# Inside BetNova’s Push Into Canada’s Betting Market Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/gaming-news-canada-show-5691437/inside-betnova-s-push-into-canada-s-betting-market Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/gaming-news-canada-show-5691437/inside-betnova-s-push-into-canada-s-betting-market.md Podcast: [Gaming News Canada Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/gaming-news-canada-show-5691437) Published: 2026-06-23T04:01:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.gamingnewscanada.ca/ Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/631b6aaf0e34f50011b0b234/e/6a3977a400998a7fc84fad47/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/gaming-news-canada-show-5691437/episodes/inside-betnova-s-push-into-canada-s-betting-market Duration seconds: 2006 ## Resource On a new episode of the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming, host Steve McAllister welcomed Dwain Powell, the Online Director, Sports Betting for Goldrush Gaming – the owners of the BetNova brand.   BetNova entered the highly-competitive Ontario sports betting and igaming market this spring, so McAllister asked Powell about both the challenges and opportunities that have come from being latecomers to the province’s regulated industry. Powell also addressed Goldrush’s relationship with both the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario and iGaming Ontario when setting up shop in Canada’s largest province.   Goldrush is one of the 45-plus operators which have registered to do business in Alberta when the proverbial puck drops on its regulated gambling marketplace next month. Powell answered our questions on Goldrush’s road to Alberta so far and addressed the advertising and marketing strategy for BetNova, what makes the brand unique competing against established operators in Canada, and about responsible gaming.   Powell told the story of his early days in the gambling business as a casino tables supervisor, moving into the online space, the legal gaming landscape in South Africa, and, of course, the World Cup of Soccer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/gaming-news-canada-show-5691437/episodes/inside-betnova-s-push-into-canada-s-betting-market/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/gaming-news-canada-show-5691437/inside-betnova-s-push-into-canada-s-betting-market.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.