Bally Bet launches icasino, but no sportsbook, in Ontario

Bally Bet launches icasino, but no sportsbook, in Ontario

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  • Geoff Zochodne, Covers
July 25, 2022 9:25 PM
  • Geoff Zochodne, Covers

The market for online casino gambling and sports betting in Ontario has a new entrant, but the latest arrival is offering only blackjack, roulette, and slots, not lines on Toronto Argonauts games – or any other sporting event for that matter.

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Government agency iGaming Ontario announced Wednesday that Bally Bet (owned by Rhode Island-based Bally’s Corp.) had joined the province’s internet gambling market as a regulated and approved operator.

In most places, that would mean online sports betting. Because, in addition to the Ontario launch, the Bally Bet brand is live and taking bets on sporting events in New York, Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Indiana, and Virginia.