Canadian Olympic Rugby Team Loses To New Zealand
There were high hopes for the Canadian 7s rugby team going into the Tokyo Olympics. But now after a 21-10 loss to New Zealand it is no longer possible for the Canadians to achieve a medal victory. The team isn’t out of the event ent...Read More
US Cop Gets 15 Months For Illegal Sportsbook
Nicholas Stella, a disgraced Chicago police officer, has been handed a 15 month sentence in a federal prison. He plead guilty to participating in an illegal sportsbook operation, but ultimately managed to get a reduced sentence. The judge...Read More
Olympic Betting Takes A Twist
The 2020 Summer Olympics, the XXXII Olympiad, or Tokyo 2020, was rescheduled to unfold this year instead of last, from the 23rd of July to the 8th of August, in the Japanese capital. According to the American Gaming Association, around 20...Read More
Brandon Carlo Re-Signed To Bruins For Six Years
It’s official: Brandon Carlo has been re-signed by the Boston Bruins. The new deal will see the defenceman signed to the NHL team for at least another six years. The player’s extension cost a whopping $24.6 million – a s...Read More
Canada’s Star Swimmers Prep For Olympics
In March 2012, Canada’s top swimmers were preparing for the Olympic swim trials in Montreal. At 16-years-old, Kylie Masse was just grateful to be at a meet of this magnitude so early on in her swimming career. She had no expectation...Read More
Canadian Woman Wins 4,800 KM Bike Ride
Leah Goldstein, a 52-year-old Canadian, has become the first woman to ever win the Race Across America! Her history-making feat involved cycling 4,800 kilometres in just 11 days, three hours and three minutes. From Vernon, B.C., the cycli...Read More
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
Sports Illustrated To Launch 2021 US Sportsbook
Legendary magazine publisher Sports Illustrated has announced that it will be entering the fast-growing US sports betting market. Working alongside operator 888 Holdings, the two are aiming to create a world-class online sportsbook unlike...Read More
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
Canada’s Best Swimmers Perform To Empty Stadiums
The global health crisis has meant that many sporting events in the past year and a half around the world had to be cancelled or postponed. While the world finally seems to be returning slowly to normalcy, some of the best swimmers in Can...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
Tyler Mislawchuk Preps For Olympic Gold
Tyler Mislawchuk, the Canadian athlete, is getting ready to represent his homeland at the Tokyo Olympics. On Sunday, he emerged victorious at the World Triathlon Cup. This is the 26-year-old’s third win at this event. He most recent...Read More
4-Game Suspension Frustrates Jets’ Scheifele
Winnipeg Jets forward Mark Scheifele has expressed frustration at the four-game suspension handed to him by the NHL Department of Player Safety after a tumultuous second-round opener against Montreal Canadiens. The crime? A clash with Mon...Read More
Bob Baffert Suspended After 2nd Test Fail
Legendary Kentucky Derby trainer Bob Baffert has been suspended from Churchill Downs for two years. This after Baffert’s prize Derby runner, Medina Spirit, recently failed a second postrace drug test by testing positive for the ster...Read More
Canada Beats Finland To Hockey World Gold
Canada’s national men’s hockey team on Sunday secured their 27th world title when they pipped Finland to the post in a 3-2 victory to capture the gold at this year’s Hockey World Championship final in Riga, La...Read More
Osaka Withdrawal Decision Spotlights Issues
Current tennis world No. 2 Naomi Osaka’s controversial announcement that she’s withdrawn from this year’s French Open continues to make headlines across the world. The four-time champion earlier this week announced her o...Read More
Larry Smith Among Senate Hearing Bill C-218
Former CFL commissioner Larry Smith will be among those tasked with reviewing Bill C-218 once its presented to Senate’s standing committee on banking, trade, and commerce this week. Bill C-218 is the privately tabled legislation set...Read More
Truth Revealed For Marquis Downs Closure
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
Osaka Fined 15K For Skipping Out On French Open Press
Naomi Osaka stuck to her guns on Sunday, skipping the news conference after her first-round win at the French Open at Roland Garros. And although the $15k she was fined by French Open organisers wouldn’t have made a dent in the tens...Read More
Ibrahimovic Fined for Sports BettingTies
Soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovic has dodged a bullet. The AC Milan and Sweden forward was recently fined €50,000 for his financial interest held in Swedish betting giant Bethard. Ibrahimovic however narrowly escaped a three-year ban fr...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
Kyle Lowry Says Toronto Is Home To Him
Playing more NBA championships, winning more, and money: these are the things that matter to Kyle Lowry. And if he can have all these things while staying on with the Toronto Raptors, then he’ll be all the happier for it. Because To...Read More
Canadians Send Cog Players For Recondition
The Montreal Canadiens have temporarily re-assigned two of their star players to the franchise’s American Hockey League Affiliate, the Laval Rocket. Forward Brendan Gallagher and netminder Carey Price have both been re-assigned to t...Read More
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
How Small Fish Led To A World Food Prize
Having smaller fish to fry isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Just ask nutrition expert Dr. Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, who on Tuesday was named the recipient of the World Food Prize for her pioneering efforts in finding innovative ...Read More
The Toronto Rock To Move To Hamilton
National Lacrosse League team the Toronto Rock has announced having signed a five-year deal that will see it return to Hamilton, the city where the franchise was first launched. The team made the announcement via an online news conference...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
Bob Baffert Suspended After Failed Drug Test
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert is playing the cancel culture victim card after Kentucky Derby longshot Medina Spirit failed to pass a routine drug test. The famous trainer revealed at the start of the week that Medina Spirit, which won ...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
Mattress Mack Goes All In On Kentucky Derby
Legendary furniture store owner and sports punter Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale is back at it and making sports betting headlines once again – this time with plans to make a multimillion-dollar bet on horse racing’...Read More
Ibrahimović Faces FIFA Ban Over Betting Shares
The Union of European Football Associations, or UEFA, has just launched an official investigation into allegations of gambling links involving Swedish champions league player Zlatan Ibrahimović. An ethics and disciplinary investigator ha...Read More
New Hockey Program Encourages Fans To Exercise
A new program designed to motivate hockey fans to exercise and to get in shape has just recently been launched. The program, named Hockey FIT (which stands for Fans In Training,) has been taken to cities all across Canada. It began...Read More
IOC Announces Olympic Virtual Series Tokyo
Big gaming news from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) this week is the grand launch of a new series of virtual sports events set to take place in the run-up to this year’s Tokyo Olympic Games. The Olympic Virtual Series is ...Read More
Electric Cars Hampered By Lack Of Stations
British Columbian motorists are reportedly keener than ever to make the switch to electric cars. But a follow-up report by the Metro Vancouver Climate Action Committee explained why the adoption rate has been lagging. According to the fin...Read More
Botcher And Homan To Play Curling Finals
Curling 2021 is fast shaping up to be the year of Brendan Bottcher vs Kevin Koe. Botcher pulled a repeat stunt on Sunday in another all-Alberta game when he beat Koe 6-2 while booking a berth in the men’s curling final of the Humpty...Read More
Dispute Prompts FanDuel-Ban Threats From Fox
Rumour has it Fox Sports is threatening to remove all FanDuel-related ads and content from its airwaves over a bitter disagreement between its parent company and FanDuel-owners Flutter Entertainment. Fox Sports is owned by Fox Corporation...Read More
Budget Hiccups Press Pause On Flames Arena
Hiccups continue to prevail as the City of Calgary and the owners of the Calgary Flames try to agree on ongoing differences about how the available budget for the multi-million-dollar shared arena development should be spent. The parties ...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
