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For a province that suddenly wants so badly to abolish all forms of online gambling (with a few exceptions of course), it is ironic that Ontario would be so heavily involved in the sports betting business.

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“We think it might be time to see if there is a way to regulate and control online gaming:” Fahrenkopf. The CEO and president of the American Gaming Association, Frank Fahrenkopf sounded a positive note on the wider industry this week in an interview with Reuters news agency on the political changes arising from the recent US mid-term elections.

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Another front in governmental war against online gaming was opened this week when legislators in Canada’s Ontario province — of which Toronto is the largest city — announced the introduction of a bill intended to stop all advertising for online gaming. The proposed bill, actually a modification of Ontario’s Consumer Protection Act of 2002, is spearheaded by Ontario Government Services Minister Gerry Phillips, who has said that despite the ‘illegality’ of online gambling, enforcement of existing regulations has not been a high priority.
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The new law to curb gambling over the Internet has one good thing going for it: It won’t work. The measure requires banks and credit-card companies to block online gambling payments. It was sold as a moral response to the surge in Internet gambling. Actually, it is an economic response to the surge in competition against casinos, state lotteries, etc.

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TheLawyer.com gave its analysis of a recently passed law related to internet gambling in the US. The Lawyer is the market leading title for commercial lawyers and corporate directors, reporting on the news and opinions shaping the world of business. Continue reading: US Internet Gambling Law Not Impressive Says Lawyer »

Up until now, in Canada online gambling was banned from being publicized on television. However, thanks to a loophole in the law, online poker rooms still continued to advertise in commercials in every major network. How is this possible? Easy. What was advertised were the free features that the casinos offered but without the mention of money.
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Internet gambling and direct advertising of internet gambling is already illegal in the Canadian Province of Ontario. But many sites advertise poker sites where people can play for free using play money to learn the game. However, once a player goes to the free site, they can easily be directed to the site where they can play for real money.

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In March, Peterborough MPP Jeff Leal introduced a private member’s bill in the Ontario Legislature to ban advertising for online gaming. “I’d read reports about college students in the United States racking up tremendous amounts of debt through online gaming,” Leal says. “And here in Ontario we have bona fide gaming, whether it’s horse-racing or slot machines, operated by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, and a number of people in that sector have seen dollars siphoned away to online gaming.”

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