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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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52:00

Geoff Zochodne Talks DraftKings, Alberta and Jeff Marek

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2024/08/08

So much for the dog days of summer, at least when it comes to the business of sports betting and gaming in Canada and the United States of America. Geoff Zochodne, the veteran gaming industry beat reporter for Covers, took a break from listening to hearings, transcribing interviews and tapping the keyboard to return as our guest on the latest episode of the Gaming News Canada Show. Among the many topics we covered over a lengthy conversation: - What is motivating DraftKings to, in Zochodne’s words,

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34:36

Full Pull: A Coach’s Transition from NCAA to...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2024/08/01

Did you hear the story about theNCAA assistant basketball coachwho decided less than a year into the COVID pandemic to leave coaching and create a startup business around tractor and truck pulling,and gaming?If not, you’re politely invited to listen in on our conversation withFull Pull Entertainmentfounder and CEO Chase Richardson on the latest episode of the Gaming News Canada Show. Richardson, whom we first met while he was on a networking/business development mission at last year’s Global Gaming

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1:06:17

Court of Appeal for Ontario hears request to expand...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2024/07/25

Court is in session this summer, at least the Court of Appeal for Ontario,which is being askedby the provincial government “to answer whether the Ontario’s igaming regime would remain lawful under the Criminal Code (of Canada) if the overall size of the potential gaming audience of the scheme, otherwise known as its liquidity, is expanded to include players outside of Canada”.Thelatest session, which took place July 6, included legal representation for the Attorney General of Ontario, the Attorney

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58:27

Canadian Gaming Summit postmortem, thoughts on...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2024/07/17

Some four weeks after the curtain fell on the latest Canadian Gaming Summit, the Gaming News Canada Show welcomed back regular contributors Amanda Brewer and Phill Gray. The two gambling industry veterans provided their thoughts and layers to the annual gathering of operators, regulators, suppliers, politicians, etc., to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.Brewer, who spoke on theAlberta: A new gold rush?panel at last month's summit, and Gray delved into the details of what regulated gambling will

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22:12

Play’n GO comes to Canada with online slots in...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2024/07/11

When Ontario opened its doors to legal sports betting and igaming industry in April 2022, one of the first companies to provide its online slots products to the marketplace was Play’n GO. In May, the Swedish-born companyannounced a partnershipwith Loto-Québec to bring its products to the lottery corp’s customers in La Belle Province. And last month, just before the start of the Canadian Gaming Summit, Play’n GObecame a memberof the Canadian Gaming Association.Saam Hafezi, the company’s North

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23:05

BC Ventures co-founders on online gaming content, a...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2024/07/02

On the second morning of the recent Canadian Gaming Summit,news brokeof an exclusive partnership between BetMGM and Brian Christopher, the online slots and casino influencer with almost 700,000 subscribers on hisYouTube channel. That afternoon, Christopher and his business partner Marco Bianchi sat down with us on the summit’s exhibition floor for an episode of the Gaming News Canada Show.Christopher and Bianchi, the co-founders of Palm Springs-based BC Ventures delivered some details on how the

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24:11

iGaming Ontario boss Martha Otton discusses Year 2,...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2024/06/26

Martha Otton was among the busiest attendees at the recent Canadian Gaming Summit. The executive director of iGaming Ontario was a ubiquitous presence around the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, whether it was speaking formally with operators in Ontario’s regulated sports betting and igaming market in her role as executive director, participating in a panel on the province’s successful industry with OLG president Duncan Hannay, OLG board chair Jim Warren and AGCO CEO/Registrar Dr. Karin Schnarr, and

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34:15

Benjie Cherniak’s Hot Takes on the Latest Gambling...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2024/06/18

For three and a half years now, your humble host has listened and learned from many, many voices across all sectors of the gambling industry. And some of those experts prompt us to go all E.F. Hutton when they speak.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MXqb1a3ApgOne of those very learned people is Benjie Cherniak, who returned to the Gaming News Canada Show after a busy couple of months piling up the frequent flier miles, including stops forNEXT.ioconferences in New York and Malta. The native

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45:43

Dr. Ian Messenger tells the story of the Association...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2024/06/13

Dr. Ian Messenger is a man with many hats over his professional career, from his work as an officer with Lothian and Borders Police in Edinburgh almost 20 years ago, to time as an operational duty officer with Interpol London and international intelligence officer, to investigating crimes of the financial sort with HSBC and OLG.Messenger’s experiences and expertise motivated him in the fall of October 2022to createthe Association of Certified Gaming Compliance Specialists, which today provides

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42:41

Steven Salz on the Rivalry Token, crypto, and what...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2024/06/11

The co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Toronto-based Rivalry made his return to the Gaming News Canada Show.A conversation between Steves – Salz and McAllister – begins with the head honcho of the online gambling company laying out the path tolast week’s announcementof Rivalry entering the world of cryptocurrency, including the NUTZ interim points program.Salz answered our questions about the company’slatest financials, also released last week, and the company’s strategy for the remainder of

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35:21

BetMGM and the Taylor Swift, Caitlin Clark effect on...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2024/06/06

