Gaming Law 2025

CANADA Law and Practice Contributed by: Danielle Bush and Matthew Kelleher, McCarthy Tétrault LLP

McCarthy Tétrault LLP is a leading Canadian law firm that delivers strategic, innovative legal and business solutions for clients, wherever their business takes them. The firm advises on complex and significant matters for Canadian and international interests, of - fering clients access to expert legal talent, practice experience, and deep knowledge of the industries driving the Canadian and global economies. With offices in Canada’s major commercial centres, New York City and London, McCarthy Tétrault delivers services in business law, litigation, tax, real estate,

and labour and employment law. The firm’s lawyers work seamlessly across practice areas and regions within a fully integrated platform to represent major Canadian and international clients. McCarthy Tétrault has worked with all levels of government to develop laws and regulations that have shaped – and con- tinue to shape – the Canadian market. Through its focus on delivering innovative client services and so- lutions, the firm is leading advancements in the legal profession and effectively adapting to changing client needs.

Authors

Danielle Bush is senior counsel in the business law group at McCarthy Tétrault. She is one of the leading gaming lawyers in Canada as well as being one of only four practitioners consistently ranked in Chambers’

Matthew Kelleher is a partner in the business law group at McCarthy Tétrault and co-head of its public sector group. He has been repeatedly ranked by Chambers’ Guide to the best lawyers in Canada. Matthew is

Band 1 for Canadian gaming law. She has decades of experience providing legal advice and services to the full range of companies, government organisations and other entities operating in or servicing the gaming industry. Danielle’s clients include online casino operators, sportsbooks, land-based casino operators, lottery corporations, charitable gaming providers, gaming regulators, gaming software companies and payment service providers. She advises clients on a full range of gaming and gambling-related issues.

often engaged in high-profile transactions, with particular experience advising clients pursuing disruptive or transformative change within an industry or organisation. His matters often involve public and governmental sensitivities or diverse stakeholder interests. Matthew advised the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation on all aspects of its multi-year project to modernise its casino gaming business, including negotiating long-term operating agreements for 28 existing or planned casinos.

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