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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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26:39

BetMGM Takes Over with Live Vegas Streams and Hit...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/11/25

Since we started covering the business of sports betting and gaming almost five years ago, experts in the space have talked to us about exploiting the omnichannel opportunities. Among the operators which are delivering that combination of land-based and digital gaming is BetMGM.Hence, the maiden appearance of chief revenue officer Matt Prevost on a new episode of the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming. Prevost talked about the reaction from customers to the launchearlier this yearof

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52:43

Inside iGO’s Regulatory Evolution with Mitch Davidson

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/11/20

When Martha Otton announced in the summer of 2024 that she was retiring as Executive Director of iGaming Ontario, there was thinking among different sectors of the province’s regulated igaming market that the organization’s Chief of Staff, Mitch Davidson, would be a great fit to move into the leadership role.Instead, Davidson decided in August to get back into the policy game, this time as Vice President, Policy for Canadian public affairs firm Enterprise Canada. The former Director of Policy for

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31:08

CGA’s Paul Burns Talks Court Ruling, Bill S-211 &...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/11/18

Count the Canadian Gaming Association among the entities in the business of sports betting and other forms of gambling that are riding the industry’s fast-moving train these days.Hence, our rationale for bringing back on the Gaming News Canada Show, CGA president and CEO Paul Burns for a rapid-round episode of the podcast. Burns first addressedlast week’s decisionby the Court of Appeal for Ontario with regards to expanding peer-to-peer play to international jurisdictions and the potential

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46:30

John Levy Sounds Off on Penn, ESPN Bet’s Collapse &...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/11/13

To borrow a line from The Roastmaster Jeff Ross, the only thing John Levy has ever sugarcoated has been his morning bowl of Corn Flakes (Ed’s note. . . our tongue was securely fastened in our cheek while tapping the keyboard).Levy was his usual candid self in his latest conversation with Steve McAllister on the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming. The original founder of Headline Sports – which spawned theScore, Hardcore Sports Radio and theScore Bet – had lots to say about thenews last

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1:15:28

Blue Jays, Puck Lines & Prop Bets: A Handigraphs Deep...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/11/11

On a new episode of the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming, Adam Rosenberg and CJ Buskey joined our humble host with some news of the breaking sort around their newish businessHandigraphs.After launching a dashboard back in June to lend a hand to bettors of baseball, Rosenberg and Buskey will start this week to offer NHL data/analytics/metrics/numbers/etc. to lovers of puck. The two co-founders, who also do some moonlighting as co-hosts of theDads Bet Baseballpod, talked about taking

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34:51

Joseph Hillier Leads iGaming Ontario Into a New Era

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/11/04

Some 50 days since joining iGaming Ontario as the president/CEO of the conductor and manager of the province’s competitive sports betting and online gambling market, Joseph Hillier was our guest on the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming.Hillier, whowas introducedas Martha Otton’s success at the end of August and joined iGO in early September, talked about the process that led him to accept the position and leave the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario after 19 months as the AGCO’s

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1:04:45

FBI Investigation Exposes NBA Betting Scandal and...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/10/28

On the Monday morning after a somewhat-chaotic week in the businesses of sports, sports betting and gambling, we reconvened the media roundtable for a new episode of the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming.Covers gaming industry beat reporter Geoff Zochodne, Steve Ruddock of the Straight to the Point newsletter and Gaming News Canada newsletter editor Dave Briggs joined your humble host for a rather lengthy conversation. Much of the focus was on theongoing investigationby the FBI into

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29:59

Maple Leafs Deal Marks Betty Canada’s Next Big Play...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/10/21

Before making his maiden appearance at a Toronto Maple Leafs game – the regular-season opener against Les Canadiens de Montreal no less - Betty Canada CEO Chavdar Dimitrov returned to the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming.Dimitrov, the former engineering lead for Bede who was named the head honcho for Betty’s Canadian operations in the fall of 2024, provided his perspective around the company’sdecision in Juneto become an official online casino partner of the Maple Leafs and the

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50:52

Quarter4 to FairPlay: Kelly Brooks on AI, Sports Data...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/10/14

Some two years ago, Quarter4 co-founder Kelly Brooks received a phone call from the CEO of FairPlay Sports Media (the business formerly known as Oddschecker Global Media), Stuart Simms, who wanted to explore acquiring the Waterloo, ON sports data/analytics/prediction company. When the sale was completed and announced in January 2024, Brooks became FairPlay’s Chief Product Officer and co-founder Danijela Covic began the next chapter of his career in the U.S. In March, Brooks decided it was time to

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41:10

Bede Gaming CEO Colin Cole-Johnson Talks Growth,...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/10/07

For more than three decades, Colin Cole-Johnson has worked for some of the biggest brands in the global gaming industry. . . . Ladbrokes, William Hill and Entain. For more than three and half years now, Cole-Johnson has led the Bede Gaming business. For the first time, Bede’s chief executive officer appeared on a podcast, joining Steve McAllister on the latest episode of the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming. Among the topics covered during their conversation: - What motivated