Canada Soon A Legal Sports Betting Market - {{mm-yy}}
The passing of Bill C-218 is beginning to now look like a more likely event than ever before. And according to Canadian Gaming Association President and CEO Paul Burns, bringing single-event sports betting out of the offshore dark and int...Read More
First Nation Stakes Claim To NS Elvers
First Nation treaty rights are again under the spotlight following a recent Nova Scotia incident involving federal fishing authorities and Sipekne’katik fishermen’s right to fish for a modern livelihood. Officers a little over...Read More
Fort Erie Biding It’s Time By Making Upgrades
Niagara-region based Fort Erie Living Racing Consortium has been making the most of the downtime caused by the global health crisis and the ensuring restrictions in the area. The corporation has made full use of the opportunity by making ...Read More
Krystina Alogbo Quits The Olympic Dream
Walking away from the ultimate dream for any athlete, qualifying for and competing in the Olympic Games, certainly does not make any sense to the outsider looking in. But to Canadian water polo star Krystina Alogbo, choosing between follo...Read More
Pospisil Apologises For Miami Open Rant
Canadian Miami Open contender Vasek Pospisil has apologised for his on-court profanity-laced tirade directed at ATP Tour chief Andrea Gaudenzi on Wednesday. Pospisil lashed out at Gaudenzi during his first-round defeat against American Ma...Read More
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
Marquis Down Facing Permanent Closure
While live harness racing may be returning in measured extent to at least some parts of the country, it appears as if Prairieland Park’s Marquis Downs racetrack may be about to close down for good. While no official statement has be...Read More
Brendan Bottcher Wins His 1st Career Brier
Brendan Bottcher has won his very first career Brier. Bottcher on Sunday night finally ended a three-year silver drought when he helped Team Alberta deny Kevin Koe a fifth career championships title at the Canadian men’s curling cha...Read More
Man Sentenced For Ponzi Betting Scheme
A fraudster from Kansas City, Missouri, has been sentenced to eight years and one month behind federal prison bars, and without the possibility of parole. 51-year-old Matthew R. Peterson, who got handed his sentence by US District Court J...Read More
EA Investigating EA Gate FUT Trade Scandal
Video game giant EA has confirmed that it is officially investigating one or more employees accused of having been involved in selling high-value FIFA Ultimate Team cards on the black market. EA Gate went viral on Twitter after users star...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
No Races In Saskatoon This Year - Again
There will this year for the second year in a row be no horse racing at Saskatoon’s Marquis Downs. The 2021 season, not unlike the situation that prevailed for most of last year, is been officially cancelled as a result of the restr...Read More
B.C. Court Uphold e-Bike Ruling
Electric scooters are once again making headlines in British Columbia. This after a British Columbia Court of Appeal recently ruled that a previous Supreme Court ruling that e-bikes that function more like scooters or mopeds than human-po...Read More
Canada Set For Record Olympic Appearance
This Summer will see Canada represented in record-equalling style across various team sports codes at the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games. A total of eight Canadian teams have already qualified, and if only one more should make it in on the ...Read More
Canada To Focus On Batteries for Electric Vehicles
When Canadian Prime Minister met with U.S. President Joe Biden mid last week, the discussion points – it has since become clear from the roadmap released after the fact – revolved mainly around Canada and the U.S. working more...Read More
Can Tiger Woods Pull Off A Comeback?
More details have now surfaced about the physical injuries sustained by champion golfer Tiger Woods during the recent rolling of his SUV vehicle in Southern California. And none of it sounds good. A statement issued by Woods’ team ...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
Next Olympic President Likely To Be A Woman
In an ironic twist of fate, Yoshiro Mori, the former head of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics who was forced to resign last week after making derogatory comments about women talking too much, now looks to be set to be replaced by a woman. Accordin...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
How eSports Are Teaching Us Corporate Skills
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
Baltimore Ravens Ink eSports Deal With EEG
A second NFL team has just struck a multi-year partnership deal in association with eSports. The Baltimore Ravens’ deal with eSports Entertainment Group (EEG) follows a similar agreement inked by the Philadelphia Eagles. Announced ...Read More
Canucks Owner Says Nothing Will Be Changed
Despite a particularly bad run this season, Canucks owner Francesco Aquilini took to Twitter on the weekend to say he won’t be making any changes. Aquilini said although he’s disappointed by the team’s struggling start, ...Read More
Leyla Fernandez Ousted From Australian Open
Rising young Canadian tennis star Leylah Annie Fernandez has been eliminated from the Australian Open. The tour came to an abrupt end for the 18-year-old when she was dropped in straight sets during Tuesday’s first round by world No...Read More
DraftKings And NFL Moving Into Canada
DraftKings, the official daily fantasy sports partner of the National Football League (NFL), is taking its operations north of the border to Canada. Forged back in September 2019, the partnership’s operations were until now restrict...Read More
Jaime Elizondo Appointed Edmonton Head Coach
Edmonton has appointed a new head coach and replacement for Scott Milanovic, who late last week resigned as head coach and offensive co-ordinator in order to pursue a job with the NFL. Jaime Elizondo was hired on as the new coach-in-charg...Read More
Canada’s Marino To Star In 1st Major In 8 Years
Canadian tennis star and former WTA world No. 38 Rebecca Marino is about to compete in her first Grand Slam in 8 years at the upcoming Australian Open. The 30-year-old will compete in the main draw of the 2021 instalment of the major even...Read More
Canada’s Sport Betting Bill Headed For 3rd Reading - {{mm-yy}}
Legalised single event sports betting is well and truly back on the table for Canada. A combined effort by the federal and Ontario governments late last year has laid the foundation for the decriminalisation of single event sports betting...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
Licensing and regulatory compliance specialist OneComply Inc. has been tasked with assisting sports betting and entertainment giant FansUnite Entertainment Inc. as it makes its way into additional gaming jurisdictions in North America. On...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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Cleveland Indians To Adopt New Name
The MLB’s Cleveland Indians have decided to change their name. They don’t yet know to what, or when, but according to owner Paul Dolan, the time for change has come. Dolan on Monday told members of the press that the name the...Read More
Canada Sports Betting Bill Gets Green Light
Regulated single-event sports betting is coming to Canada. This will be made a reality by the passing of Liberal Government MP Kevin Waugh’s Bill C-218, better known as the Safe and Regulated Sports Betting Act. Sports betting in C...Read More
Highlights Of The 2020 Annual eSports Awards
2020 marked the fifth year of the annual eSports Awards – and the most recent edition was by far the biggest yet. The event handed out an impressive total of 32 awards for the year, with the 2020 edition taking on the format of a v...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
EA Rolls Out Spending Limits For FIFA 21
Video games maker EA recently rolled out new measures it believes will offer protection to players of its FIFA games that typically feature FIFA Ultimate Team (FUT) packs, which are essentially loot boxes. FIFA Playtime, EA’s versio...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
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
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
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
Curling Canada Considering 2021 Calgary Bubble
Though not yet confirmed as such by Curling Canada, three major curling competitions look to be headed for a 2021 bubble in Calgary. This means that the Brier, Scotties Tournament of Hearts, and Men’s Curling World Championships wil...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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Upcoming Kentucky Derby To Run Without Fans