As the boom in women’s sports continues, led by Caitlin Clark’s arrival to the WNBA, the inaugural season of the Professional Women’s Hockey League, and Nelly Korda’s dominant season on the LPGA Tour, BetMGM has seen that rising tide impact its sports betting handle in a bullish manner.Scott Woodgate, the company’s Vice President in charge of Canada, and PR Manager – Data Insights John Ewing appeared on the Gaming News Canada Show to provide thoughts and metrics on the increase inbetting on women’s

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1:00:12

OLG Leaders Continue to Push Ahead on Diversity,...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2024/06/03

On the latest edition of the Gaming News Canada Show, we are joined by two women who’ve been instrumental in the highly acclaimed efforts of the Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corporation when it comes to creating and continuing to push forward with a culture that embraces diversity, equity and inclusivity.Catherine Meade, the Vice President of Community, Sustainability and Social Responsibility has been with OLG for more than eight years, and in May was named North America Leader of the Year during

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47:24

iGaming Ontario wins court case, the case for gaming...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2024/05/30

Given the recent cornucopia of happenings around the businessof sports betting and igaming, we brought back the Gaming News Canada Show panel with Amanda Brewer and Phill Gray.The rapid-fire roundtablefeaturing the two gambling industry veterans opened with a discussion onthe recent rulingby the Ontario Superior Court against theMohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke that the gaming model operated by iGaming Ontario is of the valid variety, and its potential impact on the future on other regulated provinces

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46:43

Mkodo's Stuart Godfree on geolocation technology,...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2024/05/28

Stuart Godfree, the Managing Director, Mobile and Geolocation Specialists for Mkodo, is our latest guest on the Gaming News Canada Show. Godfree, who co-founded the UK-based geolocation technology business 23 years ago this month, discussed the evolution of the company’s business in the more-recent regulatory environment of U.S. states and Ontario, including Mkodo’s work with the Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corporation, Casumo and Betty. We asked Godfree for his thoughts on the regulatory regime

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42:10

CEBL commissioner, deputy commissioner on 6th season,...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2024/05/21

TheCanadian Elite Basketball Leagueopens its sixth season tonight in Calgary with the hometown Surge hosting the Edmonton Stingers in a hoops edition of the Battle of Alberta expected to draw more than 10,000 fans.Mike Morreale, the CEBL’s commissioner, and deputy commissioner John Lashway appeared on the Gaming News Canada Show to set the table for the 10-team loop’s Summer of 2024. Morreale and Lashway walked GNCS host Steve McAllister through the league’s efforts to educate players, coaches,

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37:31

Sharp Alpha Advisors' Lloyd Danzig on closing Fund II

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2024/05/14

This morning, Sharp Alpha Advisors – the New York-based venture capital firm which specializes in sports, gaming and entertainment – announced the closing of Sharp Alpha Fund II, an oversubscribed $250-million VC fund investing in early-stage businesses. Lloyd Danzig, the managing partner of Sharp Alpha Advisors, joined the Gaming News Canada Show from Dallas to provide more details around the breaking news.He also spoke about the flurry of M&A activity so far in 2024, including theacquisition

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30:27

Parleh Media Group leaders on three years of...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2024/05/09

Three years since doing the incorporation thing – and less than a year before the opening of Ontario’s regulated sports betting and igaming industry – Parleh Media Group’s journey has been one of twists and turns for its Homestand, Bettor Content and The Parleh/Gaming News Canada brands.Mark Silver, the PMG chief executive officer who brought together the company’s six founding partners in early 2021 and Homestand’s content/brand grand poobah Kevin Kennedy appeared on the Gaming News Canada Show for

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28:24

IC360 leaders Holt and Frank talk merger, integrity...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2024/05/07

The leadership group at U.S. Integrity and Odds On Compliance took its own version of the Nestea plunge last monthwhen it announcedthe merger of the two companies under a new brand, IC360.Matthew Holt, the chief executive officer of the new company, and IC360 president Eric Frank appeared on the latest episode of the Gaming News Canada Show. The main drivers of the merger gave us the back story on how U.S. Integrity and Odds On Compliance came together sincelaunching ProhiBetat the beginning of

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38:34

SBC Summit North America & Canadian Gaming Summit...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2024/05/02

Some 5,000 people working across various sectors of the sports wagering and gaming industry in the U.S., Canada and countries around the planet will gather inside at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, NJ, next week for the annualSBC Summit North America. It’s one of two major conferences organized this spring by SBC, which will co-host with the Canadian Gaming Association the June 18-20Canadian Gaming Summitat the Metro Toronto Convention Center.Gambling industry veteran Sue Schneider,

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47:51

Canadian Lottery Coalition executive on the role of...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2024/04/30

It was a homecoming of sorts when Will Hill joined the Canadian Lottery Coalition as its executive director.Hill, who spent 11 years with OLG, these days represents a collaboration of the Alberta Lottery and Gaming Corporation, the Atlantic Lottery Corporation, BCLC, Loto-Québec, the Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Corporation, and the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority. On the latest episode of the Gaming News Canada Show, he addressed the coalition’s advocacy for legal gambling across Canada and

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