Residents of Canada’s province of Saskatchewan will soon have access to legal online gambling and sports betting.
The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority announced in a press release Friday that PlayNow.com, Saskatchewan’s first and only legal online gaming operator, will launch in the province on Nov. 3.
SIGA, the official operator of PlayNow.com in Saskatchewan as per an operating agreement with SaskGaming, announced the British Columbia Lottery Corporation as its winning vendor in June.'BCLC's PlayNow.com platform, which is also the only regulated gambling website offered in both of the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Manitoba, is the only gambling website in North America – and one of a few in the world – that offers dedicated player health specialists known as GameSense Advisors.
The announcement is timely as the small province that’s home to roughly 1.2 million Canadians is set to host this year’s Canadian Football League Grey Cup championship game on Nov. 20 in the city of Regina.