It’s often called a ‘legal grey area’ but we take a look at how grey it really is?
Online gambling is often called a “legal grey area,” but does that mean Canadians playing a few hands of internet poker in their living rooms should one day expect a SWAT team to crash through the door and seize their laptop?
The short answer is no. The longer answer, as might be expected, is less black and white. Whether the issue is offshore gambling sites, file sharing, or Uber, the laws of the land are still taking time to catch up to the complexities of a connected world.
In Canada, gambling falls under provincial jurisdiction. That much is clear. The greyness stems from the internet, which doesn’t pay attention to provincial boundaries. Thousands of offshore gaming sites are based in locales such as Gibraltar, the Isle of Man, and Cyprus, where gambling rules are wide open and governments welcome the tax revenue.
Paul Haavardsrud – CBC NEWS – Mar 25, 2015
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