NEXT.io Podcast5 Apr 2022

Paul Burns: Ontario launching regulated OSB & iGaming! What to expect

🎙 Podcast #93 with Pierre Lindh and Paul Burns, President & CEO at Canadian Gaming Association

This week on Monday 4th April, we saw the launch of Online Sports Betting and iGaming in the state of Ontario, Canada! President and CEO of the Canadian Gaming Association, Paul Burns, sat down with Pierre Lindh to discuss the launch. This is an exciting time for the future of the Canadian markets that will be wrought with great rises, but also with challenges.

Will we see similar results as earlier in the year with New York? Listen in as Paul tells us what we can expect in the times to come.

ABOUT PAUL BURNS:

Paul Burns was instrumental in establishing the Canadian Gaming Association (CGA) in 2005, recognizing the need for a unified voice for the gaming industry in Canada. Under his leadership as the CGA’s Vice President, the association grew to include the industry’s leading operators, manufacturers, and supplier’s nation-wide. Mr. Burns was appointed the CGA’s President & CEO in March 2018.

He has been responsible for the development of industry-wide research and programs, including the release of the most comprehensive study on the economic impact of gaming in Canada, and the expansion of the industry’s national annual conference, the Canadian Gaming Summit.

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