Single Game Sports Betting On The Cards Again In Canada (update)

By Brian Cullingworth, Last updated Sep 9, 2016

Long-running fight to unfetter Canadian sports betting leads to new Commons review later this month

The long drawn out saga of attempts to move Canada's sports betting legislation into the 21st century with single game sports betting will have another run on September 21 when bill C-221 is scheduled for a committee review in the House of Commons.
Lawmakers on the Committee on Justice and Human Rights will decide whether to commit the measure for further review or kill it off. In April this year the newly elected Canadian Liberal Party government back-pedalled on the current proposal, consigning it to possible death by committee.
InfoPowa readers will recall that previous Bill C-290 attempts to pass this legislation received massive support in the Commons but were derailed in the Senate by political manouevring and delaying tactics.
The current iteration of the bill, dubbed "The Safe & Regulated Sports Act" is sponsored by Windsor MP Brian Masse, and seeks to amend Canada's criminal law by making it legal for a state licensed individual or entity "to conduct and manage a lottery scheme in the province that involves betting on a race or fight or on a single sport event / athletic contest."
Assuming the proposal makes it out of committee and through the Commons, it will still face the challenge of a hostile opposition in the Senate.
Until full passage is achieved, Canadian punters are stuck with the present regime, which permits sports wagering only in a pooled parlay format.

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Brian Cullingworth

Infopowa news was a staple of Casinomeister’s news from 2000 until 2019. Brian Cullingworth was the main writer, contributor, and was one of the most knowledgeable persons I have ever known involved in the online casino industry.

We first met in January 2001 at the ICE in London where I observed him going booth to booth interviewing online casino, software, and licensing jurisdiction representatives. Brian was also heavily involved with our forum as “Jetset“, he was involved as an informal consultant to eCOGRA, the OPA, and was a player advocate who assisted countless aggrieved players with his connections to industry folks. He also published “Casino Cautions” via Infopowa news for quite a number of years. These can be found in our news archives.

His passing in February 2019 was a dark day for us. He will be forever missed.


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