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The Edmonton Oilers and Toronto Maple Leafs are exciting fans all across Canada as the last two Canadian teams left in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. These teams’ playoff runs come during a sports betting boom in Canada. Many experts even speculate the Oilers and Leafs’ playoff runs could throw gasoline on the fire and increase the popularity of sports betting even more. Estimates say…
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If you’re like the majority of people in North America, you think about horse racing maybe once or twice a year. Right now is one of those times. This weekend is the 149th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Unlike in the US, Ontarians can not bet on “The Greatest Two Minutes in Sports” this year at their favourite sportsbooks. Instead, they…
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Gateway Casinos’ 14 locations were forced to indefinitely close this week following an assumed cyberattack. Specifics of the attack have not been disclosed. The casino says it experienced “a ransomware attack,” and says resolving this issue is the casino’s utmost concern at this time. The casino also says there is no evidence consumer data was breached in the attack. Gateway Casinos locations have been…
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Ontario’s legal online gambling market is now over a year old. Financially, iGaming Ontario and the 40+ online gambling operators in Ontario have been a great success, but not everyone is happy. Some people are upset by the number of gambling advertisements and the content of these ads. The AGCO has proposed a ban on athletes or celebrities appearing in iGaming advertisements Many famous…
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Legal iGaming in Ontario officially celebrated its one-year anniversary last week. Ontario was the first Canadian province to legalize online gambling and sports betting. According to iGaming Ontario, Ontario’s iGaming regulatory body, there are over 1.6 million registered iGaming accounts in Ontario. The average spend of those 1.6 million accounts is about $69 per month. In total, owners of these accounts have wagered over…
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Legal iGaming operations have now been available for a full year in the Canadian province of Ontario. The excitement for legal betting sites in Canada has reached a fever pitch. Prior to a year ago, it was necessary for sports gamblers to rely on legally gray or outright illegal markets to lay a wager. Now, they can use the legal sports betting markets available…
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Noah Strang is an experienced sports writer having covered many professional sports leagues across North America. He has worked extensively covering the NHL and been accredited media for the Vegas Golden Knights in the past. He’s also known as one of the best iGaming writers across Canada with extensive experience covering the development of legal sports betting across the country. He was born and raised in Vancouver, BC, and enjoys taking advantage of the coastline. When not writing, you can find him watching whatever sport is on TV or playing pickup basketball.