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Canadian Gaming Association Suggests NHL, Professional Sports Should Think Twice Before Opposing Single-Event Sports Wagering In Canada
Professional sports overlooking positive impact of enhanced protections offered by Bill C-290 TORONTO, ON, November 6, 2012 – The Canadian Gaming Association (CGA) is wondering why the NHL and other professional leagues feel it necessary to travel to Ottawa to oppose the decriminalization of single-event sports wagering. Bill C-290, An Act to Amend the Criminal…
Read MoreStatement from the Canadian Gaming Association
Toronto People opposed to a gaming entertainment centre in Toronto are certainly entitled to their strong, heartfelt opinions – but they shouldn’t be allowed to present their fears and objections as facts. To get the facts we need only to look to the experience of over a decade of casino-style gaming across the province, including…
Read More54% of Toronto Residents Support Idea of New Casino in Toronto
If Casino were Part of Larger Complex Including Restaurants, Shops, Entertainment and Hotel, Four in Ten (37%) More Supportive Toronto, ON – Almost all Torontonians (89%) have heard about the possibility of a casino in Toronto and at first blush 54% of Torontonians support the idea while nearly half (47%) oppose it according to a…
Read MoreCanadian Gaming Association Acknowledges Major Milestone To Allow Single-Event Sports Wagering In Canada
Bill C-‐290 passes third reading with all-‐party support and is sent to the Senate TORONTO, ON, March 2, 2012 – The Canadian Gaming Association (CGA) today is pleased to acknowledge a major milestone for Bill C-‐290, An Act to Amend the Criminal Code – Sports Betting, to permit single-‐ event sports wagering in Canada. Championed…
Read MoreCanadian gaming industry matures into one of the largest entertainment industries in the country, the CGA’s Economic Impact Study finds
Impact spreads: Canadian companies now technology leaders, export gaming products internationally TORONTO, ON, October 19, 2011 – Legalized gaming has nearly tripled in size since 1995, from $6.4 billion in gaming win to about $15.1 billion (2010) according to the most recent economic impact study released by the Canadian Gaming Association. With total industry revenues…
Read MoreCanadian Gaming Association welcomes changes to allow enhanced sports wagering in Canada
TORONTO, ON, September 28, 2011 – Joe Comartin, M.P. Windsor Tecumseh, today introduced an Act to Amend the Criminal Code in the House of Commons to permit single-event sports wagering in Canada. Sports wagering, estimated to be in excess of $10 billion annually, is arguably the single most popular form of gambling for Canadians.…
Read MoreStakes are high for gaming industry’s small businesses
HOLLY FRAUGHTONSpecial to Globe and Mail Update Gambling is big business in Canada – about $16-billion worth annually. It’s little wonder that large companies are maneuvering to get in on the action. Small players, however, are forced to find less obvious ways to get their piece of the gaming pie. “When you look at a…
Read MoreCasino New Brunswick not so scary after all, a year after facility opens, concerns have mostly made way to praise
When it was announced in 2008 that New Brunswick’s first-ever casino would be built in Moncton, the word “increase” was often thrown around by local residents: increase in automobile traffic, increase in crime, increase in gambling addiction. These concerns persisted over the next two years and were regularly expressed at various planning commission and city…
Read MoreCGA Letter to Editor in Response to Globe & Mail Article
Re: Government-Sanctioned Online Gambling: Short-Sighted And Morally Bankrupt (April 20): Internet gambling has been available for more than 10 years. It’s a growing world-wide $30-billion business with the current Canadian market estimated as being in excess of $1-billion. Over this same 10-year period the rate of problem gambling in Canada (one per cent of the…
Read MoreFeds lobbied for single-sport betting Restriction ‘just silly,’ says MP
BY BRIAN CROSS, THE WINDSOR STAR MARCH 9, 2011“Many, many” U.S. customers would return to Caesars Windsor if it could offer Las Vegas-style sports betting, says CAW Local 444 president Rick Laporte. That’s a big reason why the CAW, gaming industry officials, Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan and MP Joe Comartin (NDP -WindsorTecumseh) have been…
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