Statement from theScore on the Status of Legislation to Legalize Single Event Sports Betting in Canada

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Feb 18, 2021
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Score+Media+and+Gaming+Inc. (TSX: SCR) (“theScore” or the “Company”) Founder and CEO John Levy issued the following statement on the status of legislation, Private Members Bill C-218 and Bill C-13, to legalize single event sports betting in Canada. Today, Private Members Bill C-218 was voted on and passed overwhelmingly at second reading in the House of Commons. Similar legislation in Bill C-13, which was previously introduced by the federal government, would legalize single event sports betting at the federal level in Canada and is anticipated to be taken up by the House of Commons in the near future.