This report explores the spread of Internet gambling, including motivations to gamble, consumer behaviour online, problem gambling, security of websites, and the fairness and integrity of games.
This Chronicle Herald article reports that Nova Scotia will not introduce government-regulated online gambling at the time of publication.
This Guardian article reports that Prince Edward Island will not pursue provincially regulated online gambling at the time of publication.
This article from Halifax's Chronicle Herald discusses the Finance Minister's August 2010 announcement that Nova Scotia may offer Internet gambling, even if its partners in the Atlantic Lottery Corporation decide not to.
As online gambling has grown, national governments have developed different ways to handle it.
Internet Gambling: Prevalence, Patterns, Problems, and Policy Options
In light of persisting ambiguities and gaps in the existing academic and policy literature, this report comprises one of the most thorough academic examinations of Internet gamblers to date. The first part of the report provides a comprehensive review of the history of Internet gambling, the current worldwide situation, regulatory frameworks for Internet gambling in different jurisdictions, and concerns with Internet gambling.
Prepared by Robert J. Williams and Robert T. Wood of the University of Lethbridge, this review is "an attempt to comprehensively identify and synthesize the literature concerning Internet gambling."
Internet regulatory frameworks around the world are widely divergent. This 2008 research paper explores regulatory standards in jurisdictions around the world, and organizes them into 3 distinct tiers: regimes focused on maximum player protection and compliance; regimes characterized by a more flexible approach aimed at attracting a higher number of operators; and regimes that allow companies to conduct Internet gambling in an unregulated environment.
Internet Gambling Article
Legalize and regulate online gambling, this study urges; betting online "has the potential to be more addictive than casino gambling."
Internet Gambling Report – 6th Edition
Available for order, this report represents an ultimate legal resource on internet gambling Authorized by leading experts of online gambling, it outlines an up-to-date review of the legal and political aspects of internet gambling. The guide includes such significant topics as regulation, marketing and advertising, taxation, and online poker.
Internet Gambling and the Canadian Conundrum
Canada has not yet enacted a legal framework to address the issue of internet gambling, as it poses several challenging issues for policy makers. In both the US and Australia, legislators are struggling over what level of government should control internet gambling. In Canada, the issue is whether or not internet gambling is a desirable public policy option.
Internet Gambling Among Youth: A Preliminary Examination
This article investigates the prevalence of online gambling among Canadian and American youth, and the role of “practice sites” play in the lure of adolescents into gambling for wages. The author also explores the role of advertising in the promotion of gambling to youth.
