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Three days of arguments around the expanding of daily fantasy sports and online poker in Ontario’s regulated gambling industry were heard in the province’s court of appeal last week with a decision by the five-judge panel not expected until the new year. The legal beagles piled up the billable hours on behalf of their clients, including the Douglas Ford government, sports betting and gaming businesses, the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake, and the four provincial lottery and gaming entities that make up the Canadian Lottery Coalition.
Among the interested observers in the courthouse proceedings was Canadian Gaming Association senior advisor Amanda Brewer, who made her return to the latest episode of the Gaming News Canada Show presented by GBG Plc (welcome back to our presenting sponsor). Brewer provided her take on what she saw and heard last week and the scenarios that could play out once the panel reaches a decision.
We also asked Brewer for her thoughts on the continued debate around sports betting advertising in our home and native land, what’s news in Alberta (the province’s Minister of Red Tape Reduction last week took aim at Bodog), and iGaming Ontario’s search for a president and chief executive officer, who’s expected to move into Martha Otton’s chair some time in the first quarter of 2025.
The global gaming market is about to welcome a new player. Following in Ontario’s footsteps, Alberta is set to become the next Canadian province to open a regulated iGaming market to commercial operators. Rebekah Jackson, Director of Gaming at GBG explains the game plan for iGaming Alberta. Learn more.
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