19-Oct-06. All bets are off, if Ontario has its way. Globe and Mail, B5.

The Ontario government is expected to introduce consumer legislation today that will ban advertisements of illegal Internet gambling web sites. The law will mean that media companies will have to closely examine all advertisements to make sure they don’t include indirect web links to illegal sites. Gerry Phillips, Ontario’s Minister of Government Services, said the province wanted to act because of studies that show an increasing number of young people are gambling on the Internet. He also said that he has been under pressure from the province’s horse racing industry which is concerned about a decline in business because of Internet gambling.