Gambling Law Archive

All it took was a little browser code observation and alteration, and he was able to place a wager at a New Jersey online casino – one that, by rule and discretion, claims to only be capable of accepting wagers from players psychically located in the state of New Jersey....
According to recent reports, Ontario has decided to discontinue financing an agency known as the Gambling Research Exchange Ontario (GREO). The CA$2.5 million that was expected to go to the research group to fund this year's research has bee canceled. To make matters worse, employees have been given barely 2 months to box...
Today, we're going to take a closer look at what AML and KYC mean to the industry and its customers. You'll learn how they've enhanced one of the world's most financially successful digital commerce markets, and how these two little abbreviations are making online casinos safer....
The most resounding sentiment towards Microgaming, in my commodious experience, has nothing to do with age or game variety. It's no trivial matter. In fact, it may be their most honorable quality. It is that the name Microgaming aligns with unwavering online casino safety and security....
Ontario calls for competitive online gambling market. For decades now, Canadian iGaming laws have been classified in a “grey area” of the law, permeating within a shroud of uncertainty. The Criminal Code is written in such a way that gambling with offshore websites is not expressly legal or illegal, which, by technical standards, makes...
Those of you who remember those days will truly appreciate a new program known as Pay N Play. It's a digital payment platform that is revolutionizing the online casino industry. You may want to hold on to your seats when I tell you this next part... with Pay n Play, you'll never have to...
Ontario voices need for legal sports betting in Canada. Last year, the US reversed a quarter-century old law that gave states the right to legalize sports betting. One by one, states are taking the initiative to do so. Eight states now offer legal single-event wagering, three more plus Washington D.C. have passed bills to...
BC Invests in virtual sports betting to curb appetite for legalization. “Virtual” is a word we use a lot more in today’s modern, high-tech society than ever before. We have virtual reality programs that mimic real life experiences. We have virtual money (cryptocurrency) that pays for real products and services. And we have virtual...
Is gambling with cryptocurrency legal in Canada? Unless you’ve been dealing in digital currencies since their inception, it may be hard to believe that Bitcoin has been around for more than a decade already. The first Bitcoin block was mined on January 3, 2009, thus celebrating its 10th anniversary just last month. Yet, there...
Expert predicts Canada sports betting laws will evolve “within a year”. In May 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) rewrote history by overturning PASPA, an antiquated sports betting law that prohibited wagering on professional and amateur sports in 49 of the 50 US States—all but Nevada, of course. As major legal...