even with the latest safety restrictions in place, several Bingo halls in Saskatchewan have opted to voluntarily close. A combination of a major reduction in capacity and concerns about safety has led som...Read More
WSOP Saves Face And Resolves Payout Error
A recent high-profile presumably technical glitch very nearly threatened the integrity of the 2020 World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event. What had started out a $100 rebuy satellite event wasted no time at all devolving into mass confu...Read More
Coming New From Microgaming This December
Coming from casino software giant Microgaming this December is a world of online gaming entertainment simply waiting to be discovered and enjoyed. There’s a smashing new online Poker game, a Las Vegas-style African safari slot, and ...Read More
ORYX Gaming Announces WGES 2020 Sponsorship
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Microsoft Is Building A Future In Gaming
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Canada Sports Betting Bill Gets Green Light
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Evolution Begins NetEnt Integration Process
Live casino specialist Evolution has officially commenced with a reorganisation of online video slots giant NetEnt. This forms part of NetEnt’s full integration with Evolution following the latter’s successful $2.30 billion ac...Read More
Partypoker To Exit All Unregulated Markets
Online Poker brand partypoker, which is owned and operated by GVC Holdings, has confirmed having begun its exit from roughly a dozen unregulated markets. This as a result parent company GVC’s decision to depart from all markets clas...Read More
Grover Gaming & TNT Settle Hacking Dispute
Grover Gaming and sister affiliate Banilla Games, a South Carolina-based gaming tech and development company, have reportedly now settled out of court its copyright infringement dispute with North Carolina-based competitor TNT Amusements....Read More
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It’s December and celebrating the holiday season with even more Christmas releases than those launched in November is Netflix Canada. Also coming our way are several non-Christmassy highlights - include the George Clooney-directed T...Read More
Slingo Originals Stun With Slingo Lightning
Slingo Originals have once again nailed the crossover from Bingo into the wonderful world of online video slots with the release of their electrifying new Slingo Lightning title. The 5x5 Bingo slot boasts several thrilling features and a ...Read More
Rising Soccer Star Aiming for Olympics
Exciting young Canadian soccer talent Julia Grosso has a winning outlook on sport and on life. Instead of becoming impatient with the process of being moulded into the best young midfielder that she can be, she’s embracing the growt...Read More
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According to the results of a new survey conducted by Pocketgamer, more than a quarter of all mobile game developers plan to begin monetizing their free-to-play games in the next six months. And they plan on achieving this with actual in-...Read More
Microgaming Welcomes Aurum To Network
Online casino games pioneer Microgaming’s independent game makers’ collective only continues to grow larger and more impressive. The latest new addition to the clan is specialist online video slots creators Aurum Signature Stu...Read More
Shareholders Unhappy About Offer For GCGC
Great Canadian Gaming Corporation shareholder Burgundy Asset Management has expressed its dissatisfaction with the some of the sale conditions on the table in terms of the offloading of the company to an investment vehicle of Apollo Globa...Read More
Playtech Inks Significant eSports Deal
An exciting new agreement between casino software development powerhouse Playtech plc and Nevada-based gaming tech giant Golden Matrix Group Inc. will focus on increasing both industry giants’ shares and interests in the global eSpo...Read More
Troubled Teen Schools Under Fire For Abuse
U.S. boarding schools for so-called troubled teens are thought to currently house roughly 40,000 children across their facilities – many of whom are Canadian children sent south of the border by parents in search of secure housing a...Read More
Buzz Bingo To Launch NetEnt-Powered Slots
Buzz Bingo, the UK’s largest Bingo operator, has now integrated online video slots giant NetEnt’s highest quality premium iGaming titles with its own offerings and platform. Following a successful integration, Buzz Bingo&rsquo...Read More
MGA Games Launch New Sweet Home Bingo Game
Bingo is bigger than big not only online, but specifically also in terms of its popularity among mobile Bingo enthusiasts. And ready to answer to the demand for more Bingo entertainment is MGA Games, who have just launched an updated and ...Read More
NGCB Loses Steve Wynn Local Licence Lawsuit
The 2019 court application by the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) to have Wynn Resorts founder Steve Wynn declared unfit to a hold a casino licence in the state has been dismissed. Clark County District Judge Adriana Escobar rule...Read More
All41Studios Links Up With Pronet Gaming
For All41Studios, making a name for themselves in exclusive partnership with industry giant Microgaming is starting to really pay off. By now a familiar name across the global iGaming playing field, the studio has aced yet another stellar...Read More
Record-Setting Raffle In Memory Of Joey Moss
An incredible $991,800 has been raised for the benefit of a memorial fund created by Edmonton’s Winnifred Stewart Association in honour of long-time Edmonton Oilers and EE Football Team locker room attendant the late Joey Moss. The ...Read More
Cascades Casino Cladding Up For Winter
Though present challenges are making it difficult to wager an accurate prediction regarding when construction can be expected to resume at Gateway Casinos & Entertainment’s North Bay Cascades Casino, the operator giant has stres...Read More
WhatIfGod Wins PokerStars EPT Main Event
PokerStars’ European Poker Tour Online Series concluded with a spectacular $5,200 buy-in Main Event on Wednesday, with the final table and $1,019,081 first prize winner none other than two-time WCOOP champion, Sweden’s “...Read More
Actor Michael J. Fox Announces Hit Retirement
Edmonton-born Hollywood actor Michael J. Fox is retiring from acting to focus on his health. The beloved Spin City actor, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at only 29, revealed his retirement plans in his new memoir, No Tim...Read More
iPoker Network Confirm A Surge In Bitcoin Withdrawals
A recent surge in Bitcoin’s value has led to Costa Rica-headquartered online operator Winning Poker Network having had to buy millions of dollars in bitcoin nearly daily in order to keep up with players’ withdrawal demands. Pl...Read More
Lions Club To Revisit Bingo Safety Plans
The relief experienced by Bingo enthusiasts at the return of their favourite pastime to Parkdale Sherwood Lions Club after six months of no Bingo seems to have not been destined to last. Only two months of Bingo enjoyment later, as approv...Read More
Casino Cash Restrictions Could Have Halted Money Laundering
The Cullen Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in B.C. has been told that, had restrictions been imposed on the amount of cash customers were permitted to bring onto the casino floor, money laundering would have not as been so sim...Read More
Bill Perkins Calls Time On Grudge Match
Fans and followers of Canadian Poker player Daniel Negreanu and Doug “Truck Driver” Polk and their rather bizarre WSOP.com Grudge Match were this week treated to the stuff that makes of Poker such an entertaining experience &n...Read More
Casino Rama To Finally Reopen Its Doors
Ontario’s Casino Rama will after eight long months of closure finally reopen its doors. Though a definite reopening date has not yet been announced, Rama First Nation Chief Ted Williams this week confirmed that the popular venue is ...Read More
Newcomer Landon Tice Wins MSPT Main Event
Sunday’s 2020 Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Venetian $1,100 Main Event saw a field of 1,123 entries spend nearly 16 hours battling it out on the felt for a whopping $201,529. The winner turned out to be 21-year-old Landon Tice from B...Read More
Yggdrasil Unveils New Moley Moolah Slot
With the launch of their new Moley Moolah online video slot, Yggdrasil helps players dig deep in the garden for big cash prizes. A medium volatility slot developed for the studio by YG Masters partner Gameflex, Moley Moolah is set in the ...Read More
Alberta Horse Racing Celebrates Upswing
Horse racing in Alberta has witnessed record figures in terms of revenue generated by Thoroughbred live racing events over recent weeks – with Edmonton’s Century Mile Racetrack and Casino alone reporting spend totalling a stag...Read More
ALC Takes Record Number Of US Election Bets
Even though Canadians enjoyed no voting rights in the November 3 U.S. Presidential Election, they still displayed a keen interest by wagering about CA$436,000 via Crown corporation Atlantic Lottery Corp.’s Pro-Line platform. This ac...Read More
Badziakouski & Eibinger Pocket EPT On A Chop
That the 2020 PokerStars European Poker Tour Online has only been running for a little over a week has not deterred some of the biggest names in the competition from already having scooped up some of the largest of the big-money prizes. T...Read More
IOC Banking Tokyo Success On Vaccination
Not only is next year’s successful staging of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, a main order of business for the country as well as the International Olympic Committee right now, but also that spectators will be in a position ...Read More
Play’n GO Unveils New Viking Runecraft Bingo
Play’n GO has just turned one of its most popular slots of all time into a super impressive Bingo game. Featuring 90-ball online video Bingo, Viking Runecraft Bingo allows players to play up to 4 cards at any given time. Just the s...Read More
Great Canadian Gaming Comments On Q3 Report
Great Canadian Gaming Corp. has reported net losses amounting to CA$36.5 million for the three months spanning the third quarter of the year and ending September 30. Though recently permitted to reopen its Casino Woodbine and Casino New B...Read More
Kim Ng Becomes The First Female GM In The MLB
Baseball stalwart Kim Ng has become the first female General Manager in the history of the MLB when she was named the new GM of the Miami Marlins. Ng previously served in the role of Senior Vice President of Baseball operations for the ML...Read More
WSOP To Host $10,000 Live Main Event In 2020
Since unprecedented times call for unique solutions, there will this year be a 2020 World Series of Poker live Main Event, after all. The World Series of Poker on Friday announced that the official Main Event for the year will begin onlin...Read More
Black-Ish Star’s Mom Chose Bingo Over Obama
American actor and television show presenter Anthony Anderson’s mom Doris is such a big Bingo fan that she chose the game over a chance to accompany the star on a visit to the White House and a meet-and-greet with President Barack O...Read More
Iconic Bally’s Brand To Be Given New Life
The iconic Bally’s, only the third casino to open in Atlantic City New Jersey, making its grand debut in 1979, has been given a new lease on life. Recently acquired from Caesars Entertainment by the Rhode Island company previously k...Read More
Lewis Hamilton Seen Revving To Go At GGPoker
Six-time Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton was recently seen playing high-stakes online Poker alongside Poker greats Isaac Haxton, Niklas Astedt, Artur Martirosian, and Christian Rudolph in the $1.25 million-guaranteed Event #7 of...Read More
Playtech Add New Game To Age Of Gods Slots Series
Games development powerhouse and casino software provider Playtech has just released a brand-new progressive jackpot online slot of epic proportions. Age of the Gods Norse: Book of Dwarves is the latest title to be added by the award-winn...Read More
