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Responsible Sports Betting in Canada: Summary Report

By: RGC
December 8, 2021

RGC’s Centre for the Advancement of Best Practices is pleased to release a Canada-wide sports betting study that can help support the development of evidence-informed strategies and best-practices for responsible gambling that are most relevant to single-event sports betting in Canada - particularly in the online space.

This baseline study led by Dr. Alex Price includes a high-level assessment of regulatory and operational issues relating to the legalization of single-event sports betting in Canada and an extensive survey (n=5,003) of player support needs and expectations.

RGC is proud to have led this important study that leverages the perspectives of different industry stakeholders that provide evidence-based knowledge we can use to create and develop more effective responsible gambling tools and resources specific to sports betting.

Read the full executive summary

 

 

The RGC Centre for the Advancement of Best Practices (CABP) promotes the identification and adoption of best practices to reduce the incidence of problem gambling.

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