Initially scheduled for May 2, this year’s Kentucky Derby, which will now be run on Saturday, September 5, will this year be raced with only very limited number of spectators present in the stands. The original expectation was that...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
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
EA Sports Teases FIFA 21 October Release
Nearly 27 years ago when EA Sports released its very first FIFA title – FIFA International Soccer – not even what is today the world’s largest sports franchise video games developer could have foreseen the revenue-genera...Read More
Sportradar To Keep Athletes From Online Harm
Data leveraging and content giant Sportradar has launched a product designed to help protect professional athletes and sportspeople from the abuse so often suffered as a result of their having a public presence on social media. The latest...Read More
Toronto Wolfpack Players 2 Paycheques Behind
Players of transatlantic rugby league squad the Toronto Wolfpack have reportedly not been paid for at least 2 months and are now taking to social media to voice their utter frustration at a situation. The players’ frustration is und...Read More
Vancouver Canuck Micheal Ferland Sent Home
Canucks forward Micheal Ferland has been declared unfit to play by Vancouver and has been ordered to leave the Edmonton bubble and return home. This of course means that the star forward will miss out on the remainder of the Vancouver Can...Read More
Illegal Sports Book Arrests Made In Ontario
Illegal gambling and sportsbook operations remain a major challenge for Canadian lawmakers. This once again made news headlines when Ontario Provincial Police charged several people following an illegal gambling ring raid conducted provin...Read More
Superior Court Rules In Favour Of Breeders
The Superior Court of Canada, in a recent landmark ruling, ordered those individuals affected by the cancellation of government’s Slots at Racetracks program, deserving of monetary compensation for damages suffered. The way in which...Read More
CLA In Support Of Iroquois Olympic Inclusion
The Canadian Lacrosse Association has thrown its full weight of support behind a movement that hopes to see the Iroquois Nationals included in the 2022 World Games. The Iroquois Nationals, representative of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy,...Read More
2020 F1 Canadian Grand Prix Cancelled
The ongoing world health crisis has claimed yet another casualty. Due to the high cost of bringing cars to North America from Europe, and with no spectators being permitted in the stands as per the orders of public health authorities, the...Read More
NFLPA & GVC Launch Betting Education Program
The NFL Players Association (NFLPA) is launching an initiative focused on creating a better understanding of what sports betting is about, how it functions alongside the professional sports world, and why, now that more and more US states...Read More
Blue Jays Denied Pittsburgh Home-Season
The Toronto Blue Jays have had yet another door shut firmly in their faces following Pennsylvania State’s denial of a request by the MLB team to play home games in Pittsburgh in the upcoming season. The Pennsylvania Department of He...Read More
Tioga Downs & Vernon Downs To Remain Open
Two of New York State’s largest harness-racing racetracks, Tioga Downs Casino Resort and Vernon Downs, are contrary to recent rumours, to remain open for business for the foreseeable future. This according to owner/manager Jeff Gura...Read More
Football’s 2020 Ballon d’Or Award Cancelled
Football’s prestigious annual Ballon d’Or award is the latest big event to have been cancelled as a result of the disruptions caused by the ongoing global health crisis. Awarded every year for the past 64 years by France Footb...Read More
Edmonton Eskimos Likely To Get A New Name
Money talks. And one team firmly in the running for a name-change because of this is the CFL’s Edmonton Eskimos. With financial pressure from sponsors and social pressure from fans steadily mounting, many sports experts believe that...Read More
Microgaming Teams Up With eSports’ Unikrn
Great news for eSports fanatics is that leading casino games developer and online entertainment giant Microgaming has finally joined their world. The casino software giant recently concluded a partnership deal with sports betting and ente...Read More
Domi To Enter Into Pre-Season Waiting Period
Training camp for the National Hockey League’s long-awaited return gets underway on Monday, but Montreal Canadiens forward Max Domi won’t be joining in – not immediately, in any event. Domi, who has Type 1 diabetes and c...Read More
eSports Revenue Projected To Double In 2020
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David Beckham Co-Launches New eSports Team
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Kim St-Pierre Joins Hall Of Fame 2020
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Canadian Sports Programs Too Slow Re Inclusivity
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George Russell Wins Virtual F1 Canadian GP
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Canadian Leagues Pushing For Legal Sports Betting
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USOPC Looks Into Relaxing Anti-Protest Rules
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Ontario’s LHRA Says About Live Horse Races
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MLBPA Proposes Extended Season Finish
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Betting Lines Changed After NHL Announcement
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Jack Eichel On The Sabres And Hating To Lose
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Sonya Gaudet Included In Canadian Hall Of Fame
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Bettman Reveals NHL Season Finale Format
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Woodbine Ready To Launch Dark Horse App
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MLB Considering A Spring Training Return
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Luckbox Looks To List on TSX
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CFL Talks About Season, Grey Cup Changes
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NASCAR Inks Brand Bet Deal With IMG Arena
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Microgaming Reveal Trio Of Sports Slots
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NFL Owners Vote Yes To Expanded Rooney Rule
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Queen’s Plate Rescheduled To September 12
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Live Races At Kawartha Downs Come June 6th
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Tokyo 2020 A Major IOC Financial Loss
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Conor Wants A Piece Of Justin After UFC 249
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Georges St-Pierre Enters UFC Hall Of Fame
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Valorant Aims To Be The Next Big Thing In eSports
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Canadian Sport To Benefit From Federal Funding
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Youssef Hossam Banned From Tennis For Life
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eSports Players Facing Match-Fixing Charges
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Canucks Willing To Host Games Without Fans
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Marc Eversley Looks Set To Manage The Bulls
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NHL Latest To Join The eSports Revolution
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Roger Federer Calls For Single Tennis Body
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Malindi Elmore Tells All About Her Marathon Record
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Ex-Calgarian Bill Peters To Coach In Russia
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Canadiens Defenseman Andrei Markov Retires
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Woodbine Races To Return Without Spectators
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Japan Has No Plan B Beyond 2021 Olympics
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Lockdowns Are CO2 Breathers Not Erasers
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British Open Cancelled Due To Covid-19
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NHL Considers Resuming Play In Empty Arenas
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Jay Bouwmeester On The Mend Says Blues Cap
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Ronaldinho Grants 1st Interview Since Arrest
Brazilian golden boy Ronaldinho, though not completely out of the legal twang following allegations of his having attempted to enter Paraguay using a fake passport last month, has at least been released from prison.
