Canadian legislation
 

Does anyone know what the current Canadian laws are regarding depositing money into Poker sites? Have there been any discussions by the Canadian government?

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I only withdraw, and that's totally legal.

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It is legal.

The more valid question is how long before Canada follows the US and bans it? [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

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It is legal.

The more valid question is how long before Canada follows the US and bans it? [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

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Seriously? I can't picture our government passing a law to make online poker illegal - With the US on the other hand, it really wasn't any surprise to me at all.

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There is no legislation dealing with on line poker in Canada. Its a grey area thats never been addressed and hopefully never will be. I wouldn't worry about, I seem to recall someone quoting the PC governement as saying there are better things to deal with.

The US governement and country are much more to the right as compare to Canada

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It is legal.

The more valid question is how long before Canada follows the US and bans it? [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

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Canadas laws resemble the UK's laws way more than American laws

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Most license eg party ect. are licensed in Kahnawake Mohawk Territory (Quebec/Canada)

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Partypoker poker gaming servers located in the Mohawk Territory of Kahnawake. In addition to its Gibraltar gaming licence, PartyGaming holds a secondary gaming licence issued by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission.


The Kahnawake Gaming Law was enacted in 1996 by the Kahnawake Mohawk Council to permit online gaming operators to be licensed in the Kahnawake Mohawk Territory, an Indian reserve.

Last time the gov acted against the Kahnawake tribe several tribe members were killed since then the Canadian gov have gone to great lengths to avoid any conflicts with them. This is a can of worms the Canadian gov doesn't want to open any time soon.

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It is legal.

The more valid question is how long before Canada follows the US and bans it? [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

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Erm yea... that's likely to happen lol. I'm not so arrogant as to say that Canada won't ever try to legislate or regulate online gaming, but it certainly won't be because they feel a need to 'follow the US'.

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Neteller is also a Canadian company. I believe FTP and Stars are licensed by the same tribe, though I'm not positive.

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Actually, the RCMP and at least one Minister has said that they consider online poker illegal.
They just aren't prepared to do anything about it yet, probably becuase they would be on shaky legal ground.