An internet sports activities betting and iGaming platform is launching for the primary time in Saskatchewan on November 3. [Image: Shutterstock.com]
The one providing of its type
Saskatchewan is launching its first-ever authorized on-line sports activities betting and iGaming web site on November 3. The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority (SIGA) will function the PlayNow-branded platform because of an settlement with SaskGaming. The platform would be the solely of its type within the Canadian province.
income will return into serving to the local people
Commenting on the approaching launch, SIGA CEO and president Zane Hansen deemed the platform a “secure and safe choice” for residents to gamble on-line. He additionally highlighted that income will return into serving to the local people in contrast to with gray market platforms that take cash out of the province.
In the meantime, SaskGaming CEO and president Susan Flett believes that the upcoming launch opens up new leisure choices for provincial residents.
A longtime model
PlayNow is a web based playing model already operational in British Columbia by means of the British Columbia Lottery Company (BCLC). It’s additionally up and operating now in Manitoba. PlayNow claims to be the one playing platform in North America with a devoted accountable playing workforce readily available by means of reside chat.
SIGA at present operates seven casinos throughout the province. It’s a non-profit group, with all web income going in the direction of serving to native First Nation communities and the final income fund within the province.
To mark the upcoming launch, the Saskatchewan Roughriders have entered a partnership with the PlayNow providing. It would see the PlayNow brand showing on the Canadian Soccer League (CFL) workforce’s jerseys, starting with its sport on October 22 towards the Calgary Stampeders. The deal additionally contains numerous types of in-stadium activations to advertise the platform.
The highway to launch
There have been just a few twists and turns within the journey to the launch of the PlayNow platform in Saskatchewan. The province entered into an settlement in September 2021 with the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN). This paved the way in which for SIGA to roll out PlayNow within the province.
50/50 income share
It was the primary time {that a} First Nations on-line gaming operator entered right into a income share settlement with a provincial authorities in Canada’s historical past. It features a 50/50 income share. The choice to go along with PlayNow because the platform got here in June following a bidding course of.