Apollo Inc. To Acquire Great Canadian Gaming
Great Canadian Gaming Corporation confirmed on Tuesday that its board of directors have voted unanimously in favour of the company being acquired by Apollo Global Management Inc. Apollo will according to the terms of the agreement, acquir...Read More
Bagsful Of Christmas With Netflix November
Netflix Canada’s November line-up is all about the magic of Christmas. Barring the fourth season of The Crown, a show about Brazilian drag queens, and the odd crime dramady, it’s pretty much a jingle-belling show planned for t...Read More
DraftKings Facing Legal Action Over Proxy Bet
Sports betting and fantasy sports operator DraftKings may have to defend its decision not to permit the placing of bets by means of a proxy after freezing a Florida man’s New Jersey mobile sports betting account in October. This onl...Read More
CGA Back Ontario iGaming Overhaul
Ontario provincial government’s forging ahead with the legalisation of a privatised online gaming sector in the province has been hailed commendable by the Canadian Gaming Association. The organisation has said that government has a...Read More
Fallsview Casino Jewelry Thief Charged
A 55-year-old Brampton resident and driving instructor by trade will not be permitted to visit Niagara Falls’ Fallsview Casino Resort or any of the other on-site stores and amenities for at least 16 months. Following a February 2020...Read More
New Witches Movie In Trouble For Making Disabilities Scary
A Warner Bros. remake of Roald Dahl’s scary children’s classic “The Witches” is causing quite the upset among social activists and people living with disabilities. Now out on HBO Max in the U.S., and coming to Cana...Read More
Cross-Party Sports Betting Bill Getting Cross-Party Support
Canada has moved another step closer to legalised single-game sports betting. MP Kevin Waugh put the facts to the table with the second reading of a bill that would allow Canadians to benefit not only from taxable revenue generated by par...Read More
Hanover Man Wins Big With Instant Bingo
A resident from Hanover, Ontario, is an incredible CA$100,000 richer after playing the uber-popular Instant Bingo Doubler, a product of Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG). 61-year-old Hanover retiree Merlin MacKinnon is the late...Read More
Microgaming Reveal New Game Releases For November
Casino games giant Microgaming has quite the treat in store for iGaming enthusiasts this November, with several exciting new slots and RNG casino games scheduled for release throughout the month. There’s a celebrity collaboration wi...Read More
Valve Unveils New Streamlined Steam Playtest
Great news for players who enjoy trial-playing new title releases on Steam is that Valve is now adding a feature to the platform that will invite gamers to test new games directly from the Steam client – meaning no more need...Read More
PokerStars & Team Furia Ink eSports Deal
The world of eSports is living an explosive boom not showing signs of settling down anytime soon. And riding the wave of success by making the most of every new opportunity to come its way is online Poker titan PokerStars – courtesy...Read More
A Christmas Of Racing Planned For Woodbine
Christmas is coming to Woodbine Mohawk Park. Ontario’s Woodbine Entertainment this week announced an all-new live racing schedule extending well into December and the holidays. Breaking with the traditional schedule will allow more ...Read More
BCLC Accused of Turning a Blind Eye To Money Laundering
The Cullen Commission of Inquiry Into Money Laundering In B.C. has heard a first-hand account of how a former casino investigator had been met with a culture of indifference upon being appointed by the province’s Gaming Policy and E...Read More
Glider May Be The Key To Right Whale Survival
An underwater acoustic glider has proven to be successful at detecting the presence of North Atlantic right whales migrating to and from Canadian waters. The technology, which was developed by the University of New Brunswick in associatio...Read More
Cullen Commission Hears Of $1.8M Cash Gamble
The Cullen Commission has heard how in December 2014, a VIP patron had, over the space of a single week hauled cash to the value of $1.8 million into British Columbia’s River Rock Casino & Resort – ready to be gambled. The...Read More
Rotary Clubs Helping Others With Online Bingo
Since it is the mission of Rotary International to stand in service and support working towards the goodwill of others, community and charity events are an important part of what the organisation does. And since Bingo is stalwart go-to ac...Read More
All-Canadian Division On The NHL Table
Since the continued closure of the Canada/U.S. border is a deciding factor impacting how the NHL will have to operate in the coming season, the league is currently considering creating a competition to be played among Canadian clubs only....Read More
GGPoker Sets World Record With 2020 WSOP
It’s official. The World Series of Poker Online Event 77: $5,000 Main Event hosted by GGPoker on September 6, 2020, has emerged the holder of a new Guinness World Record for the Largest Prize Pool for an Online Poker Tournament. The...Read More
Yggdrasil Gaming Receives ISO Accreditation
There’s obviously no stopping online casino industry leader Yggdrasil Gaming. Just days ago, the studio announced that it has now been awarded ISO 27001 accreditation – proof yet again of the online casino games developer/dist...Read More
Galaxy Store Overhaul Focused On Gaming
Tech and smartphone giant Samsung have given its Galaxy Store a complete overhaul. And not surprisingly, the focus is this time around nearly exclusively on gaming and the mobile gaming experience. Notable also is that Samsung has comple...Read More
Quebec Man Wins CA$1.3M Playing Powerbucks™
October 18 is a date Laval resident Elie Chebli is unlikely to ever forget. This was the day the Quebec native won a whopping CA$1,321,851 playing Powerbucks Wheel of Fortune Hawaiian Gateway at Loto-Québec’s online gaming we...Read More
Poker Pro In Tax Battle With Canadian Authorities
2010 World Series of Poker Main Event winner Jonathan Duhamel reportedly owes the Canadian federal government an amount of CA$1,2,114 in back-taxes from money earned playing professional Poker during the period 2010-2012. What’s mor...Read More
Microgaming Teases Exciting New Poker Suite
Big news making Poker headlines this week is that online casino games titan Microgaming has announced the upcoming launch of an all-new offering. The news comes only months after the industry-leading developer/supplier closed down its Mic...Read More
Court Dismisses Climate Change Lawsuit
A Federal Court judge this week dismissed an application pushing for the Canadian Government to be held responsible for its role played in contributing to climate change. The lawsuit was brought before the court by a group of 15 young Can...Read More
Apple’s Arbitrariness Yet Again Scrutinised
Technology giant and iPhone-maker Apple Inc.’s arbitrary rules of inclusion and exclusion are behind Facebook’s cloud games launch on Android, but not on iOS. Facebook’s failure to launch on Apple devices is the latest s...Read More
Tim Hortons To Trial Reusable Containers
Canadian fast food restaurant chain Tim Hortons is on a mission to reduce single-use waste. The multinational chain says it hopes to achieve this through a new partnership with private recycling giant TerraCycle’s Loop, a zero-waste...Read More
Cullen Commission Turns Focus To River Rock
Though only a few days into the next phase of hearings, the Cullen Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in British Columbia has already managed to unearth more shocking information. The hearings have delved into the unsavoury going...Read More
Researchers Discuss Right Whale Plight
This week, virtual gatherings were conducted and attended by researchers from all over the U.S. and Canada - with the focus being on the preservation the endangered right whale. The North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium invites input from...Read More
Yggdrasil Gaming’s Hades Gigablox™ Goes Live
This past October 22 saw the release of a phenomenal new video slot by leading online casino software developer Yggdrasil Gaming. Hades Gigablox™ is only the second slot featuring the studio’s new GIGABLOX™ mechanic. Th...Read More
NetEnt And Red Tiger Enlarge Canadian Footprints
Premium iGaming solutions and casino software provider NetEnt, along with NetEnt-owned online slots development specialist Red Tiger, have announced a major expansion initiative in the Canadian online gaming market. An enlarged operator b...Read More
Rank Names Playtech Exclusive Bingo Partner
Premium casino software and technology solutions supplier Playtech has successfully reached yet another of its group transformation objectives by inking an extended dal with the Rank Group. UK Bingo and online casino giant the Rank Group ...Read More
Google And Apple Facing U.S. Federal Action
Three federal lawsuits filed in Alabama and Connecticut take issue with Apple and
Google’s free-to-play casino games offering in-game currency in return for real money. Two Selby County residents and a third person from Connecti...Read More
B.C.’s Cullen Commission Enters Next Phase
Monday this week saw the Cullen Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in British Columbia enter its next phase of hearings in Vancouver, B.C. Resumed only on October 26 instead of the initially-scheduled October 13, the current phas...Read More
Dixon Beats Newgarden To Win IndyCar Title
Sunday’s grand finale IndyCar Series Firestone Grand Prix race at St. Petersburg, Florida, saw New Zealander and Team Penske driver Scott Dixon deny Joseph Newgarden his IndyCar crown by a mere 2 points on the roster. Not even...Read More
B.C. To File Loot Box Class-Action Lawsuit
British Columbia is on the verge of its very first official loot box class action lawsuit. Filed on September 30 by plaintiffs Mark Sutherland and Shawn Moore, from British Columbia and Ontario, respectively, the suit alleges that loot bo...Read More
Kornuth Back In The Black In Galfond Challenge
Whether or not career Poker player Chance Kornuth will ultimately succeed where both VeniVidi1993 and ActionFreak have failed remains to be seen. But as for right now, and following Wednesday’s session, Kornuth’s $190,000 fini...Read More
Pragmatic Play To Power EGR Operator Awards
Leading iGaming content provider Pragmatic Play will act as headline sponsor for the annual EGR Operator Awards 2020. This year, the event that’s been dubbed the Oscars of the iGaming world will be hosted virtually for the first tim...Read More
Google Stadia Launch Free Games
Google is luring people into cloud gaming by enticing them with a series of free-to-play Stadia game demos. Games such as Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle and Humankind, launched earlier this week on Stadia, will be available to play for free f...Read More
Poker Veteran Sam Grizzle Dies
Professional player Sam Grizzle, widely known as one of the funniest guys in the Poker world, has died. Grizzle was 67 years old. After suffering a serious stroke and brain aneurysm on Sunday, October 18, Grizzle reportedly fell into a co...Read More
Vegas Casinos Ramp Up Security Amid Crime Spree
Violent crime on The Strip and in especially the Las Vegas Boulevard has witnessed a steady rise. Aggravated assault in particular is up at least 4 per cent compared to this time last year. As a result, the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas has r...Read More
Negreanu Says He Has No Problem With VPNs
Canadian Poker whizz Daniel Negreanu says he has no problem with players making use of a VPN to hide their real physical location – just as long as they are who they say they are. The GGPoker Ambassador shared his personal views on ...Read More
Google Lawsuit Welcomed Despite U.S. Agenda
