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Quebec Government May Force ISPs To Block Gambling Websites

Posted by Soulskill on from the good-luck-on-your-saving-throw dept.

New submitter ottawan- writes: In order to drive more customers to their own online gambling website, the Quebec government and Loto-Quebec (the provincial organization in charge of gaming and lotteries) are thinking about forcing the province's ISPs to block all other online gambling websites. The list of websites to be blocked will be maintained by Loto-Quebec, and the government believes that the blocking will increase government revenue by up to $27 million (CAD) per year.

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  1. It's the law here... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Seriously, Loto Quebec is basically the law when it comes to gambling stuff. Anybody who doesn't pay them, cannot legally operate any sort of gambling or giveaways in Quebec. Which is why 99.99% of online giveaways, even if they are based in Canada, exclude Quebec.

  2. Will they block Kahnawake? by ghn · · Score: 3, Informative

    The Kahnawake Gaming Commission is located inside the Quebec borders, and they operate a large datacenter dedicated to online gambling.. They host many high-profile gambling site.

    This is not a "foreign" operation at all.

    Will ppl have to VPN through the USA or another canadian province to come back to a QC operated gambling site. That is ridiculous..

    https://www.gamingcommission.c...