Would be that online gambling advertisers in the Ontario province of Canada will need to update their knowledge on what is and is not permitted following the passage of a consumer protection bill containing advertising restrictions, which was passed by the provincial legislature this week.
According to an assessment in p2pnet.net News by Michael Geist, who holds the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa, the new legislation contains provisions prohibiting the advertising of Internet gambling sites.
The provisions underwent important changes at committee level, however, so that the final bill looks somewhat different from the one that was introduced in the fall.
Geist writes that when first introduced, the bill contained a blanket prohibition on advertising an "an Internet site that operates an internet gaming business contrary to the Criminal Code.
This bill is very similar to the Bill passed in U.S. at the end of 2002 when Online Gambling sites could not advertise on search engines and other types of media, although they could operate in those markets.
The latest Act (Unlawful Internet Gambling) also prohibit Online Gambling with all of it means for U.S. players to wager and operate any transaction.
December 17, 2006, 10:44 pm (1 year ago)
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