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The Atlantic Canada region has a penetration of 41%. Both Ontario and British Columbia follow with 33%. Quebec is next, with 26%, and Albert and Manitoba\/Saskatchewan have 24% and 22%, respectively. Additionally, Atlantic Canada residents are more prone to sign up for online gambling and betting accounts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The average there is 4.7. This is true in Ontario, where the province operates its OLG.ca betting platform. However, there is a much narrower margin.<\/p>\n
In Ontario, private operators account for 25% of the registrations. OLG.ca has attracted 23%.<\/p>\n
Despite the higher percentage of registrations in Atlantic Canada, the lottery-led model there and in other provinces isn\u2019t proving overly successful. 56% of bettors and gamblers across the country still prefer to use private operators. Only 44% wager through the provincial government sites.<\/p>\n
Quebec is the exception. Its Lotoquebec.com operator controls 57% of the market.<\/p>\n
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The reason for the greater attraction to private operators stems from enticements. The Ipsos survey found that most people preferred the odds, payouts, and range of activities private operators offer. The government-led sites, however, came up short.<\/p>\n
For example, 36% of the respondents said private operators offer the best odds and payouts. Only 12% felt the government sites prevailed in the category. Notably, 43% said both types of operators offered comparable deals.<\/strong><\/p>\nFrom the beginning, single-game betting was offered in British Columbia, Ontario, and New Brunswick. In addition, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island also began offering the activity. Alberta, like Ontario, followed suit and provided a market for third-party operators to enter.<\/p>\n
Similar to the Northwest Territories and Saskatchewan, Yukon, Nunavut legalized single-game betting at retail outlets in November. Nova Scotia was the last province to allow its residents to wager on sports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Canada\u2019s decision last year to open its betting and gambling markets proved to be a smart move. However, Ontario, which expected to be the market leader, is finding it has competition from other provinces. Ontario was ready to jump in as soon as Canada began discussing the possibility of offering an expanded sports betting market. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":217793,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81887,62],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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