The U.S. government has launched an antitrust pre-election litigation war on search and tech giant Google. And though such a move certainly indicates a new willingness on government’s part to take action against big-tech monopolies,...Read More
Loto-Québec Launches Reels On Instagram
Crown corporation and gaming giant Loto-Québec is officially on Instagram. The local gaming and entertainment supplier says that it hopes to step up its presence on social media, and by so doing, connect more effectively with local...Read More
Greg Vanney Upset Over Supporters’ Shield Award
Toronto FC head coach Greg Vanney says the decision to not award the Supporters’ Shield to any club this year is disappointing and disgraceful. The decision referred to by Vanney was made by the group charged with overseeing the han...Read More
Pragmatic Play To Supply Huge Bingo Operator
Pragmatic Play, this year’s lead sponsor of the prestigious EGR Operator Awards 2020, continues to make online casino news headlines this week. The award-winning content supplier has been named the exclusive Bingo provider to leadin...Read More
Verley Calls Out Nyx Dream Catcher Video
The message from Canada’s Drag Race queen Ilona Verley is clear; Indigenous cultures aren’t costumes and should be respected as such. Verley and several others were recently seen calling out Nyx Professional Makeup for cultura...Read More
OLG Names Banking Exec Duncan Hannay As New CEO
The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation has appointed a new CEO and President. Experienced banking specialist with a strong focus on digital innovation, Duncan Hannay will officially take over the reins from Stephen Rigby on October th...Read More
Yggdrasil Thrills With New Hyperburst Slot
Yggdrasil Gaming has released a new online slot, and judging by first appearances, this one plans on sticking around for many more years to come. From the boosting of lucky streaks to a superb show of features, the award-winning online ca...Read More
Doug Polk’s Trash Talk Falls Flat Ahead of Negreanu Game
There’s now less than a fortnight remaining until Doug Polk and Daniel Negreanu’s heads-up match on PokerGO. And judging by Doug Polk’s pre-game trash talk, his intention of taking out the trash is nothing more than fear...Read More
Playtech Welcomes Espresso Games To The Fold
One of the world’s leading suppliers of online gaming and sports betting software and a celebrated provider of turnkey solutions in the online gaming arena, Playtech needs no introduction at all. The company’s Playtech Games M...Read More
Exciting Link-Up Between Evolution And Wynn
American casino and sports betting operator Wynn Sports Interactive has announced an exciting new partnership alongside live casino iGaming specialist Evolution, formerly Evolution Gaming. The alliance will allow Wynn Sports Interactive t...Read More
VLTs & Casinos Re-Shuttered Across Quebec
Unprecedented situations call for unique and targeting responses. Which is why Crown corporation Loto-Québec’s decision to temporarily close one of its most popular best-performing casinos, as well as all Video Lottery Termin...Read More
Police Called To Break Up Huge Bingo Event
So eager are residents of Montreal to continue to play Bingo that on Wednesday, police had no option but to visit a local gaming hall and order organisers to send 170 players home. This official visit came after an initial warning had alr...Read More
Toronto Raptors Unveil 3 Of 5 New Uniforms
The Toronto Raptors this week unveiled three new uniforms to be worn during the coming season. Five new uniforms will be worn, announced the team, of which two will only be revealed closer to the start of the new season. The jerseys, so ...Read More
Late Humboldt Broncos Coach Honoured In Alta
The coach who died in April 2018 in the fatal crash involving the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team’s bus and a private semi was recently honoured with a bronze statue in his hometown of Peace River, Alberta. Darcy Haugan, 42 at t...Read More
Microgaming Inks Megaways™ Deal
Leading online casino games developer and distribution giant Microgaming has announced the inking of a partnership alongside Big Time Gaming. The new deal will authorise the development giant to incorporate Big Time’s proprietary Me...Read More
Bingo Hoping For A Break In Colorado Vote
Bingo may be about to benefit from the biggest legislative break Colorado has ever seen. Bingo halls will be banking on voter support in November and a dice rolling in favour of Amendment C. Should the chips fall in favour of the amendmen...Read More
Xbox Series X Is Quick & Quiet, But It’s Also Too Hot
So hot to the touch is the Microsoft’s Xbox Series X that some reporters, influencers and creators who have managed to get their hands on an early release, found themselves using the hardware as a makeshift fireplace, with others ye...Read More
NetEnt Hyped About Expanded DraftKings Deal
Top online slots and casino games developer NetEnt remains fully focused on U.S. expansion. To this end, the Stockholm-listed iGaming provider has now expanded its existing partnership with American daily fantasy sports and sports betting...Read More
Buffalo Sabres Sign Taylor Hall In $8M Deal
They’ve been called everything from moribund to the NHL’s biggest disaster. But the Buffalo Sabres are hoping to soon turn all of that around – and they’re banking on an US$8 million deal involving the sweepstakes ...Read More
Light Source Synchrotron To Upgrade To 2.0
More than 3,000 experiments have been completed at the Canadian Light Source synchrotron in Saskatoon – experiments that are helping scientists develop everything from cancer treatments to new processes in geology and biochemistry. ...Read More
Racing Night Live At Woodbine Returns To TSN
Woodbine Entertainment is eager to allow everyone keen on horseracing to experience the thrill of the live event. And even though in-person attendance currently remains restricted to only a limited number of fans permitted through the gat...Read More
GTO Leads To The Ultimate Poker Conundrum
Game Theory Optimal Poker is about as controversial and disparity-invoking an issue as counting cards in Blackjack. And since Poker is a game of player-on-player as opposed to Blackjack’s player-vs-dealer, GTO supporters are natural...Read More
Amazon Finally Cans Crucible
Ecommerce and online entertainment giant Amazon have officially canned Crucible, their free-to-play multiplayer shooter game. Crucible has no sustainable future explained Amazon’s Crucible team in a recent blog post. And no surprise...Read More
Facebook QAnon Ban Left Too Late
Facebook’s recent announcement regarding its planned removal of any accounts associated with or affiliated to conspiracy theory QAnon is necessary and welcome – but at the same time also a case of too little, too late, say exp...Read More
Derek Stevens Waves MLB Bet Payday Goodbye
Las Vegas casino mogul Derek Stevens is expected to lose two major MLB bets bound to see him literally thousands of dollars out of pocket. Thanks to calculated money wagered on the Miami Marlins winning the National League as well as the ...Read More
New Twist In Greater Sudbury’s KED Plot
An unexpected development in Greater Sudbury City recently threatened to add yet another twist to the already-complicated Kingsway Entertainment District plot. Greater Sudbury District Council recently heard how 3rdLine Studio, a local de...Read More
Gateway Loan Causes Stir In House Of Commons
The CA$200 million Federal Government loan extended to Gateway Casinos & Entertainment as part of government’s Large Employer Emergency Financing project has emerged quite the subject of dissension in the House of Commons. ...Read More
PACOOP 2020 A Success, Next Up New Jersey
Thanks to Canadian online Poker and iGaming operator PokerStars, online Poker is thriving in regulated U.S. states such as New Jersey and Pennsylvania. With the second edition of PokerStars’ Pennsylvania Championship of Online Poker...Read More
Missing Poker Man Possibly Killed By Backer
Jon Jonsson, the Icelandic Poker player last seen alive leaving a hotel in Dublin, Ireland, on February 9 last year, may have been killed by a backer. According to an unnamed detainee currently serving time in a local prison in Iceland, J...Read More
Dorion Shooting To Rope In Matt Murray
Ottawa Senators GM Pierre Dorion has put his money on netminder Matt Murray – no doubt hoping for a period of reprieve following at least two superbly difficult seasons. And difficult seasons, no less, that included a roaring upset ...Read More
Indoor Bingo Helps Save Service Clubs
Branch 56 of the Royal Canadian Legion in the Pleasantville neighbourhood St. John’s aren’t wishing the summer they’ve only just managed to survive on their worst enemies. A normally bustling summer of weddings and recep...Read More
Apple’s Craftiness Called Out By Ex-Director
Apple Inc. is the epitome of the double industry standard. So says former Apple App Store Director Phil Shoemaker of Apple’s keep-out policies responsible for preventing Xbox Game Pass and Google Stadia from selling their wares to i...Read More
Mar Arrested At Illegal Gambling Den Tied To Canadian PM
One of the individuals associated with the illegal gambling den raided by police this summer as part of Project Endgame has now been confirmed as having what appears to be commercial development ties with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Tr...Read More
US Sports Betting Hits a Record High
Despite a year bringing about more challenges than what the world has witnessed in a very long time, sports betting, at least, seems to be on the road to recovery. Figures recently published by the American Gaming Association show August ...Read More
Canada Experiences Massive Retail Marijuana Boom
Canada’s adult-use Marijuana retail market now stands valued at a phenomenal CA$2.8 billion per year. The latest annual projection follows a record July and a 15.2 per cent improvement over June’s record – in July all th...Read More
Negreanu And Polk Talk About Grudge Match Rules
They’re ready to launch, say Poker champs Daniel Negreanu and Doug Polk. Having in July agreed to a heads-up style Poker grudge match, it now seems they’ve finished hashing out the final details. The so-called grudge match wi...Read More
Ex-Crown Chairman Admits To Shameful Threats
An inquiry into the suitability of Crown Resorts to hold its licence for its new casino planned for Sydney later this year has unearthed quite the pandora’s box of embarrassments. The government enquiry has now led to former Crown R...Read More
Why Caring About Your Looks Isn’t Being Vain
There exists a terrible misconception that if true beauty comes from within, then by some strange and twisted logic, it must also be true that spending too much time looking our outer best must be vain. This isn’t true and is actual...Read More
Police Raid Gambling Den At Toronto Mansion
Law enforcement authorities have seized a massive mansion in a quiet neighbourhood just north of Toronto – along with alcohol to the value of CA$1.5 million, roughly a million dollars in cash, 11 firearms, and thousands of rounds of...Read More
London Western District Restart Live Races
After a long hiatus live horse racing is finally making a return to London’s Western District Fair in Ontario. Horse racing eventually returns to the popular premises this week – with live harness racing expected to thrill hor...Read More
Gaming Deals At Play In $381M Playboy Sale
The late Hugh Hefner’s Playboy brand has long enjoyed strong ties with the world of casinos and gaming. And now that New York special acquisition vehicle Mountain Crest Acquisition Corp. is forking out a cool $381 million to acquire...Read More
Evolution Rebrands and Launches Craps Live
The planned launch of an upcoming new live dealer online casino game by live casino specialist developer/supplier Evolution - previously Evolution Gaming - could mean that Craps Live may become the first-ever game released under the banne...Read More
LoL Virtual K-Pop Group To Release 1st Album
