Sports betting closer to reality in Canada

[Odessa]

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.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/story/2011/11/02/wdr-comartin-betting-bill.html

[Leo Bello]

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.



http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windso...ting-bill.html

ОДЕССА: Спасиба. Good article.

[byronbb]

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.



http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windso...ting-bill.html

Until the DOJ gets involved.

[lunchbawks]

hopefully this passes. it will create more jobs, adn bet shops will open all over the place

[goombah]

That's good news. Will this be Canada wide or province wide?

[Hareeba!]

I'd be worried that it will make the US even more determined to put an end to betting on their sports and wreck it for those of us for whom it is legal.

[goombah]

I'd be worried that it will make the US even more determined to put an end to betting on their sports and wreck it for those of us for whom it is legal.

Personally, I feel the US is doing all this crack downs on the offshores because they want to get into the game (eg. AC), and get some of that tax revenue; some competition from Canada will speed up that process.

[nyplayer33]

should be legal all over in usa

[brettels]

Go Canada!!!!!