Ontario Sees More Problem Gamblers After Arrival of Online Casinos

The legalization of online casinos in Ontario , Canada , in 2022 has sent the number of people reporting gambling-related harm on the rise. Nearly 130,000 residents of the province now exhibit signs of problem gambling, with their number only 43,000 in 2018. AGRI Warns of Increase in Problem Gambler Numbers Since 2018 The estimate is based on a sample from the Alberta Gambling Research Institute (AGRI), which has been paying close attention to the market dynamics in the wake of mass-market legalization, leveraging the Problem Gambling Severity Index .