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Canada

These pieces cover gambling in Canada: Alberta's iGaming market, whether Stake is legal in Canada, and how gambling winnings are taxed.

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Provincial positions differ, and each piece names the province it reads.

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· 7 minAre gambling winnings taxable in Canada? The CRA's position and the Leblanc and Cohen casesThe CRA says lottery winnings of any amount are not reported or taxed unless they are income from employment, a business or property. The Tax Court held in Leblanc (2006) that over C$5.5 million won on sports lotteries was not business income, and in Cohen (2011) that a lawyer turned poker player could not deduct C$121,991 of losses. · 8 minIs Stake legal in Canada? The Criminal Code, Ontario's market, Kahnawake and Stake's own termsUnder Criminal Code section 207, only a provincial government may conduct and manage online casino games in Canada. Stake holds no provincial registration and is not on iGaming Ontario's list of 49 operators. Its terms, read 9 October 2026, bar Ontario by name and leave the other provinces off the list, putting legality on the player. · 7 minPlayAlberta and Alberta's new iGaming market, from the iGaming Alberta Act and the government's own releasesPlayAlberta is the online gambling site run for the Government of Alberta, with revenue going to the province's General Revenue Fund. Bill 48, the iGaming Alberta Act, created the Alberta iGaming Corporation and made AGLC the regulator, and the regulated market for private operators opened on 13 July 2026 with 22 sites, reaching 31 by 14 September.

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