10-Feb-07. Band’s online gambling bid has outside chance, experts say. Edmonton Journal, A2.

The Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission is investigating the Emdonton-area Alexander First Nation which is offering licences for online poker, casino or sports-betting houses but has not yet started operations. The provincial regulator deems that any gaming schemes taking place outside its regulations is against the Criminal Code. Gaming industry lawyer Michael Lipton says it might be possible for the band to get legal approval to host offshore Internet gambling firms if it can prove that wagering was a major part of their ancestral heritage.