Author: Noah Strang
Noah Strang is an experienced sports writer having covered many professional sports leagues across North America. He was 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.
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Besides Ontario, Canadian provinces have been slow to open up their online gambling markets to private sector igaming companies. DraftKings, Betway, Bet99, and many other iGaming operators are trying to change that. The primarily US-based igaming mega companies have come together to form the base of the Québec Online Gaming Coalition (QOGC) advocacy group. The QOGC and its members are hoping to convince the…Read More
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The legalization of single-game sports betting in Canada in 2021 has led to an immense increase in demand for sports betting in Canada. Canadians are betting more on sports, and more importantly, more Canadians are betting on sports than in 2021. According to Statista, a global stats organization who tracks various economic and population data, Canada’s sports betting market is growing at an unprecedented…Read More
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Ontario’s legal iGaming market turned a year old last month. Despite its young age, Ontario is already the number one iGaming market in the world, according to Andrew Darley, the Vice President of iGaming at the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG). Darley, speaking at the SBC Summit North America, revealed that he believed Ontario’s iGaming market is the top iGaming market in the…Read More
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Paysafe, one of the biggest digital payments companies in the world, has released an upgraded Skrill e-wallet specifically for the Ontario iGaming market. Article Highlights Because so many online casinos are based in Europe, Skrill is a popular choice for Ontarian online casinos. The goal of Paysafe’s changes are to make using Skrill a more streamlined experience. Paysafe products are accepted payment methods at…Read More
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May 14, 2018 is a day that will forever be remembered for revolutionizing the sports betting landscape in North America. This day was when the US Supreme Court overturned the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) and legalized sports betting in the US. Since this decision, 33 US states and Washington D.C. have legalized sports betting. Change has also come in Canada which…Read More
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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…Read More
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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…Read More
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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…Read More
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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…Read More
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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…Read More