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Dr. Derevensky: “We know adolescents have a much higher prevalence rates of gambling problems than adults do. "And young people… think they’re smarter than adults, and they think they can predict the outcome of random events or even non-random events much better than adults.”

Fault for the volume of ads should be directed to the operators and broadcasters. "It galls me that the same big media companies have taken in this new revenue from gambling operators while routinely disposing of employees en masse."

Nathalie Bergeron, spokesperson for the Québec Online Gaming Coalition, tells Play Canada that the group is making progress in the bid to legalize online gambling in the province. Matthew Lomon with the story: playcanada.com/news/qogc-lobb…

Is Canada's notorious grey market now tainting one of the bastions of journalism in this country?

Bottom line: it is a huge lost opportunity to drive much-needed tax revenue in other provinces. It's simply money being lost that could be used to tackle the high cost of living and other social initiatives in need of funding

"Our US-only share (17%) is more than double that of the fourth-ranked operator," BetMGM 🦁 CEO Adam Greenblatt said during the presentation. "This is likely to be even more pronounced if we take Ontario into account, where we command 22% share across OSB and iGaming.”

The Québec coalition's survey is causing quite a stir.

We're guessing the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario and iGaming Ontario are applauding Betano Canada's move to leave the grey market in the rest of Canada. Score one for operating legally.

Here's a breakdown of the ad content during the 6 NFL games Matthew Lomon analyzed:

And... in terms of tax revenue, that amounts to: $131.6 million for Q3, $348.6 million for the first three quarters of FY 2023-24 and $628.6 million since the market opened in April of 2022.

And, online casinos dominated Q3 as expected.

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With 68 million Americans predicted to legally bet just under $1.3 billion on this year's Super Bowl we believe there is every reason to expect record Super Bowl betting in Ontario’s legal market, as well.

Important consumer safety tips for spotting a fake Ontario online casino.

Only 2.9% of the 175 ads shown during the Super Bowl were gambling ads. Nine other categories - from financial services to restaurants and, especially Bell companies (42 ads!) - were much more prevalent than gambling ads.

“If you look at the statement, it’s so out of date,” said Nathalie Bergeron. “It’s completely disconnected from the current reality."

A special thank you to Steve McAllister and everyone Gaming News Canada for the tremendous newsletter and for throwing the spotlight on the work of the Canadian gambling media. The newsletter will be missed, but we're looking forward to McAllister's continued great work on the podcast

And iGaming Ontario numbers that show Ontario online gambling revenue of $2.4 billion (Cdn) (about $1.78 billion US) for year two don't even include OLG figures. Last year, OLG made up about 24% of the market.

The coalition estimates grey market sites divert nearly $1.8 billion away from legal operators across Canada annually. The simple and logical solution is to: legalize, regulate, control and tax online gambling and better protect consumers and fund problem gambling resources.