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Tattooed celebrities are abundant; from Shawn Mendes's fan-designed butterfly, to Drake's "6 God" praying hands, to the elaborate artwork displayed...

In Procureur général du Québec v Association canadienne des télécommunications sans fil, 2021 QCCA 730, the Quebec Court of Appeal confirms that a province cannot compel Internet service providers...

While COVID-19 has paralyzed much of the entertainment industry, the video game sector provides a notable exception to this trend, and has benefitted from a pandemic-fuelled surge in popularity.

Significant changes are on the horizon for Canada and Ontario's gaming industry. Not only did the federal government recently introduce Bill C-13 to decriminalize single-event sports betting...

Alberta's gaming landscape is evolving, with online gaming (iGaming) becoming increasingly prominent. The Alberta government, led by the Ministries of Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction and Indigenous Relations...

On February 28, 2024, amendments to the Registrar Standards for Internet Gaming (Amended Standards) took effect. The Amended Standards prohibit the use of athletes and restrict...

Under the Act, there are two tracks by which inbound investments into Canada are analysed: the "notification" and "review" tracks.

The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG), the provincial government agency mandated under provincial law to conduct and manage casinos, recently delivered a report to Dwight Duncan, the provincial Minister of Finance, proposing the establishment of a casino in the Greater Toronto Area (the GTA).

Ontario's iGaming market is not just a new market to be discovered, it's a fertile ground for growth and opportunity.

Consistent with the ever-changing nature of rules and regulations around COVID-19, the Province of Ontario has announced a rehauling of the COVID-19 alert framework we have become accustomed to...

MGE will further expand Niagara Region's entertainment options by opening the new 5,000-seat Niagara Falls Entertainment Centre, located adjacent to the Fallsview Casino Resort.

The overarching statute that governs gambling activity in Canada is the federal Criminal Code (the "Code").

On November 11, 2025, the Court of Appeal for Ontario released its decision in Reference re iGaming Ontario (the Reference)...

Video games have come a long way since 1958, when Tennis for Two debuted as the first video game created for exclusively entertainment purposes.

In a report delivered to the Ontario Minister of Finance in March 2012, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation outlined a proposal to modernize lottery and gaming in Ontario.

On August 12, 2021, the federal government announced that Bill C‑218, the Safe and Regulated Sports Betting Act (Bill), will come into force on August 27 of this year...

The long-awaited reform to Canadian gaming law may finally be approaching. Over the last decade, several attempts to legalize single-event sports betting have stalled.