Ontario Online Poker Could Grow Even Bigger in 2023 – The province is currently the largest regulated market for online poker in North America. It could get even bigger next year if certain scenarios come to pass. The Ontario online poker market didn’t exist nine months ago. Today, the Canadian province is the largest regulated market for online poker in North America.
And despite being a segregated market, Ontario has more options for online poker than any other US state. Ontario is also Canada’s most populous province — so it stands a good chance of remaining the largest market on the continent for the foreseeable future.
While Ontario didn’t get there overnight — and only saw the most recent of its six online poker rooms launch on September 30 — there are several reasons to be optimistic that the provincial market is on the precipice of even more exciting growth in 2023. (On the flip side, there are also reasons to believe Ontario’s market is already on the verge of saturation ).
Here are five scenarios that could happen next year. If even one of them comes to pass, Ontario could be on its way to becoming an even bigger juggernaut for online poker in 2023. #1: Ontario Could Join the Canada Poker Network
Ontario could potentially join the Canada Poker Network (CPN) , an interprovincial compact that currently includes British Columbia (BC), Manitoba, and Québec — with Saskatchewan expected to join early next year.
The CPN was formed in February 2011, when the British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) began offering peer-to-peer poker to Espace Jeux, an iGaming site run by Loto-Québec. An outdated version of IGT software powers CPN.
The Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries Corporation (MBLL) began using the BCLC’s PlayNow igaming platform in January 2013, while the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority (SIGA) plans to launch online poker through PlayNow in 2023.
When the state-owned Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) launched online gaming in 2015, it floated the possibility of joining the CPN. Although those plans never materialized, there’s a chance that the OLG could be the sole entity to offer interprovincial poker […]
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