The long-anticipated debut album by League of Legends universe virtual K-pop group K/DA will eventually be released on November 6, LoL creators Riot Games have said. K/DA released its first single in two years earlier on this year in Augu...Read More
AGLC Unveils Legal Online Casino Domain
On Thursday, the Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Commission (AGLC) launched Alberta province’s first 100 per cent legal online casino. PlayAlberta.ca now offers to local players a big variety of online casino entertainment &ndas...Read More
Dale Selection Gets Women’s Football Trending
Football is a sport enjoyed by many Canadians. And to some, it’s a sport enjoyed by entire families, and in many cases, families made up of mostly women. One example of a family of female football players and enthusiasts is WWCFL st...Read More
PokerStars Announces Active Waiting List
The practise of bum hunting has long plagued online Poker. But it’s just been dealt yet another blow. PokerStars has now rolled out active waiting lists for the protection of new and recreational players typically preyed on by more ...Read More
McGregor Could Fight Poirier
It may not yet be the ultimate stand-off dream opposite Manny Pacquiao come true for Irishman and controversial UFC Mixed Martial Arts fighter Conor McGregor. But UFC President Dana White has tabled an offer that, if accepted, will see Mc...Read More
New Rosh Immortality Cube Megaways Slot
Exciting casino games developer GameArt has launched its latest new online slot. Rosh Immortality Cube Megaways slot is a real-money slot now live and available to play. The Megaways super-boosted 6 x 7 layout makes it possible to win in...Read More
LeoVegas Makes First Foray Into Online Bingo
Online casino gaming and entertainment giant LeoVegas has expanded into the booming world of online Bingo. The operator recently launched its very first online Bingo product and range of games. According to a pre-launch press release to ...Read More
Kruse Debacle Draws New Attention To RTA
Real-Time Assistance (RTA) in Poker is a hotter conversation topic now than ever before because of what we saw happening as a result of the Fedor Kruse debacle. Since many Poker players weren’t even aware of such a thing as cheating...Read More
Playtech Joins Safer Digital Gambling Cause
Leading casino games developer Playtech has confirmed having entered into a partnership initiative with the Responsible Gambling Council. Playtech’s involvement in the initiative forms part of the company’s ongoing commitment ...Read More
Real Poker Coming To Nintendo Switch
Poker has often in the past been incorporated in video games. But despite this presence, the game has traditionally been included as a sort of by-product by developers of games like Red Dead Redemption and Grand Theft Auto. But thanks to ...Read More
Microsoft Launching New Xbox Connect For iOS
An upcoming new update by Microsoft will enable iOS users to stream Xbox One games directly to their iPhones. The update will form part of a big new Xbox App update created specifically for iOS. Scheduled to be available soon via Apple&rs...Read More
What’s Coming To Netflix In October?
October is here. This means Halloween, the final stretch before the holidays, and curling up in front of the TV to a series and a movie, or two. Which is why the good folk at Netflix appear to have gone to great lengths to bring us some o...Read More
Microgaming Adds ORYX To Supply Their Portfolio
Leading casino games developer and global iGaming distributor Microgaming has announced having welcomed Bragg Gaming Group-owned ORYX to its rapidly expanding list of aggregation platform gaming content suppliers. The deal reportedly incl...Read More
NetEnt Inks U.S.-Focused SG Partnership
NetEnt has announced having inked an exciting new U.S.-focused partnership alongside casino games colossus Scientific Games. The partnership has allowed NetEnt to integrate its own suite of award-winning iGaming titles to Scientific Games...Read More
NBA Positive About 2021, But Also Realistic
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says the league remains as upbeat as ever over the possibility of teams playing in their home arenas in front of fans in the seats come next season. But – cautioned Silver on Wednesday as part of his ann...Read More
No Bingo, No Jobs Say Greene County Residents
To the residents of Eutaw in Greene County, Alabama, Bingo is more than just gaming entertainment or an opportunity to connect socially with others – it also generates around $400,000 in revenue every month, not to mention even hund...Read More
Mesquite Launches Two All-New Bingo Bonuses
Thanks to a special initiative undertaken by Mesquite Gaming’s Virgin River Hotel & Casino alongside digital Bingo application provider sidePlayR, Bingo enthusiasts will from now on out be treated to an enhanced and premium gami...Read More
Gateway Benefiting From $200M Kickstart Loan
Based in British Columbia and established in 1992, Gateway Casinos and Entertainment is a private employer that operates 26 casinos and gambling venues scattered across three provinces. As such, the company employs tens of thousands of pe...Read More
Amazon Is Getting Into Gaming – Unveils Luna
Amazon is officially getting into gaming. And not unlike practically everything else we’ve seen the internet giant get into, its new Luna cloud gaming platform is expected to grow large enough to give market rivals Google Stadia and...Read More
Galfond & Co Out To Prove Postle A Cheat
Stones Gambling Hall supervisor and Postlegate-sympathiser Justin Kuraitis may be convinced of the Poker community’s apathy regarding alleged cheat Mike Postle. But some of the biggest names in the industry aren’t about to sim...Read More
First U.S. Debate Leads To Bolt For Border
If Tuesday’s presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump resulted in anything, then it’s a realisation among Americans that the U.S. is probably no longer the best place to be. So much for the land of the brave and ...Read More
Peterborough Casino Says No Mask, No Entry
Ontario’s Shorelines Casino Peterborough isn’t making light of the province’s reopening health and safety guidelines. Earlier this week the casino reportedly refused two customers entry to its premises because of the fac...Read More
Cat Osterman Crowned Athletes Unlimited Champ
Cat Osterman, a 37-year-old Team USA pitcher and star left-hander, has been crowned the very first Athletes Unlimited softball champion. She was crowned based on the total number of points scored whilst playing in a five-week long bio-bub...Read More
Two Loto-Québec Casinos To Re-Enter Lockdown
A mandated return to a state of lockdown for several regions in Québec spells nothing good for the province’s casinos and gaming venues. So much so that Crown corporation Loto-Québec has announced that it has decided t...Read More
New First Nation Study Calls For Gaming Regulation Changes
An insightful new study by Canadian research and public policy organisation Frasier Institute has identified specific key reforms that, if implemented by the country’s lawmakers, will help First Nations create value for their commun...Read More
Boyd Gaming Hit With $300k Fine For Detention Incident
The Nevada Gaming Control Board has slapped Boyd Gaming’s Las Vegas Fremont Casino with a massive $300k fine. The fine is in response to a November 2019 incident that saw a female gambler man-handled and unlawfully detained by secur...Read More
Canada Signs Biodiversity Pledge
Earlier this week, Canada and Britain week pledged to protect a third of their land and seas by the year 2030. The 30 per cent protection pledge was made alongside the European Union and with the focus on curbing an anticipated biodiversi...Read More
Laing & Jones’ Return To Curling Results In a Win
After a long break from the ice, Canada’s favourite curling couple are back. Brent Laing and Jennifer Jones have made a triumphant return, winning the doubles event at Waterloo’s KW Granite Curling Club. The freshness of bran...Read More
Better Days Await In ‘21 Says Kawartha Downs
Better days are coming to Ontario’s horse racing scene – and it’s a future Kawartha Downs is determined to make a bright and successful one. Harness racing, especially, has a promising future in the region, said racetrac...Read More
Loto-Québec Implement New Operating Curfews
Crown corporation Loto-Québec recently announced in-depth details regarding several changes set to be implemented post-reopening in an attempt to more effectively safeguard those visiting its casinos and gaming halls – all si...Read More
Michael Hogan Recovering From Brain Injury
Really tragic news recently revealed is that Canadian actor Michael Hogan is currently fighting hard to recover from a potentially life-altering brain injury sustained earlier this year in February. According to the beloved actor’s...Read More
Hellmuth Upsets Esfandiari A Second Time
High-stakes Poker pounders Phil Hellmuth and Antonio Esfandiari have been arch-rivals on the felt for longer than any of the two would probably care to remember. In fact, for 18 years has Esfandiari been a professional thorn in Hellmuth&r...Read More
Jamie Foxx To Star In New BetMGM Campaign
Grammy and Academy Award-winning superstar and beloved celebrity personality Jamie Foxx is set to star in an upcoming new big-brand campaign for sports betting and iGaming operator BetMGM. The big-brand bookmaker welcomed the film star t...Read More
Evolution Gaming & NetEnt Under Antitrust Spotlight
The CMA, which is short for the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority, reportedly on September 22 launched an anti-trust investigation into live casino specialist developer Evolution Gaming’s proposed acquisition of online ...Read More
Rob Howley Signs 3-Yr Deal With Rugby Canada
Former Wales and British Lions attack coach Rob Howley, the man late last year slapped with an 18 months-long fine (half of which was suspended), for breaching rugby’s betting and gambling rules, has signed a three-year assi...Read More
Isai Scheinberg Sentenced
A U.S. federal judge has sentenced online Poker offender and PokerStars founder Isai Scheinberg to a $30,100 fine and suspended prison time over his involvement in online gaming operations after the coming into force of America’s Un...Read More
Bongo’s Bingo Takes The Party Action Outside
It’s doubtful whether even Bongo’s Bingo founder Jonny Bongo himself could have foreseen just how popular an outdoor and physically distanced edition of the company’s famous Bingo parties was going to be. But popular pro...Read More
UK Gov Launches Loot Box Call For Evidence
The U.K. government this week officially launched its previously hinted-at call for evidence regarding the effects and impact of loot boxes in video games. Driven by government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCM...Read More
How Therapy Is Helping Men Become Mentally Healthy
Nearly four times more men die each year by suicide than women. And in Canada, almost as many men die by suicide than by prostate cancer. This is obviously a crisis that’s been made only all that much worse by the endless challenge...Read More
Fremont Casino LV In Trouble With NGCB
Popular gaming venue the Las Vegas Fremont Casino Resort has found itself in hot water after local regulator the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) filed an official unsuitable operations complaint against the gaming establishment earlier...Read More
Bruce Buffer Named Twin Casino Ambassador
Bruce Buffer is no stranger to the world of broadcasting, entertainment and live events. The man dubbed the “Voice of Mixed Martial Arts” would not have spent the past 24 years announcing Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) e...Read More
Chase Claypool Makes NFL History
The man who on Sunday aced the longest Touch Down from scrimmage in the history of the NFL – an 84-yard touchdown reception – is no one other than Abbotsford, B.C. native Chase Claypool. In only his second career game played ...Read More
Why Tatiana Maslany Is The Perfect She-Hulk
