Each week, Steve McAllister, the Editor-In-Chief of the Gaming News Canada, digs deeper into trending gaming and sports betting topics with industry leaders and insiders, reporters and other stakeholders in the business. The discussion and debate also includes questions and opinions from our followers about the hottest industry in sports today.Follow us on Twitter @GamingNewsCA for the latest storylines, and links to the weekly live show.Subscribe to the newsletter http://gamingnewscanada.ca Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sep 28, 2026 · 41:34
Between trips to Las Vegas for the BSA/AML Gaming Conference and this week’s Global Gaming Expo, Derek Ramm made his return to the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede…
Sep 22, 2026 · 46:44
On a new episode of the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming, mkdodo Commercial Director Will Whitehead spoke with host Steve McAllister on the UK company’s continued…
Sep 15, 2026 · 1:05:38
On a new episode of the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming, Jonah Sigel rejoined Steve McAllister for a wide-ranging discussion on the business of sports, sports…
Sep 8, 2026 · 43:49
On a new episode of the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming, Harley Redlick makes his return for a conversation with host Steve McAllister. These days the Executive…
Sep 1, 2026 · 41:45
On a new episode of the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming, investigative journalist/author Rob Csernyik joined host Steve McAllister. Csernyik’s book A Losing…
Aug 25, 2026 · 37:56
On a new episode of the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming, host Steve McAllister took a virtual trip down under to speak with Waterhouse VC’s Chief Investment…
Aug 18, 2026 · 43:10
On a new episode of the Gaming News Canada Show hosted by Bede Gaming, host Steve McAllister welcomed back the Global Gaming Director for GBG Plc, Rebekah Jackson. Jackson spoke…
Aug 11, 2026 · 46:25
On the latest episode of the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming, host Steve McAllister caught up with Paul Burns. The Canadian Gaming Association president and CEO…
Aug 4, 2026 · 1:13:57
Geoff Zochodne (Covers) and Tom Nightingale (Canadian Gaming Business/SBC Americas) were Steve McAllister’s guests for a wide-ranging discussion on what’s happening in the…
Jul 28, 2026 · 42:40
On a new episode of the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming, host Steve McAllister welcomed GeoComply CEO Kip Levin. Levin joined the Vancouver-based company in…
Jul 21, 2026 · 36:17
On the fourth day of Alberta’s new regulated sports betting and online gaming market, Steve McAllister welcomed back to the Gaming News Canada Show the Chief Executive Officer of…
Jul 13, 2026 · 41:52
On the eve of the opening of Alberta’s regulated sports betting and igaming market, the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming was joined by a couple of gaming industry…
Jun 30, 2026 · 43:07
Aaron GlynWilliams, the Vice President of Safer Gambling for OLG – and the Chair of the Canadian Responsible Gambling Association – joins host Steve McAllister on a new episode…
Jun 23, 2026 · 33:26
On a new episode of the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming, host Steve McAllister welcomed Dwain Powell, the Online Director, Sports Betting for Goldrush Gaming –…
Jun 16, 2026 · 53:26
On a new episode of the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming, host Steve McAllister was joined by Responsible Gambling Council VP of Strategy and Programs Elaine…
Jun 9, 2026 · 53:25
The latest episode of the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming is a special soccer edition. On the eve of the start of the men’s World Cup, Steve McAllister is joined…
Jun 2, 2026 · 41:15
On a new episode of the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming, Canadian Gaming Association president/CEO Paul Burns returned to the podcast. Burns joined host Steve…
May 26, 2026 · 39:42
There was a “well, that makes sense” feeling on last week’s announcement by Kambi that it would be collaborating with Canadian printing security company Canadian Bank Note…
May 19, 2026 · 41:21
Before ironing his dress shirts and (crying while) filling up the vehicle with petrol for the road trip to Toronto and the SBC Summit Canada , Steve McAllister virtually visited…
May 12, 2026 · 45:13
Steve McAllister welcomed back a couple of chief executive officers to a new episode of the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming: PointsBet Canada boss Scotty…
May 5, 2026 · 57:45
The latest Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming took the conversation on advertising in the gambling industry in a different direction. Host Steve McAllister was…
Apr 28, 2026 · 45:41
On a new episode of the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming, Steve McAllister is joined by two of the leading voices in the just-released research on sports betting…
Apr 21, 2026 · 1:08:52
On a new episode of the Gaming News Canada Show, Covers senior news analyst Geoff Zochodne rejoined Steve McAllister for an extended version sparked by everything going on across…
