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Thanks Frankie, the difference though in what you are explaining is of course correct and I agree in my own experience but this is supposed to be a 3rd party without any ties to casinos and working to protect the people they represent in their countries. Being a government body, this makes it even more alarming. Then again, is there really anything alarming when it comes to this level of corruption ?

Hmm, I played at that casino quite a bit and I don't find anything so great in my opinion. I won once and it took ***** over high water to collect a small amount. I don't really know what the big fuss is about these guys.

Well, Tony and all the rest who have helped Tony and his son with this issue of RG compliance, I have read the whole 5 pages of comments and what you have been through, Was a very interesting but unfortunately a disappointing outcome on the part of both the casino and the GC. To sum it all up, there really isn't any agency protecting individual gamblers out there and with the GC being supposedly one of the best regulators in the world, even they do not follow their mandate even as it is reads in their governance. I'm just glad your son is taking the right path and given what I read and the path he's chosen, it's a positive outcome nonetheless. having a graduates degree in psychology I understand addiction and although you mentioned you were also angry at your son's behaviour you stood behind and helped. That alone is what any addictive personality needs. Support. Of course it is undoubtedly frustrating and anger does unfortunately set in but as you know, addiction is a very difficult behaviour to overcome and unfortunately most of the time not easy on the individual and anyone in the family involved. Having said that, it is more disappointing that governing bodies, who the public count on in these cases are more an entity for show rather than what they stand for. Thanks for the great read and hope many have had the opportunity to learn from this experience. Sincerely Honest Dude.

By the way, I have no idea why when I submitted it attached a screenshot cause I tried to remove it but it never let me even after I pressed delete. This is an Ask Gamblers system issue. lol

I agree with your comment but I do find that although there are stricter regulations casinos are also "mostly" benefiting using these regulations to delay or sometimes reject withdrawals. I've had the same issue with one casino whereby they kept rejecting documents as they wanted screenshots and not PDF files and I could not email them either as they wanted all documents uploaded on their system. There were constant demands of new documents and some people as I read don't have mailed bank statements, expiry dates etc. I had to send them a pic of myself, (yes, I did it), holding my driver's license, (only because I wanted to retrieve my funds). I would have never done this had I known to begin with. I was a long time member and they never did ask until suddenly one day I tried to withdraw again and they demanded or I lose my funds. This was with Bob Casino. I have no problem mentioning who either. I ended up just playing all my funds away anyhow cause it was getting way too complicated. In summary I find there are only 2 solutions one of which you mentioned. 1) Have or force all casinos to demand verification before deposit time and not afterwards allowing each player to decide if they want to give out sensitive information. 2) All casinos within the regulatory country should create a government department, (or something of this type), whereby only they receive these documents that are asked of us so there could be some control preventing fraud or identity theft. (which I was a victim of). In other words, players follow the same regulations on a "standard" document check needed submitting to a "safe entity" whereby that entity would then acknowledge to the casinos, within that jurisdiction, that the subject player is legit according to documents received. This would keep documents confidential and not circulated to all casinos. Basically a "middleman". This would prevent large amounts of fraud and identity theft which costs governments tons of cash and would also regulate the control of rogue casinos, privacy laws and standardizes the process in many countries. Just my thoughts. < attachment removed by request of the OP>

Videoslots offers Netent now. Bob Casino has removed a few.

have to agree, Canada is losing many games lately. it's only going to get worse. Government is starting to look into the loss of revenue as well. So they are starting to restrict many software companies. I play Yggdrasil for fun only. I find their games to have good graphics. I rarely play with real $ cause they just don't have high payouts.

I read your post where you gave VS a good review. This is really really sad. It's also scary to play there now. They must be having internal issues. Just play elsewhere. I'm about to as well. Used to be my favorite and now I have other favorites. Karma my friend, it'll kick them in the rear at some point. That's nothing less than a thief.

Wow,, I mean that's about the extent of it.. Pretty scary thought.

Just not fair gaming and curious to hear what MGA does about it.. Probably not much given the amount but multiply this by how many players they do this to. Good Luck.

Just another note for Canadian Players trying to deposit on Blitzstar casino using Instadebit. Their Instadebit deposit is temporarily unavailable as stated by James, their rep. So you may have to use Idebit. Here is the chat transcrit. 07:36:57 pm Hi James again.. same problem no matter if I clear cache's on both IE and Google chrome and Instadebit shows up for a half second then the window pops down and it goes to Interact and when i try to click on the window to pop back up nothing happens. SOmething wrong with your site cause doesn't happen anywhere else so I'm confused. I will however mention it on Ask Gamblers to see if anyone else has this issue and maybe someone from Blitzstar can respond to this issue. James 07:39:19 pm Hi, just a moment I will have an look 07:39:26 pm ok thks James 07:48:33 pm Unfortunately Instadebit is unfortunately at least temporarily removed as deposit method 07:50:29 pm aha, there u go, this now explains why I could not deposit. So when I tried to use idebit the screen is so large I can't seem to reach the clicking options.. this is odd.. but thanks anyhow. James 07:51:31 pm No worries you are welcome. Duration: 17m 23s

Also find it interesting how Netent celebrated entering the Canadian market a s per last year's post by Netent but I believe this only applied to the province of BC since I was not able to play NeTEnt software on any casinos I played in. Appended is their article. Expansion to Canada - NetEnt And if that wasn’t enough the providers have also launched on the regulated market in Canada too providing even more player growth. A range of NetEnt’s most popular games are now live with British Columbia Lottery Cooperation (BCLC) through an agreement that was made with IGT.This now marks the first entry for NetEnt on the regulated market in Canada. The integration is now complete, and their world-leading games are available at BCLC through the IGT Connect integration layer IGT is providing to the lottery. Therese Hillman who is the Group CEO over at NetEnt commented “Launching our games to players in British Columbia is an important milestone for us in our expansion in North America. Entering regulated markets is a vital part of our strategy going forward, especially within the WLA segment. I am sure that our exciting games will be much appreciated by BCLC’s players.”

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Just wanted to start a blog for our Canadian Gamblers to be aware of regulations, availability, forbidden software, updates on payment options etc etc. I'll start with Canadian regulation and what, if anything the Canadian Government regulations are doing with regards to this $17 billion fastest growing entertainment industry. A few software restrictions to date that I am aware of so far: Feel free to add to this Netent, BTG, NYX, ELK (thanks to The Average Guy), who posted. As far as regulations and some were asking why the Canadian Government are seriously looking into regulating on-line casinos I found this article : Gambling in all its form is a major contributor to the Canadian economy. Despite this, gambling does not receive a lot of government attention. Here, are some of the key facts: CAD$9 billion dollars each year from gambling funds government and community projects Supplies over 135,000 jobs Online gambling is one of the fastest growing sectors The largest segment of Canada's entertainment industry More than over 100 land-based casinos operate in Canada Over 60% of Canadian adults have gambled in the past 3 years As Quebec launches a fresh appeal, it is important that Prime Minister Trudeau makes a stand. There is nothing in Canadian law that opposes online casinos offshore or otherwise. Failing to act in this case, means supporting a Loto-Quebec monopoly. If Canadians wish to gamble online, they should be free to do and the government should create clearer laws. Failure to provide for a modern 21st century Canada shows a lack of forward-thinking. Something Justin Trudeau should think about.

Yep, I find Videoslots has gone down quite a bit from when I used to play it daily. Now I need to find another canadian accepting instadebit or idebit casino. How do you find Mr. Green ? I seen Bob Casino was rated as rogue by another similar site to AG but I never has any payment issues there and it was quick as well. I found Bet365 and Omni were slow.