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Mark Keast
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Does Cousins’ Raiders Deal Signal The End of Mendoza’s Draft Speculation?
Media reporting said Kirk Cousins free agent deal with Las Vegas could work out to five years, $172 million Vegas Raiders expected to select Heisman Trophy-winning QB Fernando Mendoza in the NFL Draft later this month...
Alberta iGaming Market Launch Set for July 13
Alberta market set to go live, follows in Ontario's footsteps Annual revenues projected to eclipse $700m at market maturation AGLC will handle registration, with newly formed AiGC in a conduct and manage role Alberta’s new...
NCAA March Madness Final Four Offers Plenty of Drama
March Madness NCAA collegiate basketball Final Four games scheduled for this weekend Bettors who had UConn on Sunday are smiling this morning In terms of futures, bettors cheering for Illinois The final shot of the UConn-Duke game...
Tortorella Hiring a Desperation Move by the Vegas Golden Knights
Vegas Golden Knights fire head coach Bruce Cassidy with eight games left in regular season Knights 5-10-2 in last 17 games, one of the NHL's worst records John Tortorella takes over as coach after serving as assistant coach with...
Pure Beefs Up Its Alberta Casino Holdings With Gamehost Deal
Gamehost announces it is selling its land-based Alberta casino properties to Pure Casino Entertainment VICI properties jumps in as the real estate financial muscle Properties to be folded into existing VICI-Pure long-term master lease agreement Alberta-based casino and hotel...
Are Prediction Market Sports Event Contracts for Canada on the Way?
Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization announces that investment management service Wealthsimple can offer prediction market trading Restrictions around sports and political events Decision comes down as U.S.-based platform Kalshi sets record for March Madness trading volume This...
How Many Canadians Have Permanently Slammed the Door on Travel to Las Vegas?
Double-digit declines again in February for Canadian airline arrivals into Las Vegas Stats show Canadians travelling more domestically or to other countries Has the decline in Canadian travel finally bottomed out, and how many Canadians are permanently done with Las Vegas? Canadian travellers are increasingly...
FINTRAC Slaps Alberta Casino With Hefty Monetary Penalty
Alberta casino sanctioned for alleged violations of anti-money laundering rules $91,162 penalty imposed on Northern Isga Foundation, which runs Eagle River Casino Requirements for verifying the identity of patrons making large transactions in cryptocurrency The Financial Transactions and...
March Madness Drama: Judge Sides With DraftKings
Federal court judge blocks NCAA's efforts to restrict DraftKings from using terms like "March Madness" in its marketing NCAA argued that DraftKings using those terms implied NCAA endorsement of sports betting Full slate of March Madness games...
29% Drop in Sports Betting Revenue for Ontario in February
Total cash wagers for Ontario igaming market in February down 8% from record $9.520 billion in January Month-to-month revenue in February down 15% 47 operators currently licensed and doing business in the province Call it...