Those who marvelled (yes, literally) at all fourteen characters played by her in the award-winning series “Orphan Black” will know that it was only a matter of time before Canadian actress Tatiana Maslany landed a master role ...Read More
Seneca Resorts & Casinos Cancel Live Shows
All live performances and music shows previously scheduled by New York’s Seneca Resorts and Casinos for the remaining months of 2020 have been cancelled, the gaming and entertaining establishment has confirmed. Cancelled shows incl...Read More
Parker Talbot Wins First-Ever WCOOP Event
Whether or not he himself ever thought he’d actually nail it is anyone’s guess – but luckily, that doesn’t take anything away from the fact that Canada’s Parker “Tonkaaaa” Talbot finally became a ...Read More
Air Pollution Warning Issued For Vancouver
A high-risk health warning has been issued for Metro Vancouver. Issued as part of a special air quality statement, Environment Canada has issued said warning as a result of wildfire smoke caused by wildfires burning in the United States h...Read More
Penny Gambling Ring Father And Son Charged
A Pennsylvania-based father and son alliance recently pled guilty to several charges related to everything from illegal betting on state Lottery numbers to unlicensed bookmaking. Pittsburgh’s Robert “Bobby I” Iannelli, ...Read More
Bose Named Official LoL Headset Partner
Northeastern American audio equipment and technology specialist developer and manufacturer Bose has been named the official headset partner of all global League of Legends (LoL) events. Beginning with the upcoming League of Legends World ...Read More
Brad Booth Confirmed Alive & Well By Family
Prominent Canadian born Poker player Brad Booth has been found and is alive and well, Booth’s family has confirmed via a tweet. On July 30 Booth was reported missing after he failed to make contact with neither friends nor family fo...Read More
PS4 Games Won’t Be Backwards Compatible with PS3 & PS2 Consoles
PlayStation fans who had been hoping to play their old PS3 and PS2 games on Sony’s upcoming new PS5 console are unfortunately in for a disappointment. Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan during a recent interview with a hig...Read More
BCLC Report Shows Online Gaming Potential
British Columbia has always been able to rely heavily on the support of a high-performing provincial online gaming industry. This is true in the present and was true even before global disaster hit around mid-March. And even though B.C.&r...Read More
Woodbine VideoCon Shines Light On Claiming
A recent Wednesday videoconference hosted by Woodbine Entertainment for the purpose of the discussion of several topics aimed at improving Ontario’s horse racing industry, eventually led to the subject of “claiming races&rdquo...Read More
NetEnt Unveils 3 New Live Blackjack Tables
NetEnt continues to grow larger and ever more prominent still – with its latest endeavour being the successful completion of a major expansion of its live studio based in Qormi, Malta. Three new standard Blackjack tables have now be...Read More
Bingo Finally Returns To Charlottetown Club
Popular hotspot Parkdale Sherwood Lions is finally ready to host its first Bingo games in more than 6 months. The venue has been closed ever since public health restrictions were first enforced around mid-March. But end-of-week will fina...Read More
GVC Founding Member Of Diversity Project
Committed to the cause of creating and promoting diversity in the world-wide gambling industry, operator giant GVC Holdings has signed on as founding member of the “All-in Diversity Project”. The project will focus on promotin...Read More
Park MGM To Reopen Fully Smoke-Free
Park MGM, along with in-house boutique hotel NoMad Las Vegas, will eventually reopen their doors to the public on September 30, MGM Resorts International has now confirmed. What’s more, said MGM via a social media tweet, once open, ...Read More
iGaming Projected To Be Worth $648bn By 2027
Hard though it may be to believe, we’re already crawling towards the end of a particularly disastrous year – a definite non-event on the modern calendar. But this obviously also means that we’re now getting to see indust...Read More
Score Media And Gaming Upgrades To TSX
Score Media and Gaming Inc., a major media and sports betting service based in Toronto, has announced having received the final approval needed to migrate from the TSX Venture Exchange to the Toronto Stock Exchange. As a result of the ap...Read More
Fedor Kruse Accused Of High-Stakes Cheating
A well-known online Poker player has been accused by two of his former housemates of cheating in high-stakes cash games by making illicit use of “solver” software. According to Fedor Kruse’s former Vienna housemates, id...Read More
Jelly Named 3rd Studio To Join Greenlogic
Independent casino games development studio Jelly has now joined the likes of Touchstone Games and Hurricane Games by having been named the third iGaming studio to be added to Stakelogic’s Greenlogic gaming production partnership pl...Read More
Aquinnah Bingo Case Before Appeals Court
The building of a Bingo hall and gaming venue on the western side of Martha’s Vineyard by the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head is an issue long already in contention – with the town of Aquinnah trying all that it can to prevent the...Read More
Fraser Downs Unable To Thrive Without Games
A lack of sufficient financial support, so said Harness Racing British Columbia in a recent statement, is what’s behind the decision to postpone the return of live harness racing to Fraser Downs Racetrack and Casino in Cloverdale. O...Read More
AJ Kelsall Wins WSOP Global Casino Champ
This year for the first time in the history of the event hosted online, the invite-only World Series of Poker Global Casino Championship concluded yet again in super-successful fashion on September 13. Hosted this year in Nevada as well a...Read More
Sydney & Halifax Gaming To Reopen Oct. 5
News bound to warm the cockles of the hearts of those gaming enthusiasts living in Sydney and Halifax, is that gaming operator Great Canadian Gaming Corporation has received the greenlight for an October 5 relaunch of its day-to-day opera...Read More
Perelman To Sell SG Corp Shares To Caledonia
U.S. businessman Ronald Perelman’s 39 per cent stake in big-gaming giant Scientific Games Corporation will reportedly be sold to Australia’s Caledonia Investments for a massive $920 million. This, according to financial news a...Read More
Canadians To Enjoy A Longer Fall This Year
Prominent weather forecasting service The Weather Network predicts that this year, Canadians can look forward to a lengthy fall – with winter and storms expected to come knocking significantly later than usual. The forecast obvious...Read More
Local Speed Skaters Open To Hub Possibility
Even though it may at times feel as if they’re being made to take one step back after another, Canada’s speed skaters say they remain hopeful of being able to train and compete again soon. And if that means having travel to th...Read More
Brampton Man’s $100k Instant Bingo Win
When retired Brampton truck driver Reginald McNally finished scratching away at his Instant Bingo Doubler ticket, something looked so “off” that he immediately assumed that something must be amiss with his ticket. But upon cl...Read More
VLT Win Turns Saskatchewan Man Millionaire
When Saskatchewan-based video lottery terminals (VLTs) enthusiast Bob Heintz recently hit a jackpot win playing his favourite Vault Breaker progressive jackpot game, he initially thought he had won CA$1,000. But that would only last unti...Read More
Beloved TV Gameshow To Make Autumn Return
Recently confirmed good news is that gaming and entertainment giant and Crown corporation Loto-Québec’s beloved La Poule aux Oeufs d’Or television gaming show will be making its official 28th season return th...Read More
Fabrizio Gonzales Wins Big In 888poker Event
It’s the biggest online Poker festival ever to be hosted by online Poker platform 888poker – and the good news is that Millions Superstorm officially got underway on September 10. The $8 million+ guaranteed prize pool-event w...Read More
Station Finally Gives Up Reno Casino Dream
Las Vegas-based hotel and casino gaming company Station Casinos has thrown in the towel on a 15-year-long battle to raise a successful casino in Reno. According to the Reno Gazette Journal (RGJ), the company recently put all of its Reno ...Read More
Newfoundland Family Find An Ally In Seaweed
What had originally started out as no more than a business on the side run by Newfoundland family Terrance (49), Courtney (42), and Phoenix (11) Howell, the family now hails the unlikely answer to their financial worries brought about by ...Read More
Canada’s Daniel Dvoress Makes Cover Feature
Poker media publication CardPlayer has just released its latest digital bi-weekly magazine, and trending on the cover is none other than Canadian Poker champion Daniel Dvoress – the man who recently won the WSOP’s Millionaire ...Read More
Court Ruling A Telecoms Win For Canadians
A recent Federal Court of Appeal dismissal is described not only as being a victory successfully claimed by the country’s smaller independent internet service providers (ISPs), but in actual fact also a massive win for Canadians. O...Read More
Connor Drinan Wins Final WSOP Bracelet
His is a win that wrapped up a super successful and record-smashing World Series of Poker online tournament. His name is Connor Drinan and he’s the United States player to have won the final available WSOP bracelet – along wit...Read More
LeoVegas To Go Bingo Big With Pragmatic Play
Great news for Bingo enthusiasts is that online casino operator giant LeoVegas – in collaboration with online technology provider Pragmatic Play - is officially getting ready to launch a brand-new online Bingo product this coming Oc...Read More
Canadian Casinos Making A Slow Return
Canada’s gaming scene may be crawling back to life after an extended period of near non-existence, but, says casino operator Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (GCGC), it is a slow crawling back to life resulting in an industry that ...Read More
Bingo Blitz To Donate $100M To Make-A-Wish
Not only does Bingo Blitz offer to a global audience base social Bingo fun that is free to play, but players wanting to support a tremendously good cause now also get to help unlock donations to the value of at least $100,000 for the bene...Read More
Celine Dion Suits Any Occasion – Just Ask ESPN
Much in the same way as there being an App for that, there’s also a Celine Dion song for every conceivable occasion. And ESPN’s genius use of the French-Canadian superstar’s chart-topping hit It’s All Coming Back T...Read More
WSOP Celebrates Historical Poker Event
Never before has the Poker world witnessed anything quite like it. An event hosted on the back of the disappointing cancellation of a flagship Las Vegas live tournament competition, the 2020 World Series of Poker GGPoker online competitio...Read More
CONCACAF Says Re New WC Qualifier Schedule
Theirs was never going to be a World Cup journey free of its fair share of challenges. And now that making it all the way through to the 2022 competition in Qatar requires of the team to also navigate those hindrances and delays cause by ...Read More
Steve Nash Says He’s Hyped About Nets Career
That he’s never coached a day’s worth of basketball in his life isn’t about to dampen Canadian Hall-of-Famer Steve Nash’s excitement about looking forward to getting started on his new career as Brooklyn Nets coach...Read More
Epic Games Asks Court To Stop Apple Monopoly
Apple may be locked and loaded and ready for a so-called retaliation, but that doesn’t mean Fortnite creators Epic Games are simply going to sit back and wait to hear the shrapnel drop. Not if a request recently brought before court...Read More
Caesars & VICI Sell Harrah’s Racino For $22M
