Gambling Laws Archive

Current Online Gambling Laws of Newfoundland & Labrador, CA There was a time – a very long time – when gambling was thoroughly outlawed in Newfoundland and Labrador. Across all of Canada, in fact. You couldn’t play cards. You couldn’t shoot dice or play slot machines. In those days, you couldn’t even play bingo...

Learn the Online Casino Gambling Laws of New Brunswick, Canada New Brunswick has one of the shortest timelines of all Canadian provinces in terms of legal casino gambling. The first casino licence was granted in 2008, followed by the grand opening of Casino New Brunswick in 2010. The region’s second casino, Grey Rock Casino, opened its...

What Canadian Law Books Say about Manitoba Online Gambling in 2023 A number of Canadian provinces authorize their own government-run iGaming portals. Manitoba was among the earliest, entering into a network-sharing agreement to piggyback off British Columbia’s PlayNow gambling website in 2012/13. So we know that, in some capacity, online gambling is legal in...

Reviewing the Current Online Gambling Laws in British Columbia, CA 2023 In Canada, gambling laws are mandated on a bilateral platform. On the highest level, the federal government determines what does and does not constitute gambling. The duty of legalizing and regulating gambling activities, however, is left to the discretion of each province and...

Online Gambling Laws in Alberta, Canada: Unraveling the Legality of iGaming in the Wild Rose Country The gaming laws of Alberta, Canada are quite lengthy. The province has gone to great effort to lay out verbose terminology mandating exactly how any gambling operation may or may not conduct business. However, those laws apply exclusively...

LOK Law Will Bring New Respect to Curacao Gaming License Holders September 1, 2023, is stacking up to become a bold entry date in the history books of online gambling. For more than two decades, online casinos waving a license from the Caribbean island had little to boast about. Come next month, that’s going...

Saskatchewan Online Gambling Laws: What you can and can’t (legally) do. Online gambling laws can be a tricky thing, especially here in Canada. In Saskatchewan, the legal climate surrounding internet gambling has become less cloudy in recent years. Locals finally have access to a home-grown iGaming centre to place wagers online. However, residents are...

Two Ontario Online Sportsbooks Penalized for Taking Junior Hockey Bets The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) is out for blood, targeting provincial iGaming operators for compliance violations. Two sportsbook operations, BV Gaming and Fitzdares Canada, are on their hit list. Both are reeling from the impact of hefty penalties after they were...

Educated Gamer’s Informational Guide to Online Gambling Laws Ontario Gambling is one of the most historically famous pastimes in the world. When the great Venetian explorer John Cabot arrived here in 1497, he discovered the natives participating in various gambling games. During colonization, British soldiers were known to be avid gamblers, despite King Richard...

The internet is not what it used to be. In the early days, more than 25 years ago, it was far less advanced. It was interesting, almost magical, because it was so new and so very different. But it was painfully slow, dangerously insecure, and there wasn’t all that much to do. The exact...