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ConnexOntario, which offers listening and advice services for people struggling with gambling addiction, said the number of calls it receives has exploded.

Alberta's regulated iGaming system is now live, starting the race for private sports betting companies and online casinos to stake their shares in the provincial gambling market.

The U.S. surgeon general's advisory urges a whole-of-society approach, including delaying kids' access to devices and online platforms for as long as possible.

With more than 100 games held over six weeks, total betting volumes are expected to exceed US$50 billion worldwide, a report by investment bank Macquire released on Wednesday says.

With the ongoing investigation of the alleged cheating, investigators are pursuing charges of possession of proceeds obtained by crime and uttering forged documents.

The Stop Harmful Gambling Advertising Act, introduced by opposition MPPs in April, was defeated by the government in mid-May on second reading.

According to head coach Corey Mace, the football gods smiled upon the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Sunday.

Two major players in the online sports gambling industry are moving to enter the Alberta market as the province prepares to open iGaming to private operators this summer.

Cole Tomas Allen appeared in court Monday to face federal charges, including two firearms counts, in a chaotic encounter at the White House press gallery event Saturday.

A sharp jump in fuel and fertilizer prices has Canada's agriculture producers engaged in a pricey game of chance.

Experts say easy-to-use betting apps and heavy advertising are fuelling a rise in sports gambling among teens, with some youths already reporting significant losses.

The government in 2024 banned supervised consumption sites within 200 metres of a school or daycare, targeting 10 sites across the province for closure by the end of March 2025.

The rate of young men contacting Ontario’s mental health helpline for gambling-related problems has spiked after the province allowed private online gambling, a new study suggests.

An Ontario man accused of laundering funds for an international drug smuggling operation is set to start making his bid for release ahead of his extradition hearing.

A letter signed by more than 40 senators urges Prime Minister Mark Carney to work towards banning sports betting ads in Canada, which highlights the health and safety risks.

The director was found guilty of wire fraud and money laundering, both of which carry a 20-year maximum sentence.

Dr. Salvador Plasencia was the first to be sentenced of the five defendants who have pleaded guilty in connection with the 'Friends' actor's death at age 54 in 2023.

The toys are cute and marketed as educational and interactive companions that encourage children's creativity. But child development experts caution that the opposite may be true. 

Court heard the 27-year-old Toronto woman was left a paraplegic as a result of a failed suicide attempt on the night she murdered her sons.

The judge previously ruled that Baldoni's claims that Lively stole creative control of the film 'It Ends With Us' didn’t count as extortion under California law.