Ontario <\/a>casino wagering was up 86% year-over-year. That was a 35.4% year-over-year increase. Ontario\u2019s Q2 revenue of $553 million was a 36% year-over-year rise. Wagers for online gaming in Ontario include slots, live and computer-based table games, and peer-to-peer bingo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nSports betting in Ontario generated $2.2 billion in wagers for Q2 in 2024. That was a tiny jump from the previous year while the Q2 handle was down 12% from Q1. Additionally, the $167 million in revenue was up 41.5% year-over-year. However, that was $14 million fewer in revenue than they saw in Q1 of 2024. Peer-to-peer poker\u2019s handle in Q2 was a 5% year-over-year increase to $417 million.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nOntario is still the only province in Canada that has a competitive sports betting market. Single-game online Ontario sports betting was first legalized in August 2021. iGaming followed with a launch in April 2022. The data above comes from \u201call <\/span>eligible games offered by operators pursuant to an operating agreement with iGaming Ontario.\u201d The most populated province in Ontario and they will continue to thrive in Canada until another market can challenge them.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last Thursday, iGaming Ontario reported a handle of $18.7 billion in Q2 from online sports betting, casinos, and poker. It was the fourth consecutive quarter with a handle of $17 billion or more. The amount wagered in Ontario for Q2 was a 31.7% year-over-year increase compared to the $14.7 billion from 2023. Ontario\u2019s $18.7 million … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":5093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports-betting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Ontario\u2019s iGaming handle grew 32% year-over-year in Q2<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n