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Tom Renney Says Sports Will Heal Us Post-Pandemic
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Karim Mané Looking To Fast Track NBA Success
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Smartphone Tracking May Be Used to Fight Covid-19
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No More Training Or Grooming At Woodbine
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Olympic Games Postponed–Relief & Uncertainty
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New NWHL Team In Toronto
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Covid-19 Gives eSports A Boost
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Tokyo Olympics To Be Postponed
Japan finally on Tuesday conceded to what the rest of the world has known for weeks now. The 2020 Tokyo Summer have been postponed. Canada last week became the first major country to withdraw from the games, followed by Australia earlier...Read More
Tom Brady Signs With Tampa
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Adam Silver Bats About NBA Suggestions
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Great Canadian Gaming Puts Hold On Races
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Indie World Showcase Teases Switch Releases
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Why Curling Is A Thing Of Complexity In Canada
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Experts Issue Home Network Warnings During Pandemic
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Tom Brady Shocks With Exit Announcement
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Workers Say CSEC Move A Slap In The Face
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Official Forced To Apologise Over Olympics Cancellation Rumour
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NCAA Says No March Madness Due To Covid-19
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Woodbine Makes Changes Following Covid-19
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Deslauriers Pulls Hat Trick Win For Anaheim
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KED Project May Face Yet Another Major Delay
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CBC Voices Commitment To Women In Sports
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Google Cloud Team Up With MLB
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No More Skate-In-The-Air Rule For NHL
The has spoken: the time has come to do away with the old skate-in-the-air rule. According to Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations Kris King, the general consensus among NHL GMs is that many a good hockey goal has been shot down be...Read More
BC Astronomy Student Discovers 17 Planets
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Canadian Water Polo Team To Miss Camp Over Covid-19 Fears
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3rd Push For Legal Sports Betting In Canada
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It’s Zion Williamson’s Time To Shine
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Women’s Sport Association Undergoes Rebrand
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When Money Not Talent Is Driving Hockey
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Alysha Newman Has Her Sights On Olympic Gold
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Major Pro-Teams Join Forces Against Bullying
Even though we may not enjoy thinking about it all that much or often, bullying is alive and real. Which is why the launch of the first-ever anti-bullying and bullying prevention initiative by four Canadian major league teams is just abou...Read More
Woodbine Confirms Amended Schedule For 2020
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Montreal Canadiens Coach Fined Over Comments
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Curling Coach Apologises For Rant
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The Canucks Celebrate 17 Seasons Of Sedin
Their unique chemistry was more often than not after a time lost on all who cheered them on. The fact that they were brothers playing for the same team initially seemed to border on the miraculous, but this too soon enough become just an...Read More
Coronavirus May Cause NHL Gear Shortage
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Toronto’s Ujiri Says Lawsuit Is Malicious
Even though prosecutors decided it fair and just not to press criminal charges against Raptors president Masai Ujiri following a brawl with a police officer during the moments right after Toronto won last year’s championship, the o...Read More
Pete Rose Re-Applies for Lifetime Ban Lift
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Alyssa Nakken Appointed 1st Female MLB Coach
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Yankees Pitcher James Paxton To Sit Out
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NFL Sponsorships Driven By Gambling Industry
The NFL is nothing short of a royal cash cow. This is also the biggest reason behind its 32 football franchises having attracted in excess of $1.47 billion in sponsorship revenue for the period 2019-2020 alone. That’s a single seas...Read More
Byfuglien All Set For Permanent Jets Exit
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Seccafien’s Tokyo Training on Track
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BC Telescope Provides Insight Into FRBs
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Malindi Elmore May Be Headed For Tokyo
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Super Bowl LIV Sports Betting Odds Posted
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Larry Walker Waiting for Hall of Fame Nod
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Dan Bilzerian Loses $1M in MMA Bet
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Mattress Mack Down $2M In Baseball Bets
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Biggest eSports Stadium Ever Is Coming To Canada
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Kobe Bryant’s Death Shocks the Basketball World
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McGregor Intent On Mayweather Rematch
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander A Legend In The Making
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Houston Managers Hinch And Luhnow Fired
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eSports Has Hit The $1 Billion Revenue Mark
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Lottoland Launches Its Very 1st Sports Book
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DraftKings Look Into Celeb Cheat Allegations
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Pro-Women’s Hockey Rally Raises Awareness
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The Evolution of Alex Burrows
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Woodbine Announces 2023 Jimmy Freight Stakes
Jimmy Freight is the only millionaire son of champion racehorse Sportswriter, and was retired in late 2019 after a very illustrious career with total earnings of CA$1,457,405.00. Now the bay’s progeny will compete in a special ev...Read More
Gerrit Cole Causes Upset at Bookmakers
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London’s SBC 2019 Awards Shows The Gold
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How Legalised Sports Betting Has Benefitted the USA
May 2018 was a monumental month for the USA’s gambling industry. The US Supreme Court overturned PASPA, legalising sports betting and opening the way for the country to benefit from it in various ways. According to a...Read More
Overwatch Star’s Pro Gaming Or College Dilemma
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Injured Player Calls On Health Canada For Policy Changes
When former Humboldt Broncos player Ryan Straschnitzki stepped onto a Broncos team bus April of 2018, the last thing on his mind would have been even the vaguest hint of an idea suggesting that he would not be getting ...Read More
Will Jasey-Jay Anderson Try For Big No. 7?
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Why Everyone’s Looking At NHL Coach-Player Dynamics
Coach-player interaction within the ranks of the NHL is in the spotlight following a series of potentially reputation-damaging events and revelations. Bill Peters buckled under the heat a short while ago and supposedly...Read More
Canadian Athletes Not Fooled By Russia “Ban”
The fact that Russia will in all likelihood; if only barely; escape a blanket ban as far as Tokyo 2020 goes is the makings of a major thorn in the sides of many a Canadian professional athlete. The World Anti-Doping Ag...Read More
New Calgary Flames Arena A Done Deal
Calgary taxpayers have agreed to, in many ways without having had agreed to, fund a $565 million project that will award the Calgary Flames a brand-new home arena. At this stage the only light in the darkness that is a...Read More
California Sports Betting Talks Postponed To 2020
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Canada Leads eSports Legislation Boom
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Top Canadian Sportspeople of 2019
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Robert Wickens’ Amazing IndyCar Crash Recovery
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NFL Suspends Josh Shaw For Betting On Sports
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Sean McColl Headed For The Wall In Tokyo
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CEBL Commissioner Confirms CBC Sports Deal
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Brandon Brooks’ “No Excuse” Anxiety Post
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Jim Lawson To Step Down As CFL Chairman
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Winnipeg Blue Bombers End Grey Cup Drought
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Fred Cox Has Died At The Age Of 80
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Toronto Fires Babcock And Hires Keefe
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Powell Pushes For Canadian Basketball Olympic Berth
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Leafs Centre Relieved Of Misconduct Charge
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Don Cherry Fired Over Immigrant Remarks
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Sportsbook Now Offering Betting On Trump’s Mistruths
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PWHPA Waiting For The NHL World To Change
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Canada Dreams Of Baseball Gold In Japan
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E-Cargo Bikes Pedalling Deliveries Into the Future
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Sonny Bill Williams May Be Moving To Toronto
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US Sports Betting To Reach $7bn Mark By 2025
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Ethan Bear Commits To The NHL
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Toronto Maple Leafs Save Kid’s Birthday
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Mattress Mack Loses $11.6M On Astro’s MBL Bet
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Woodbine’s 36th Breeders Crown Super Success
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MGM & Yahoo Seal Landmark Sports Betting Deal
