Source: Oregon Lottery (OR)
Oregon Lottery Senior Product Marketing Manager Stacy Shaw was elected to the Responsible Gambling Council of Canada’s board, the organisations said. Shaw is the council’s first US board member in its 40-year history.
Shaw’s election brings an Oregon Lottery representative onto the Canadian council’s responsible-gambling board.
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Canadian Gaming Association president and chief executive Paul Burns said iGaming Ontario’s decision not to publish a problem gambling study risks undermining trust. The study examined gambling harm before Ontario’s market launch in April 2022; iGaming Ontario reportedly questioned its methodology, while the agency said it continues to strengthen responsible gambling measures.
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.
iGaming Ontario announced on 23 September a partnership with the Responsible Gambling Council to raise student awareness of BetGuard in Ontario. BetGuard lets users exclude themselves centrally from regulated internet gambling. The announcement says iGaming Ontario’s support expands the 2026-27 tour to 40 publicly funded campuses from 20, with potential for up to 10,000 student interactions.
The Oregon Lottery reported that sports betting handle rose 20% year on year in August to $72.4 million.
iGO said on 10 September that third parties were misusing BetGuard branding to spread misleading information about self-exclusion from Ontario’s regulated online gambling market. It directed individuals to official BetGuard, operator and partner channels and urged verification of suspicious materials.