The Court dismisses Quebec's request to ban citizens' access to private online gaming sites

The Quebec Superior Court rejects the province's attempt to prohibit the access of its citizens to online gaming sites not authorized by the gaming society.

In a recent decision, Judge Pierre Nollet declares the Quebec law unconstitutional. Quebec's 2016 law was unprecedented in Canada and ordered Internet service providers to block citizens' access to online gambling sites not authorized by Loto-Québec

Finance Minister Carlos Leitao said the law was necessary to protect the health and safety of Quebecers because private gaming companies do not apply the same rules of responsible gaming as the provincial government

. the main purpose of the legislation was to prevent access to private online gaming and not to

the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association challenged the bill and s & n Is said to be satisfied with this decision

The Quebec Ministry of Finance was not immediately available for comment