Known for its bacon, hockey, mounties, bad beer (yah, I said it), maple syrup, lesser side of Niagara Falls, river boat trading circa 1857, duty-free goods, full contact lap dances, and Crown Royal — Canada will soon to be famous for its legalized provincial gaming.
The Quebec government recently approved of the province’s lottery commission, opening up the doors for the launch of a government regulated gaming site in 2010. The new site, run by the gaming company Loto-Quebec, will ONLY be available for residents of Quebec, eventually opening up to any other provinces which decidedly bow down to the system as George Orwell’s 1984 turns faster from fiction to revelation.
In a recent trend of state legislation trying to cash their ticket in the lucrative world of internet gaming, Canada is only the latest to follow the curve. The first of its kind, a similar regulated system was passed in Sweden in 2006, with Austria following suit 2008. Let’s also not forget the US players ban in 2006, as pros and hobbyists alike were left scrambling through the grey areas of a brash and irreverent ruling for places to play. At the core of these laws is yet another government trying to put its hand in the totalitarian honey pot.
Other great ideas throughout the history of mankind up to par with this new site include: The Hindenburg, The Titanic, Crystal Pepsi, Matt LeBlanc’s “Friends” spin-off “Joey”, “The Postman” with Kevin Costner, and any album released by Steven Seagal.
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Ok – so Football Christmas is only days away and we’re going to see the Colts (-5) take on the Saints (+5). In all of this media hype and national attention, I’d like to ask “what about the poker?”
