XPost: can.politics, bc.politics   
   From: Panca@nyet.ca   
      
   On 11/4/2014 3:27 PM, simplicity wrote:   
   > ANTONELLA ARTUSO | QMI AGENCY   
   >   
   > TORONTO ─ Ontario will launch its long-awaited Internet gaming site within   
   weeks.   
   >   
   > The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) issued an invitation to   
   53,000 loyal customers Tuesday offering them a sneak peak at the site before   
   it opens to the general public.   
   >   
   > Players will be able to try their hand at a variety of video slot games,   
   single player poker, blackjack, baccarat and roulette, the OLG says.   
   >   
   > OLG spokesperson Tony Bitoni said the site will offer a secure alternative   
   to "grey market" online gaming sites currently available to Ontarians.   
   >   
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   > Bitoni is perfectly right. If you cannot eliminate them, join them. Get your   
   rightful piece of the pie.   
   >   
   > So, what will come next, Ms. Wynne? Pimping?   
      
      
      
   You guys in Ontario are waaaaay behind the times.  We had our 'government   
   expanded online gambling' happen nearly 5 years ago.   
   And we're still running deficit budgets and big debts.   
      
   Our Premier is may be cuter than Kathleen Wynne, but she was well ahead of your   
   Premier in the 'pimping' game.   
   ONE month after taking office is when the gambling expansion happened.   
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   CBC News Posted: Jul 15, 2010   
   Online gambling expansion launched by B.C.   
      
   The B.C. government has launched a major expansion of its online gambling   
   operations — including a plan to open North America's first government-run   
   online poker rooms later this year.   
      
   Minister for Housing and Social Development Rich Coleman made the announcement   
   Thursday morning along with officials from the government-owned B.C. Lottery   
   Corporation.   
      
   Coleman said BCLC will expand its existing online gambling website,   
   PlayNow.com, to include betting on casino games, bingo, sports, lotteries and   
   other games, with the aim of generating about $100 million in revenue.   
      
   The casino games offered on the expanded site include slots, blackjack,   
   roulette, baccarat and craps, with plans to add peer-to-peer poker later this   
   year.   
      
   Coleman said the global online gambling industry is worth about $20 billion,   
   and the province wants to recover the estimated $100 million B.C. residents   
   spend on illegal online gambling websites operated offshore.   
      
   "We want to ensure that money gambled in B.C. stays in the province to benefit   
   B.C.," said Coleman.   
      
   	   
   http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/online-gambling-e   
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