Don't panic Ontarians (like I did at first); it relates to prohibiting advertising on-lne gaming sites, not the actual betting - but with the direction the industry is going, it is enough to give me the creeping heebie jeebies.
The government, which runs the very profitable (for them, not players) Pro-Line sports betting lottery, is obviously starting to have thoughts along the lines of, 'Hm, since we aren't actually competetive with the competition, maybe we should systematically make their business illegal.'
How far it goes remains to be seen.
The legislation would ban all forms of advertising for on-line gaming (including the .net poker sites where no money is actually bet). It would make it illegal to broadcast events with visible advertising for on-line sites (such as pretty much every poker and billiards event I have ever seen). It would basically destroy a few Poker magazines and a whole cable TV channel.
I was hearing all this discussed on the radio and I don't have an article to link at the moment. Maybe I'll dig something up later with more details.
As I say, it is not panic time yet - it's just advertising. But it is just one more thing in an already nervous time.
I wonder if I'll be living in England in 5 years.
The government, which runs the very profitable (for them, not players) Pro-Line sports betting lottery, is obviously starting to have thoughts along the lines of, 'Hm, since we aren't actually competetive with the competition, maybe we should systematically make their business illegal.'
How far it goes remains to be seen.
The legislation would ban all forms of advertising for on-line gaming (including the .net poker sites where no money is actually bet). It would make it illegal to broadcast events with visible advertising for on-line sites (such as pretty much every poker and billiards event I have ever seen). It would basically destroy a few Poker magazines and a whole cable TV channel.
I was hearing all this discussed on the radio and I don't have an article to link at the moment. Maybe I'll dig something up later with more details.
As I say, it is not panic time yet - it's just advertising. But it is just one more thing in an already nervous time.
I wonder if I'll be living in England in 5 years.
