LS101 Lecture 8: LS Reading Gambling
18 Oct 2016
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Pari-mutuel betting - gambling on horse races with cuts going to the track, horsemen and state, and games that pro ted a cause. Now provinces can regulate gambling - lottery and casino. R v. pamajewon - won the right to regulate aggressive games of bingo on their reserves. Gambling for high stake was not independent to the native culture and therefor was not under the right to self government. Fn gambling is still under the province. Pro t from gambling continues to increase across canada. Illegal gambling is considered a victimless crime as there is consent from the plaintiff. Largest source of illegal gambling is betting on individual sports games - huge pro ts for book keepers. No public pressure exerted to control it. Complaints are infrequent and enforcement is sporadic. Criminal law is ineffective in controlling it. Public often does not see gambling as that bad and is weakly enforced as a result.
