Casino City's iGaming Pocket Directory - 2014 Edition

124 Sponsored by Casino City’s iGaming Pocket Directory CANADA Canada has always been one of the top online gaming markets, and it doesn’t show any sign of slowing down soon. According to the Canadian Gaming Association, online gaming generates more than $1 billion (CD) of revenue each year. Poker, in particular, has gained cultural and economic traction in Canada. Online poker pros from Canada have enjoyed vast amounts of success on the tournament scene. Jonathan Duhamel, from Boucherville, Quebec, captured poker’s ultimate prize when he won the World Series of Poker Main Event in 2010. Duhamel won $8.9 million for finishing first. Montreal’s Marc Etienne McLaughlin finished sixth in the 2013 WSOP Main Event and won $1.6 million. And many American online poker professionals seeking access to global liquidity pools have moved to Canada to ply their trade. With a population of 34.5 million, Canada is the 35th-largest country in the world. Its population is greater than Venezuela (28 million), Australia (22.6 million), and the Netherlands (16.7 million). Canada has a broadband penetration rate of 32 percent, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). By comparison, the US broadband penetration rate is 27.7 percent. It’s 33.3 percent in the UK, 24.5 percent in Spain, and 22.2 percent in Italy. CANADA