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July 2025 Ontario Gambling Stats Show Casino-Led Rebound

Ontario iGaming July 2025: Casino wagers hit $6.74bn (+25% YoY), betting drops to $688m, poker steady at $139m. Full stats and trends inside. The Canadian Ontario online gambling market’s FY25/26-Q1 results for July 2025 reveal a mixed picture across casino, betting, and P2P poker, but paint a [...]

Ontario Canada’s AGCO Says Free Play Bonuses Means Zero Risk For Players

AGCO issues a warning to all online gambling establishments to review their promotional terminology to avoid misusing the term 'free play'. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario has issued a warning to operators, stating that they must be cautious in their use of the term 'Free [...]

2025 Regulatory Landscape for Casinoplusbonus Online Gamblers

The regulatory landscape across the six Casinplusbonus regions is undergoing significant changes, and we're here with an update to keep you informed about developments in your country. Table of Contents Sources: The information covered in this news report is a culmination of news [...]

Impressive – Canadian Casino Fined C$54,000 for Unfair Bonus Caught by Regulator

An online casino operating under the iGaming Ontario framework has been find by the AGCO for offering an unfair bonus. We are not in favour of online casinos being fined, but we were impressed when Canada’s AGCO spotted a clearly unfair bonus and issued a fine of [...]

Study Reveals 90% of Alberta’s Players Gamble on Overseas Gaming Sites

We look at the stats claiming 90% of Alberta players gamble on overseas online gambling websites rather than Play Alberta's regulated site. According to a new research study conducted by Canadian Gaming Association (CGA) on behalf of the Canadian Gaming Association (CGA), 90% of online gamblers bet [...]

Federal Laws in Canada to Target Betting Advertisements

Canada's Federal government is creating a nationwide gambling ads framework to control how casinos and sports books advertise their services. Canada’s provinces and territories may soon need to manage how betting ads are displayed via media outlets in their jurisdictions, as the Canadian Senate revisits Bill S-269, [...]

AGCO and UKGC Critique Advertising For Overseas Casinos

Advertising unregulated gambling sites becomes a touchy subject in the UK and provinces of Canada with domestic online gambling licensing. In Canada's province of Ontario, local advertisers have been promoting an overseas gambling site that accepts Canadian Dollars and cryptocurrency, while in the UK, Premier League football [...]

Is Ontario’s iGaming Market Growth Slowing Down?

In Canada's online gambling market, the Ontario iGaming sector is looking increasingly stable after recording its second-highest non-adjusted gross gaming revenue (NAGGR) figures, while also showing considerable year-on-year growth in Total Wagers and Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR). However, Ontario only has a population of 16,182,641 according to statcan.gc.ca. It's [...]

Alberta iGaming Licensing Authority Approved After Third Reading

The new Alberta iGaming Corporation licensing framework continues to move forward as legislation is passed and Royal Assent awaits! After a third reading of the passage of Bill 48 at the Alberta Legislature, all that is remaining for the new Alberta iGaming licensing authority is a Royal [...]

Alberta NDP MPs Pick Holes in New Gambling Licensing Authority

Casinoplusbonus investigates why lawmakers in the Canadian province of Alberta are sceptical about opening up the market to private operators. Since the Casinoplusbonus news desk announced that the Alberta Gaming Liquor and Cannabis Commission (AGLC) confirmed there is a high chance of a new online gambling licensing [...]

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