Alberta introduces bill to regulate igaming
The Alberta government will introduce Bill 48 to regulate online gaming.
The bill, also dubbed the iGaming Alberta Act, would establish a new Crown corporation — the Alberta iGaming Corporation — to oversee online gaming in the province with the Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Commission contining to regulate it.
The only licensed online gambling platform in Alberta is Play Alberta. Bill 48 would regulate the province’s ‘grey market’ and allow offshore operators that operate in Alberta, like Bet365 and Bodog, to get a gaming license.
The government says the goal of an online gaming market would be to safeguard Alberta players by introducing exclusion tools and to earn revenue that is being lost to offshore platforms.
Alberta lawmakers said they had used Ontario as a reference for the legislation. Ontario is Canada’s only province regulating online gaming, which generated CA$2.2 billion (US$1.53 billion)1 CAD = 0.6954 USD
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“Albertans have said to us, ‘why don’t you do the same here? Why don’t you put in place safety measures? Why don’t you stop the money from leaving the province, and keep some of it in Alberta?’ ” Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction Minister Dale Nally said in an interview with CBC. “To be clear, gambling is never safe, but you can make it safer. And that’s what we’re going to do.”
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