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Northern Exposure: March Madness, theScore Swag, Ontario News

The Madness hits Canada with less than three weeks until Ontario's regulated iGaming market launch

Greg Warren by Greg Warren
March 17, 2022
in Industry, Sports
Photo courtesy of theScore

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Each Thursday, Sports Handle will recap all the top sports betting news in Canada, highlight the Game of the Week, and take a look ahead at some of the most intriguing games to bet on over the weekend.

Our top Canadian sports stories this week

  • Warning Sounded Of ‘Tsunami Of Gambling Advertising’ Coming To Canada
  • Bet365 Now Licensed In Ontario, Launching Bracket Challenge In Canada
  • Canadian Sportsbooks Expect March Madness To Rival NHL, NBA Handles
  • Huge Discrepancies In Blue Jays’ World Series Futures Odds

Event of the week

NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament

March Madness begins Thursday, kicking off four straight action-packed days of NCAA men’s basketball through the first two rounds of the tournament. Although Canadian universities and colleges don’t participate in the event, plenty of the country’s talent will be on display, with Purdue’s Zach Edey, Arizona’s Bennedict Mathurin, and Gonzaga’s Andrew Nembhard just three of the stars who hail from one of the provinces.

Gonzaga University, located just 125 miles south of the British Columbia border, is the consensus favorite among sportsbooks in the U.S. and Canada. Here are the outright odds to win the tournament, courtesy of PROLINE + in Ontario.

  • Gonzaga +300
  • Arizona +600
  • Kentucky +700
  • Kansas +900
  • Baylor +1,200
  • Auburn +1,300
  • Duke +1,400
  • Purdue +1,500
  • Tennessee +1,700
  • Villanova +,1,800

For the first time ever, British Columbia Lottery Corporation’s PlayNow sports betting platform is offering bettors the opportunity to place same-game parlays for every March Madness game this year.

From point spreads to team totals and player props – Same-Game Parlay is available for NCAA Tournament games! Create your parlay by adding multiple selections from the same game!

🔘Find 'SGP' icon in the game menu
🔘Make your picks

Bet Here ▶ https://t.co/pbRWJPGcT2
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— PlayNow/SportsAction (@PlayNowSports) March 15, 2022

More Ontario news

The list of operators that now have approved iGaming licenses with the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, one of the government entities (along with iGaming Ontario) responsible for establishing the legal framework for the planned regulated iGaming market set to launch April 4 in the province, had grown to 14 as of Thursday morning:

  • Annexio Limited (lottogo.ca)
  • Coolbear Ontario Limited (coolbet.ca)
  • FanDuel Canada
  • Fitzdares Canada
  • Bet365
  • LeoVegas Gaming
  • NSUS Limited (wsop.ca)
  • PointsBet Canada
  • Rivalry
  • Royal Panda
  • Rush Street Interactive
  • theScore Bet
  • Unibet
  • 888

This list is expected to grow to approximately 30 private operators in the coming weeks and months. Many operators have either applied and are waiting for official word of licensing or are currently in the application process. Some notable operators that could go live soon include:

  • BetMGM
  • Bwin
  • NorthStar Bets
  • DraftKings
  • 32Red
  • Betsafe
  • Betway
  • ComeOn!
  • BetVictor
  • William Hill
  • Mansion Bet
  • NetBet
  • PokerStars
  • Pinnacle
  • Bet99
  • Bally Bet
  • Fandom Sports
  • Caesars

Ontario is home to 15 million Canadians and is poised to become one of North America’s largest iGaming markets next month. Currently, Ontario sports bettors can only legally wager with the provincially run PROLINE + platform, and online casino games can only be accessed through the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation.

The Canadian Gaming Association — a national trade association that represents leading operators and suppliers in Canada’s gaming, sports betting, eSports, and lottery industries — estimates that more than $4 billion (CAD) was wagered on sports through gray-market offshore sites last year. By comparison, it’s estimated that just $500 (CAD) million is wagered through legal provincial sports lottery products.

Swag by theScore

An interesting operator set to launch in Ontario is theScore, based out of Toronto. It has teamed up with another Toronto-based company, Peace Collective, to produce a betting-themed apparel line, which will include premium T-shirts, crewnecks, and hoodies featuring theScore and theScore Bet logos.

Good read from @ComplexCanada on today’s launch of our first apparel line. We teamed up with @peacecollectiv3 to feature original collections for both @theScore and @theScoreBet, including a special “Made in Canada” line.

Read: https://t.co/aIfNtHyV5J

— Score Media and Gaming Inc. (@theScore_PR) March 16, 2022

“This step into merchandise is a natural and authentic extension of our brand,” said Aubrey Levy, senior vice president of marketing and content at theScore, in a press release. “It opens up a new vertical for us and creates a new, compelling touchpoint to engage with fans. With the upcoming rollout of regulated sports betting in Ontario, the timing aligned well to launch our shop and showcase a number of staples for both theScore and theScore Bet, as well as a unique, bespoke line honoring our Canadian roots.”

The Score Media started in 1997 as a Canadian specialty cable TV program before being sold to Rogers Communications in 2012. The company then took its digital assets and created theScore Inc. before becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Penn National Gaming last summer.

Already armed with an Ontario iGaming license, theScore Bet should have a significant hometown advantage in the Ontario market if it can convert local customers from its popular news app, which attracts roughly 4 million users from across the globe every month. TheScore Bet is already taking wagers in New Jersey, Colorado, Indiana, and Iowa.

SBC to buy Canadian Gaming Summit

The CGA and MediaEdge Communications have agreed to terms to sell the Canadian Gaming Summit, an annual conference and trade show for land-based and iGaming professionals, to international media and events company SBC, the parties announced Wednesday. The Canadian Gaming Business news website, e-newsletter, and print magazine is also included in the deal.

This year’s summit is scheduled to take place from June 7-9 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Ontario, and the acquisition will be completed after this event. It’ll be the first conference since sports betting was legalized nationwide last August, and there will be plenty to talk about with Ontario’s regulated iGaming launching a few months before the Summit.

“The CGA’s membership has grown significantly in the last year, and we are excited to open new opportunities to broaden our members’ access to networking and exchanging ideas on issues of common cause,” CGA President and CEO Paul Burns said in the release.

SBC’s portfolio includes the flagship global event SBC Summit Barcelona, the iGaming-focused CasinoBeats Summit in Malta, the regional SBC Summit North America, Betting on Sports Europe, SBC Summit Latinoamérica, and SBC Summit CIS shows.

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Greg Warren

Greg Warren

Greg is a sports editor who has previously worked for respected Canadian media outlets, including Rogers Sportsnet, theScore, and Covers Media Group. He’s covered sports in Canada for over a decade, specializing in NHL, NFL, CFL, MLB, and sports betting. In his spare time, he can be found attempting to break 90 on the golf course or cruising down the slopes at his local ski hill. You can reach Greg at gwarren@bettercollective.com.

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