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Maple Leafs Want To Turn It All Around
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Marathon Runners Claim Olympic Berths
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DTH van der Merwe Retires From Canadian Rugby
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Millennial eSports Corp Gets Fresh New Name
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FOX Bet Named Official MLB Gaming Partner
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Calgary Goalie’s Wacky Weird Ritual
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CGA Supports Call To Legalise Sports Betting
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Canadian Women’s Volleyball Team Wins NORCECA Bronze
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Calgary Track May Have Reached Slippery End
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Woods Secures 1st Place In Milan-Turin
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Blizzard Under Fire For eSports Player Ban
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Larsen Personally Apologises For RWC Red Card
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Toronto Wolfpack Shows Their True Colours
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Moh Ahmed Fails To Improve World Record
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Mattress Mack MLB Bet May Be Biggest Ever
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John Tavares Named New Maple Leafs Captain
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Woodbine To Trial 3 Months Of No Whips
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VR Tech Enters The World Of eSports
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Adam Sandler To Star In Sports Betting Film
US actor Adam Sandler will come December 13 be heading towards big screen cinemas in the leading role of Uncut Gems, a movie based on the life and times of a New York jeweller turned high-stakes sports bettor. Sandle...Read More
US Interrupts Canada’s AmeriCup Winning Streak
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Dubas Learnt Of Matthews Charge On Twitter
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Tkachuk Becomes Calgary Flames’ Top Earner
Matthew Tkachuk is Calgary Flames’ highest-paid player. This following Calgary having re-signed the NHL player to a 3-year contract valued at a fantastic $21 million. According to the information released about the f...Read More
Louis Vuitton Designs LoL Worlds Trophy Case
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Virtue And Scott Announce Retirement Plans
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Beers Nervous & Excited About Lacrosse WC
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Donaldson Appointed Raptors Assistant Coach
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Raptors Congratulated On Branded Hijab
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Mississauga Hosts Rally For Bianca Andreescu
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Canadian Bobsleigh Champ To Join US National Team
Team Canada Olympic bobsleigh champion Kaillie Humphries has asked to be released from team membership in order to join the US bobsledding team instead. Humphries a little over a year ago filed a harassment complaint w...Read More
Nicolas-Guy Turbide Wins First Worlds Medal
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Mitch Marmer Glaringly Absent At Leafs Golf Day
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Nurse Confirms F1’s Schumacher Is Conscious
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Bianca Andreescu Makes Canadian Tennis History
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Eric Lamaze Horrified By Tokyo 2020 Changes
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Alpine Ski-Champ Marcel Hirscher Retires
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Fox Bet Launches In New Jersey
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Current NHL CBA To Run Its Course
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Rafter Catapults Canada Towards Tokyo 2020
A walk-off homer and a mercy rule ending on Sunday effectively catapulted the Canadian women’s softball team towards a berth in Tokyo’s 2020 Olympic Games. An emotional Kaleigh Rafter after the qualifier against Brazil delive...Read More
Study Hopes To Negate Football Head Injuries
A team of Montreal researchers hoping to better understand and negate the occurrence of head injuries in football have enlisted the members of 3 local varsity football teams in a new study. The study hopes to make head...Read More
US Sports Betting Market A Revenue Machine
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Saskatchewan Leads Paid Sports Audience Way
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Ninja Reveals Trade Secrets In New Book
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WHO Classifies Bottled Water As A Low Health Risk
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Richard Wins Bronze In Cliff Diving Series
Returning to competitive cliff diving after a prolonged recovery necessitated by an injury is a harrowing mental challenge. These are the words of Montreal professional cliff diver Lysanne Richard, after having won bronze in the women&rs...Read More
Michelle Liu Makes Canadian Golf Open Debut
Michelle Liu is no ordinary 12 year-old. In fact, Liu is no ordinary golfer either, because at the tender age of 12, the Vancouver youth is the youngest ever player to have earned a participation spot in the Canadian Women’s Open. ...Read More
Rogers Cup Highlights The Gender Wage-Disparity
Despite our modern and liberated day and age, the gender pay-gap remains as contentious an issue as ever before and not even pro-sports is exempt. In fact, the international sports world often has much to reveal about the general state o...Read More
Curt Schilling To Run For US Congress
Trump appears to be drawn to controversy and inappropriate remarks much like a moth to an open flame. The US president recently voiced his public support in favour of disgraced ex-MLB pitcher and former ESPN commentator Curt Schilling&rs...Read More
Mislawchuk Wins Olympic Test Triathlon Gold
Tokyo humidity and general triathlon hell proved no match for Canadian star athlete Tyler Mislawchuk when he recently sprinted over the finish-line a smooth 4 seconds ahead of the pack to claim gold in the Olympic test...Read More
Chris Sale Reaches 2,000 Strikeout Record
Chris Sale, the legendary lefty of the Boston Red Sox, has reached a brand new career milestone. The talented player is being celebrated for having reached 2,000 career strikeouts faster than any other pitcher in the h...Read More
Bianca Andreescu Making Canada Proud
Bianca Andreescu has won the women’s Rogers Cup, thereby clinching her second title for the year. It may have been a win not quite earned in the traditional way, what with opponent Serena Williams having had to cop out only 20 minu...Read More
Doping Scandal Strips Pan Am Bowler of Medal
Jean Perez Faure has discovered first-hand why doping at an international event like Pan Am simply isn’t worth it. The bowler has been officially stripped of his gold medal in doubles bowling following his having tested positive for...Read More
Rooney Takes A Beating Over Gambling Shirt Sponsorship
Former Man United and England captain Wayne Rooney recently managed to attract quite a bit of controversy when he revealed to the football world that the wheels of his leaving current team D.C. United and joining Derby Country, had been ...Read More
Blue Jays To Extend Foul Netting In 2020
In an attempt to better promote fan safety, the Toronto Blue Jays will be extending the protective safety netting at the Rogers Centre and at Dunedin Stadium next season. Several Major Baseball League (MLB) teams have ...Read More
Markov Wants To Return “Home” To Montreal
Russian national and NHL star-player Andrei Markov is a man on a mission. Markov left the Canadiens two years ago but has now set his hopes on making a return to Montreal. He hopes to be offered a 1- year contract by any NHL team, but sa...Read More
NBA Game-Fixing Scandal Now Docu-Series
A docu-drama based on the events surrounding the National Basketball Association (NBA) game-fixing scandal involving ex-referee Tim Donaghy is set for release on November 1st, 2019. Two film distribution companies, namely iDre...Read More
Sportradar Poised To Transform Formula 1
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Remains Of Giant Parrot Discovered
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China-Bound Basketball Team Plagued By Problems
Success in sport is oftentimes all about doing the best with what’s available. Though not ideal, this is what Basketball Canada will have to do if it hopes to go big come China. Various top-players won’t avail themselves in orde...Read More
Calgary’s One-Handed Fighter Shows His Steel
Calgary’s Jake Peacock is a living, breathing example of why giving up or failure to come to the party in the first place because of a physical disability simply isn’t “how things are” or how they have to be. Calga...Read More
Arctic Discovery Shines New Light On ET Life
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NJ Sportsbooks Having A Google Heyday
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Nevada Beats NJ Sports Betting Revenue
Nevada has emerged the latest victor in the battle of sports betting revenue income against the state of New Jersey. The garden state used to lead by a mile and then some but it now appears as if the tables really are starting to turn. Re...Read More
The Oilers May Find A Saviour In Ken Holland
Money talks. And $25 million in the bank is enough to more than just budge the immovable object. Or at least it is in Edmonton-Oilers-valley. But then again, moving from a pretty cushiony job onto a rock-hard Oilers to...Read More
Uninterrupted Is Coming To Canada
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Young Canadian Scientist Headed For Euro Contest
18-year-old Manning Whitby isn’t your run-of-the-mill post teen. Not by a long shot. Whitby is one of Canada’s finest young scientific minds, having developed a wearable perception aid to be worn by individuals affected by va...Read More
Riot Teams Up With Bet Watchdog Sportradar
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Rugby 7’s Pan Am Teams Claim Gold & Silver
Canada’s Rugby 7’s teams made quick work of their Pan Am opponents, with the women’s team even having had managed to successfully defend its 2015 Toronto title. This after Canada beat the United States to the vic...Read More
Canadians Excelling at Pan Am Lima 2019
Pan Am Lima 2019 is currently underway in Peru, and Canada is in full-force attendance. The medals are literally flying into the bag and the latest news is that gymnast Ellie Black has successfully defended her Pan Am ...Read More
Playtech Breaks Wimbledon Bets Record
Fansof tennis the world over weren’t the only ones revelling in the theatre of sports that was the epic Wimbledon finale between the legend that is Roger Federer and the 2019 men’s final winner, namely Novak Djokovic. Top iGa...Read More
New SoftSwiss Logo Teases Sports Betting
