What Canada Criminal Code Part VII (Disorderly Houses, Gaming and Betting): Common Gaming House, Betting and Book-making, Lottery Schemes, and Provincial Lottery Exemption requires
Part VII of the Canadian Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46, titled Disorderly Houses, Gaming and Betting, is the principal federal criminal framework regulating gaming and betting conduct in Canada and is enforced by federal, provincial, and municipal authorities. Criminal Code, section 197 contains the interpretation including foundational definitions of common gaming house and disorderly house. Criminal Code, section 201 creates the offence of keeping a common gaming house or common betting house. Criminal Code, section 202 creates offences relating to betting, pool-selling, book-making, and related conduct, including placing pool tickets. Criminal Code, section 203 creates the offence of placing bets on behalf of others. Criminal Code, section 204 provides an exemption for pari-mutuel wagering under the Race Tracks Supervision Regulations. Criminal Code, section 206 creates offences in relation to lotteries and games of chance, prohibiting unauthorised lottery schemes. Criminal Code, section 207 provides the central exemption: provincial lottery schemes conducted and managed by a province under provincial authority are not subject to the prohibitions, making lawful provincial casinos, lotteries, and gaming. Criminal Code, section 207.1 provides an exemption for international cruise ship lottery schemes. The Part operates alongside provincial gaming legislation (such as the Ontario Gaming Control Act 1992, the Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Act, and equivalent legislation in other provinces) which licence and supervise lawful gaming under the section 207 exemption. The Part is the controlling federal criminal instrument for gaming and betting conduct in Canada.
Pillar: Gaming & Gambling · Authority: Government of Canada - Department of Justice · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-46/page-23.html
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- Criminal Code, section 197 - definitions including common gaming house and disorderly house.
- Criminal Code, section 201 - keeping a common gaming house or common betting house.
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