The former MP who spent more than a decade pushing to legalize single-event sports betting says he doesn’t regret it — but says its implementation is in some ways “sad” and “deplorable.”
He also says more regulation is required to curb the volume and methods of gambling advertising in Canada.
Former NDP MP Brian Masse introduced a private member’s bill to lift the prohibition in 2019, and one year later, Conservative MP Kevin Waugh re-introduced Masse’s bill.
But Masse says, five years later, legalized sports betting hasn’t been implemented in the way he had envisioned.
Man who helped open a Pandora’s box is upset at what was released.
I’m fine if it’s legal but it needs to be wholly public controlled, if someone is betting every week then they should go on a one month cooldown that escalates, and advertising needs to be banned.
So similar to legalizing prostitution, sports betting will happen whether it’s legal or not. So I support the NDP member who tried to legalize it. But he said essentially some provinces turned it over to the pimps to run it. Obviously the implementation was flawed, from which lessons can certainly be learned for when prostitution is legalized.