The Gaming News Canada Fiver: Friday, December 1, 2023

Thursday, November 30, 2023 8:37 PM
  • Canada
  • Ontario
  • Steve McAllister—Gaming News Canada
  1. Citing continued losses in North America and a need to cut costs, Kindred Group announced Wednesday that it is pulling its Unibet product out of Ontario and the U.S.
  2. On the latest Gaming News Canada Show podcast, gambling industry insider Troy Ross explained that efforts inside the Canadian Senate to pass a bill that would create a national framework for sports betting advertising is a Hail Mary pass.
  3. iGaming Ontario, which conducts and manages the province’s regulated gambling operators, began this week requesting proposals for a centralized self-exclusion program.
  4. As part of an agreement announced Wednesday between the National Hockey League and Penn Entertainment, both ESPN Bet and theScore Bet become the league’s official sports betting partners in the U.S. and Ontario, respectively.
  5. Rivalry, the Toronto-based esports/sports betting and igaming company, reported a net loss for the third quarter while also reporting year-over-year increases in betting handle, revenue and gross profit.