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Sun Yang Lashes Out Following Podium Shame
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How Seabin Makes For A Clean Toronto Marina
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Maple Leaf’s Re-Acquires David Clarkson
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Canada Aiming to Beat Own 2015 Pan Am Performance
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Calgary City To Pay 50% Of Flames Arena Bill
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DeBues-Stafford Shatters 34-Year Record
Canadian track and field champion Gabriela DeBues-Stafford isn’t only super fast out of the staring blocks, but she also has what it takes to keep up the pace, and for all of 1,500 metres to boot. The athlete recently ran the dista...Read More
Daniel Sturridge Guilty Of Leaking Betting Info
The English Football Association (FA) has sanctioned English football star Daniel Sturridge, after it was discovered that the player had leaked information about his possible transfer. An independent regulatory commiss...Read More
NASCAR To Offer Live Bets From September 15
It’s a wondrous and momentous thing when a plan finally comes together. And for NASCAR fans it will be a sweet moment indeed when they are finally able to fully embrace all of their stock car race betting fantasies w...Read More
Alysha Newman Smashes Two Pole Vault Records
Canadian track and field world champion and pole jump record holder Alysha Newman has bettered her own record – again. Newman for the second time in two months improved her own previous best when she cleared 4.77 metres in the pole...Read More
Caleb Smidt Wins Calgary Sunday Showdown
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Boxing Legend Pernell Whitaker Dead At 55
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Canadian Women Aim to Break Records at WAC
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Rays Consider Share-Season With Montreal
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One Bad Boy Wins The 160th Queen’s Plate
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Canada’s Best Prepare For Pan Am Peru
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Kawhi Leonard Considers Re-Sign With Raptors
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Pettersson Wins Rookie Of The Year Trophy
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Raptors Now Most Profitable Team In Canada
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Gronkowski Cuts Short Rumours Of A Come-Back
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Canada Files Official North Pole Claim
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Tiger Woods Fails To Make The Cut At Own Poker Event
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Canada Sports Hall Of Fame 2019
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Beckie Scott’s WADA Bullying Claim Dismissed
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ESPN And Caesars To Launch Branded Studio
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Raptor Kawhi Leonard Beats The Game 7 Buzzer
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AGA Launches Sports Betting Advertising Code
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Toronto’s Travis Dermott Out For 6 Months
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Toronto’s Travis Dermott Out For 6 Months
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ESPN And Fox To Broadcast McMahon’s XFL
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Disqualification Fiasco At Kentucky Derby
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Kentucky Derby Smashes Betting Records Again
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TOR Scientist Wins Gerhard Herzberg Award
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Minister Outraged By Caster Semenya’s CAS Ruling
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Smart Helmets To Solve Footy Concussion Woes
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March Madness Attracts $106M In Bets In NJ
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888 Acquires Costa Bingo
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Colorado Wants In On Sports Betting Too
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Pennsylvania Heads Towards Online Sports Betting
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Stephanie Dixon Named CA Chef De Mission
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The Fury Turns To Arbitration In USL Issue
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Bettor Wins $1.2 Million Backing Tiger Woods
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Sports Betting On The Verge Of Regulation
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James Holzhauer Makes Jeopardy! History
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Canada’s Role In The Event Horizon Telescope
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Tiger Woods Finally Wins His 5th Masters
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Assange Arrest Reminds Canadians of Close-To-Home WikiLeaks
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Venture Capital Firms Zoom In On Sports Betting
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Canada’s Conners Nicks Final Masters Slot
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Auger-Aliassime’s Rise To Super-Stardom
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New Limitations On Children’s Football Enforced
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Pennsylvania To Issue 2 More Betting Licenses
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Hajrullahu Signs New 2-Year Contract With Tiger-Cats
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William Hill US To Sponsor NHL
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NY Casinos Cut Back On Slots to Cut Costs
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Drake Lends Helping Hand To eSports Start-Up
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Is Breakdancing Heading To The Olympics?
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Rhode Island Approves Online Sports Betting
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Vancouver Ranked Number 5 Top Sports City
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Player Ordered to Pay Back Winnings
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Ontario Horse Racing To Receive Major Boost
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Comcast Announces $50M Philly eSports Arena
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R.J. Barrett USA Today’s Player Of The Year
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Gender-Equality Sports Assoc. Gets $3M In Funding
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Canada Ponders Fully Legalising Sports Betting
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No Bets On The Sports Betting Ballot In California
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MGM Resorts Closes Red Sox Sponsporship Deal
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Canada Defeated by Australia At Vancouver Sevens
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MLB Passes New Rules Regarding Pre-Game Info
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NHL GM’s Happy With The State Of The Game
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ESPN To Air Daily Sports Betting Show
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WinSport Luge Track Faces Permanent Closure
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Century Mile Racetrack & Casino Opening Soon
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eSports & Games Of Skill Yet To Pique Interest in Nevada
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1995 Winter Games Time Capsule On Display
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Canada To Get Its First eSports Stadium
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Felix Auger-Aliassime Defeated In Rio Final
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New Leadership For Ocean Resort Casino
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NGCB Sticks To Its Guns Re Pre-Season MLB Bets
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William Hill to Run GE Inc.’s Sportsbooks
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Vancouver Titans Hungry for eSports Glory
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MGA Suspends & Terminates iGaming Permits
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How Video Games are Selected for eSports
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eSports Continues to Set New Records
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Indiana Proposal to Enable Online Betting, Casino
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Survey Proves Bets Help Sports Viewership
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Kellogg’s and eMLS Continue Partnership
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Prof. Redlick Talks Canadian Betting Laws
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Calgary Pressed to Build Sports Fieldhouse
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Women Power Gambling Growth in the US
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Ubisoft’s eSports Film Makes Debut
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Zwift Reveals Pro Cycling eSports League
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Kaillie Humphries #17 On Sports Illustrated Fittest Athletes List
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Women Battling Bias in eSports
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Louisiana Governor Gets Behind Sports Betting
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NY Senators Reviewing New iPoker Proposal
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Canadian Sports Predictions For 2019
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SLT Launch New Blockchain eSports Platform
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American Sports Gambler The Most Influential Person Of 2018
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Canada’s Stadiums Plagued By Food Violations
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The Stars Group Awarded Swedish Online Licence
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eSports Becoming a Major Income Stream
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NBA Names The Stars Group As Gaming Partner
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Unibet Takes First Steps Into The US Market
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Sir Mix-a-Lot To Star In New Bluberi Slot
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Nominations Open for Canada’s Sports Hall Of Fame
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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
Red Sox CEO Gets Behind Sports Betting
Not too long ago, pro-sports leagues were the main spanners in the sports betting legalisation works. Big-shot managers were lashing out at anyone even suggesting a re-consideration, let alone a reform, and the general picture that was pa...Read More
Twitch Outs Illegal Casinos