Gaming and entertainment giant Caesars Entertainment, and racino operator and co-owner VICI, have reportedly agreed to offload Harrah’s Louisiana Downs Racino on buyer Rubico Acquisition Corp. in exchange for US$22 million. Of the ...Read More
Stoyan Madanzhiev Nabs Biggest WSOP Win Ever
What had initially started out as an unlikely Event #77: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event final table finish for Stoyan Madanzhiev, could not have worked out in a more pro-Madanzhiev way no matter which way the chips could ultimat...Read More
Local Legions Say They’re Lost Without Bingo
To thousands of Canadian veterans, Royal Canadian legions are a social and mental health lifeline, and even more so to those living in smaller communities. Legions are where veterans and their families go for everything from a social game...Read More
Microgaming Launching More New Slots in September
September is shaping up to be quite the online gaming month – and it’s all thanks to Microgaming’s bolstered jackpot offerings coming our way. Not only is the casino games giant adding new WowPot and Mega Moolah titles ...Read More
Carlo LiVolsi Named Potential Wolfpack Buyer
Canadian entrepreneur Carlo LiVolsi has been named as the man looking to buy the financially struggling Transatlantic rugby club, the Toronto Wolfpack. Team officials reportedly days ago introduced LiVolsi to Rugby’s Super League as...Read More
Melika Razavi Wins First WSOP Gold Bracelet
Supermodel beauty and former Miss Global Iran Melika Razavi has officially shown herself to be not only drop dead gorgeous, but also a super smart player at the Poker felt by having just won a highly coveted World Series of Poker Online g...Read More
Las Vegas Strip May Only Recover By 2023
There was never any doubting the fact. The Las Vegas Strip’s road to economic recovery would be a long one. But analysts performing regular re-evaluations of the precarious and constantly changing situation have just thrown a parti...Read More
Olympic Games To Go Ahead In 2021
If it’s beginning to sound a whole lot like a record stuck on repeat, then it’s because it’s beginning to sound a whole lot like a record stuck on repeat. Come what may, says the International Olympic Committee (IOC), th...Read More
Beloved Poker Ambassador Mike Sexton Dies
Beloved Poker Hall of Famer, strategist, and broadcaster, Mike Sexton, the man famously dubbed the “Ambassador of Poker” for his lifelong passion for instilling an appreciation of the game in others, has died of cancer. He was...Read More
Tesla Narrowly Escapes Russian Hack Attempt
The FBI has reportedly foiled an attempt by a team of Russian hackers to extort millions from Elon Musk’s Tesla factory in Sparks, Nevada. The hackers had allegedly offered to a member of staff employed at Tesla’s Gigafactory ...Read More
River Cree Casino Re-Launches Table Games
Following a harrowing 6 months-long safety moratorium on all gaming activities across Alberta province, government at long last gave the official June 12 reopening thumbs-up. Slot machines and VLTs would be permitted to resume operations ...Read More
Great Canadian Gaming Reveals Reopening Date
British Columbia-based Crown corporation and gaming giant Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (GCGC) has finally released a proposed reopening date following more than 6 months of country-wide closures of all 25 its gaming venues. Gaming ac...Read More
How Canada Is Stealing The NBA Show
They’ve made for quite the week in the basketball spotlight – playing hard and fast and reviving once more the Canadian basketball Olympic medal flame of hope. They’re Jamal Murray, Lu Dort, Steve Nash, and NBA coach of ...Read More
The Avengers Video Game Is Finally Here
Two years have lapsed since Disney’s Marvel Entertainment first announced an official partnership with Japanese games development giant Square Enix. And now, some twenty-four months on, the gaming community at long last gets to enjo...Read More
Mike Sexton Gravely Ill And In Hospice Care
Well-known Poker ambassador Mike Sexton is gravely ill and has for at least a month now been receiving hospice care at his home. So confirmed friend and fellow Poker enthusiast Linda Johnson on social media on September 2. Fellow Poker p...Read More
Barton Facing Vida Smith Manslaughter Charge
A man described by members of the Poker and Blackjack communities as a regular on the scene and someone who largely preferred to keep to himself, notorious Canadian card-counter Kevin Barton has been charged with 27 firearm offenses as we...Read More
How Denim Jeans Could Be Polluting Our Water
A trusted pair of jeans is to many people the ultimate go-to clothing item. Whether the requirement is to dress up or down, given the right accessory or t-shirt, there simply isn’t anything quite like it. Which is why most pe...Read More
Vlambeer Shutting Down After 10 Years Of Games
After exactly a decade spent making mobile games, indie studio Vlambeer, the studio behind games such as Nuclear Throne, Ridiculous Fishing, and Super Crate Box, is calling it a day. The studio, which was founded in 2010 by Jan Wil...Read More
Canadians Are Over-Drinking - Here’s How To Stop
To many people, life is stressful enough as it is even without having to spend extended periods of time cooped up at home, or worse, constantly worrying about issues related to work and income and being furloughed whilst at the same time ...Read More
Queen’s Plate Returns To Woodbine This Month
After months of frustration and uncertainty over no live events being permitted to take place, Woodbine Racetrack is at long last ready to get back into the business of hosting live events and entertaining horseracing fans from all over O...Read More
Poker Couple To Run Marathon Des Sables ‘21
Not only are they dab hands playing the felt, but Poker’s Julie Cornelius and husband Darin Dobler are apparently also quite adventurous and eager to do their bit for charity and specifically, childhood cancer research. As such, th...Read More
Legendary NY Mets Pitcher Dies Aged 75
MLB Hall of Famer and legendary New York Mets pitcher Tom Seaver has died. He was 75 and died of complications associated with Lewy body Dementia, the Hall of Fame has confirmed. Seaver’s family announced in March last year that th...Read More
Borgata Lays Off Nearly Half Of Workforce
Atlantic City’s Borgata Hotel Casino, which is operated by casino industry giant MGM Resorts International, has confirmed having reduced its workforce by nearly half. This following operator MGM’s decision to lay off at least ...Read More
How VR Tech May Help Mines Save Millions
Mining can be a particularly dangerous industry to work in – and especially so to inexperienced workers undergoing training. Real-life blasting training requires a great deal of effort and can be costly to mines and potentially life...Read More
Musk’s Neuralink Shows Off PC-Chipped Animal
Neuralink, a neuroscience start-up belonging to billionaire businessman Elon Musk, has formally introduced the world to a pig that has had a computer chip – roughly the size of a coin – successfully implanted in its brain for ...Read More
PokerStars Exits China, Macau And Taiwan
PokerStars is no longer active or available to players living in China, Macau or Taiwan. This following the popular brand’s September 1st exit from all three the aforementioned countries. This following an email notifica...Read More
eCOGRA Announces Enhanced eGAP Upgrade
eCOGRA, one of the world’s leading independent iGaming testing laboratories, recently announced having made certain upgrades and improvements to its so-called Generally Accepted Practices, or eGAP, for the purpose of strengthening e...Read More
BCLC Report Shows iGaming Spike Amid Crisis
Online gambling continues to increase in popularity, the British Columbia Lottery Corporation’s latest financial report has revealed. Even though reporting an overall 2.2% drop in terms of year-on-year revenue for the period 2019-20...Read More
Stephen Lecce Inspires Bingo Drinking Game
So monotonous and repetitive have Education Minister Stephen Lecce’s responses to concerns over Ontario’s controversial back-to-school plan become, that one Toronto teacher has decided to try and find the humour in an otherwis...Read More
Woodbine Mohawk Park To Welcome Back Fans
Great and long-anticipated news this week is that Woodbine Entertainment on Monday declared itself ready to once again welcome in-person supporters and horseracing fans through the gates of its Woodbine Mohawk Park racetrack venue. Augus...Read More
Bragg Cites Big Expansion Driver Of Success
Toronto iGaming giant Bragg Gaming Group Inc. has released its financial results pertaining to the three months leading up to the end of June this year. A continued focus on growth as well as global diversification is according to the gr...Read More
Netflix Releases September Menu
Cooler weather may be on an unexpectedly fast approach this year but lucky for us, Netflix has just whipped out the big binge guns for September. Not only has the year flown by, but judging by a content-packed September Netflix agenda, so...Read More
Prorogue Major Blow To Sports Betting Bill
A prorogued and premature end to the current Parliament and Commons session not only has the Liberal Party’s opposition hot under the collar with frustration and anger for what said opposition party has described as a scheme purpose...Read More
Esfandiari Loses WSOP Bracelet In Burglary
Career player and live Poker ace Antonio Esfandiari says his home’s been burgled, and valuables to the tune of at least $1 million has been taken in the process. Alleged burglar Svitlana Silva (46) has, according to the WSOP bracel...Read More
Bingo Hall Enforce No Mask, No Play Rule
A 67-year-old Bingo enthusiast and resident of Ontario has reportedly been ordered to leave the premises of her local Bingo hall unless she agreed to cover her tracheostomy with a mask. Elaine Arbeau, who is battling lung cancer, as a res...Read More
Locals To Petition Salon De Jeux Relocation
Recommendations pertaining to vulnerable individuals and potential problem gamblers have some of the residents of Vanier steaming hot under the collar. A recent announcement confirming the planned 2021 relocation of popular Loto-Qué...Read More
New Purses Help Support Ontario Horseracing
Horseracing in Ontario, save for the fact that all races are currently competed without spectators physically present in the stands, has for the most part made a comeback. Even so, since the province’s horse people did not remain un...Read More
CA$1M Poured Into Niagara Casinos Re-Opening
One million Canadian dollars. Such is the size of the investment poured into improving and strengthening the health and safety barrier in place at Ontario’s Fallsview Casino Resort and Casino Niagara. Now closed for 5 months+, and ...Read More
Sims 4 Star Wars Pack Leaves Players Wanting
While die-hard fans of the Star Wars franchise are obviously beside themselves over the upcoming release of a new Sims 4 expansion pack featuring everything from stormtroopers to R2D2, to lightsabers and being able to make your sims take ...Read More
Unknown Canadian Player Wins WSOP Bracelet
Each year, we get to hear stories of this famous player or that regular grinder after several years in the game, winning their first-ever World Series of Poker gold bracelet. And it typically takes no more than a quick search to reveal a ...Read More
NHLer Allegedly Punched For Mentioning Trump
Mentioning anything even vaguely along the lines of being supportive of U.S. President Donald Trump is apparently a potentially hazardous type of sport. Just ask San Jose Sharks NHL captain Logan Couture, who claims have been sucker-punch...Read More
Vegas Dave Offloads Sports Card For Millions
Controversial sports handicapper Dave Oancea, aka Vegas Dave, has just sold the most valuable baseball card ever offloaded. For nearly $4 million. The often-criticized handicapper managed to pull off the incredible stunt during a recent ...Read More
There’s Much To Be Said For On-Cam Poker
