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Gaming News Canada Show

Steve McAllister

Each week, Steve McAllister, the Editor-In-Chief of the Gaming News Canada, digs deeper into trending gaming and sports betting topics with industry leaders and insiders, reporters and other stakeholders in the business. The discussion and debate also includes questions and opinions from our followers about the hottest industry in sports today.Follow us on Twitter @GamingNewsCA for the latest storylines, and links to the weekly live show.Subscribe to the newsletter http://gamingnewscanada.ca Hosted

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55:29

A Second Chance: Harry Levant on Surviving Gambling...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/07/15

Harry Levant walked out of a casino after making what would be his final wager on April 27, 2014, returned to his hotel room and attempted to write a suicide note to leave for his family. He decided against taking his own life and has spent the past four years dedicated to working with people struggling with gambling addiction, as he did.Now a Doctor of Law and Policy, and the Director of Gambling Policy at Northeastern University. Levant has beena loud voiceon what he believes the regulated gaming

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29:40

Leading the Way: RGC’s Vision for Responsible...

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2025/07/08

The Responsible Gambling Council over the past weekannounced the releaseof a Gambling, Marketing and Advertising report that was funded by Flutter Entertainment. RGC CEO Sarah McCarthy was in Ottawa with Ontario Minister of Tourism, Culture and Gaming Stan Cho, OLG head honcho Duncan Hannay and other executive types for theopening of the PlaySmart Centreinside the spanking new Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in the nation’s capital.Speaking of McCarthy, who at the beginning of the year succeeded

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25:49

CGA boss Paul Burns on the week that was at the...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/06/24

The Canadian Gaming Summit ended last Thursday but not before delivering some news, a new name (to be henceforth known as SBC Summit Canada), some new partnerships and some new friends before some 3,000-plus weary members of the gambling industry boarding planes, trains, buses, Ubers and other automobiles to head home.Before he could take his leave from the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Canadian Gaming Association boss Paul Burns kindly lent your humble host a seat inside the CGA Members Lounge

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57:06

Packing for the Summit: Canada’s Gaming Shake-Up

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/06/17

The latest episode of the Gaming News Canada Show is one of the two-part type as we pack our suitcase and fill up the GNC vehicle before heading to the city below Uxbridge for this week’sCanadian Gaming Summit.Canadian Gaming Association senior executive Amanda Brewer returned to the show for a rapid round on what’s happening across the national gaming industry these days. That includes the slow road to an open market in Alberta, the wait at iGaming Ontario for a new boss and the launch of a

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40:30

Modernizing AML: Canadian Gaming Association Ramps Up...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/06/10

The Canadian Gaming Association has been active for quite some time now in advocating for updates to anti-money laundering laws in our home and native land with the expansion of legal gambling. Dave Briggsaddressed the topicat the beginning of the year with CGA boss Paul Burns, who said the uncertain political climate at that time most likely meant no movement until this fall.The CGA established a committee to continue moving ahead with its efforts to update the AML rules and regulations. The chair

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1:05:50

Breaking Down MLSE: Leafs Fallout and Media Fire

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/06/03

It’s been a while since an episode of the Gaming News Canada Show went into overtime. However, it’s also been a while since Jonah Sigel was our guest, and the timing couldn’t be better.Sigel, the guy behind the @yyzsportsmedia account on X, the YYZ Sports Media website and the BleaveIn The Pressrow Podcast, has been on top of the coverage around another disappointing playoff exit by the Toronto Maple Leafs and the end-of-season media sessions with MLSE head honcho Keith Pelley andLeafs GM Brad

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27:18

Troy Ross on Canada’s Gaming Shake-Up: Provinces in Play

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/05/29

As we prepare to close the book on May and begin ironing our shirts and socks in preparation for next month’sCanadian Gaming Summit(registration information with a family discount – well, sort of – can be found below) in the city below Georgina, Troy Ross of TRM Public Affairs made his return to the Gaming News Canada Show.Among the topics on the agenda for our chin wag with the business/regulation of gaming veteran:Recent reporting by Geoff Zochodnefor CoversandGlobal Gaming Newson sports betting

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19:44

FanDuel pads investment in responsible gaming with...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/05/20

With apologies to Benjamin Franklin, there are three sure things in the game of life these days: death, taxes and a mention of responsible gambling on the Gaming News Canada Show.In the latest episode, RG is front and centre thanks to last week’s introduction of Real-Time Check-In by FanDuel – the latest tool/program launched by the Flutter Entertainment brand to lend a hand to its customers.FanDuel, which at the end of last year introduced its My Spend tool and also agreed to a partnership with

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35:51

Soft2Bet Expands ToonieBet in Ontario with Senators...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/05/13

These are busy times for Soft2Bet and its ToonieBet brand in Ontario’s regulated sports betting and online gaming industry.Last month, the Ottawa Senatorsintroduced ToonieBetas the NHL club’s new official online casino partner. Last week, Soft2Betmade availableto Ontario bettors its new sportsbook via the ToonieBet brand, having launched its online casino app a year ago.While the North American gaming industry gathers this week in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for the SBC Summit Americas, Soft2Bet product

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44:00

Brand Building at OLG: Maxine Chapman on Gaming,...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/05/06

When Ontario’s open, legal online gambling industry opened its doors in the spring of April 2022, folks around the business of sports wagering and igaming wondered how arrival of a highly competitive industry would impact the Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corporation.Well, as OLG leadership has acknowledged over the past three-plus years, the new kids on the block forced the corporation to get its act together when it came to digital gaming. That race to keep up with the Joneses resulted in a

