GGPoker and Great Canadian Toronto Team Up to Deliver Unmatched Poker Experiences at Newly Minted POKER ROOM
TORONTO (January 8, 2025) – Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto (“Great Canadian Toronto”) proudly announces an exciting new partnership with GGPoker, the World’s Biggest Poker Room, as the official sponsor of The Poker Room at Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto. This exclusive arrangement brings unparalleled poker experiences to players in Toronto, further establishing the $1B resort as a premier destination for poker enthusiasts.
Under this exclusive partnership, Great Canadian Toronto is set to become the only destination in Ontario for hosting World Series of Poker (WSOP) tournaments, including WSOP Circuit bracelet and ring events. Dates for 2025 events will be announced soon.
The newly branded Poker Room will enhance the player experience, featuring upgraded high-definition televisions and modern furniture, high-speed Wi-Fi and a dedicated players’ lounge.
Great Canadian Rewards members enjoy exclusive perks, enhancing their loyalty experience at Toronto’s premier entertainment destination, and across all Great Canadian properties in Ontario.
This partnership follows the resounding success of Toronto’s first-ever WSOP Circuit Event, hosted last spring in collaboration with GGPoker. Over 11 unforgettable days in March, more than 6,000 entries, including 324 Main Event online qualifiers from GGPoker, competed for a record-breaking prize pool of $5.5 million. This far exceeded the initial $3.9 million estimate, underscoring the immense popularity of poker in Toronto. The various tournaments included the $2,000 Main Event with a prize pool of $2.8 million and the $3,500 High Roller event with a $1 million prize pool.
“We’re thrilled to partner with GGPoker to deliver a world-class poker experience,” said Michael Kim, Executive Vice President, Great Canadian Entertainment. “This collaboration ups the ante on Toronto’s poker offerings giving players access to the top tournaments and rewards, and cements Great Canadian Toronto as the go-to destination for a world-class poker experience in the city.”
“We are excited to partner with Great Canadian to elevate the poker experience in Toronto,” said Sarne Lightman, Managing Director of GGPoker. “This partnership will combine the best of live and online poker, offering players premier tournaments, unmatched rewards and solidifying Ontario as a hub for world class poker.”
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About Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto
Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto, Canada’s newest and largest casino resort, and one of the largest in North America, opened in June 2023. The $1 billion dollar landmark entertainment destination features 328,000 sq. ft. of gaming space including High Limit Table and Slot rooms, 400-room hotel, wellness and fitness area, multiple dining options, private event and flexible meeting space, and 5,000-person The Theatre, its live entertainment venue in association with Live Nation, which plays host to the best in live music, comedy, and special events.
Consistent with Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto’s commitment to responsible gambling, the property also features two PlaySmart Centres on the gaming floor, filled with engaging interactive tools and valuable responsible gambling resources available for all players, including information on how to participate in OLG’s voluntary My PlayBreak program if they choose to take a break from gambling.
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About Great Canadian Entertainment
Founded in 1982, Great Canadian Entertainment is Canada’s leading gaming and hospitality company, with a robust portfolio comprising 25 distinct gaming, entertainment, and hospitality properties located in Ontario, British Columbia, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. With over one million square feet of gaming space, 19,000 slot machines, and 650 live table games, as well as more than 60 restaurants catering to more than 20 million gaming visitors annually, Great Canadian Entertainment is renowned for providing the ultimate entertainment experiences. The company proudly boasts Canada’s newest and largest casino resort, Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto.
Committed to investing in and offering opportunity to those in the communities in which it operates, Great Canadian supports hundreds of charitable and non-profit organizations across Canada under its PROUD program; “PROUD of our people, our business, our community”. A significant portion of gross gaming revenue from Great Canadian’s gaming facilities is retained by Crown partners on behalf of their provincial governments for the purpose of supporting programs that benefit healthcare, education, and social services in Canada. To learn more, please visit greatcanadian.com or follow us on X, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn
About GGPoker
GGPoker is the World’s Biggest Poker Room, with a global player base. It offers a range of innovative games and features such as the patented Rush & Cash poker, All-In or Fold, Flip & Go, Spin & Gold, Mystery Battle Royale, GGCare & GGCheers, integrated staking platform, SnapCam video messaging, PokerCraft, and Smart HUD, all designed to enhance gaming experiences and make poker more fun than ever. In 2020, GGPoker hosted the world record-breaking WSOP Online main event and in 2022 became the world’s largest online poker room. GGPoker sent over 1,000 players to WSOP Paradise at the Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas in 2023, while more than 1,100 GGPoker players took their seats in the WSOP 2024 Main Event, which smashed attendance records for the second year running. GGPoker was named Poker Operator of the Year at the EGR Operator Awards 2024. Find out more about GGPoker at GGPoker.com and on Facebook, X and Reddit.
About the World Series of Poker
The World Series of Poker® is the largest, richest and most prestigious gaming event and poker brand in the world, having awarded more than $4 billion in prize money over the past six decades. Featuring a comprehensive slate of tournaments in every major poker variation, the WSOP is poker’s longest-running tournament dating back to 1970. In 2024, the flagship event in Las Vegas attracted 229,553 entrants and awarded more than $438 million in prize money – both all-time records for the series. The WSOP portfolio of events includes approximately 40 WSOP Circuit Events annually across five continents, WSOP Europe (since 2007), WSOP Paradise (since 2023) and the record-breaking WSOP Online festival. International satellites to WSOP live events are hosted exclusively at GGPoker, the World’s Biggest Poker Room. For more information, please visit www.wsop.com.
