iGaming Ontario appointed Joseph Hillier as president and CEO, with him due to take office on 8 September. Hillier previously served as chief strategy officer and corporate secretary at the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario and said he looked forward to strengthening the organisations’ partnership.
The appointment places a new chief executive at the body overseeing Ontario’s regulated online gambling market.
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Ontario iGaming wagers rose 14% year on year to C$9.71 billion in September, reportedly driven by online casino games.
iGaming Ontario kept the findings of a problem gambling study confidential, according to a report based on records obtained through freedom of information legislation. The agency commissioned the research before Ontario’s regulated online sports betting and casino market opened in April 2022, and meeting notes described the baseline results as unexpected and significantly different from other research. iGaming Ontario cited possible harm to the province’s economic interests in withholding information.
The Supreme Court of Canada heard arguments this week about the legality of Ontario permitting cross-border online gambling. The hearing considered arguments supporting and opposing participation alongside players abroad.
Ontario reported C$9.74bn in iGaming wagers for August, up 20% year on year.
iGaming Ontario and the Responsible Gambling Council expanded their gambling-harm education programme to 40 publicly funded college and university campuses in Ontario, confirmed on 23 September. The initiative is funded by Ontario’s Ministry of Health and aims to reach students through 10,000 in-person interactions.