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After its launch in 2023, Counter-Strike 2 (“CS2”) – the sequel to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (“CS:GO”) – quickly became the most popular game on the
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After its launch in 2023, Counter-Strike 2 (“CS2”) – the sequel to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (“CS:GO”) – quickly became the most popular game on the

In this week’s haunted edition of the GME3, we’re looking at three spooky stories from the gambling, media, and entertainment worlds. First, Stake, alongside sponsored

In this week’s GME3, the Canadian Senate has now passed Senator Marty Deacon’s sports betting ad bill for a second time, a new study from

Prediction markets have been taking up a significant amount of oxygen in the U.S. gaming space. My current favourite reads on the topic are 50¢

In this week’s GME3, a Canadian Senate committee quietly advanced Bill S-211, which would create a national framework to rein in the flood of sports

In this week’s GME3, we’re looking at the most recent report on the success of Ontario’s iGaming market, a landmark $1.5 billion settlement in the

In this week’s GME3, yet another fine against a provincial gaming operator by FINTRAC, OpenAI argues that an ongoing lawsuit brought by Canadian news publishers

In this week’s GME3, Canadian doctors are – once again – sounding alarms over the flood of sports betting ads during games, warning that they

In the past month, the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) has issued two significant enforcement actions against major players in the

In this week’s GME3, the BCLC challenges a penalty of over $1 million imposed by FINTRAC over alleged anti-money laundering failures, Canada’s Federal government launches

In this week’s GME3, Toronto’s summer fair casino finds itself on the hook for nearly $200,000 in anti–money laundering fines, the UK appears to have

In this week’s edition of the GME3, Ontario’s gambling scene is off to the races with OLG’s new deal to offer online horse betting through