Report shows 85% of Ontario gamblers are on regulated gambling sites
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A new report conducted by research firm Ipsos, and commissioned by the Ontario Alcohol and Gaming Commission (AGCO) and iGaming Ontario, has revealed that over 85.3% of players are gambling at regulated gambling sites in the region.
The research, conducted a year after the launch of Ontario’s online gambling market, shows “the considerable success the province has had in moving punters from unregulated sites to regulated sites that adhere to high standards of game integrity and player protections from Ontario”.
To compile the report, Ipsos surveyed 1,850 Ontario residents aged 19 and over from February 28 to March 13. The study revealed that 85.3% of respondents who gambled online in the province in the last three months gambled on a regulated site. Of this total, 19.5% bet on legal and illegal sites, while 14.7% bet on illegal sites.
Today, 45 operators are active in Ontario and AGCO has approved more than 5,000 games certified for use in the province.
Ontario betting sites hit $26.5 billion in first year
In just one year, Ontario’s new legal gambling market generated CAD$35.6 billion (US$26.5 billion) in wagers and approximately US$1.4 billion in gaming revenue. This places the Canadian province among the top five jurisdictions in the iGaming market in North America, according to iGaming Ontario (iGO).
The most popular sport to bet on was basketball at 28% of sports bets, followed by football at 15%, American football at 14%, then hockey at 9% and baseball at 8%.
The figures show that in the online casino category, nearly half (48%) of all bets were on slots, a third (32%) on live dealer table games and the rest (19%) on table games. computer based.