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56:20

From Lisbon to New York: Paul Burns on Global Gaming...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/09/30

The President/CEO of the Canadian Gaming Association, Paul Burns, found time after a busy September of planes, panels, summits, forums and the like to have a lengthy conversation with Steve McAllister on a new episode of the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming.Among the topics du jour:Burns’s appearance in New York last week at the Betting Gambling Forum during the latest Brain Economy Summit, whichproduced a frameworkfor player protection globally.A postmortem from the SBC Summit

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33:17

Inside Absolutebet’s Ontario Launch: Chen Truman on...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/09/16

The Labour Day weekend was still in our rearview mirror (although we had to squint to see it. . . ) whenAbsolutebet Corp announcedit had been given the green light by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario to get its licence to thrill for iGaming Ontario and join the province’s highly competitive sports betting and online gaming market.So, we invited the co-founder and director of Absolutebet, Chen Truman, to be our guest on the latest episode of the Gaming News Canada. Truman is no newcomer

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38:31

StatRankings Founder Kevin Adams on Fantasy Sports...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/09/09

On the heels ofannouncing the launch of a new data destination for sports fans, fantasy players and folks who live to lay a wager, StatRankings founder and CEO Kevin Adams was our guest on the Gaming News Canada Show.The founder of FTN Network and a former financial advisor and owner of a California hair salon franchise, Adams had a chin wag with Steve McAllister about converting his passion for fantasy sports into creating FTN and StatRankings, and also joining Underdog Fantasy as a seed investor

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45:09

How the Northern Super League is Shaping Women’s...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/09/02

As theNorthern Super Leagueenters Week 21 of its inaugural season, we caught up with the President of the new Canadian professional women’s soccer fold, Christina Litz.Litz, who’s spent time at the Canadian Football League head office, Woodbine Entertainment and True North Sports and Entertainment during his career in the sports industry, talked about her journey from law school at the University of Manitoba and legal work at Bell Media and Telus before moving into the intersecting worlds of digital

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42:27

High Roller Moves Toward Ontario Online Casino Market...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/08/26

Some 3 ½ years into Ontario’s regulated online gambling industry, 51 operators (including the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation/OLG) are doing business with less than a half-dozen departures since the market launched in April 2022.We’ve been told by several sources that more operators are a coming to perhaps the most competitive regulated marketplace on the planet. And we know, because its intrepid leaders havesaid so publicly,that High Roller Technologies is poised to join the party.Hence, our

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31:03

Inside Odditt: Matt Bresler on Sports Data, Betting &...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/08/19

On a new episode of the Gaming News Canada Show, we took a dive into the world of sports data and analytics (and sports betting) with the co-founder and chief executive officer of Odditt, Matt Bresler.Our interview came on the heels oflast month’s announcementthe Las Vegas-based company had completed a successful fundraising round, with a helping hand from Vancouver entrepreneur Chris Kape and B.C. legal beagles Alon and Ron Segev. Bresler, who co-founded the company in January 2021with former

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43:05

Jo Madden Talks Sports Betting, Gaming Industry, and...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/08/12

When SportsGridmade the decisionlast month to let go several of its sports wagering personalities, Jo Madden was among the departures. Being a free agenthasn’t stoppedthe hosts of a Cup of Jofrom continuingto churn out the content on her on her Instagram and X accounts, especially during the countdown to the start of the NFL regular season in four weeks.The Australian-born, long-time Albertan (and former member of the province’s netball team) is our guest on the latest episode of the Gaming News

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34:23

Inside North America’s Betting Boom: Ontario iGaming,...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/08/07

Phill Gray, the former Head of Trading for Sports Interaction and gaming industry veteran, returned to a new episode of the Gaming News Canada Show and covered a smorgasbord of topics, including:The latest report from iGaming Ontario,which reflectsthe ongoing popularity of online casino games with Ontarians playing on regulated websites/apps;Some thoughts and layers on the road to regulation in Alberta;The debate around in-play/prop bets, including proposals by legislators in New Jersey and Ohio to

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31:15

Random State Bets on Ontario with Delta Bingo &...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/07/29

Did you hear the one about the professional poker player who co-founded and became the chief operating officer of a lottery, bingo and gaming company?Well, we hadn’t until seeingan announcementin early June of a new partnership between Random State and Oakville-based Delta Bingo & Gaming. That happened mere weeks after the Swedish-based businessreceived its supplier’s licencefrom the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario. So, we invited Adam Fonsica to be our guest on the latest episode of

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56:55

Play’n Go Talks Responsible Gaming, Ontario Growth &...

Gaming News Canada Show ·

2025/07/22

The dog days of summer they aren’t for the North American gaming industry, especially south of the border.Hence, our motivation to get Saam Hafezi and Shawn Fluharty back on the Gaming News Canada Show this week. Fluharty, the head of government affairs for Play’n Go, has been busy in recent weeks withhis appearanceat the G7 Canada Brain Economy Summit’s forum on responsible gaming and gambling policy, and at anat-times contentiousNational Council of Legislators from Gaming States conference. That

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