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Protecting Online Casino Interests

The international media right now is rampant with news that all of the major Canadian provinces are on the brink of legalizing the online casinos and creating their own licensing systems that will allow Canadians to finally gamble legally within the state. This action has been a long time coming because the Canadian government has consistently refused to even acknowledge the situation and create new regulations and policies that address the situation. Now though, the Native tribes in Canada are looking for ways to actually protect their own sovereignty by launching individual gambling commissions outside of those created by the Canadian provinces. The action is happening fast toward Canadian regulation and the native tribes in British Columbia in particular are worried that the new online casino developments will override their right to also regulate, license and operate internet gambling sites out of their reservations.

The British Columbian tribes are following the lead of the Mohawk Nation in Quebec which has consistently maintained its sovereignty by keeping strong controls in place and operating the Kahnawake Gaming Commission no matter what the Canadian government has done to step in and take control. Additionally, British Columbia is the only Canadian province that has not used collected revenues from the online casinos as a way to give back and support the tribal nations. The tribes are now considering ways to follow the lead of the Mohawk tribe while also negotiating with the BC government to more clearly and consistently earmark some of the gambling revenues to the tribes to help with the poverty and low education levels.

There have been no set plans in the situation yet but the native tribes residing in BC are hoping that the government will really step up to the plate and work with them to better drag the tribal nation out of poverty.