The Alberta government’s timeline for launching a competitive market for online sports betting and internet casino gambling has recently become a lot more fuzzy – including for the companies that plan on participating. that while they didn’t have an exact launch date for Alberta, “the end of this year, early 2025, is kind of the rough timeframe.”
The subject of Alberta came up during Chicago-based Rush Street Interactive Inc.’s third-quarter earnings call on Oct. 31. The BetRivers-owner is eyeing expansion opportunities in North and South America, one of which would be Alberta whenever it goes live. The interest in Alberta is due in no small part to the province’s plan to enact an Ontario-like model for iGaming. There is not expected to be a limit on the number of private-sector operators, which will also be free to offer online sports betting and online casino gambling in a market with a population similar to that of Kentucky and Oregon.