Media Releases
Canadian gaming industry matures into one of the largest entertainment industries in the country, the CGA’s Economic Impact Study finds
18 October 2011
Impact spreads: Canadian companies now technology leaders, export gaming products internationally
TORONTO, ON, October 19, 2011 – Legalized gaming has nearly tripled in size since 1995, from $6.4 billion in gaming win to about $15.1 billion (2010) according to the most recent...
Canadian Gaming Association welcomes changes to allow enhanced sports wagering in Canada
28 September 2011
TORONTO, ON, September 28, 2011 - Joe Comartin, M.P. Windsor Tecumseh, today introduced an Act to Amend the Criminal Code in the House of Commons to permit single-event sports wagering in Canada.
Sports wagering, estimated to be in excess of $10 billion...
Stakes are high for gaming industry’s small businesses
10 August 2011
HOLLY FRAUGHTON
Special to Globe and Mail Update
Small players, however, are forced to find less obvious ways to get their piece...
Casino New Brunswick not so scary after all, a year after facility opens, concerns have mostly made way to praise
06 May 2011
When it was announced in 2008 that New Brunswick's first-ever casino would be built in Moncton, the word "increase" was often thrown around by local residents: increase in automobile traffic, increase in crime, increase in gambling addiction.
These concerns persisted over the next...
CGA Letter to Editor in Response to Globe & Mail Article
02 May 2011
Re: Government-Sanctioned Online Gambling: Short-Sighted And Morally Bankrupt (April 20): Internet gambling has been available for more than 10 years. It’s a growing world-wide $30-billion business with the current Canadian market estimated as being in excess of $1-billion.Over this...
Feds lobbied for single-sport betting Restriction 'just silly,' says MP
16 March 2011
BY BRIAN CROSS, THE WINDSOR STAR MARCH 9, 2011"Many, many" U.S. customers would return to Caesars Windsor if it could offer Las Vegas-style sports betting, says CAW Local 444 president Rick Laporte.
That's a big reason why the CAW, gaming industry officials, Ontario Finance Minister...
