Iris Monique Balodis

  • Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University
Ontario’s online gaming expansion may be fuelling a concerning increase in gambling issues. (Shutterstock)

Ontario’s high‑stakes bet on iGaming: Province profiting from online betting but at what cost to problem gambling?

Since launching online gambling, the Ontario government, which gains significant tax revenue from gambling, has announced no funding for independent research to monitor the impact on problem gambling.

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