Who was behind the court case that took the government to court in QC?

I believe Loto-Quebec asked for it and the Quebec Government amended a bill to make it happen, but the Quebec Court of Appeal struck it down. The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association took them to court and won.

A bit more detail:

As far as I know you guys still don't have access to bodog/bovada's poker or sportsbook or do I have that wrong? Cash games there are very good at most stakes but the tournaments do not compare to the ones you listed.

Those are not, and a few others as well, but I think it has more to do with the companies themselves rather than some provincial regulation, unless it's language-related.

Ser, Web 2.0 Poker sites ngmi imo.

https://pokerfuse.com/news/industry/...-online-poker/

allright lets get them Quebec grindhouses going. My hourly is probably the best its ever been **** you doug ford

I think Phil Galfond should start directing his Run it Once business to Canada, seems like a solid business model

https://professionalrakeback.com/sit...t-us-sites.png

Is this not accurate? It’s a bit higher but not anywhere near double. And rakeback is pretty **** on international servers that have a lot of volume too.

For 2/4nl and plo + and 10/20 limit+ , if the games are even slightly softer it can easily become better and possibly a lot better.

For micros, yea, the rake difference is bigger but I think the skill gap may be even more extreme.

Anyone have a clue what will happen to the "unregulated sites"..

I figure just these changes will apply to the bigger/public sites right? Party, Stars..

Or perhaps their changes will just be only crypto for deposits/withdrawals, and no more bank transfers, wires, interac, etc..

God I can't wait to leave this shithole province....

Bodog is not planning to kick us out for now according to their support forum representative.

Well, looks like we'll have GG immediately https://pokerfuse.com/news/industry/...aming-license/

EDIT: 888 as well https://pokerfuse.com/news/industry/...casino-sports/

from what we understand, it will be WSOP that will be going live in Ontario using GGPoker's software.

Pretty significant story.

WSOP to expand to Canada in Ontario - newly regulated gaming market slated to go live in April.

Not so great news for poker players as the player pool will eventually be ring-fenced. But Ontario has a larger population than Pennsylvania - where already three operators are running.

But pretty interesting considering that WSOP has opted to use GG's software instead of 888 which it has been using in the US.

888 is also licensed, PokerStars is also thought to be working with Ontario regulators and BetMGM/partypoker too.

https://pokerfuse.com/news/industry/...poker-license/

So if I understand correctly, there are two significant implications for Ontario online players (please correct me if this is wrong):

1) As of April 4, we will be unable to play on any site that isn't licensed in Ontario (e.g., Pokerstars).

2) As of April 4, we will only be able to play against other Ontario players, which effectively kills online MTTs for Ontarians.

If this is correct, this is basically our Black Friday for MTT players in Ontario.

- I think it's more accurate to look at the law as a thing for regulators to adhere to; if a site still offers games in Ontario vs Rest of the World (ROtW) you'll still be able to play there, that site will just be operating "illegally" (not sure if this is the correct word?) and greatly harm their chances of license approval in the future (as well as license approval in other segregated markets assuming these bodies share information)
- April 4th is the date when those operators w/ approved licenses will be allowed to start offering segregated games in Ontario, yes. HOWEVER, if a site has applied for a license and is waiting to hear back from iGaming Ontario they will still be allowed to operate in Ontario in the interim (i.e. Pokerstars at this moment has applied but has not received approval, they would be allowed to continue to operate in Ontario until their application is ruled on)
- Yes, outside of the odd Special tournament and series I wouldn't expect to see many large guarantee tournaments on these sites...if you're an MTT'er you're definitely hoping we quickly get to shared player pools w/ other provinces at the minimum

I believe theres also a possibility we can keep playing on a site like lets say stars who is applying for a licences while they wait for it. If I read that correctly

U mad bro?

So planning to remove BR from the site by late March is unnecessary? I was planning on doing that. Maybe play some lol live sessions.

since their using gg software they better have ****ing shortdeck

This is brutal. I don't even care that much about the large guarantees, I'm just a small stakes rec player. But this will basically kill MTTs, especially on a site like GG that has such a large European and Asian player pool. We'll go from MTTs with 400 runners to 25. And I doubt the government will be in much of a rush to work towards shared pools given how slowly that's progressed in the US. Arg.

Not particularly helpful but I contacted GG support today asking a few of the questions above and got this reply:

Hi,

Thank you for contacting GGPoker Support.

Unfortunately, we do not have any definitive news to share at this point.

Please note that all players will be contacted with the relevant information closer to the time.

Sorry that we could not provide more clarity at this point.

Kind Regards,

Gary
GGPoker Support

Disgusting more and more countries/ provinces in this case being greedy and taking away freedom from their people in order to try to take the whole slice of a pie when it comes to gambling $/rake etc (Typically they don't even care about poker and poker is just lumped in with online slots and blackjack/lottos that they hope to print off of)