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Study: Ontario Casinos May Be Illegal

CANADA – As reported by CBC: "A federal study suggests Ontario's casinos may be illegal and advises that a public inquiry be held into Canada's $13-billion gambling industry.

"The study was done for the Law Commission of Canada, an agency that advises Parliament. The wide-ranging report questions how gambling went from being illegal in 1985 to being a multibillion-dollar industry today.

"The lead author, criminologist Colin Campbell, said that what Ontario has done is particularly troubling. The province pays American companies to run its casinos, although the Criminal Code gives exemptions only to charities and governments.

"…The study's authors said Ottawa should hold a Royal Commission because the public had almost no input when laws were changed to allow gambling expansion…"

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