CGA Updates
CGA Update Volume 27
April 20, 2021
2021 Federal Budget Assistance for Canada’s Gaming Industry The 2021 federal budget released yesterday outlines a $12 billion plan to extend key COVID-19 business programs and commits to continue other…
CGA Updates
Bill C-218 Update & Ontario iGaming Consultations
March 24, 2021
Bill C-218 / Sports Betting Update After five days of hearings and approximately 30 witnesses testifying before the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights in favour of Bill C-218,…
CGA Updates
CGA Update Volume 26
March 24, 2021
Bill C-218 / Sports Betting Update After five days of hearings and approximately 30 witnesses testifying before the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights in favour of Bill C-218,…
CGA Updates
CGA Update Volume 25
March 1, 2021
Update on Justice Committee Hearings Bill C-218 was referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights by an overwhelming vote of 303-15. The first two days of hearings…
News
Sask. MP pushes for legalized single-game sports betting as bill clears second reading
February 22, 2021
By Connor O’Donovan Global News A years-long push to legalize single-game sports betting, currently illegal under the Criminal Code, took a step closer to its goal this week. A private…
CGA Updates
CGA Update Volume 24
February 9, 2021
Optimism and Opportunity in 2021 We all agree that 2020 was a year that we want to put firmly behind us. The COVID-19 pandemic has had an extraordinary impact on our business,…
CGA Updates
CGA Update Volume 24
February 9, 2021
Optimism and Opportunity in 2021 We all agree that 2020 was a year that we want to put firmly behind us. The COVID-19 pandemic has had an extraordinary impact on our business,…
News
Canada’s sports betting revolution is finally approaching. Here’s what you need to know
January 1, 2021
By Joe Callaghan Progress? It’s hard to look back and find too much of it in Canadian sports in 2020. This after all was a year when our pro sports…
CGA Updates
CGA Update Volume 23
December 1, 2020
Join Paul Burns, President & CEO, Canadian Gaming Association, at Betting on Sports America on December 2 at 11:00am ET There was exciting news from Ottawa last week as the Federal…
CGA Updates
Federal Government Introduces Bill C-13 “An Act to amend the Criminal Code (single event sport betting)”
November 26, 2020
Earlier today Federal Justice Minister and Attorney General David Lametti introduced Bill C-13 – “An Act to amend the Criminal Code (single event sport betting)” in the House of Commons….
News
Federal government to table bill to legalize single-event sports betting
November 25, 2020
Canadians are betting an estimated $14 billion per year through illegal channels John Paul Tasker · CBC News · Posted: Nov 25, 2020 Federal Justice Minister David Lametti is expected to…
