Playing the lottery is one of the most popular forms of gambling both in Canada and internationally. Part of the reason for this is that it offers an opportunity to win a large cash prize for a relatively low cost. Tickets are also much more readily available than other types of gambling, with places to buy a ticket on most street corners and—more recently—online in some jurisdictions.With one in four Canadian gaming dollars currently being spent on various provincial lotteries and total sales exceeding $7 billion a year, Canadian lotteries have cemented themselves as a cornerstone of the gaming industry in this country. Before 1967, buying sweepstakes or lottery tickets in Canada was illegal. Thereafter, new Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau set about updating a number of obsolete laws and introduced legislation to give the country’s provinces and territories more control over their own jurisdictions. On December 23, 1969, Canada’s Criminal Code was amended to allow provincial governments to legally operate their own lottery systems.
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