It’s hard to keep anything a secret these days, and thanks to online streaming platforms like Twitch, it has become even harder to hide illegal and unlicensed goings-on from the wrong (or should we say right?) kind of eyes. The UK G...Read More
William Hill Trims Down On Digital Deadwood
Many are the benefits mergers and acquisitions. And yet, you cannot have the good without being prepared to stomach just a little bid of the bad. William Hill’s acquisition of MRG (Mr Green) is expected to establish job security for...Read More
Lightning Box Enters North American Market
Thanks to the expansion of an existing agreement between SG Digital and specialist slots developer Lightning Box, the latter is now in the very fortunate position of being able to extend its global presence by entering brand-new territory...Read More
US Sports Leagues Embrace A New World
A gold rush. This is how Sharon Otterman, Chief Marketing Officer for major bookmaker William Hill, describes the scramble by professional sports leagues to get a spot on the sports betting bus. These are the very same leagues that had p...Read More
Business Booms for Bede Gaming in 2018
Bede Gaming, the popular developer of online and mobile gaming software, has hailed 2018 as its ‘most successful year’ to date, thanks in part to its completion of no less than ten content integration deals. Another developme...Read More
Online Gambling To Bring in $73 billion by 2020
$1 million in online payment transactions every day. This is the golden number that was recently released by the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) and refers to the average value of the payments processed by its members every...Read More
CA Sports Cease Use of the Term ‘Midget’
Sports leagues across Canada’s provinces have long made use of the term ‘midget’ when referring to youth sporting groups. However, the term has many negative connotations, particularly for those with the conditio...Read More
OverActive Media Signs European LoL Team
Owners of Toronto’s newest Overwatch franchise, OverActive Media Group, revealed that they have now added a European League of Legends (LoL) team to their growing eSports portfolio. The signing of the deal has come through an agree...Read More
Xuan Liu Moves Into the World of eSports
It has been more than 18 months since Canadian poker star Xuan Liu cashed in a live tournament. This may seem odd considering that she has cashed six-figure wins in four different years since 2011 and has earned nearly $2 million in her c...Read More
Ambrosie Talks About CFL Seasonal Issues
Commissioner of the Canadian Football League Randy Ambrosie wrapped up the end of his second season when Grey Cup week in Edmonton came to a close. He also recently gave his annual State of the League address to an eager crowd of sports e...Read More
UK Gambling Brands Move Advertising Online
Gambling companies over in the United Kingdom are spending notably more on online and mobile marketing channels than on traditional TV ads. This news comes despite the current doctrine that public channels are already saturated to capacit...Read More
US’s Betting Legalization Pressures Canada
Moves towards boosting players’ experiences and introducing regulated sports betting offerings have been waxing and waning unsuccessfully over the years in Canada. Another motion was indicated recently, however, as Canadian legisla...Read More
Legal Sports Betting Coming to Rhode Island
Eager punters in the US state of Rhode Island will finally be able to get their hands on legal wagering options. The regulated sportsbook offerings for the state will officially begin to hit the market from Monday, November 26 onwards. L...Read More
Mississippi Casinos Suffer as Sports Betting Grows
The sports betting operations at Mississippi (MS) casinos have reported a small increase in their overall wagering handle for the month of October. However, revenues for the establishments dropped by more than three-quarters during the sa...Read More
Virginia Set to Legalize Lotto & Betting
A bill aiming to repeal Virginia’s current online sports betting and lottery bans was reportedly pre-filed with the Virginia General Assembly (VGA). The bill was filed by Delegate Mark Sickles on November 20, 2018. As it is pre-fil...Read More
US Sports Betting Scene Keeps Evolving
Industry insiders firmly believe that the world of US sports changed forever when the Supreme Court abolished a law that prevented states from deciding whether or not to legalize sports betting between their borders. Before the ruling, o...Read More
St. Clair College Ventures into eSports
This month, St. Clair College made international headlines by revealing its new eSports administration and entrepreneurship program to the world. The aim of the scheme is to build on the success that the school started in 2017 when it be...Read More
Legal US Sports Betting Hits Canada Hard
It was in 2017 when the US Supreme Court abolished a long-time ban that prevented the majority of its states from offering legalized sports betting services. The historic decision led to a flurry of activity by allowing individual states ...Read More
Bet365 Enters the New York Betting Market
Online gaming and sports betting operator Bet365 has just announced that they have signed an exclusive, 20-year partnership deal with Empire Resorts. As the result, the operator will soon be entering the valuable New York gambling industr...Read More
Evolution Gaming Air TV Series for Ardent Group
Live dealer casino giant Evolution Gaming has reportedly joined forces with Ardent Group, a prominent Belgian gambling operator, to launch a nightly live gambling television series. Last week, Evolution’s upper management announced...Read More
TheScore’s New eSports App Makes Its Debut
Recently, Toronto-headquartered media company TheScore revealed that it would be launching a brand new eSports-based mobile app and matching website. The offering is intended to help the company cover its share of the rapidly growing pro ...Read More
DraftKings Launch Scarlet Pearl Sportsbook
DraftKings, North America’s biggest daily fantasy sports supplier, is soon set to open its first land-based sportsbook in the US state of Mississippi. The opening of the venue will also mark the firm’s first established sports...Read More
Galactus’ MPL App Attracts Major Funding
According to a report published by VCCircle, India-headquartered Galactus Funware Technology PVT Ltd has finally finished a Series A funding round that attracted some big-name investors into the mix. Galactus operators a virtual skill-ba...Read More
Florida Green-Lights Anti-Casino Measure
The recent midterm elections have resulted in a big win for Florida giants Disney and the Seminole Tribe of Florida – the owner of the Hard Rock brand. According to the experts at Ballotopedia, entertainment behemoth Disney and the ...Read More
First eSports Law Firm Launches in Canada
When it comes to , careers can be made in just a few months. Almost anyone (although they are usually younger in age) with a PC and a high level of skill in video gaming can secure themselves a million-dollar contract and huge sponsorship...Read More
US Casinos Mull Cross-Border Operations
Casinos in the US state of Pennsylvania (PA) have used up 28 of the available 39 interactive gambling permits during two recent application periods. The 11 permits now remaining for the state represent tens of millions of dollars in poten...Read More
Young Vancouver Canucks Aim For the Stars
So far this season, the Vancouver Canucks have been enjoying notable success from the get-go, with a 9-6-0 record as of last Monday. And with the team’s top five scorers all being Elias Pettersson, who is still cons...Read More
GDFS Inc. Inks Omega Systems Deal
Canadian B2B daily fantasy sports (DFS) software supplier Global Daily Fantasy Sports Inc. (GDFS Inc.) has recently revealed their signing of a three-year content agreement with Omega Systems. Under the deal, GDFS Inc. will supply the iGa...Read More
Runners plunged into darkness
For professional track athletes, a successful career is all about utilising every ounce of ability. That in turn means staying alive to the latest training developments. So how might any runner feel about training thei...Read More
William Hill Looking To Buy MRG
British betting brand William Hill is reportedly aiming to purchase online gaming firm Mr Green & Co for a consideration of £242 million (around $308 million). According to the popular bookmaker’s CEO Philip Bowcock, the ...Read More
Famous Celebs Who Were Successful Athletes
Most people don’t realise it, but many successful actors and celebrities started out as high-achieving athletes, before turning their attention to entertainment, acting or politics. Actors such as Burt Reynolds, Forest Whitaker, De...Read More
NHL Signs Exclusive Betting Deal with MGM
The Canadian Gaming Association (CGA) has recently extended a warm welcome to the National Hockey League after the latter organization announced its first-ever sports betting partnership with MGM Resorts International this week. The dea...Read More
Spotlight On Sexism in Sport
There is a lot of attention on sexual harassment and double standards experienced by women right now. These are issues that have been real and extremely problematic for years, but they are being talked about more openly and, hopefully, deal...Read More
Bouchard Scores First Win Against Capitals
Evan Bouchard has scored his first-ever National Hockey League goal against the formidable Washington Capitals during the first period last Thursday evening. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins also scored a goal and an assist as the Edmonton Oilers enjo...Read More
U Sports Includes Transgender Athletes
Canadian university athletics governing body U Sports has announced a new inclusive policy for . Effective immediately, they will be allowed to compete on the teams that correspond either with their birth gender, or wi...Read More
Nike Forays Into eSports with New Deal
Nike has officially entered the world of eSports. The sportswear giant, who has stirred controversy with its recent adverts involving Colin Kaepernick, has reportedly signed a deal with Royal Never Give Up (RNG) League of Legends icon Jia...Read More
Indiana Encouraged to Legalize Betting
Since the US Supreme Court’s May ruling to , state after state has begun to legalize the profitable industry under their own sets of rules. Lawmakers are also continuing to investigate what legal betting could bring to their domain...Read More
How 5G Will Change the World
Over the past few months we have been hearing a lot of talk about 5G and how it is going to revolutionize mobile broadband and pave the way for an enhanced technological society. But is this just overly hyped advertising for communication...Read More
Rio Casino May Become an MLB Ballpark
The focus of the rumor mill in Las Vegas lately has been the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, located off-Strip, and best known to Canadians as the home of the Nevada leg of the . Rekindled reports about the property bein...Read More
US Elections May Impact Online Poker
In just a few short weeks, voters across several US states will be casting their votes to decide the fates of various pressing issues. These include, among other things, online poker and sports betting. Right now, it is t...Read More
SG Set to Acquire Don Best Sports Corp.
