PointsBet Canada Sets Odds for Day 1 of Scotties Tournament

PointsBet Canada's Exclusive with Curling

As we reported earlier, other than PointsBet Canada, which has signed on with curling in Canada in a major way, from a betting perspective, there aren’t a lot of betting options. 

Unibet stepped up and sponsored the Northern Ontario Curling Association for their recent women’s and men’s curling championship, but that was a branding exercise. There wasn’t any betting on the event.

PointsBet Canada even has its own curling event – the PointsBet Invitational, scheduled again for this September at Sixteen Mile Sports Complex in Oakville.

History Could be Made at the Scotties

The 2023 Scotties Tournament of Hearts runs for the next week in Kamloops, and is a who’s who of Canadian women’s curling, including two skips chasing history.

Jennifer Jones and her new-look Manitoba team from Winnipeg and Altona don’t play their first game until Saturday afternoon, at 1 p.m. (PST), against 2022 Scotties silver-medallist Team Krista McCarville of Northern Ontario.

Kerri Einarson’s three-time defending champion Team Canada crew from Gimli, Man., will be in tomorrow’s opening draw at 6 p.m. (PST) against Quebec’s Team Laurie St-Georges (Glenmore/Laval-sur-le-lac).

PointsBet Canada has the Spread at Canada -4.5, Quebec +4.5, and the moneyline Canada 1.08, Quebec 6.50. O/U is 12.5.

When talking tournament outrights – Canada 2.30, Ontario 3.40, Wild Card 1 (Lawes) 6.25, Manitoba 9.50, and Wild Card 2 (Scheidegger) 14.0 is your Top 5. Nunavut is last at 501.00.

With a victory in the Feb. 26 gold medal game, Jones (her new team is rounded out by vice-skip Mackenzie Zacharias, second Karlee Burgess, co-leads Lauren Lenentine and Emily Zacharias) would have a seventh Scotties title – which would break the record she currently co-holds with long-time teammate Jill Officer and Colleen Jones.

Meanwhile, Einarson, vice-skip Val Sweeting, second Shannon Birchard and lead Briane Harris can match the record of four straight Canadian women’s curling championship titles with a win, matching the record currently held by Jones, Kim Kelly, Mary-Anne Arsenault and Nancy Delahunt.

Check out more details, including schedules. The winner will represent Canada at the 2023 LGT World Women’s Curling Championship March 18-26 in Sandviken, Sweden.