Canadian Justice Minister Rob Nicholson is open to a plan that would lift the ban on individual sports betting at casinos. A reversal of the criminal code prohibition against such wagers would presumably help casinos that are struggling with decreased revenues, due in large measure to fewer Americans crossing the border to gamble.

Sports gambling in Canada is limited to government-run lotteries that allow betting on groups of sports, rather than one individual game. A change in the law would likely attract Americans, who cannot legally bet on sports outside Nevada.

By GGB Staff

Staff writers for Global Gaming Business magazine. Las Vegas, Nevada.

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