{"id":4511,"date":"2019-11-28T23:24:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T05:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackjackinfo.com\/?p=4511"},"modified":"2019-11-29T21:49:28","modified_gmt":"2019-11-30T03:49:28","slug":"el-estado-actual-de-la-ley-para-el-blackjack-en-linea-en-america-del-norte-mas-alla-de","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackjackinfo.com\/es\/the-current-state-of-the-law-for-online-blackjack-in-north-america-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"El estado actual de la ley del Blackjack Online en Norteam\u00e9rica y m\u00e1s all\u00e1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some movement has occured in online gambling laws in North America over the last year. A lot has also been happening in Europe recently. One of the latest developments was the announcement that virtual gaming platforms will be fully legal in Belarus<\/a> beginning April 1, 2019. This followed a Presidential Decree signed on August 7.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in Europe this month:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ukraine –<\/strong> Poker has been added back to the “National Sport” category, making it legal again
\nItaly –<\/strong> Contention over gambling ad ban
\nSweden<\/strong> will accept online license applications from the private sector
\nRussia<\/strong> plans to crack down on illegal gambling outside of “Entertainment Zones”<\/p>\n

In Norway<\/h3>\n

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For the most part, Norway has long had a gambling monopoly dominated by two local state companies, Norsk Tipping<\/a> and Norsk Rikstoto,<\/a> who provide gambling services which are limited to lotteries, Keno and various other games to Norwegians.<\/p>\n

However, there has been a steady increase in popularity of offshore casinos who are able to provide a more comprehensive gaming catalog (making online blackjack in Norway<\/a> possible) .  Even though it is technically illegal, there has been very little the government has been able to do to reduce access to these offerings.  Measures have been put in place to ban international transactions between Norwegian banks and offshore operators but these efforts are not slowing down the popularity of foreign casinos at all.<\/p>\n

In fact, a study conducted by Menon Economics<\/a> show that more than 50% of all online gambling activity is offshore <\/strong>and this growth in popularity of foreign online casinos is most likely to increase.<\/p>\n

For the time being, the Norwegian government is still adamant in keeping the current gambling monopoly however, licensing is beginning to become a viable solution as Norwegian politician Tage Petter states:<\/p>\n

We have to have a discussion about licensing before we are forced to do so\u2026 Today we don\u2019t have control over the gambling market. We can\u2019t stop the foreign companies, and we have to remember that Norway is not a deserted island that does not get affected by the outside world<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In Canada<\/h3>\n

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\nWe see a July decision by the Superior Court of Qu\u00e9bec which effectively punched a gaping hole in the Crown Corporation’s monopoly there. Loto Quebec was able to get a law passed in May 2016 that included “consumer protection” language requiring internet service providers to block access to “non-decriminalized” online gambling sites. The court ruled that the provision was crafted to protect gambling revenues, not consumers, and declared that part of Bill 74 unconstitutional<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More details on the current state of the law in Canada, and why online blackjack is legal there can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For those unfamiliar with the regulatory landscape in Canada, there is a federal law which states that provinces have complete control of gambling regulation. However, the federal government maintains control of telecommunications. The province had planned to force ISPs to do their bidding in a domain that belongs to the federal government.<\/p>\n

All areas of the country operate gambling under a Crown Corporation that is also responsible for the lottery system in the region or province. Online gambling services are provided by these state-owned companies in association with private enterprise. In BC<\/a>, you will find the British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) website PlayNow.com. To the east, you’ll find Loto-Qu\u00e9bec’s Espacejeux.com. One of their subsidiaries, the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 des casinos du Qu\u00e9bec<\/a> (SCQ) oversees the operations of some land casinos.<\/p>\n

While federal law makes it illegal to operate an online blackjack site with servers or administrative offices located in Canada – unless licensed by one of the provincial Crown Corporations – there is no law at the provincial or federal levels barring blackjack players from plying their craft online. The July 18, 2018, Superior Court decision in Quebec laid to waste the only existing law in that respect.<\/p>\n

In Mexico<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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\nLatin America’s second-ranked country by gambling revenue, just behind Argentina with $10bn (\u00a37.6bn), saw some advancement in online gambling regulation<\/a> this summer. The development is something that hasn’t occurred since a 2004 modification of the Federal Law of Gambling and Raffles<\/em> which was enacted in 1947.<\/p>\n

Online gambling is not currently regulated in the country, and no language in the current law even defines it. That will change if the Federal Gaming Law, or “Legislative framework of gambling regulation<\/a>” is enacted.<\/p>\n

Online regulation in Mexico would mean that many of the publically traded European companies that currently avoid the market would flock to the growing sector. Players in Mexico would enjoy protections they currently do not have.<\/p>\n

Chief among these are:<\/p>\n