Source: OLG
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) and Major League Baseball (MLB) recreated the 1934 Chatham Coloured All-Stars in MLB The Show 22. OLG said players can access the team through the game's Logo Vault and Player Vault; the partners also produced a film about the team's history.
The collaboration places the lottery operator's historical project in a named commercial video game.
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Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corporation completed its move to a mobile app developed by Bede Gaming for OLG.ca in Ontario. The app uses React Native and includes geolocation technology from mkodo; the source says OLG plans further development work on the user experience.
Major League Baseball named Polymarket its official prediction market exchange, with the agreement announced on Thursday, according to the report. The deal permits Polymarket to use MLB marks and logos and to use Sportradar data for baseball markets; MLB and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission also agreed to share confidential information.
The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation and Caesars Entertainment Windsor Limited signed an operating agreement for Windsor Casino. Caesars will manage the venue for 20 years and maintain current casino employment levels for at least 18 months; OLG will continue contribution payments to the City of Windsor.
Brightstar Lottery said it has deployed its Sales Wizard platform for Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation in Ontario. The tool integrates with OLG’s central system and gives its sales representatives operational information and data for retail visits.
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said the league’s partnerships with Kalshi and Polymarket give it oversight of prediction-market contracts, including the ability to request that unsuitable markets be removed. He said the league monitors betting and prediction lines, while investigations into betting incidents in other sports have prompted scrutiny of integrity risks.