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Canada: Sports Betting Bill C-218 Moves Forward

Single-event sports betting could soon become legal in Canada, after the passing of Bill C-218 in the House of Commons yesterday. JUST Committee to Discuss the Bill Canada is closer to legalizing sports betting on single events, as Bill C-218 passed in second reading in the House of Commons on Wednesday. The legislation has been […]
Canada: Sports Betting Bill C-218 Moves Forward
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Ministers from Two Cabinets Refused to Get BCLC Out of Gambling

Government in British Columbia was told it was better suited as a regulator, letting other entities operate high-limit gambling, a former chairman of the board at the BC Lottery Corp told the public enquiry. Casino High-Limits Were Already There Bud Smith, board chairman at the BCLC from 2013 to 2018, told the inquiry that, by […]
Ministers from Two Cabinets Refused to Get BCLC Out of Gambling
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BCLC Urges Laws on Sports Betting Ahead of Super Bowl

Super Bowl single-event betting in Canada is close to realization, but a split-second decision to enable betting on the event for the weekend is unlikely. BCLC Wants to Have Single-Event Betting on Time for Super Bowl B.C. Lottery Corporation is making a dash for sports betting regulation ahead of the weekend’s Super Bowl game, hoping […]
BCLC Urges Laws on Sports Betting Ahead of Super Bowl
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BCLC Released Failings Details Regarding Record $700,000 Fine

The question of why the gaming regulator in British Columbia, the BC Lottery Commission (BCLC), was fined CAD$700,000 by Canadian money-laundering watchdog FINTRAC in 2010 finally got its answer, as the BCLC released details regarding its failings that led to the sanction. Persistence is the key to success and nobody knows it better than the […]
BCLC Released Failings Details Regarding Record $700,000 Fine
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British Columbia Inquires Into Gambling-Related Money Laundering

The Government in British Columbia has launched an investigation of its own into money laundering, possibly related to the gambling industry in the Canadian province that distorted the economy in the region. Gambling, Cars And Properties Gaming was one of the three spheres of business activities, along with real estates and luxury cars, that were […]