Apr 14, 2026 · 33:18
A wearer of many chapeaus in the business of gambling, Benjie Cherniak joined Steve McAllister on a new episode of the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming. Cherniak,…
Apr 7, 2026 · 1:01:37
Friend of Gaming News Canada Jessica Welman is Steve McAllister’s guest on a new episode of the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming. The long-time journalist and…
Mar 31, 2026 · 45:15
For the latest episode of the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming, host Steve McAllister is joined by the Senior Vice President of Group Operations at Sportradar,…
Mar 24, 2026 · 39:45
On a new episode of the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming, Steve McAllister is joined by the co-founder and Managing Director of Partnerships for Oddin GG , Marek…
Mar 17, 2026 · 36:13
The co-founder and Managing Director of iGaming B2B supplier mkdodo , Stuart Godfree, is Steve McAllister’s guest on the latest episode of the Gaming News Canada Show presented…
Mar 10, 2026 · 1:01:17
Some 30 days before the inaugural event of the Rock League begins at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto, The Curling Group co-founder/CEO Nic Sulsky made his long-awaited…
Mar 3, 2026 · 28:19
On a new episode of the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming, the interim Chief Executive Officer of Alberta iGaming Corporation (AiGC), Dan Keene made his maiden…
Feb 24, 2026 · 1:05:02
On the 200th episode of the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming, it felt like your humble host was playing a game of 200 Questions with the President and CEO of the…
Feb 17, 2026 · 38:22
The 2026 SBC Summit Canada has a new moniker, a new date and some new topics to be discussed. So, the folks in charge of the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming…
Feb 10, 2026 · 40:02
Just before the torch was lit to officially open the Winter Olympic Games of Milan and Cortina, Italy, Jeremy Luke joined us on the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede…
Feb 3, 2026 · 53:39
Gaming industry veteran Adam Chernoff was our guest for a wide-ranging conversation during a new episode of the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming. Chernoff, who…
Jan 27, 2026 · 46:34
In 11 days, the Olympic flame will be lit to raise the curtain on the Milan/Cortina Winter Games in Italy. Two days later, Bad Bunny will be joined at Levi’s Stadium in Santa…
Jan 20, 2026 · 44:08
Before hopping on a plane to Spain for this week’s ICE Barcelona, gaming industry veteran Ilkim Hincer hopped into the virtual studio for a new episode of the Gaming News Canada…
Jan 13, 2026 · 45:46
When the 2026 season of sports betting and gaming conferences gets rolling next week at ICE Barcelona, there will be a segment of attendees climbing out of their hotel beds…
Jan 6, 2026 · 1:05:25
Long-time Friend of Gaming News Canada Phill Gray, the former trading lead at Sports Interaction, joined us for a lookahead on several levels into the business of sports betting…
Dec 23, 2025 · 56:26
On the final episode of the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming for 2025, GNC writer-in-chief Dave Briggs and Covers gaming industry senior correspondent Geoff…
Dec 16, 2025 · 38:14
On a new episode of the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming, Steve McAllister’s guest is the general counsel for Soft2Bet – owners of the Ontario-licensed ToonieBet…
Dec 9, 2025 · 41:19
The recent announcement by the ruling government in the United Kingdom of tax rates – including a hike to 40% for remote gaming - for the gambling industry was met with an…
Dec 2, 2025 · 38:46
On a new episode of the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming, Steve McAllister spoke with the two founders of Golden Camel, Ryan Magrum and Artie Baxter. Magrum, a…
Nov 25, 2025 · 26:39
Since we started covering the business of sports betting and gaming almost five years ago, experts in the space have talked to us about exploiting the omnichannel opportunities.…
Nov 20, 2025 · 52:43
When Martha Otton announced in the summer of 2024 that she was retiring as Executive Director of iGaming Ontario, there was thinking among different sectors of the province’s…
Nov 18, 2025 · 31:08
Count the Canadian Gaming Association among the entities in the business of sports betting and other forms of gambling that are riding the industry’s fast-moving train these…
Nov 13, 2025 · 46:30
To borrow a line from The Roastmaster Jeff Ross, the only thing John Levy has ever sugarcoated has been his morning bowl of Corn Flakes (Ed’s note. . . our tongue was securely…
Nov 11, 2025 · 1:15:28
On a new episode of the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming, Adam Rosenberg and CJ Buskey joined our humble host with some news of the breaking sort around their…
Nov 4, 2025 · 34:51
Some 50 days since joining iGaming Ontario as the president/CEO of the conductor and manager of the province’s competitive sports betting and online gambling market, Joseph…
Oct 28, 2025 · 1:04:45
