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Under Canadian Investigation

The Canadian government has a traditionally hands-off approach when it comes to the country’s online casinos gambling and licensing industry; but all of that could be in the process of change. According the Canadian news stories, the Canadian government is currently investigating legislation (or lack of legislation) regarding internet gambling. The attack seems to be specifically against Canada’s Mohawk tribe of Kahnawake which currently licenses and regulates dozens of online casinos gambling sites. The Kahnawake Gaming Commission has an international internet gambling presence, and the tribe claims that the Canadian government has no authority to ban or block the tribe’s internet gambling related activities.

At this point all of the concerns and debate are merely speculation, but the tribes are adamant that they will not tolerate attempts by the federal government to block online casinos gambling activities. The tribes are apparently sovereign nations and therefore not under governmental control.

Canadian Minister of Justice Rob Nicholson has not made any firm decisions on the issue at this point noted a spokesperson. The spokesperson, Genevieve Breton, remarked, "Following recent concerns surrounding Internet gambling in Canada, the Minister of Justice has asked his officials to examine whether the enforcement of the Criminal Code provisions could be assisted with other measures.”

Many are theorizing that this investigation could lead to a Canadian ban similar to the U.S.’s ineffective online casinos ban, the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIEGA). But the fact of the matter is that the U.S.’s ban has encountered severe problems when it comes to actually enforcing the ban at financial institutions. Most are now speculating that the Canadian investigation into the online casino gambling industry will lead to regulation and taxation in the industry rather than a ban.