Nova Scotia

News & Analysis

News In Brief: July 18-July 22, 2022

Legal online casino games will become available for the first time in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.

New Dawn For Canadian Sports Betting As FDJ Partners OLG In Ontario

Single-game sports betting launched in Ontario and six other Canadian provinces on Friday, the effective date of a long-awaited change to Canadian federal law.

As Ontario Moves Online, Quebec Changing Course

Ontario’s model for online gaming may already be passé, with early pioneers in the Canadian market now looking to private operators as a way of tackling unrelenting offshore competition.

Techlink Hits Back Over Scrapped VLT System

Canadian company Techlink has defended its player card technology after authorities in its home province scrapped a multi-million dollar system citing almost total failure to reduce problem gambling.

Quebec Shuffles Deck For Canadian Online Gambling

Less than four years after launching a government-run online casino, Quebec is now considering a change of approach as the province’s lottery struggles to capture market share from prominent offshore sites.

Research & Reports

Canada Online Outlook - April 2022

This edition of VIXIO GamblingCompliance's Outlook series provides high-level intelligence and forecasts for an online gambling market in Canada that entered a new era on April 4, 2022 with the launch of a registration system for private operators in the province of Ontario.

This outlook report includes:

Americas Premium Insights August 8-August 21

This bi-weekly update features information on a newly-discontinued responsible gambling system in Nova Scotia, ratified and revised tribal gaming compacts in California, "millionaire party" litigation in Michigan, a gaming expansion measure in New Jersey, and charitable gaming rules in Texas.

Data & Forecasts

Atlantic Lottery Corporation - Lottery Annual Report - FY2004 to FY2022

Latest Annual Report data from the Atlantic Lottery Corporation, Canada. The data released for the lottery contains the following information by province: Gross ticket sales, net video lottery receipts, prizes on ticket sales, net revenue, gross profit, operating profit and number of lottery terminals by terminal type. There are approximately 1,220 data points in this document.

Canada - Horse Racing Report - 2001 to 2019

Latest Horse Racing Report data from the Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency. The data released for the country contains the following information: Annual pari-mutuel wagers by Canadian province, race location and bet type. There are approximately 210 data points in this document.

Canada - Regulated Gambling Report - FY2003 to FY2017

Latest annual Canadian Regulated Gambling Report data from the Canadian Partnership for Responsible Gambling (CPRG). The data released for the country contains the following information by province: Gambling venues and units, availability of internet gaming, government-operated gaming revenue, horse racing gaming revenue, charity-operated gaming revenue, gambling participation and problem gambling detail. There are approximately 7,215 data points in this document.

Nova Scotia - Annual Gaming Report - FY1998 to FY2016

Latest Annual Gaming Report data from the Alcohol and Gaming Division of Nova Scotia, Canada. The data released for the province contains the following information: Gaming registrations issued, gaming licenses active, total wager by gaming type, total wager distribution, VLT detail, casino detail, ALC lottery detail and charitable gaming detail. There are approximately 1,250 data points in this document.