Ontario Canada Gamblers May Get Single Game Sports Betting Soon
Joe Comartin, the federal MP for Windsor-Tecumseh in Ontario Canada has proposal to open up single-game sports betting in Canada. The legislation C-290 looks at restructuring the section of the Criminal Code that makes it unlawful for provincial lotteries to offer anything but parlay sports betting. Last November the bill passed a second reading in the House of Commons and was made available to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights for further examination. The Committee then unanimously approved Comartin’s bill, which has sent it back to Parliament for a third reading and if approved again it will go to the Senate for final approval.
While officials from British Columbia and Ontario have offered written support for the proposal the National Hockey League and the National Football League have voiced their adamant opposition to Bill C-290. Comartin testified before the Committee that authorizing single-game sports betting “would provide Canadian gaming operations with a significant competitive advantage over US competitors.”
Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Gaming Association, Bill Rutsey, supporting the move was quoted as saying the country’s gaming laws “currently do not respect the modern reality of sports wagering. This bill is a tool for both law enforcement and economic development. It’s a no-brainer – this is a way to catch up with what Canadians are already doing. Ontario is suffering from a deficit after a number of factors have cut available revenues to the province putting the region in a precarious financial situation.
A recently released report by former Toronto Dominion Bank chief economist Don Drummond include closing one of Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corp.’s two head offices in Toronto or Sault Ste. Marie, and closing Casino Niagara, one of OLG’s two casinos in Niagara Falls.
Comartin is saying the bill “would generate about $70m in wagering in Windsor alone.” This would go a long way to ease the financial burden and provide more economic prosperity for the southern Ontario city and Ontario.
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