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PlayFallsview Is the First Foray of an Ontario Land-Based Casino Into the Online Space
PlayFallsview is the first iGaming site in Ontario to grow out of one of the province’s brick-and-mortar gambling establishments, the Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls. The app enters the Ontario iGaming market with online casino gambling that includes live dealer products. PlayFallsview also consists of an online sportsbook. iGaming Ontario (iGO) lauded PlayFallsview in […]
Betway Ends Its Gray Market Status in Canada
Betway Canada‘s Twitter bio says it all: “Ontario only, 19+.” That’s notable because, until Tuesday, Betway was one of the country’s most prominent gray market online gambling operators. On Tuesday, iGaming Ontario (iGO) congratulated Malta-based Betway for completing its nearly four-month-long regulatory journey. Now, Betway offers legal online casino, live casino, esports, and sports betting in […]
Striking Workers at Ontario’s Pickering Casino Picket Nearby Casino Woodbine
Negotiations broke down late last week between Unifor casino workers at Pickering Casino Resort and Casino Ajax and their employer, Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (GCGC). This week, they’ve added a third picket line at Casino Woodbine, located about 65 km from the Pickering location. The new picket line appeared on July 29, expanding on the existing strike […]
Ontario’s Online Gambling Market Is Still Growing
Almost four months and 44 Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) approvals into the launch of Ontario’s expanded iGaming marketplace, and would-be online gambling operators still want to join. By the end of July, Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment (MGE) hopes to be the “first bricks and mortar” entity to launch an online gambling site […]
Great Canadian Gaming Employees Latest Group of Casino Workers to Threaten Strike
More than 2000 casino workers in Ontario are set to strike if they can’t reach new agreements with their employer, Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (GCG). The workers are members of Canada’s largest private sector union, Unifor, which announced the decision Monday. The strike would impact gaming employees and security at up to eight GCG casinos […]
Nova Scotia Joins New Brunswick in Permitting Atlantic Lottery Casino Games
In the US, the east coast is leading the way for regulated online casino gaming. Not so in Canada, where the Atlantic Provinces are mainly behind the curve. As of today, Nova Scotia is a little less so. “Canada’s Ocean Playground” has decided to join neighboring New Brunswick in allowing the lottery to offer casino […]
NorthStar Gaming, NorthStar Bets Parent, May Go Public Soon
Ontario’s expanded online gambling marketplace isn’t even three months old and there’s already a notable pending IPO. NorthStar Gaming, the parent company of NorthStar Bets, is pursuing a plan to go public through a reverse takeover of Baden Resources. The news didn’t come from NorthStar, though. NorthStar Bets is an online casino and sports betting […]