Mere weeks after joining the Global Lottery Monitoring System, US-based gaming systems developer has revealed the inking of a deal allowing it to purchase Don Best Sports Corporation (DBS) along with it...Read More
Poker Pro Hired by Mavericks
Marc Cuban of the Dallas Mavericks has hired pro poker player and expert sports bettor Haralabos ‘Bob’ Voulgaris as the team’s newest director of quantitative research and development. ...Read More
FanDuel Launches Alexa-Based Sports Betting App
has just become the first brand to launch an app that can be accessed and used on Alexa. The function has definitely been brought to the Amazon Echo, and may also extend to other products.
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has just welcomed Alexander Ambrose to their team, as Chief Financial Officer for SG Digital and will be based in the London office. Being the CFO of the newest division in the company is expected to be ...Read More
Nevada Gaming Revenue Hits a Low In August
The absence of the Money Fight in August meant fewer visitors to Nevada, and with those smaller numbers came the state’s weakest numbers this year. The state’s total gaming win dropped 7.7% from $989.5m to $913m year-on-year. ...Read More
NHL Goalie Equipment Shrinks
NHL goalies are going to have to keep their reflexes sharp or toughen up. Their equipment has become the most recent to change since the hockey league began streamlining players’ gear. The thinking behind the shrinkag...Read More
Will Yggdrasil Create More Branded Slots?
Yggdrasil Gaming has been hailed as one of the world’s fastest-growing suppliers of online and mobile gaming software. And after its Chief Studio Manager Christopher Mifsud described the as a &lsqu...Read More
FanDuel Pays Out Full $82k Erroneous Win
Daily fantasy sports giant FanDuel has opted to pay out the full $82,000 to New Jersey-based punter Anthony Prince on a $110 bet he made on the Denver Broncos versus Oakland Raiders game ...Read More
Soccer Fans Wage War Against eSports
Soccer clubs throughout Europe are increasingly more eager to begin franchises in eSports Leagues, according to recent news reports on the matter. However, many fans of the age-old sport are opposed to the idea, going as fa...Read More
Most Expensive Football Transfers Ever
What would the world of football be if it didn’t have the obscene player value amounts dangled in front of our eyes? After all, watching the games and cheering for the goals is one thing, but gasping at the utterly outrageous sums of ...Read More
Quebec Fights Against Supreme Court Ruling
The government of Quebec is reportedly planning to appeal the Supreme Court’s ruling that stated that its amendments to online gambling bans are ‘unlawful’. The aforementioned law requires ISPs to block players’ a...Read More
First-Time Bookmaker Sponsorship for F1
Formula One, the king of auto racing sports brands worldwide, has surprisingly decided to change its age-old negative stance towards sponsorship by bookmakers. On Tuesday, the owner of the brand Liberty Media revealed that it has inked ...Read More
Everything You Need to Know about eSports and Betting
In today’s tech-driven world, eSports is rapidly becoming one of the largest online betting markets in the world, and a topic that seems to crop up with increasing frequency in sports news pages. While really just a bunch of guys pl...Read More
SBG Growth Drives Stars Group’s Revenues
CEO of Canada’s The Stars Group, Rafi Ashkenazi, has described after the recently purchased business demonstrated fantastic growth across its key financial verticals for the year ended on June 30, 2018. Total revenues for SBG for ...Read More
Legal Sports Betting Could Benefit NASCAR
After the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the PASPA law against sports betting in May, major organizations quickly had to rethink their views on local wagering. NASCAR is one of the organizations now investigating the potent...Read More
Sports Stars Sponsored By Casinos
The world of sports is an every changing one. It was not so long ago that it was all but expected that alcoholic beverage brands or electronics companies would sponsor sports teams. It was an accepted situation, almost as if the two had alw...Read More
888sport Moves In To New Jersey
888 Senior Vice President Yaniv Sherman has officially been relocated to the firm’s New Jersey office to spearhead its new expansion plans across America after its 888sport brand was launched recently in the Garden State. With 888&...Read More
Yggdrasil, Nitro Circus Host Tandem Launch
Mobile gaming solutions giant Yggdrasil Gaming has finally showcased its first-ever branded gaming partnership with Nitro Circus, the world’s leading name in action sports entertainment. To accompany the ground-breaking deal, the tw...Read More
Canadians Head To World Surfing Games
Star Canadian surfer Peter Devries will soon be heading to the Sea of Japan to go head to head against some of the world’s strongest names in surfing at the 2018 UR ISA World Surfing Games (WSG) in Tahara.
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NFL’s Sports Betting Revenues Set to Soar
The National Football League’s revenues are apparently set to soar by more than $2.3 billion per year thanks to the recently . The news comes according to a recent Nielsen Sports study, which was commissioned by the American Gaming Associ...Read More
William Hill Tackles Problem Gambling Head-On
Prolific UK bookie William Hill has now pledged its dedication to embracing new ideas as part of its newest responsible gambling initiative. In a recent SBC News interview, Will Hill Director of Strategy, Brand and IR Lyndsay Wright highlig...Read More
US eSports Scholarships Soar in Popularity
As eSports’ popularity continues to soar in the US and globally alike, a growing number of American colleges are beginning to offer eSports programs and scholarships to their students. However, in the UK, universities have not yet t...Read More
IGT & William Hill Bag Sports Betting Deal
Leading gaming systems developer IGT (International Game Technology) has at long last revealed that it has been chosen in partnership with the American arm of British bookie William Hill to supply the Rhode Island Lottery with a new serv...Read More
Top-Earning Athletes Aged 25 or Younger
Massive paychecks are not as common as they once were for stars, thanks to limits imposed on rookie deals, and the average age in the top 100 earners is 31. In spite of these facts, there are still some athletes under 26 who are making eno...Read More
FanDuel Co-Founder Opposes $465m Takeover
Nigel Eccles, a co-founder of daily fantasy sports giant FanDuel, has reportedly filed a lawsuit against British bookmaker Paddy Power Betfair. The case is based on the sports betting operator’s recent $465 million takeover of the a...Read More
NJ Punters Wager Nearly $4 Million in July
Bettors in the US state of New Jersey placed just less than $4 million in wagers during the first full month of legal sports betting for the region. New Jersey was the state that first began the push towards the abolishment of the long-ti...Read More
US Leagues Call for Betting Integrity Fee
According to new reports, New York could become the first American state to regulate its through a clause involving a specialized fee. This proposed fee, dubbed an ‘integrity fee’ by its attached legislative bill, would be pa...Read More
NHL’s Jarome Iginla Hangs Up His Skates
Jarome Iginla had always dreamed of winning a Stanley Cup, throughout the duration of his career in the National Hockey League while playing with the Calgary Flames and even since leaving the team in his twilight years. The closest the f...Read More
Sports Betting for Canada’s Border Cities?
Is an expansion of the sports betting industry on the cards for Canucks? The rise in popularity for online gambling worldwide is continuing apace, and Canada is no exception. Additionally, this sector is seeing some of the biggest amounts...Read More
Stars Group Adds Online Sportsbook
have already been capitalizing on their partnership with admirable results. But, the two seem to be going above and beyond to make the most out of it, demonstrated clearly by the recent addition to the New Jersey gaming market. Currently...Read More
Canadian Teens Ruling Basketball, Football
There are many exceptional sportsmen and women in Canada, but the younger generation of up-and-coming sports stars is often overlooked. With that said, there are two massively talented Canadian teens that are currently shaping the futur...Read More
MGM and GVC Partner in US Betting Venture
This has been a year packed with M&A activity for the world’s largest casino firms, and the trend is showing no signs of slowing year. In the spirit of this phenomenon, global operators MGM Resorts and GVC Holdings h...Read More