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Quite Acceptance

The Canadian online casino gambling industry has been a major concern over the past several years and a lot of fervor and media attention brought the issue of illegal internet gambling right to the politicians and policy makers. For a while it seemed as if the Canadians themselves, backed by outraged interest groups and racetrack owners were going to force the government to take action against all of the illegal internet gambling activity that takes place within Canada. The government began to assess the issue and talk about the negative effects of an unregulated online casino gambling industry on the country’s economy. All of these talks though have now led nowhere and the issue has been curbed and pushed to the back burner once again.

A major problem that has stopped the government from acting to stop online casino gambling in the country is the issue of the licensing jurisdiction of the Kahnawake Gaming Commission. The Mohawk tribe operates a licensing establishment that houses servers for online casinos and licenses them to operate in the internet gambling industry. The Canadian government is largely unsure of its jurisdiction over the Mohawk tribe. The Mohawks insist that they are a sovereign nation and thus the Canadian government has no control to limit their licensing operation. The subject is very sticky though and the government is opting to trod lightly.

But while the government skirts the issue, online casinos are flourishing in the Canadian market and are competing with land industries that can not afford the losses in revenue. Namely, the horseracing tracks are reporting sharp losses as punters head to the internet bookies for better odds. And though this has been happening for years, the initial outcry seems to have waned and many supporters of a regulated internet gambling market are merely slipping into complacency and quite acceptance.