Canada

Records obtained by the Toronto Star show iGaming Ontario kept a pre-launch problem gambling study private after it found higher-than-expected rates.

McDavid’s promotion of these tools in a Dec. 2025 “Mullet Over” campaign contributed to a 27% year-over-year increase in accounts with deposit limits.

Gray-market giants Super Group, Apollo and Stake have gone legal in Alberta, pushing the regulated iGaming market from 22 sites at launch to 50.

Alberta's Oct. 13 deadline for gray-market operators has arrived. Stake secured a license, while PokerStars and 888 are cutting off Alberta poker players.

Stake Canada plans to launch its online casino and sportsbook in Alberta on Oct. 12, a day before AGLC's grace period for unregistered operators ends.

The Parti Québécois and Liberals, now holding 99 of 127 seats, both back licensing private online gambling operators in Quebec. No bill has been tabled yet.

Ontario's AGCO issued its maximum C$200,000 penalty to theScore Bet after two cash-out offers, including one worth C$380,000, went unhonored.

Loto-Québec's quarterly revenue rose 2.1% to CA$782.6 million, led by casinos, as opposition parties push to end its online gambling monopoly.

Brick House Recovery Centre receives $2.4 million, the first payout from Alberta's iGaming social responsibility program, to expand gambling addiction care.

Ontario sports betting revenue fell 30% to CA$54.4 million in August, while online casino wagers hit a record 90% share of the CA$9.74 billion handle.