{"id":783,"date":"2017-05-10T13:56:18","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T13:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/?p=783"},"modified":"2017-05-10T13:56:18","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T13:56:18","slug":"online-sports-betting-continues-to-thrive-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/blog\/online-sports-betting-continues-to-thrive-in-canada","title":{"rendered":"Online Sports Betting Continues To Thrive In Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/sports-betting.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Although highly restricted in several countries, online sports betting is flourishing in Canada as a result of an ambiguous regulatory framework that has allowed offshore operators to freely offer services to Canadians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a local newspaper report, Canadians have been using such <a href=\"\/top-10-betting-sites\">betting sites for all forms of wagering without any restrictions<\/a> and the authorities have largely been ignoring the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Canada administration of gambling is the responsibility of provinces. There are limited federal laws dealing with internet gambling resulting in a legal grey area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based out of offshore countries like <strong>Gibraltar, Antigua and the Isle of Man<\/strong>, there are a number of such offshore companies that offer a host of betting options including sports betting without having to submit to scrutiny by the Canadian government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement, <strong>Chad Finkelstein<\/strong>, a gaming law expert said<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The criminal code was written decades ago, and these provisions with respect to gaming were drafted in the 1960s and haven&#8217;t really been updated since. These provisions were not drafted with anything remotely resembling the internet ever contemplated. So we have outdated, antiquated provisions, which makes it difficult to apply to a modern gaming business<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the reason that none of the offshore companies have faced any action in Canada. There are no laws that would allow the country\u2019s legal system to hold the companies liable which has resulted in their unfettered operations according to <strong>Michael Lipton<\/strong>, a gaming law expert with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dickinson-wright.com\">Dickinson Wright<\/a> in Toronto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are also no restrictions imposed by the Canadian banking industry. Gamblers can use any of the local banks to carry out betting transactions either directly or via credit cards. Even if there were any curbs, a frequent player Steve pointed out that he could use a third party account or an online venture to circumvent them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada is a lucrative market for online bookmakers, accounting for anywhere between 8 percent and 14 percent of the global gaming market, according to Lipton\u2019s estimates As per <strong>Paul Burns<\/strong>, vice president of the Canadian Gaming Association, it is estimated that Canadians place wagers worth nearly $4 billion a year through offshore sportsbooks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In comparison, Canadians spent just around $500 million on local sports lottery games like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.proline.ca\/\">Pro-Line in Ontario<\/a>. Burns further stated that the total amount of bets could be billions more if the bets between friends or those made with illegal bookies is included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pointing out that the industry was potentially a significant source of revenue, Lipton believes that it was high time for the government to review and revise the gambling framework in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Although highly restricted in several countries, online sports betting is flourishing in Canada as a result of an ambiguous regulatory framework that has allowed offshore operators to freely offer services to Canadians. According to a local newspaper report, Canadians have been using such betting sites for all forms of wagering without any restrictions and the [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Online Sports Betting Continues To Thrive In Canada<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Online betting is flourishing in Canada as a result of an ambiguous regulatory framework that has allowed offshore operators to freely offer services to Canadians\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/blog\/online-sports-betting-continues-to-thrive-in-canada\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Online Sports Betting Continues To Thrive In Canada\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Online betting is flourishing in Canada as a result of an ambiguous regulatory framework that has allowed offshore operators to freely offer services to Canadians\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/blog\/online-sports-betting-continues-to-thrive-in-canada\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Betting.ca\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-05-10T13:56:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/sports-betting.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Milica Zivic\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Milica Zivic\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/blog\/online-sports-betting-continues-to-thrive-in-canada\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/blog\/online-sports-betting-continues-to-thrive-in-canada\",\"name\":\"Online Sports Betting Continues To Thrive In Canada\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/blog\/online-sports-betting-continues-to-thrive-in-canada#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/blog\/online-sports-betting-continues-to-thrive-in-canada#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/sports-betting.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-10T13:56:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-05-10T13:56:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/3310a7a1d0cb2d64ed8da64475a72515\"},\"description\":\"Online betting is flourishing in Canada as a result of an ambiguous regulatory framework that has allowed offshore operators to freely offer services to Canadians\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/blog\/online-sports-betting-continues-to-thrive-in-canada#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/blog\/online-sports-betting-continues-to-thrive-in-canada\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/blog\/online-sports-betting-continues-to-thrive-in-canada#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/sports-betting.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/sports-betting.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/blog\/online-sports-betting-continues-to-thrive-in-canada#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Online Sports Betting Continues To Thrive In Canada\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/\",\"name\":\"Betting.ca\",\"description\":\"Welcome to Betting.ca, a Canadian online sports betting site that specializes in presenting the latest sports betting news and valuable sports betting information for the residents of Canada. Betting.ca is a comprehensive sports betting site for Canadians who have a penchant for placing bets on local, national, and international sports events and are always looking for valuable information about sports betting.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/3310a7a1d0cb2d64ed8da64475a72515\",\"name\":\"Milica Zivic\",\"description\":\"Milica is a keen sports enthusiast , she often contributes to betting.ca as well as other sites. Milica enjoys betting on varies events such as sports and others.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/milica-zivic-965089131\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/author\/milica-zivic\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Online Sports Betting Continues To Thrive In Canada","description":"Online betting is flourishing in Canada as a result of an ambiguous regulatory framework that has allowed offshore operators to freely offer services to Canadians","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/blog\/online-sports-betting-continues-to-thrive-in-canada","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Online Sports Betting Continues To Thrive In Canada","og_description":"Online betting is flourishing in Canada as a result of an ambiguous regulatory framework that has allowed offshore operators to freely offer services to Canadians","og_url":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/blog\/online-sports-betting-continues-to-thrive-in-canada","og_site_name":"Betting.ca","article_published_time":"2017-05-10T13:56:18+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/sports-betting.jpg"}],"author":"Milica Zivic","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Milica Zivic","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/blog\/online-sports-betting-continues-to-thrive-in-canada","url":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/blog\/online-sports-betting-continues-to-thrive-in-canada","name":"Online Sports Betting Continues To Thrive In Canada","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/blog\/online-sports-betting-continues-to-thrive-in-canada#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/blog\/online-sports-betting-continues-to-thrive-in-canada#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/sports-betting.jpg","datePublished":"2017-05-10T13:56:18+00:00","dateModified":"2017-05-10T13:56:18+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/3310a7a1d0cb2d64ed8da64475a72515"},"description":"Online betting is flourishing in Canada as a result of an ambiguous regulatory framework that has allowed offshore operators to freely offer services to Canadians","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/blog\/online-sports-betting-continues-to-thrive-in-canada#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/blog\/online-sports-betting-continues-to-thrive-in-canada"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/blog\/online-sports-betting-continues-to-thrive-in-canada#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/sports-betting.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/sports-betting.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/blog\/online-sports-betting-continues-to-thrive-in-canada#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Online Sports Betting Continues To Thrive In Canada"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/","name":"Betting.ca","description":"Welcome to Betting.ca, a Canadian online sports betting site that specializes in presenting the latest sports betting news and valuable sports betting information for the residents of Canada. Betting.ca is a comprehensive sports betting site for Canadians who have a penchant for placing bets on local, national, and international sports events and are always looking for valuable information about sports betting.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-CA"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/3310a7a1d0cb2d64ed8da64475a72515","name":"Milica Zivic","description":"Milica is a keen sports enthusiast , she often contributes to betting.ca as well as other sites. Milica enjoys betting on varies events such as sports and others.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/milica-zivic-965089131\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/author\/milica-zivic"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}