On the Monday morning after a somewhat-chaotic week in the businesses of sports, sports betting and gambling, we reconvened the media roundtable for a new episode of the Gaming…
Oct 21, 2025 · 29:59
Before making his maiden appearance at a Toronto Maple Leafs game – the regular-season opener against Les Canadiens de Montreal no less - Betty Canada CEO Chavdar Dimitrov…
Oct 14, 2025 · 50:52
Some two years ago, Quarter4 co-founder Kelly Brooks received a phone call from the CEO of FairPlay Sports Media (the business formerly known as Oddschecker Global Media), Stuart…
Oct 7, 2025 · 41:10
For more than three decades, Colin Cole-Johnson has worked for some of the biggest brands in the global gaming industry. . . . Ladbrokes, William Hill and Entain. For more than…
Sep 30, 2025 · 56:20
The President/CEO of the Canadian Gaming Association, Paul Burns, found time after a busy September of planes, panels, summits, forums and the like to have a lengthy conversation…
Sep 16, 2025 · 33:17
The Labour Day weekend was still in our rearview mirror (although we had to squint to see it. . . ) when Absolutebet Corp announced it had been given the green light by the…
Sep 9, 2025 · 38:31
On the heels of announcing the launch of a new data destination for sports fans, fantasy players and folks who live to lay a wager, StatRankings founder and CEO Kevin Adams was…
Sep 2, 2025 · 45:09
As the Northern Super League enters Week 21 of its inaugural season, we caught up with the President of the new Canadian professional women’s soccer fold, Christina Litz. Litz,…
Aug 26, 2025 · 42:27
Some 3 ½ years into Ontario’s regulated online gambling industry, 51 operators (including the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation/OLG) are doing business with less than a…
Aug 19, 2025 · 31:03
On a new episode of the Gaming News Canada Show, we took a dive into the world of sports data and analytics (and sports betting) with the co-founder and chief executive officer…
Aug 12, 2025 · 43:05
When SportsGrid made the decision last month to let go several of its sports wagering personalities, Jo Madden was among the departures. Being a free agent hasn’t stopped the…
Aug 7, 2025 · 34:23
Phill Gray, the former Head of Trading for Sports Interaction and gaming industry veteran, returned to a new episode of the Gaming News Canada Show and covered a smorgasbord of…
Jul 29, 2025 · 31:15
Did you hear the one about the professional poker player who co-founded and became the chief operating officer of a lottery, bingo and gaming company? Well, we hadn’t until…
Jul 22, 2025 · 56:55
The dog days of summer they aren’t for the North American gaming industry, especially south of the border. Hence, our motivation to get Saam Hafezi and Shawn Fluharty back on the…
Jul 15, 2025 · 55:29
Harry Levant walked out of a casino after making what would be his final wager on April 27, 2014, returned to his hotel room and attempted to write a suicide note to leave for…
Jul 8, 2025 · 29:40
The Responsible Gambling Council over the past week announced the release of a Gambling, Marketing and Advertising report that was funded by Flutter Entertainment. RGC CEO Sarah…
Jun 24, 2025 · 25:49
The Canadian Gaming Summit ended last Thursday but not before delivering some news, a new name (to be henceforth known as SBC Summit Canada), some new partnerships and some new…
Jun 17, 2025 · 57:06
The latest episode of the Gaming News Canada Show is one of the two-part type as we pack our suitcase and fill up the GNC vehicle before heading to the city below Uxbridge for…
Jun 10, 2025 · 40:30
The Canadian Gaming Association has been active for quite some time now in advocating for updates to anti-money laundering laws in our home and native land with the expansion of…
Jun 3, 2025 · 1:05:50
It’s been a while since an episode of the Gaming News Canada Show went into overtime. However, it’s also been a while since Jonah Sigel was our guest, and the timing couldn’t be…
May 29, 2025 · 27:18
As we prepare to close the book on May and begin ironing our shirts and socks in preparation for next month’s Canadian Gaming Summit (registration information with a family…
May 20, 2025 · 19:44
With apologies to Benjamin Franklin, there are three sure things in the game of life these days: death, taxes and a mention of responsible gambling on the Gaming News Canada…
May 13, 2025 · 35:51
These are busy times for Soft2Bet and its ToonieBet brand in Ontario’s regulated sports betting and online gaming industry. Last month, the Ottawa Senators introduced ToonieBet…
May 6, 2025 · 44:00
When Ontario’s open, legal online gambling industry opened its doors in the spring of April 2022, folks around the business of sports wagering and igaming wondered how arrival of…
Apr 29, 2025 · 30:44
In the spring of 2022, Chavdar Dimitrov left Bede Gaming after almost nine years to join forces with Justin Park and launch Betty. Some nine months later, Betty unveiled its…
Apr 24, 2025 · 31:52
It has been a fortnight and more since Paul Burns has been our guest on the Gaming News Canada Show. So given the various happenings around the Canadian gambling industry since…
Apr 22, 2025 · 44:21
