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Alberta Unveils Regulated Online Gambling | Calgary News
Alberta just launched its own regulated online gambling system, letting private companies offer sports betting and casino games — making it the second province after Ontario to do so. Fifty companies paid entry fees, with about twenty poised to launch soon, aiming to lure gamblers off risky offshore sites onto safer, government-monitored platforms. The province will take 20% of each operator’s revenue and fund problem gambling resources with 1% of gross online earnings, plus 2% for First Nations communities. Alberta’s self-exclusion tools for physical casinos now apply online, letting users…
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