Online Poker certainly has lived its fair share of comeback magic in recent days. What with everyone suddenly stuck at home, and Poker rooms practically in a hibernation of sorts for months on end, it can be said that players were made to...Read More
Microsoft Sides With Epic In Apple Spat
Apple is currently facing a whole lot of pushback over the terms enforced by its App Store. Epic Games, for one, creators of popular Battle Royale video game Fortnite, have clearly had their fill of Apple’s manipulative whiles and m...Read More
Anson Tsang Wins His 2nd WSOP Gold Bracelet
It’s this year two years since Anson Tsang won his very first WSOP bracelet playing Pot Limit Omaha. Which is why his having just nabbed his second WSOP gold bracelet in Event #68 of the 2020 Online World Series of Poker, is such a ...Read More
Kansas City Bans Native US Imagery At Games
Kansas City supporters and fans will no longer be permitted to don headdresses, face paint, and/or clothing in any way associated with Native American groups and cultures, the NFL team announced on Thursday. The team said by way of a stat...Read More
6 Vegas Casino Companies On Best-Of Forbes List
A stunning total of 6 Las Vegas casinos and gaming tech companies have made it on to Forbes’ second annual America’s Best Employers by State list. Of the 25 openings reserved for Nevada state, 5 were nabbed by casino ope...Read More
Residents Concerned Over Toronto Shelters
The Toronto residents voicing ongoing concerns over incidents and altercations experienced alongside and with those living in shelters for the homeless, say they’re more upset by a lack of consultation and mental health support rega...Read More
BetOnline Announces $2.5M Online Poker Tour
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Doug Ford Slams OLG Re Executive Bonuses
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Record Woodbine Thoroughbred Hi-5 Jackpot
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Kristen Bicknell Wins 3rd WSOP Gold Bracelet
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Daniel Negreanu Apologises For Twitch Tirade
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Tony Dunst Wins WSOP Event And Gold Bracelet
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New Shows Coming To Netflix In August
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Former Maple Leaf Eddie Shack Dies Aged 83
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ALC Pleased With Class-Action Dismissal
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MGA’s Buffalo Bingo Goes Global Online
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Massive Nintendo Code Leak Reported
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Spearhead Studios Launch 2 New Games
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Delta Bingo To Resume Games In Sudbury
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Lenovo To Release 5G-Enabled Gaming Phone
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Park MGM May Ban Smoking
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NFLPA & GVC Launch Betting Education Program
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WPT Renames Champions Cup After Mike Sexton
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Blue Jays Denied Pittsburgh Home-Season
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Buzz Bingo Announces Slots Tournaments
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Walmart Canada To Invest $3.5bn Locally
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Woodbine Gives Social Media Reign To Charity
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Tioga Downs & Vernon Downs To Remain Open
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All 12 WPT Online Champ Events Live-Streamed
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Online Bingo Is Fuelled By Female Players
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Gateway’s Sudbury Casino Yet To Reopen
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Twitch Tells US Army To Quit Faking Giveaway
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Buzz Bingo To Close 26 Of Its UK Venues
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Blizzard Waives Fee To Change Genders In WoW
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WSOP Regular Bob “Big Tex” Talbot Has Died
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Ontario Casinos To Reopen From July 17
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Rare Super Mario Bros Fetches Record Price
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888casino Signs Up With NetEnt Live Casino
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9Stacks Unveils Voice-Enabled Poker Table
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Edmonton Eskimos Likely To Get A New Name
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BCLC Sportsbook Now Powered By SG Corp.
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Pennsylvania Family Sentenced Over Illegal Gaming
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Alberta Gaming Raffle Tickets Now Online
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Microgaming Seals New Deal With Stakelogic
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Parking Lot Bingo Comes To Windsor
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Bang Bang Games Joins YG Masters Programme
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Microgaming Teams Up With eSports’ Unikrn
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Domi To Enter Into Pre-Season Waiting Period
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Kid Poker Flips Out Over Internet Glitch
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Sony Acquires Minority Stake In Epic Games
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MLB To Implement Extra-Innings Rule
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Ivey Settles Protracted Dispute With Borgata
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Saanich Junior Braves To Change Name & Logo
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Britney Spears Expresses Appreciation For Canadians
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BetMGM Benefits From Further Investments
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Bingo Back In Saskatchewan
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Global Gaming Expo 2020 Officially Cancelled
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NYC Casinos Struggle As Tribal Venues Thrive
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HBCU Students Graduate Bingo Party Style
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BCLC Finally Spills Beans Over FINTRAC Fine
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Social Casinos Are Shaping iGaming’s Future
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Two More WSOP Bracelets Won
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Great Whites Summering Up In Atlantic Canada
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Gateway Won’t Be Listing Publicly Just Yet
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Millions Lost Due To Caesars Windsor Closure
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Microsoft Looking To Buy Warner Bros. Games
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NHL Shed Light On How The Season Will Work
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Monster Blast Slot Coming To Quickfire
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Las Vegas’ Gambling Focus Back on Track
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Resorts World Host Unique 4th July Fireworks Show
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Online Poker Boom Bubble Bursts
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Superior Court Hears Other Side Of KED Story
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Ad Boycotts Will Hurt Companies – Not Facebook
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Amazon’s Crucible Pulled Back Into Beta
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Nick Nurse Says He’s Impressed By His Team
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Analyst Pegs Eldorado Shares At 3-Digit Potential
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Travel Poker’s Silk Road With WSOP & GGPoker
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NetEnt To Release Gonzo’s Quest Megaways
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Evolution Gaming Launch New Crazy Time Game
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Cirque Du Soleil Files For Bankruptcy
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David Coleman Wins WTP Online Poker Open
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NeoPollard Named Alberta iGaming Partner
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Casino Execs Sue Drew’s Witkoff For Millions
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Canada Now Trumps US On Top Economies List
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Apple More Interested In Gaming Than Ever
It’s official: Apple is interested in gaming. As in big-industry gaming. Also – as in iPad gaming. Not that the tech-giant’s intensified focus on gaming support should come as any surprise. This is after all the same ind...Read More
Supreme Court To Rule On KED In September
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Insiders Say The Luxor’s Days Are Numbered
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ALC Wants To Lure Players Back Home
The Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC) is losing upwards of CA$100 million in annual revenue to illegal foreign operators. And according to ALC president and chief executive officer Chris Keevill, the Crown corporation is doing everything...Read More
Online Bingo More Popular Than Ever Before
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BCLC Working On A Reopening Plan For Casinos
B.C. casinos were only expected to open during Phase 4 of the province’s reopening plans but may now be reopening well ahead of schedule. And since casinos (and certainly all businesses) have been closed since around mid-March, news...Read More
Live 5 Gaming Secures White Hat Supply Deal
UK-headquartered innovative online and mobile slots developer Live 5 Gaming have announced the securitisation of a key and significant supply deal with online casino platform administrator and tech provider White Hat Gaming. The deal will...Read More
Mike Matusow Courts Controversy Over Mask Law
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Vancouver Off NHL’s List Of Hub Cities
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Atlantic Lottery Corp’s Online Migration Causes Job Cuts
The Atlantic Lottery Corporation says that a shift in favour of digital gaming has been the main catalyst behind its decision to lay off about 9% of its work force, or 61 employees. Folks not being permitted to enjoy in-person gaming ente...Read More
Joey Ingram Weighs In On Postle And Dancing With Death
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eSports Revenue Projected To Double In 2020
The trick to turn the current boom permanent is effective consumer education. This according to Martin Bradley, who is the research director in technology and entertainment at global consumer research giant 2CV.
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David Beckham Co-Launches New eSports Team
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MGA Confirms Several Licences Cancelled
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888 Holdings Strikes Gold With Playzido Deal
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The Stars Group Posts Strong Q1 Revenue Report
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Atlantic City Casinos To Reopen On July 2
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has cleared Atlantic City’s casinos to reopen on July 2. This means that AC casinos will reopen just in time for this year’s 4th of July celebrations. Occupancy numbers will however b...Read More
Kim St-Pierre Joins Hall Of Fame 2020
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Atari Partners with Unikrn Inc.
