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Online
Gambling
in
Canada
Under
Fire
March
14,
2008
There
have
been
some
rumblings
for
some
time
now
that
the
Canadian
federal
government
may
be
looking
to
go
after
online
gambling
within
the
country.
There
are
several
sites
in
places
like
the
Kahnawake
Reserve
near
Montreal,
and
they
may
be
attempting
to
put
an
end
to
the
online
gambling
that
is
offered
through
the
reservation.
However,
even
though
online
gambling
is
already
illegal
in
the
country,
the
Mohawk
of
Kahnawake
says
that
law
has
nothing
to
do
with
them.
They
say
that
they
are
a
sovereign
nation
and
therefore
can
offer
online
gambling
as
much
as
they
please.
The
reserve
is
home
to
hundreds
of
online
gambling
sites,
including
some
of
the
biggest
names
in
the
industry.
In
fact
they
are
considered
to
have
more
online
gambling
operators
running
through
them
than
the
majority
of
locations
across
the
world.
The
tribe
has
been
offering
online
gambling
for
some
time,
and
has
pretty
much
stayed
under
the
radar
of
the
Canadian
government,
however
with
the
recent
illegal
online
gambling
charges
faced
by
one
of
their
customers
the
tribe
found
themselves
back
in
the
spotlight
again.
The
customer
paid
a $2
million
fine,
but
that
did
not
seem
to
quell
the
problems
that
the
government
had
with
the
online
gambling
industry.
The
government
has
stepped
forward
and
is
working
to
get
rid
of
the
online
gambling
that
goes
on
there.
They
have
several
officers
of
their
government
working
to
get
online
gambling
made
illegal
at
the
site
as
they
say
that
it
is a
blight
on
the
people
of
Canada.
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