New bill tries to rein in online gambling

Good morning.

Where is online sports betting legal and how are some provinces operating differently than others? Because this is not a blanket story.

It's different in different

jurisdictions.

It is.

It's a bit of a patchwork across the country, but essentially in 2021, the federal government changed the criminal code to allow single event sports betting.

So Ontario hopped on board very quickly and And Alberta has just followed suit in this past summer.

But Ontario's had it in place since 2021.

And 2022, they started allowing private operators to also run online casinos.

So when we're talking about sports betting, we're also talking about companies that are providing games and apps for blackjack, roulette, casino-style games.

And that's where a lot of the revenue is actually coming from.

You and I are both sitting in Toronto and you can hear those ads all across various networks.

Where can you see ads for private companies like these?

Well, certainly sports broadcasts is where most people in other parts of the country are going to see them because they bleed across borders.

The leagues are sponsors, broadcasters.

I mean, CBC has even, you know, at times when we're carrying hockey, we're carrying whatever ads are going on.

But they also get woven into social media channels.

video games uh and so they they're at a lot of this advertising is really targeting

young men sports fans interesting you just picked up your phone the phone is a key part of this because if you are in a jurisdiction where these sites are not prevalent can you are people able to circumvent the laws of their provinces and access those sites

They can.

They can also go offshore and use other jurisdictions or black market sites.

But it doesn't take much to use a VPN and be able to play in Ontario, even if you're located in a jurisdiction.

say, Saskatchewan that doesn't have

provincially allowed private sites.

Good morning.

Where is online sports betting legal and how are some provinces operating differently than others? Because this is not a blanket story.

It's different in different

jurisdictions.

It is.

It's a bit of a patchwork across the country, but essentially in 2021, the federal government changed the criminal code to allow single event sports betting.

So Ontario hopped on board very quickly and And Alberta has just followed suit in this past summer.

But Ontario's had it in place since 2021.

And 2022, they started allowing private operators to also run online casinos.

So when we're talking about sports betting, we're also talking about companies that are providing games and apps for blackjack, roulette, casino-style games.

And that's where a lot of the revenue is actually coming from.

You and I are both sitting in Toronto and you can hear those ads all across various networks.

Where can you see ads for private companies like these?

Well, certainly sports broadcasts is where most people in other parts of the country are going to see them because they bleed across borders.

The leagues are sponsors, broadcasters.

I mean, CBC has even, you know, at times when we're carrying hockey, we're carrying whatever ads are going on.

But they also get woven into social media channels.

video games uh and so they they're at a lot of this advertising is really targeting

young men sports fans interesting you just picked up your phone the phone is a key part of this because if you are in a jurisdiction where these sites are not prevalent can you are people able to circumvent the laws of their provinces and access those sites

They can.

They can also go offshore and use other jurisdictions or black market sites.

But it doesn't take much to use a VPN and be able to play in Ontario, even if you're located in a jurisdiction.

say, Saskatchewan that doesn't have

provincially allowed private sites.