Ontario Launches a Review of Its Gaming Market (2025)
Minister Stan Cho announces a review at the 2025 Canadian Gaming Summit
Last verified: 2026-10-01
Ontario’s Minister of Tourism, Culture and Gaming announced a review of the province’s igaming market and wider regulated gaming sector at the 2025 Canadian Gaming Summit; iGaming Ontario has been feeding it data and advice since.
Ontario launches a review of its gaming market
Overview
Ontario’s Minister of Tourism, Culture and Gaming, Stan Cho, announced a government review of the province’s igaming market and broader regulated gaming sector at the 2025 Canadian Gaming Summit. Since that announcement, iGaming Ontario says it has been regularly engaged with government, providing strategic and operational data on the sector drawn from operator feedback and player trends observed since the market’s 2022 launch, with a stated aim of identifying ways to reduce regulatory burden and improve efficiency while protecting players and the market.
The review sits alongside a separate provincial initiative, the “Destination Niagara” strategy, under which the province is exploring the expansion of land-based gaming and casino options; iGaming Ontario says it is working with government on operator and player engagement opportunities connected to that strategy as well. As of iGO’s 2026-2029 Business Plan, no outcome or findings of the review itself had been published.
The review’s announcement at the 2025 Canadian Gaming Summit and iGO’s role supporting it, plus the Destination Niagara strategy. [1]
Key facts
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Ontario’s Minister of Tourism, Culture and Gaming, Stan Cho, announced a review of the province’s igaming market and regulated gaming sector at the 2025 Canadian Gaming Summit.
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Since the review’s announcement, iGaming Ontario says it has been regularly engaged with government, providing strategic and operational data on igaming in Ontario drawn from operator feedback and player trends observed since the market’s 2022 launch, with the stated aim of reducing regulatory burden and improving efficiency while protecting players and the market.
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As part of the province’s separate “Destination Niagara” strategy exploring the expansion of land-based gaming and casino options, iGaming Ontario says it is working with government to develop operator and player engagement opportunities connected to that strategy.
Sources
- iGaming OntarioPrimary source — 2026-2029 Business Plan — https://igamingontario.ca/en/2026-2029-business-plan