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Catena Media Plc has underlined its long-term growth strategy and ongoing international expansion projects, as the Stockholm-listed affiliate publisher registers a full-year 2021 operating loss of €12.7 million.  The firm’s FY2021 earnings performance was significantly impacted due to the impairment of previously acquired German and French sports media assets totalling €49 million. Headline metrics saw Catena register corporate revenues of …

The Canadian Gaming Association (CGA) has appointed four new members to its Board of Directors during its annual general meeting last week. They comprise Scott Burton, CEO, FansUnite Entertainment Inc; Neil Erlick, Chief Corporate Development Officer, Nuvei; Jeffrey Haas, SVP, International Strategy, DraftKings Inc; and Chuck Keeling, EVP, Stakeholder Relations and Responsible Gaming, Great Canadian Gaming Corporation. Burton oversees the overall business vision and framework, global …

Groupe FDJ has announced a major North American commercial expansion as its Sporting Solutions and Gaming Solutions subsidiaries have been chosen to power the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation’s (OLG) first sportsbook property.  The partnership will see FDJ subsidiaries provide a fully managed wagering solution for the launch of PROLINE+, OLG’s new sportsbook brand, which will serve as the province …

The British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) will begin offering single-event sports bets and bets on racing and fighting on its website, PlayNow.com, when Bill C-218 – the Safe and Regulated Sports Betting Act – comes into effect today. PlayNow.com players can now place a single wager on the outcome of a football game, such as Saturday’s meeting between the BC Lions and Ottawa Redblacks, or the …

Canada has ended its decade long drama to legislate single sports wagering, as yesterday evening the Senate approved the third and final reading of ‘Bill C-218 The Safe & Regulated Sports Act’.  Approved without any amendment, Bill C-218 will allow Canada’s 10 provinces to choose whether to independently regulate for single-event wagering on pro-sports events. Of heightened significance, Bill C-218 …

The government of Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, is set to move ahead and establish the foundations for a liberalised igaming market – a move that will likely have significant consequences for how Canada chooses to regulated sports betting. Publishing its provincial budget, Ontario’s legislative assembly will reveal its conditions for launching a regulated igaming marketplace – a subject that …