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Legal & Regulatory
It’s a Game of Risks
Top risks facing Canadian gaming organizations
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Gaming Standards Association Announces Five-Year Strategic Plan
The Gaming Standards Association has established and adopted a five-year strategic plan...
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Redefining Poker
US federal court judge declares poker as game of skill...
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The Constantly Evolving AML Environment
We've come a long way since the very first time FINTRAC (Financial Transactions Reports Analysis Centre of Canada) visited gaming properties to conduct so-called compliance examinations....
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An Unprecedented Online Settlement
In a stunning and unusual agreement, the operators of the world’s largest online poker site, PokerStars, managed to strike a settlement with the United States Department of Justice to permanently dismiss the civil actions brought against PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker...
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Ontario Moving Forward with iGaming Despite US Crackdowns
On February 17, 2012, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) closed its extended request for proposals from gaming vendors...
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Further Thoughts on Jurisdictional Issues in Canadian Internet Gaming:
How Far Is Close Enough?
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Extra-Territorial iGaming Emanating from Within Canada
The legal status of online gaming (“iGaming”) in Canada remains a matter of conjecture in Canada...
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Arbitration Clauses in Online Gaming Contracts: Not another boilerplate provision
Operators of online gaming sites must give serious consideration to including mandatory arbitration clauses in their online gaming contracts...
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Governments: Online Operators or Online Regulators?
Online gaming (or iGaming) has existed since the end of 1995, with Antigua and Barbuda becoming the first jurisdiction to create and pass legislation allowing for a gaming company to apply for and receive a license to operate online...
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Online Provincial Gambling Operators: Philosophically Sound, Mechanically Flawed
On January 26th, 2010, the Quebec Cabinet formally announced that it would copy the Swedish approach to online gaming by authorizing the Société des Lotteries du Québec (Loto-Quebec) to offer online games of chance to its Quebec residents. In doing so, the Province of Quebec joined in a consortium of six provinces...
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Regulator Q&A: Manitoba Gaming Control Commission
Canadian Gaming Business Magazine recently asked the Manitoba Gaming Control Commission for feedback on their role as regulators...
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Regulating the Changing Face of Gaming
Over the past decade we have seen gaming technology migrate from relatively isolated stand-alone devices to an increasingly interconnected web of technology that represents the modern gaming floor...
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Abortive SIGA-Taiwan Deal Raises Questions About the Ability of First Nations Gaming Operators to do Business Abroad
On July 25, 2008, published reports indicated that the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority (“SIGA”) had entered into a deal to manage casinos outside of Canada, involving a memorandum of understanding between SIGA and representatives of an aboriginal tribe of Taiwan (the “MOU”)...
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New British Licence Requirements for Offshore Online Gambling Operators: Reasons, Implications and Predictions
The UK online gambling market is unusual, in that it allows operators based in the European Economic Area and ‘white-listed’ jurisdictions to advertise their services freely to UK residents without any kind of local licence...
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Answering the Demand for Legitimacy: Online Gambling
Early November of this year saw a number of key developments in the online gambling industry. These developments stem from the two diametrically opposed regulatory perspectives on how best to deal with this monster of an industry and the social concerns that accompany gambling...
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