Canada Senator: “Just Isn’T Enough Time” To Pass Sports Betting Legislation

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http://calvinayre.com/2013/04/10/business/canada-sports-betting-legislation-to-die-on-order-paper/

 

 

Canada’s single-game sports betting legislation is likely headed for defeat after facing sustained opposition in the country’s Senate. Senator Bob Runciman (pictured right), a key backer of the C-290 sports betting legislation introduced into the House of Commons last year by MP Joe Comartin (NDP-Windsor-Tecumseh), told the QMI Agency that he expects the bill to die on the order paper before the Senate breaks for summer in a few weeks.

Canada currently limits sports betting to parlay wagering offered by its provincial lottery corporations, but C-290 would amend the Criminal Code to permit Nevada-style single-game wagers. Unfortunately, Runciman says the sheer volume of senators looking to publicly state their opposition to C-290 on the Senate floor means there “just isn’t enough time on the calendar” to hold an actual vote.

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