Californian electronic entertainment industry megalith Atari has announced a partnership with Seattle-based esports giant Unikrn Inc.
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Canadian Sports Programs Too Slow Re Inclusivity
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Unifor Seeks Court Relief Re Gateway Demands
Casino workers’ union Unifor Local 1090 has filed an official violation complaint against casino operator giant Gateway Casinos & Entertainment. The union has said that it is nothing short of appalled at Gateway’s decision...Read More
Red Tiger Unveil New Reel Keeper Slot
Red Tiger Gaming has only just gone live with its new Reel Keeper online slot, and already it’s shaping up to be one for the history books. The game is the very latest to have been released by the award-winning developer and promise...Read More
Ontario Casinos & Hotels Desperate To Reopen
Those representing Ontario’s local casino industry on Friday voiced their concerns before the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, painting a scenario of ‘do or die’ in the face of a slow and harrowing eco...Read More
Apple Under Fire Over Mobile App Monopoly
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Two OLG Players Hit It Lucky With Powerbucks
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Vegas Poker Rooms Exceeding Expectations
Las Vegas Poker rooms this weekend reopened their doors to 5-handed Poker games and according to the majority of casino managers, it proved to be a weekend of exceeded expectations as far as participation went. Games were obviously hoste...Read More
SpaceX Keen To Provide Internet To Rural Canada
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has reportedly applied to provide high-speed internet to those Canadians living in remote parts of the country. The company owns several near-earth satellites capable of providing lightning-fast internet to just a...Read More
Sussexes Hit Trademark Paperwork Snag
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Apple Next In Loot Box Line Of Fire
It now seems as if is the latest company to have landed in the regulatory line of fire over the controversial nature of loot boxes. According to an Apple insider news source, the tech giant may have to answer to a California class action ...Read More
Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino Re-Opens
The Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino is yet again officially open for business and welcoming players through its doors. The venue officially resumed business activities on June 18 and players were super excited at finally being able to ...Read More
Latest BCLC Report Shows Casino Allocations
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Bingo Gala Drug Bust Investigation Goes Cold
It’s now a year since one of the biggest drug farms ever busted by UK police went up in ‘smoke’ when a giant cannabis crop just waiting for the harvest was discovered at the former location of Gala Bingo in the small tow...Read More
CFL Commissioner Ambrosie Reveals Pay Cut
CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie says he’s not expecting any more from the league’s players than what he himself is willing to do. Ambrosie on Thursday revealed that he has taken a 20 per cent pay cut – along with every o...Read More
Players Divided As NBA Prepares To Play Ball
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Play’n GO Thrills With Troll Hunters 2 Slot
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Dame Vera Lynn Has Died Aged 103
The wonderful Dame Vera Lynn has died aged 103. Best known for her morale-boosting hit “We’ll Meet Again”, which she dedicated to the troops fighting on the frontlines during the Second World War, the singer’s deat...Read More
Manitoba Bingo And Gaming Halls To Reopen
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North Bay Cascades Roadwork Bid Awarded
Gateway Casinos & Entertainment has confirmed having now received a long-awaited North Bay Council go-ahead regarding the planned Cascades Casino North Bay roadwork project. Once completed, the upgrade to the intersection connecting P...Read More
BCLC Announces Exciting New Betting Upgrade
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Meet Harper’s Bazaar’s New Editor-In-Chief
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Charity Bingo Reports Major Revenue Loss
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First Nations Lash Out At Casino Smoking Ban
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George Russell Wins Virtual F1 Canadian GP
On Sunday, British racing driver George Russell secured a fourth successive virtual Formula One victory for team Williams. And with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc absent, Russell easily beat Red Bull’s Alex Albon into a neat second...Read More
Venetian First To Return To Multi-Table Play
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Microgaming Releases Stunning June Slots Lineup
Big-gun online casino software developer Microgaming has released quite the new-games lineup for June. This includes the release of more than 20 new slots developed by Microgaming’s award-winning family of partner studios. Themes he...Read More
BCLC In No Hurry To Reopen Its Casinos
No specific timeline for the reopening of casinos in British Columbia has been set and, says British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) interim CEO Greg Moore, the Crown corporation is in no hurry in terms of speeding along the process. ...Read More
Paw Patrol And The Police Scrutiny Spotlight
Canadian American hit preschool television series Paw Patrol, a furry franchise themed around a German Shepherd police dog named Chase and his team of rescued canine helpers tasked with keeping their neighbourhood safe, is a multi-million...Read More
Negreanu Willing To Bet On 2020
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KFC’s KFConsole Gets Quite The Reaction
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Canadian Leagues Pushing For Legal Sports Betting
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Oneida Indian Nation Reopens 3 NY Casinos
Following months of temporary closures, the Oneida Indian Nation has reopened their Turning Stone Resort Casino (Verona), Point Place Casino (Bridgeport), and Yellow Brick Road Casino (Chittenango) to the general public. All three casinos...Read More
Luckbox’s TSX Expectations Far Exceeded
Isle of Man-based eSports bookmaker Luckbox certainly seems to have aced ‘eSports Betting Done Right’. Luckbox last week confirmed having completed a public listing funding round to the tune of CA$3.8 million in preparation of...Read More
Canadians Need To Learn How To Trust Again
Canadians are known for a surprisingly positive stereotype; that of extreme politeness. But the global health crisis has even the politest nation on earth on edge. We’re surrounded by precautionary health measures promising to prote...Read More
Playtech Debuts Spin & Win With PokerStars
Leading online casino games developer Playtech has announced the official launch of its brand-new Spin & Win live-dealer product across PokerStars brand-domains. The game is now live and available to online Roulette enthusiasts via po...Read More
Kami Hudson Aces WSOP Online Finale Event #9
At the end of last week we saw the World Series of Poker Online Finale Circuit Series wrap up a 9th successful tournament event. The 12-ring series concluded on June 14, and was open to all players in New Jersey, Delaware and N...Read More
What The Future Holds for Gaming
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Clearview AI Refuses To Delete Canadian Images
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MLS Is Back Tournament Scheduled for July
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Police Raid Uncovers Tribal Casino Scheme
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USOPC Looks Into Relaxing Anti-Protest Rules
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Play’n GO Stuns With Rainforest Magic Bingo
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WSOP Announces 85-Bracelets Online Series
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Montreal’s Surprise Whale Visitor Has Died
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Alberta Charities Suffering Without Bingo
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Musk’s Vegas Loop Gets First 2 Casino Stops
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AGA Reports Record 2019 For US Casinos
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UK To Call On Evidence Regarding Loot Boxes
Discussions focused on the controversial nature of loot boxes are on the rise again. The UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport has said that it will what is expected to be within the week, launch a call for evidenc...Read More
GiG Seals Exciting Deal With GS Technologies
Casino technology and leading platform provider Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) has confirmed having secured what it describes as being a long-term agreement with affiliate brand marketing specialist, GS Technologies. According to the provi...Read More
Conor McGregor Is Retiring - Again
UFC star Conor McGregor says he’s retiring. And it’s an intention UFC big boss Dana White is willing to (albeit tongue-in-cheek) accept. McGregor on Sunday after what appears to have been yet another spur-of-the-moment d...Read More
Cascades Casino Delta To Plant 500 Trees
Gateway Casinos & Entertainment’s Cascades Casino Delta will, once complete, become home to more than 500 trees – of which at least 225 trees will be new trees. But in order for this to happen, and certainly in order for t...Read More
Gamblers Flock To Vegas After 78 Day-Hiatus
Vegas is back, baby! On Thursday morning Las Vegas casinos opened their doors for the first time since mid-March. And to say that 78 days of locked-up shop did a fair bit of damage is probably a gross understatement. Even so, the majority...Read More
Bill Pascrell A GAME ABOVE’s New President
Exciting news on the gaming events business front is that Bill Pascrell III has been named the new president of marketing behemoth A GAME ABOVE. And it’s an appointment proudly welcomed by Pascrell, for the simple reason of a lesson...Read More
Pragmatic Play Release New Ultra Burn Slot
Leading casino games developer Pragmatic Play has released the latest fruits of its labour created in partnership with exciting new independent studio developer and partner Reel Kingdom. Ultra Burn is the second slot released from the ran...Read More
Climate Change Doesn’t Have To Cost The Economy
A global health disaster is too big a price to pay for positive climate change and a really painful system of working toward decreased carbon emissions. A cool hard truth as voiced by Corinne Le Quéré, who is a Canadian prof...Read More
schimmelgodx Wins GGPoker WSOPC Main Event
GGPoker’s WSOP Super Circuit Series is officially complete – and a sterling win for the Good Gaming Network-owned online Poker platform at that. A whopping total of 9,779 entries and a superb $5 million guaranteed prize-pool o...Read More
Microgaming Reaches Crucial Green Milestone
Leading online casino software developer this World Environment Day got to celebrate a very special environmentally friendly milestone of its own when the company completed and passed its International Organisation for Standardisation 140...Read More
Gateway Mulling Over Re-opening Procedures
Gateway Casinos & Entertainment says its currently still evaluating processes and decisions around the reopening of its land-based casinos in the province of Ontario. All physical casinos in the province; as well as the country, for t...Read More
Loto-Québec Faces Class Action Over Poker Glitch
Crown corporation and popular online gaming and Poker destination Loto-Québec has been confirmed as facing serious charges as well as a class-action lawsuit as a result of what appears to be a nasty technical glitch that caused unf...Read More
Evolution Gaming Launches Power Blackjack
Live casino games specialist developer and supplier Evolution Gaming has rolled out its latest superb Blackjack product. Power Blackjack was first showcased at this year’s ICE 2020 London gaming and iGaming expo in London in the UK....Read More
How Video Games Grew To A $100 Billion Global Industry
Strange though it may be in our day and age to imagine a world without gaming, it’s true that as recently the 1950s games and the first gaming machine was regarded with a suspicion of sorts. To the minds of most, video games were no...Read More
Reach’s Mirror Bingo Relaunched With Jumpman
Well-known UK operative Reach plc is the largest commercial, national and regional news publisher in the United Kingdom today. The publisher creates superbly engaging content which is then distributed via a colossal range of newspapers, d...Read More