Single-Event Sports Betting: Decriminalization in the Cards as Bill C-218 Passes House of Commons
By EsqSocial Corporation 26/04/21
On April 22, 2021, an amended Bill C-218, which seeks to allow single-event sports betting in Canada, passed its third reading in the House of Commons. As discussed in our February 2021 Blakes Bulletin: Single-Event Sports Betting: Place Your Bets on Which Bill Makes It Across the Line, there were previously two competing bills seeking to decriminalize single-event sports betting: a government sponsored Bill C-13, introduced by the federal government last year; and Bill C-218, a private...
By: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP