Canadian Chamber CEO urges Senate to pass sports betting bill

Gaming Intelligence – The Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the largest and most representative national business association in Canada, has urged the country’s Senators to legalise single-event sports betting, arguing that it should be the provinces that should be able to decide whether to allow it. A bill to amend Canada’s Criminal Code to allow for betting on a single sports event was introduced in 2011 by Joe Comartin MP and received cross-party approval in the House of Commons in March 2012, but has since stalled in the Senate in the face of opposition from North American sports leagues who argue…