What Happened

iGaming Ontario publishes quarterly reports that include aggregate figures for active player registrations, total amounts wagered, and gross gaming revenue. These reports are the primary source of public information about the Ontario competitive iGaming market’s scale and growth.

Why It Matters

Public revenue figures from a government-operated market component serve multiple purposes: accountability (was the investment in building and running the market worthwhile?), regulatory assessment (is the market performing as modelled?), and comparative analysis (how does Ontario compare to other regulated markets?).

What iGO reports disclose: Aggregate market revenue at the quarterly level. Historical comparisons showing growth over time. Active registration counts. Responsible gambling metrics in broad terms.

What iGO reports do not disclose: Individual operator revenue shares. The precise terms of iGO’s commercial arrangements with operators. Net government revenue after operating costs. Comparison of regulated market revenue to pre-regulation or offshore baseline.

Interpreting the figures: Gross gaming revenue (GGR) figures reported by iGO represent total player losses across all registered operators. This is the standard measure used in comparative gambling market analysis. It is distinct from net revenue (GGR minus operating costs) and from what ultimately flows to provincial government coffers through iGO’s arrangements.

Reports from periods showing strong growth should be read in the context of a market building from zero. Later-period growth rates are more meaningful indicators of market maturity than early high percentages off a low base.

What’s Next

Calls for more granular disclosure — particularly around fiscal benefit to the province and per-operator data — have come from academics, journalists, and opposition politicians. Whether iGO will expand its disclosure framework is an ongoing policy question.

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