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30:44

Betty’s Rise: From Ontario Launch to Global Ambitions

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/04/29

In the spring of 2022, Chavdar Dimitrov left Bede Gaming after almost nine years to join forces with Justin Park and launch Betty. Some nine months later, Betty unveiled its product in Ontario’s regulated gambling marketplace.Today, the company touts more than 39,000 customers and recentlynailed downa $15 million credit facility to grow its business, including plans to launch in Alberta when the province is ready to raise the curtain on its open sports wagering and igaming industry.Dimitrov joined

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31:52

Inside Canada’s Gaming Integrity Push

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/04/24

It has been a fortnight and more since Paul Burns has been our guest on the Gaming News Canada Show. So given the various happenings around the Canadian gambling industry since his last appearance at the beginning of 2025, we asked Paul Burns to join us once again.With apologies to the lateJames Stewart and Frank Capra, Mr. Burns went to Ottawaearlier this month for the Council of Europe Workshop on the Macolin Convention gathering, which included panel conversations featuring the CGA head honcho,

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44:21

The Parleh’s Kevin Kennedy on the Rise of iGaming...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/04/22

From the Department of Learning Something New Every Day (or something went MIA from our aging brain): Bill Gates was the brain behind the “content is king” phrase.Alas, we digress.On the latest Gaming News Canada Show, The Parleh’s director of creative strategy and partnerships, Kevin Kennedy returned to the podcast for a chin wag about the evolution of content and storytelling in the legal business of online sports betting and igaming. Kennedy, one of the six partners in the creation of The Parleh

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51:28

The Fourth Estate of Canadian Gaming

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/04/15

The latest episode of the Gaming News Canada is a gathering of members of the fourth estate to discuss and debate the latest storylines in the business of sports wagering and gaming.Dave Briggs, who mans the keyboard these days on the GNC newsletter. Robyn McNeil of Catena Media’s Bonus outlet and Covers senior news analyst Geoff Zochodne join the media roundtable. The three-year anniversary of Ontario’s open market sparked a good/bad/somewhat ugly-type of conversation, including the continued

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28:35

John Levy on Life After PENN, Ontario’s Rise &...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/04/03

It had been a while since John Levy last spoke when he appeared last month at theNEXT.ioSummit in New York. He had afew things to sayabout the departure of himself and sons Aubrey, Noah and Benjie from PENN Entertainmentsome 14 months ago, more than 2½ years after PENN acquired theScore in 2021.We’ve been giving it the old college try to get the elder Levy back on the podcast, and we finally succeeded this week as Ontario’s open, legal sports betting and igaming industry recognizes its third

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52:45

Three Years In: Ontario’s Gamble on Legal Gaming

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/03/25

Ontario’s open, regulated sports wagering and online gaming market will turn three years old next week (the Fourth of April to be exact). A marketplace that opened in 2022 with a baker’s dozen of operators approved to open their digital doors for businesshas expandedto 50 operators managing 84 gaming websites.Just before the Ontario market’s third anniversary, your humble host recorded interviews with Bet99 head honcho Jared Beber, TRM Public Affairs president Troy Ross and igaming executive Amanda

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45:38

OddsLogic, Live Betting, and Sports Data with Rick Allec

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/03/13

For Rick Allec, the wonderful world of sports blazed the path to a career in the gaming industry that’s now in its fourth decade.Allec, who’s today in charge ofOddsLogicandWagerTalk Media, made his maiden appearance on the Gaming News Canada Show presented by GBC Plc. Host Steve McAllister took the sports betting industry veteran back to his first gig in the industry writing tickets and then becoming a sportsbook manager. He discussed his creation of data business SportsOptions and an eventual

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50:00

Ilkim Hincer: Navigating the Shifting Landscape of...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/03/06

To mention that Ilkim Hincer has had his fingers on the pulse of regulated gambling in Canada and the U.S. over the five years is akin to proclaiming Connor McDavid is a pretty decent player of hockey.Hence, our motivation for some time now to get the former Chair of the Canadian Gaming Association into the virtual studio for an appearance on the Gaming News Canada Show presented by GBG Plc. Not only did Hincer accept our invite, but appeared on the podcast the same weekhe was appointedthe new Chief

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41:55

Defy The Odds: Leading Women Redefine the Startup Scene

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/03/04

When the topic of startups comes up in a conversation, one of the first thoughts is a company created by young people chugging Red Bull and leaving empty pizza boxes on the floor.OK, perhaps we exaggerate a little bit. However, the co-founders ofDefy The Odds, formed to lend a helping hand to other startups, aren’t your stereotypical startup trio. Sue Schneider, Paris Smith and Kelly Kehn have a combined 75-years plus in the gambling industry and have individually been among the leading crusaders

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47:09

4 Nations, 1 Big Bet: Sportsnet, DraftKings & BetMGM...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/02/27

When the National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players’ Association (finally) decided to take the Nestea plunge into international hockey again, puck insiders and fans- and the best players from Canada, the U.S. of A., Sweden and Finland - weren’t quite sure what the 4 Nations Face-Off would produce.Well, the four-team tournament which culminated with Connor McDavid’s overtime goal to lift Canada over Team USA in the championship game was a resounding success. The inaugural global

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