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
IGT’s Wheel Of Fortune Bingo Goes Live In Ontario
Award-winning digital gaming and entertainment giant International Game Technology (IGT) continues to expand and go from strength to strength. IGT announced this week that it has now brought its popular Wheel of Fortune Bingo offerings to...Read More
Ontario Announces The Return Of Sires Stakes
The Ontario Sires Stakes is recognized as one of Canada and North America’s most exciting horse racing stakes programs, but has been on hiatus for some time. But now, at last, Ontario Racing has announce its return. Come Confederation...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
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
Athletics Left Behind In A Time Of Crisis
Ontario university students are left drawing the shortest straw because of lockdown restrictions in the province. This is clear proof again of what we’ve realised over the better part of the last two years: that navigating our way bac...Read More
Ontario Horse Racing Subject To Restrictions
With 2022 officially started with a bang, the new year is proving to be something of a mixed bag of excitement and disappointment for several industries across Canada’s Ontario province. Authorities announced more temporary closures...Read More
theScore Secures Ontario iGaming Approval
Mobile sports betting news and entertainment app theScore Bet has announced a major breakthrough in its plight to become a licensed sports betting operator in Ontario. Recently acquired by commercial gaming ...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
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
Ontario AG Comments On iGaming Model
While Ontario’s new iGaming and sports wagering model remains on course to be launched early next year, much work remains to be done in terms of the finer legalities. So wrote Ontario Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk in a recently deliv...Read More
CA$21M Jackpot Shared Between Ontario Friends
When it comes to grabbing a lottery jackpot, most would be happy with anything above CA$1 million. But as far as these three Ontario friends are concerned, they’ll be getting significantly more than that. The lucky lottery players m...Read More
Study Reveals Ontario’s iGaming Potential
There has been much excitement over Ontario’s iGaming market opening up, with thoughts being that the potential could be huge. But it seems as if even optimistic speculation as to how big the market could be may have been understate...Read More
Update On Ontario’s Online Gambling Market
The Ontario online gambling market is on the brink of opening. Currently, numerous global operators are waiting to get the go ahead, eager to get busy and start offering their services. With single event betting having recently been legal...Read More
Understanding Ontario’s New Small Town Boom
A small town in Ontario, Markdale, is nothing less than the picture of isolated beauty. Surrounded on all sides by rolling hills and forests, many would be forgiven for thinking that the quant area has all but been forgotten by the outsid...Read More
Illegal Ontario Gambling Operation Pays $3.5 Million
An Ontario-based company operating in California has been hit with the full force of the law. Pong Game Studios was accused of running an illegal gambling operation, offering casino style games under false pretences. Now, after appearing ...Read More
Ford Pushes Ontario As Electric Car Future
Premier Doug Ford has a plan, and it involves turning Ontario into the future of electric car manufacture. His goal is to lure manufacturers to the southern part of the province, declaring that the site will soon be a global hub. But he d...Read More
How To identify A Legal Online Casino Canada Site
The online casino industry is an ever-changing one. And while largely to a positive extent, Canada is no exception. That’s why playing at a legal online casino Canada has to offer is essential. Now single-event sports betting has b...Read More
Taxes Breakdown For Sports Betting Canada Fans
While many sports betting Canada enthusiasts would love to gamble for a living, the reality is very few make their only income from what they love to do. And according to Canadian laws, this means very few people are obliged by law to pay...Read More
Ontario Officially Changes iGaming Rules
has not been around for very long, but already the organisation has made some changes to the status quo. According to an announcement, online slots offered in the province may no long have an auto-play feature and must have each spin occ...Read More
Ontario Gets Ready For Horse Racing Return
While there isn’t an industry likely to come away completely unscathed from the effects of the global health crisis, Ontario’s horse racing community has suffered a particularly big blow. And certainly continues to do so given...Read More
Ontario’s Homebuyer Complaints Surge
The Ontario housing market is under scrutiny after numerous buyers voiced their complaints in recent weeks. Carla Vanderdeen-Fenech was the first to draw attention to the issue after she was forced to live in a friend’s basement wit...Read More
Ontario Racing Avails More Relief Aid
Following the recent announcement of a new lockdown period in Ontario, and the resulting re-closure of the province’s horse racing industry, it has now been announced that there remain available funds under the OLG’s funding a...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
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
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
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
Ontario’s LHRA Says About Live Horse Races
Ontario’s horse racing industry certainly faces challenging times as it continues to try and navigate towards a public health-compliant new normal. Following a strategy similar to what Woodbine Entertainment has begun implementing, ...Read More
