Watch out offshores and Vegas....here comes Canada......
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windso...ting-bill.html
Canada is one step closer to allowing betting on single sporting events, such as the Super Bowl.
Members of Parliament voted Tuesday night in favour of Windsor-Tecumseh NDP MP Joe Comartin's private members' bill that if passed would change the criminal code to allow gambling on one sporting event at a time.
Right now, gamblers must bet on the outcome of multiple games to legally bet. Gamblers must illegally bet with a bookie if they wish to bet on one game.
Comartin is confident the bill will breeze through the Justice and Human Rights Committee and receive a third reading in the House by year's end.
"I’m optimistic we’re ultimately going to get this through. It’s not often a private members’ bill gets through," Comartin said.
The bill was already fast-tracked. Members of Parliament decided to forgo a second hour of debate, which would have occurred about a month from now.
"I wasn't clear on how strong the support was going to be on the Conservative side of the House, but as I say there was no opposition whatsoever," Comartin said. "And there would have been an opportunity for members of that party to speak against it, but none of them did."