From the Department of Learning Something New Every Day (or something went MIA from our aging brain): Bill Gates was the brain behind the “content is king” phrase. Alas, we…
Apr 15, 2025 · 51:28
The latest episode of the Gaming News Canada is a gathering of members of the fourth estate to discuss and debate the latest storylines in the business of sports wagering and…
Apr 3, 2025 · 28:35
It had been a while since John Levy last spoke when he appeared last month at the NEXT.io Summit in New York. He had a few things to say about the departure of himself and sons…
Mar 25, 2025 · 52:45
Ontario’s open, regulated sports wagering and online gaming market will turn three years old next week (the Fourth of April to be exact). A marketplace that opened in 2022 with a…
Mar 13, 2025 · 45:38
For Rick Allec, the wonderful world of sports blazed the path to a career in the gaming industry that’s now in its fourth decade. Allec, who’s today in charge of OddsLogic and…
Mar 6, 2025 · 50:00
To mention that Ilkim Hincer has had his fingers on the pulse of regulated gambling in Canada and the U.S. over the five years is akin to proclaiming Connor McDavid is a pretty…
Mar 4, 2025 · 41:55
When the topic of startups comes up in a conversation, one of the first thoughts is a company created by young people chugging Red Bull and leaving empty pizza boxes on the…
Feb 27, 2025 · 46:38
When the National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players’ Association (finally) decided to take the Nestea plunge into international hockey again, puck insiders and…
Feb 25, 2025 · 36:53
Including being the deliverer to regulated operators in Ontario of access to two of Canada’s main credit bureaus, Equifax and TransUnion, GBG Plc has been a heavily invested…
Feb 18, 2025 · 1:05:48
Four years ago today, a newsletter covering the business of sports betting, igaming, and other topics of interest, was born. On that day, we covered the passing of the second…
Feb 13, 2025 · 34:14
Rarely has there been an episode of the Gaming News Canada Show for some time now where artificial intelligence doesn’t come up in our conversations with leaders, experts and…
Feb 11, 2025 · 43:07
When Don Bourgeois and Harley Redlick showed up at a Canadian Gaming Association event just before Christmas in December 2023, inquiring minds among the attendees asked the pair…
Feb 6, 2025 · 37:07
In case there was any doubt that Sunday’s Super Bowl LIX will be a really big deal among the betting populace, a Responsible Gambling Council-commissioned survey shows more…
Feb 4, 2025 · 41:04
Under other circumstances, last week’s announcement about the launch of another awards show in the sports betting and gaming industry would induce a shaking of the eyes and a…
Jan 30, 2025 · 32:24
Gambling industry veteran Amanda Brewer returned to Gaming News Canada Show presented by GBG Plc, having just. . . er returned. . . from last week’s ICE Barcelona conference.…
Jan 21, 2025 · 51:53
If you’ve been following along with the writings and audio recordings on this (mostly) august media platform, you know all about the still-growing popularity of igaming within…
Jan 16, 2025 · 55:01
The latest episode of the Gaming News Canada Show presented by GBG Plc is one of the two-segment variety. Paul Burns, the president and CEO of the Canadian Gaming Association,…
Jan 14, 2025 · 49:33
There were some raises of Spockian eyebrows last week when Flutter Entertainment, the owners of FanDuel, announced an expected drop in revenue of some $370 million (Amarican…
Jan 9, 2025 · 38:27
There’s a full-out sprint across the sports industry these days when it comes to exploiting data, technology, and more recently, artificial intelligence. Late last year, the…
Jan 5, 2025 · 1:00:51
The next 12 months are expected to deliver continuing change when it comes to the business of sports, sports media, and of course, sports betting. That was made clear on the…
Jan 2, 2025 · 56:17
Back in January, when we were still doing the LinkedIn Audio thing on Thursday afternoons, a Gaming News Canada Show panel covered a lot of real estate over 60 minutes. Mitch…
Dec 23, 2024 · 32:27
In early August iGaming Ontario let it be known that a joint bid by Integrity Compliance 360 and Australian company IXUP had been awarded the contract to develop a centralized…
Dec 19, 2024 · 46:11
On the roller-coaster that is the current state of sports media in North America, the folks at The GIST are among the ones enjoying the ride. In October, “the revolutionary and…
Dec 17, 2024 · 43:40
Eighteen years ago, a former Microsoft engineer was tuned in to the changing landscape of sports broadcasting rights and the opportunity to guide sports fans through the…
Dec 12, 2024 · 49:58
The latest shoe to drop on the current tempest around regulated gambling in North America happened yesterday when the U.S. Senate for the Judiciary announced a America’s…
Dec 10, 2024 · 42:55
The continuing rise in esports betting – expected to hit $2.5 billion (U.S.) in 2024 – and the partnership between Bet99 and PandaScore which was announced last week – prompted…
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