The Canadian province of Ontario will launch their first online casino in 2012. The new casino will be run by the Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corporation. Canadian law allows provincial governments to set-up online casinos, but does not allow foreign operators to acquire a gaming license.

“Across Canada and around the world, online commerce is part of our everyday lives and OLG is excited to start the consultation process for online gaming and growing its marketplace in the future,” said Paul Godfrey, Chairman for the OLG. “The OLG’s Internet gaming programme will stress responsible gaming while providing an enjoyable experience for Ontario players.” The provincial government on Ontario is taking its time to launch an online casino that will offer a superior gaming experience while also protecting the privacy and personal information of it’s players. Ontario has learned a lot from British Colombia’s attempt to quickly launch an online casino. They’ve decided to take their time and they’ve given themselves roughly 2 years.

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The province of British Colombia in Canada has launched the first online casino in North America. It is illegal to own and operate an online casino from the United States and Mexico, but provincial
governments in Canada are now able to offer legal online casino gambling to Canadian citizens.

PlayNow.com is the new online casino that is using the Openbet casino software. This casino is being operated by the British Colombia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) and they have already registered 140,000 new players from the provinces in Canada. The revenue from this new online casino will be used to fund educational programs as well as essential Canadian services.

BCLC plans to launched an online poker room later this year to accomodate online poker players throughout Canada. Canadians will be able to play at a legal online poker room that only accepts players from Canada. While this is a great opportunity for Canadians to gamble legally over the Internet, some Canadian players will still continue to play at online casinos hosted offshore.

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