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Alberta gambling revenues rival energy consumption

29 Aug 2010

Residents in the Alberta province of Canada like to gamble, and to a lesser extent enjoy throwing back the odd alcoholic beverage, it appears from recent survey results published by the National Post newspaper this week.

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Another Canadian province considers online gambling regulation

28 Aug 2010

The finance minister for the Prince Edward Island region in Canada says the government is considering joining the Atlantic Lottery Corporation’s initiative to bring online gambling to its residents.

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Canadian provincial chief is against online gambling

19 Aug 2010

The growing trend among Canadian provincial governments to operate online gambling facilities is unlikely to extend to Newfoundland and Labrador if the provincial Premier, Danny Williams, has his way.

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Bans and censorship in Canada and France

11 Aug 2010

The spectre of Internet censorship at national level through Internet Service Providers (ISPs) came a step closer last week when the French government regulator ARJEL went to the courts to obtain orders on ISPs blocking a blacklist of online gambling websites without French licensing.

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Canada´s Saskatchewan province interested in online gambling

11 Aug 2010

The announcement Tuesday that the Ontario provincial government will enter the online gambling sector in 2012 appears to have triggered renewed interest in the possibilities for the Saskatchewan province.

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Unusual bouquet for online gambling

14 May 2010

One of gambling’s most vocal opponents in Canada, problem gambling specialist Jeff Derevensky of McGill University’s International Centre for Youth Gambling and High Risk Behaviours, had some positive things to say at the Global iGaming Summit & Expo in Montreal this week.

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Plea for recognition of First Nation online gambling in Canada

12 May 2010

Writing in a professional article for a US gaming law journal, a Canadian lawyer has submitted the case for First Nation online gambling to be acknowledged and formally legalised by federal and provincial Canadian governments.

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IGC chief speaks at Canadian gambling conference

29 Apr 2010

The Gaming Summit in Calgary, Canada and its preoccupation with “the elephant in the room” – online gambling – has continued to attract media reportage.

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Online gambling discussed at Canadian Gaming Summit

28 Apr 2010

The Canadian land gaming industry gathered this week at Stampede Park in Calgary for the annual Gaming Summit, and some time was devoted to discussing the provincial governments’ trend toward Internet gambling, reports the Calgary Herald.

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Another Canadian province consideres online gambling

23 Apr 2010

The Canadian province of Manitoba is mulling the pros and cons of regulating online gambling, reports the publication Canoe, which quotes no less an authority than Manitoba Lotteries Minister Steve Ashton.

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Canadian TV looks at online gambling

12 Mar 2010

Television network CTV W5 in Canada is to broadcast its take on Internet gambling in an early evening slot on Saturday March 13.

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Canadian campaign to warn students on gambling

3 Mar 2010

The Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority in Canada is paying for a campaign to educate young people about the dangers of gambling, reports the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

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Can British Columbia´s online gambling be expanded

5 Jan 2010

Under the Canadian Criminal Code, only provincial governments have the power to conduct Internet gambling, and the British Columbia government is being urged to exercise this authority in a non-exclusive manner to ensure that Canadian punters are presented with only reputable and safe Internet gambling venues.

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Canadian silver foxes are a significant online demographic

27 Nov 2009

The Toronto Star carried an interesting article on the growing numbers of senior citizens finding their way onto the Internet despite having lived much of their lives pre-Internet.

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Olympic bans will encourage online betting, says lottery exec

9 Oct 2009

2010’s Winter Olympics plans for Vancouver in the British Columbia province of Canada include a ban on betting on ice hockey, but a lottery executive says that this will merely direct punters to betting sites on the Internet and outside the reach of Canadian authorities.

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This genie is out of the bottle

27 Sep 2009

The popular Vancouver Sun columnist David Baines renewed his call for online gambling regulation in Canada over the weekend, using the re-launch of the Bodog brand in the Canadian market as a peg on which to hang his appeal.

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New rules for Canadian lotto retailers

14 Sep 2009

The Canadian Press reports that Ontario retailers who sell lottery tickets will soon be banned from playing tickets purchased in their own stores.

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IGC applauds B.C. move toward online gambling

26 Aug 2009

The news earlier this month that the Canadian provincial government of British Columbia is considering the legalisation of online gambling has been applauded by the Interactive Gaming Council, a trade association for online gambling software providers and operators.

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Canadian gambling slightly down

23 Jul 2009

New statistics on gambling from Statistics Canada reveal that a decline in gambling in the country – the first in sixteen years – has taken place.

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UIGEA disruption impacts Canada

1 May 2009

Canadian delegates to the International Masters of Gaming Law Spring Conference in Windsor, Canada have revealed that the US anti-online gambling law the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act is disrupting not only American online horserace wagering and state lottery operations, but those in Canada as well.

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Fraudster ran up CDN$ 10 million gambling debt

26 Apr 2009

Christine Papakyriakou (52), a Hamilton, Ontario woman who currently awaits criminal sentencing for embezzling Cdn 7 million from her former employer to pay gambling debts that may be as high as Cdn$ 10 million, is to sue two land casinos and the province for her troubles.

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Nova Scotia considering online sports betting

18 Apr 2009

Canadians in the province of Nova Scotia may be given the convenience of online sports betting later this year, judging by reports in the regional media.

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Canadian problem gambler sues O.L.G.

8 Apr 2009

The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation is facing legal claims of Cdn$ 3.5 million from a problem slots gambler who alleges that he has lost hundreds of thousands of dollars due to an ineffective “self exclusion” system in the organisation’s responsible gambling program.

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Lies, damned lies and statistics

6 Apr 2009

A recent academic study of online gambling presented by the University of Lethbridge in Canada created acres of media coverage with its finding that Australian and New Zealand gamblers were the worst in the world.

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