The Responsible Gambling Council (RGC) has today published its Annual Report for 2022-23, detailing the advancements in RG made across Canada.

Over the last year, the non-profit organization has bolstered its presence in the RG space with several key partnerships and new ventures.

The RGC’s public service announcement about the risks of igaming and sports betting – broadcast on networks throughout Canada in collaboration with thinktv – was a particularly powerful event, garnering over 100 million impressions.

Meanwhile, the launch of the regulated Ontario igaming market in March 2022 saw the Toronto-based organization utilize RG Check – ‘the most comprehensive responsible gambling accreditation program in the world’ – to conduct the first round of accreditations with 17 of Ontario’s newly licensed igaming operators.

Then, in February, the RGC released its Super Bowl survey, where it gathered insights into Ontarian’s plans to watch and bet on the NFL’s showpiece event, finding that ..

Kinectify has signed a deal with Kindbridge Behavioral Health to provide operators in the US and Canada with enhanced technology for people experiencing gambling harms.

The agreement will see the AML and risk management firm launch “an all-in-one RG platform that seamlessly integrates with its existing AML platform”.

This platform will provide specialized workspaces for AML and RG teams enabling them to handle player care, case management, reporting and monitoring.

Joseph Martin, CEO of Kinectify, said: “Applying our learnings from developing the most sophisticated transaction monitoring and case management system in the industry to problem gaming is exciting.

“We are thrilled to partner with Kindbridge, the first organization solely focused on building treatment infrastructure through telehealth.”

Martin, who will subsequently join the Board of Directors at the Kindbridge Research Institute (KRI), added: “We look forward to testing a variety of treatment modalities on those that ..

Personalizing technology is the crucial next step in managing player risk and decreasing the levels of problem gambling, according to experts at the Canadian Gaming Summit.

Moderated by Bill Pascrell III, Partner of Princeton Public Affairs Group, the ‘Managing player risk through tech’ panel held a wide-ranging discussion on the collection of data in gambling and how information can be best utilized to protect and empower consumers.

After captivating the audience with a personal, thought-provoking story of his own, Pascrell III invited Paul Foster, CEO of Crucial Compliance, to explain the cutting-edge technology that the industry is using to help with consumer protection.

“The actual cutting edge technology is data – that’s as good as it gets,” said Foster. “What we’ve been able to do over the last few years is collect huge amounts of data, analyse it, and actually create [player] behaviour models. If we then take that and apply the research that everybody else is doing, that crea..

Former NHL goaltender from Pickering, ON and the current Executive Director of the NHL Alumni Association (NHLAA), Glenn Healy, is set to make a special appearance on a live episode of the ‘Safe Bet Show.’

The podcast, which is hosted by Martin Lycka, Entain’s Senior Vice President of American Regulatory Affairs and Responsible Gambling, will be featured at the Player Protection Symposium, a limited-capacity exclusive event taking place on June 13th at the Metro Toronto Convention Center (Rooms 205 & 206).

This pre-day conference is part of the Canadian Gaming Summit, Canada’s premier gaming and betting event. In its 26th edition, the Summit will be produced by SBC for the first time ever, with the core conference and exhibition also occurring at the same location on June 14-15.

Launched in collaboration with SBC in April 2021, the ‘Safe Bet Show’ is a podcast where Lycka examines how the industry is addressing player protection and social responsibility. Through interviews with lea..

Karl Subban, father of the former ice hockey star PK Subban, has vocalised his opposition to the level of sports betting advertisements in Canada.

It’s a topic that has set tongues wagging recently, particularly in light of the proposal announced by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) last month to ban the use of athletes as part of a significant reform of online gambling advertising standards.

The Ontario crown agency has been engaging with a ‘broad range of stakeholders’ on the topic, and has received approximately 40 submissions to aid its final decision.

The proposal looks to have gained further momentum after the formation of the Coalition for Responsible Sports Betting Advertising, a voluntary organization made up of major sports leagues like MLB and NFL, and leading broadcasters such as Fox and NBCUniversal.

Subban, meanwhile, has joined the Campaign to Ban Ads for Gambling, which is calling for sports betting advertisements to be removed from all hockey broa..