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Canadian MP Brian Masse’s February private member’s bill resurrection of the Canadian single-game wagering proposal (now titled C-221, the Safe and Regulated Sports Betting Act) has reached second reading stage in the House of Commons. To mark the progress and perhaps to recharge support for the bill, the Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce is joining …
A study on teenage gambling released this week by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and the University of Waterloo has been making mainstream press headlines in Canada with its claim that teenagers are gambling online at a significantly higher rate than previously reported. However, the study threw a wide net and includes even …
Following up on his pledge several weeks ago to resurrect the failed C-290 Cromartin bill on sportsbetting (see previous reports), Canadian Opposition member of parliament Brian Masse launched his Safe and Regulated Sports Betting Act in the House of Commons this week as a private member’s bill. Our readers will recall that the Cromartin bill …
Remember C-290, the Canadian attempt to legalise single-game sports betting which was unanimously approved by the Lower House of the Canadian parliament but was stalled for years and finally snuffed out by the Senate? It is on its way back in 2016, again as a private member’s bill authored by Windsor West NDP MP Brian …
According to a report Wednesday in the Toronto Star, the Canadian government’s IT division Shared Services Canada is shopping around for a new “unified threat management” program to combat civil servants accessing inappropriate websites – including online gambling operations – during working hours. The specifications for the new platform include “…everything from pinpointing individual Internet …
UK online gambling group Betfair, which is about to merge with Paddy Power to create an i-gaming powerhouse, has begun advising its Canadian punters that it plans to exit the market by January 14 2016. From that date, Canadian residents will no longer be permitted to place wagers or register with the betting exchange. Additionally, …
The multi-billion dollar Canadian cinema operator Cineplex, which claims an 80 percent market share, looks set to branch out into the daily fantasy sports tournament sector, according to reports in the Globe and Mail newspaper. The company recently spent $10 million acquiring an eighty percent share in daily fantasy sports company World Gaming and is …
The commencement of the NFL season in the USA has triggered a fresh plea by Canadian casino operators for a review of Canada’s federal Criminal Code, which places constraints on operators, including a rule banning bets on the outcome of a single game. Operators say that provincial governments which control regional gambling, and casinos are …
Intertain Group’s second quarter revenues soared from Cdn$ 5.6 million in Q2-2014 to Cdn$95.2 million this year, thanks to significant contributions from newly acquired Jackpotjoy online operation, for which the group paid GBP 425.8 million in April . However, costs – mainly in acquisitions – held down earnings as the group’s net losses rose from …
Byron Holland, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), penned an op-ed article in the Montreal Gazette this week warning that the Quebec government’s stated intention to institute the DNS-blocking of unauthorised online gambling sites competing with its exclusive Espacejeux enterprise presents both social and technical problems. Our readers …
Sports betting in Canada has reportedly been shelved as the Canadian Senate adjourned for the summer without a third reading or vote on private member bill C-290 (see previous reports). The bill, which seeks to amend the criminal code to allow single-game sports betting, has been kept in protracted limbo in the Canadian Senate following …
Our readers will be familiar with the long, sad saga of a bid to legalise single-game sports betting in the Great White North, but to recap: Originally introduced in Canada’s House of Commons as private members bill C-290, the proposal sailed through the Commons largely unopposed and went to the Senate, where it survived two …
Canada’s attempt to modernise sports betting, Bill C290 is seemingly running out of time having stalled in the Canadian Senate for the past three years, legal firm Dickinson-Wright warns. “Championed by Joe Comartin, M.P. for Windsor-Tecumseh, the bill passed third reading with all-party support and is sitting with the Senate for consideration,” added C290NOW, a …
The failed attempt to introduce tribal-licensed online gambling in the Canadian province of Port Edward Island (see previous reports) turned increasingly ugly this week when one of the companies that claims it was involved in the venture filed a $25 million legal claim against the provincial government. Wes Sheridan, the finance minister at the time, …
The Canadian province of Alberta is planning to licence and regulate online gambling in order to generate revenue for provincial projects, says Finance Minister Robin Campbell. Speaking at the spring convention of the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties Wednesday, Campbell said that the provincial government plans will bring the money into rural Alberta …
Scientific Games, a US technology company that has previously supplied Canada’s Atlantic Lottery Corporation with instant games, is to extend the relationship with a new five-year contract to provide a lottery gaming system and internet-based iLottery gaming system. The deal includes the provision of ongoing operational monitoring and maintenance support beginning in mid-2017. Implementation is …
A failed million dollar deal last year between the Canadian provincial government of Port Edward Island and the First Nation Mi’kmaq Confederacy, with the goal of establishing an online gambling licensing jurisdiction, is to be investigated, according to local media reports. The provincial government’s public accounts committee voted Thursday to ask the Auditor General to …
Canada’s attempt to modernise sports betting, Bill C290, is set for review in the Senate early in January next year but according to local media still faces determined opposition from some members of the Upper House who have managed to obstinately stall the measure for the past three years, That’s despite overwhelming support from the …
Federal Court in Vancouver, Canada looks likely to be the scene of some interesting disclosures in the near future following a complaint filed this week by Stanley Howard Tomchin, a US citizen and alleged online gambling entrepreneur who claims that he was illegally detained by Canadian officials working in cooperation with US enforcement. Court documents …
Content agency Accesswire reports from Canada that the country is rapidly becoming a key player in the online gambling industry, enjoying growth of 7 to 10 percent annually and generating market value of around C$30 billion. The fact that confusion remains over the legality of online gambling in Canada makes the impressive development of Canadian …
Canadian media reporting from Ottawa revealed Tuesday that another Operation Amethyst accused has been sentenced for online sports betting through a criminal organisation. Fifty-year-old Benedetto Manasseri, 50, allegedly a former executive in a lucrative Ottawa-based online sports betting ring, was sent to jail for 26 months by Canadian Judge Hugh Fraser. Manasseri was one of …
The management of online betting exchange Matchbox has communicated with Canadian customers, advising them that following an extensive business review of operations it has been decided that the company will exit the Canadian market. In an email to Canadian punters, the management of parent company Triplebet Limited advised: “The Management of Triplebet Limited, the owners …
Online gambling operators seeking an extra level of assurance regarding their responsible gambling measures are the target for Canada’s Responsible Gaming Council, which has just launched RG Check-Internet. The program is an international accreditation award following an independent, practical assessment of the gambling safeguards in use on online gambling websites, and is adapted from the …
The Professional Sector Network has named respected lawyer Michael D. Lipton as Gaming Law Adviser of the Year for Canada during their 2014 Global Awards. Lipton is a Partner in the Dickinson Wright LLP law firm in Toronto where he serves as senior counsel on a wide range of special gaming law matters. A founding …