Live Shows Cancelled All Over Ontario
Having to cancel or reschedule any major event is a headache under perfectly normal circumstances. But rescheduling events during a time when nobody is able to realistically predict what future dates may be suitable for postponement purpo...Read More
Hotels & Casinos Lighting Up Hearts In Dark Times
There are now more than 1,500 confirmed cases of in Ontario alone. Industries all over the province are suffering severe economic consequences because of the Coronavirus-induced lockdown. And while some are able to continue to function a...Read More
Ford To Ensure OLG’s Affairs Are Above Board
The fact that Ontario Lottery & Gaming (OLG) CEO Stephen Rugby recently saw it fit to spend money on a complete redesign of his office as well as on the construction of a massive boardroom most probably had a great deal to do with ...Read More
Ontario Group Wins CA$1 Million Lotto 6/49 Prize
Ontario has become known as the land of big Lotto wins. No surprises there either given the fact that Canadians have been literally pocketing millions each week playing popular Lottery games Lotto MAX and Lotto 6/49. The latter, especi...Read More
Great Canadian Gaming Celebrates Top Q3
It’s all milk and honey and money in the land of Great Canadian Gaming. The operator recently revealed its Q3 performance the public and what was shown was none other than a study in management-driven success. The fi...Read More
Casino Contributions Support Municipalities
Many people don’t realise that much of what they see in terms of improved road infrastructure, general repairs to roads, the beatification of cities even, are funded by casinos and other gambling organisations such a...Read More
Sabre-Toothed Cat May Have Trudged Canadian Soil
A recent find by young scientists associated with the University of Toronto and the Royal Ontario Museum indicates the existence of a very special pre-historic cat in the region residents of Alberta now call home. The enigma that is th...Read More
Standardbred Horse Expo Returns To London
Standard horse breeding enthusiasts are yet again invited to join in on the information sessions and networking opportunities on offer at the upcoming mid-October annual London Selected Yearling Sale. The sale is expec...Read More
Ontario Slang May Soon Be Quality OED English
There’s no disputing the fact. Ontario residents may soon be getting their vernacular spunk back thanks to the endeavours of a dialect research project spearheaded by the University of Toronto. Those not familiar wit...Read More
Gateway Announces Edmonton Job Cuts
One would assume that after the recent staff cuts at Gateway’s Casino Rama in Ontario, and especially after the absolute pandemonium that ensued afterwards as unhappy workers and unions made it their business to take to the streets...Read More
8 Games Tables Coming To Western Fair Ontario
The community of London, Ontario, is in for a real treat. Canadian casino operator Gateway Casinos & Entertainment recently afforded local players an elite sneak peak into what the future of gaming may hold at its ...Read More
Next Triple Crown Stop – Prince Of Wales
The 160th Queen’s Plate trophy is in the bag and the honour of winning this historical event this year went to 3-year old Thoroughbred One Bad Boy. The horse, jockeyed by Flavian Prat, finished in 1st...Read More
Salty-Sour Gose Beer Comes Home To Nova Scotia
Thanks to North America’s craft beer revolution, the world is once again in the fortunate position of being able to savour the blissfully bitter tang of salty-sour gose beers. A very unique beer in terms of its taste-combination, sa...Read More
Casino Rama Undecided Regarding Free Alcohol
Ontario’s latest budget submission; and one yet to be approved; makes provision for a number of improvements in terms of the casino and entertainment industry. One of the most prominent of the proposed changes is the provision of fr...Read More
Brooke Henderson Hoping for a Great Golfing Year
No matter where she goes nowadays, everybody recognizes Brooke Henderson. The 21 year old Smith Falls, Ontario native has rocketed her way up the international golf rankings over the past few years – but despite that...Read More
Ontario Racetrack Inks Accord with HBPAO
Canada’s Woodbine Racetrack is one of the most popular destinations in Ontario for thoroughbred horse racing events. This supports both the racing industry and those wagering on it. Recently, the course revealed that it had inked a ...Read More
OLG To Put Sports Betting Plans Into Motion
Sports betting is, for the most part, illegal in Canada. Operators are not permitted to run retail betting shops or on-location kiosks. This is quite ironic, as Canada is a sports-loving nation. As a result, Canadian players have had to ...Read More
Ontario Bingo Hall Regulator to Monitor Cannabis Stores
Since 1998, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) has kept a watchful eye over the Canadian province’s and bars. However, as of this month, it also has an additional market to oversee: the soon to be legalized marijua...Read More
Midland, Wasaga Beach Hit by Cyber Attacks
Two small towns in Ontario, Wasaga Beach and Midland, have paid over hefty ransoms in order to retrieve data after their computer systems were hacked by computer criminals. According to town officials in Midland, they paid the ransom to rec...Read More
Raonic Plays to Canada’s Davis Cup Victory
Canadian player Milos Raonic successfully took down Scott Griekspoor and secured a 3-1 win against the Netherlands during a Davis Cup game in Toronto on Sunday. His victory managed to propel his country back into the world group for 2019 as...Read More
Brooke Henderson Wins CP Women’s Open
Canadian Brooke Henderson has long known what was at stake at the most recent CP Women’s Open. The 20-year-old golfer from Smith Falls, Ontario was aware that her country had gone 45 years without a victory in the event, which was onl...Read More