The legislative initiative formed iGaming Ontario, a government agency tasked with regulating online gaming firms and their operations. The gaming expansion online is a direct result of the pandemic. Government officials say online gambling allows traditional brick-and-mortar players to gamble in a safer environment.<\/p>\n
iGaming Ontario released its operator guide in August. The regulatory agency is currently reviewing applications from interested iGaming operators.<\/p>\n
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Internet gaming amid the pandemic has proven critical to casinos in markets where such gambling is legal. In New Jersey, the US’ richest iGaming market, gross gaming revenue from online operations surged 101 percent in 2020 from 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
2021 was another prosperous year for New Jersey interactive casino sites. Through November, iGaming GGR was up 41.7 percent year-over-year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ontario casinos are once again closed on provincial orders, as omicron COVID-19 spread escalates. Ontario Premier Doug Ford yesterday issued a dire warning to residents in Canada’s most populous province. The Progressive Conservative advised of a “tsunami” of new COVID-19 cases. Based on the current trends, our public health experts tell us we could see […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":196982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,81881],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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