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Troy Ross
Ontario lobbyist who created the Canadian Online Gaming Alliance (COGA) to represent offshore gambling companies Bet365, GVS, and Microgaming Systems. Documented by the Globe and Mail pushing gambling industry executives to attend a $500 PC fundraiser at which then-Treasury Board President Peter Bethlenfalvy was planned as keynote speaker, explicitly framing Bethlenfalvy as "an important voice about the future of gambling in Ontario."
Connected Scandals
Doug Ford's government launched Canada's first private online gambling market in 2022 — having first eliminated Ontario's only independent gambling research body in 2019, and immediately after handing lucrative lobbying contracts to his own campaign manager and vice-chair. A 2026 peer-reviewed study found a 317% surge in young men aged 15–24 seeking help for gambling addiction, while the province collects a quarter-billion dollars a year in gaming revenue.
Created the Canadian Online Gaming Alliance to lobby the Ford government on behalf of offshore gambling operators. Pushed industry contacts to attend a fundraiser with Treasury Board President Bethlenfalvy, telling them he would be "an important voice about the future of gambling in Ontario." Bethlenfalvy declined to attend after the Globe and Mail began inquiring.