It's home to Gambling911.com, which is purely an industry-focused news and
information website, and soon may be home to a number of online gambling
entities that actually take bets from around the globe. Alberta Canada is
seriously considering regulation of online gambling. Maxine Maudie of Sun
Media reports that a spokesman for the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission
yesterday said the organization has commissioned a poll to determine
Albertans' feelings about online gambling. "The commission is gauging
whether to set up Internet gambling shops in the province. "The survey began
with a telephone poll and now 800 Albertans are being contacted online."
"It's getting a bit of insight into what Albertans are doing now,"said
Marilyn Carlyle-Helms. The poll is looking at poker, bingo and blackjack. It
should wrap up mid-February, with results tabulated sometime in March.
Carlyle-Helms said that if the province were to allow Internet gambling
sites to be based out of Alberta – with the government taking a cut of the
action – it won't happen for a long time. In November, it was projected
Alberta would take in $1.4 billion from gambling in the province this fiscal
year.