Canadian researchers are raising concerns about the lack of health data as well as the long-term effects related to single-game and in-play sports gambling across the country.
Statistics Canada last collected national data on the prevalence of gambling back in 2018, fuelling worries about what has changed since single-game sports betting was legalized in August 2021.
Greo was formerly known as Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre before its government funding was cut.In B.C., sports betting revenue increased from $23.9 million in 2020-21 to $31.6 million in 2022-23, the B.C. Lottery Corporation said in a statement. Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis did not have up-to-date figures about its revenue from sports betting, but noted in its 2021-22 annual report that sign-ups for its online gambling portal rose 156.0 per cent year over year, which it attributed to online lottery and single sport event betting.
"The federal bill proposed a shift from or past a shift from parlay bets to single event betting. And on the surface you know, that sounds like a bit of a minor detail in a way," said Clark. "Rather than having to bet on three or four matches at the time, I can now bet on just one. But with that movement, in-play betting has arrived and that more changes the nature of the gambling product.
Andrew Kim, a professor at Toronto Metropolitan University, whose research focuses on addiction and gambling, said although there have been no large-scale studies done on the harms of in-play sports betting, there are significant concerns.
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