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Hosted by the Canadian Institute, the 23rd Annual Canadian Forum on Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crime returns for another exciting year. The event features carefully curated programming providing practical guidance...more
AML compliance for reporting entities has never been of greater critical importance than it is today. With the growing sophistication of criminals and the methods and technologies that they employed, combined with the...more
Key Takeaways - - AGCO proposes banning the use of athletes and celebrities from internet gambling advertising and marketing in Ontario. - Comments can be submitted to AGCO until May 8, 2023. - New rules would be...more
As of April 4, 2022, private gaming operators and suppliers that have successfully registered with the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) and entered into an operating agreement with iGaming Ontario will be able...more
The scheduled launch of Ontario's competitive internet gaming market is fast approaching. Though originally targeted for December 2021, it is now expected that the launch is more likely to occur in Q1 2022, assuming that the...more
Since single-event sports betting officially came into law in Canada with the passage of Bill C-218 on August 27th, 2021, Canadians and industry participants alike have been patiently waiting to see what shape the regulatory...more
On August 12, 2021, the federal government announced that Bill C‑218, the Safe and Regulated Sports Betting Act (Bill), will come into force on August 27 of this year, officially legalizing single-event sports betting in...more
On June 22, 2021, the Senate passed Bill C-218, the Safe and Regulated Sports Betting Act, which will amend the Criminal Code to allow provincial governments to determine when and how to conduct and manage single-event sports...more
On April 22, 2021, an amended Bill C-218, which seeks to allow single-event sports betting in Canada, passed its third reading in the House of Commons. As discussed in our February 2021 Blakes Bulletin: Single-Event...more
The Canadian Criminal Code (the “Code”) sets forth the parameters of legal gaming in Canada. The Code generally prohibits sports-based wagering except where such wagering is conducted and managed by the provincial...more
On February 17, 2021, Bill C-218, which seeks to decriminalize single-event sports betting in Canada, easily passed second reading in the House of Commons by a vote of 303 to 15. Bill C-218 is a private member’s bill...more
After almost a decade of attempts by individual members of parliament, Cabinet has taken up the mantle of gaming law reform, and yesterday the Minister of Justice introduced legislation to decriminalize single event sport...more
On November 26, 2020, the federal government introduced Bill C-13, which seeks to decriminalize single-event sports betting, while maintaining the pari-mutuel system of betting for horse racing. As it stands today,...more
AGCO to Conduct and Manage Online Gaming - Among the significant changes proposed in Ontario's pandemic-recovery budget bill (released November 5, 2020) are a suite of revisions to the legislation regulating online...more
The list of U.S. states that have legalized sports wagering keeps getting longer. In May 2019 alone, sports betting became legal in Montana, Indiana, Iowa and Washington D.C. In Tennessee, the state's Sports Gaming Act passed...more
On April 11, 2019, the Government of Ontario released its 2019 budget (2019 Budget), which includes several proposals that will impact the gaming landscape in Ontario once implemented. The gaming-related highlights from the...more
Bill C-290 is a private member’s bill which would alter the Canadian Criminal Code to allow for provincial lottery corporations to offer single-game sports betting. Despite passing through the House of Commons...more
BEYOND THE SLOT MACHINE: NEW BILL DIRECTS NEVADA’S GAMING REGULATORS TO CRAFT REGULATIONS TO ALLOW “HYBRID” GAMES - Nevada is the world’s preeminent gaming destination. Not by chance, but by being a leader in...more
Canadians can place legal, provincially regulated sports bets through lottery terminals found in popular locations such as convenience stores, grocery stores, and shopping malls. According to the Canadian Gambling Digest, in...more