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体育博彩将节省的就业机会，国会议员说：
1赛事在加拿大，美国，非法投注除在拉斯维加斯
联邦政治家信誓旦旦地表示，体育赌博可能只是为在温莎，安大略省赌场门票苦苦挣扎。
乔Comartin，新民主党的温莎-特库姆塞国会议员，告诉CBC新闻，他认为体育是一个“工具”画在美国的底特律河到温莎投注，因此他希望看到它合法化。
Comartin正与加拿大博彩协会和加拿大汽车工人工会改变立法，允许单事件体育赛事。
配售个别体育赛事的投注是在北美非法的，除在拉斯维加斯举行。
“[该投注]会在这一点上，非法”Comartin告诉CBC新闻。
他说：“钱绝大多数是赌，是赌在线。这是违法的。而这钱是怎么花的国家。”
加拿大博彩协会估计，加拿大人至少举行网上投注美元每年10亿美元，但这一数字可能高达50亿美元。
“美国人一定会来只是为了温莎体育博彩，然后希望他们会带着他们的其他人，说：”Comartin。
需要变更的加拿大刑法典
在介绍单事件赌博就必须改变对加拿大的刑法典，特别是207.1（4）（b）项，禁止基于单一事件投注。
加拿大人可以赌运动使用政府开办的脯氨酸，但是，它需要玩家放置至少在两个单独的体育赛事中的三个投注博彩作为Parlay的已知的版本。
Comartin说，他的党是支持他的努力，以及他们“似乎已经从自由党全力支持，”他补充说，新民主党也对这个问题进行游说联邦内阁部长。
“我们感到烦恼，因为我们就要从保守党政府没有否定，但他们不会移动它，说：”Comartin，谁试图在2008年推出私人条例草案，但它死的时候被称为联邦大选。
“他们知道他们必须做什么 - 这是一个短语修订刑法典”，说Comartin。
凯撒温莎失去美国客户
Comartin说，这是值得考虑的想法是一场赌博，如果这将有助于保护在城市，在全国失业率最高的高薪职位的。
凯撒温莎表示，美国新护照6月推出的规定作出过底特律温莎边境更难许多美国人，在美国的旅客主要下降到赌场造成的。
十月份，凯撒下岗职工120人，理由是“软化企业”，工会是在不久的将来更多的裁员支撑。
凯撒赌场和酒店综合是一种温莎最大的雇主约3,600工人。的碳原子线的工人代表，谁35,000美元之间一年赚50,000元2,900元。
“这些都是我们正在努力工作，以保护种类，说：”里克拉波特，地方444总裁。 “这是艰难的，艰难的去那里。”
凯撒温莎正面临着日益激烈的竞争，从三个底特律赌场和四个在哥伦布，克利夫兰，辛辛那提和托莱多新赌场的发展 - 在温莎四个小时的车程俄亥俄州所有社区 - 但没有一个能提供简单的体育博彩活动。
“我们认为这可能是优势，我们可能需要留在底特律和俄亥俄州的其他赌场在未来的竞争，说：”拉波特。
凯撒温莎是安大略省所拥有的纳税人，由温莎赌场经营公司对省委，省政府的安大略省彩票及博彩公司代表
Comartin表示，任何博彩不会创造的就业机会在Caesars温莎大量运动变化的规律，“可能是25至30日在大多数新的就业机会。”但他表示，目前在加拿大保护游戏的工作是至关重要的。
博彩业雇员在赌场，赛道，彩票，宾果，视频彩票终端和慈善博彩135,000加拿大人。
在安大略省，49000人直接受聘于游戏业务，而更多的工作，估计在30000相关行业的就业机会。
Sports betting would save jobs, says MP
Betting on 1 sporting event illegal in Canada, U.S., except in Las Vegas
A federal politician is betting that sports gambling could be just the ticket for the struggling casino in Windsor, Ont.
Joe Comartin, NDP MP for Windsor-Tecumseh, told CBC News he sees sports betting as a "tool" to draw Americans across the Detroit River to Windsor, so he would like to see it legalized.
Comartin is working with the Canadian Gaming Association and the Canadian Auto Workers union to change legislation to allow single-event sports betting.
Placing bets on an individual sporting event is illegal across North America, except in Las Vegas.
"[The betting] is going on at this point, illicitly," Comartin told CBC News.
"The vast majority of the money that is bet, is bet online. It's illegal. And that money is going out of the country."
The Canadian Gaming Association estimates Canadians place at least $1 billion in bets online every year, but that number could be as high as $5 billion.
"The Americans would certainly come to Windsor just for the sports betting, and then hopefully they'll bring other people with them," said Comartin.
Changes needed to Criminal Code of Canada
Introducing single-event gambling necessitates a change to the Criminal Code of Canada, specifically 207.1 (4) (b), which prohibits betting on single events.
Canadians can bet on sports using government-run Proline, however, it requires players to place three bets on at least two separate sporting events, in a version of betting known as parlay.
Comartin said his party supports his efforts, and they "appear to have full support from the Liberals," adding that the NDP has also lobbied federal cabinet ministers on the issue.
"We're frustrated, because we're getting no negatives from the Conservative government but they won't move on it," said Comartin, who tried introducing a private member's bill in 2008, but it died when a federal election was called.
"They know what they have to do — it's a one-phrase amendment to the Criminal Code," said Comartin.
Caesars Windsor losing U.S. customers
Comartin said it's worth taking a gamble on the idea if it will help protect well-paying jobs in the city with the highest unemployment rate in the country.
Caesars Windsor has said new U.S. passport regulations introduced in June have made crossing the Detroit-Windsor border more difficult for many Americans, resulting in a major drop in U.S. visitors to the casino.
In October, Caesars laid off 120 employees, citing a "softening of business," and the union is bracing for more layoffs in the near future.
The Caesars casino and hotel complex is one of Windsor's largest employer, with about 3,600 workers. The CAW represents 2,900 of those workers, who earn between $35,000 and $50,000 a year.
"Those are the kind of jobs we're trying to protect," said Rick Laporte, president of Local 444. "It has been tough, tough going there."
Caesars Windsor is facing increasing competition from three Detroit casinos and the development of four new casinos in Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Toledo — Ohio communities all within a four-hour drive of Windsor — but none offers single-event sports betting.
"We think that might be the edge that we may need to remain competitive with the other Detroit and Ohio casinos in the future," said Laporte.
Caesars Windsor is owned by the taxpayers of Ontario, and is operated by Windsor Casino Ltd. on behalf of the provincial government's Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.
Comartin said any change to the laws on sports betting won't create a large amount of jobs at Caesars Windsor, "maybe 25 to 30 new jobs at most." But he said protecting the current gaming jobs in Canada is vital.
The gaming industry employs 135,000 Canadians across casinos, race tracks, lotteries, bingo, video lottery terminals and charitable gaming.
In Ontario, 49,000 people are directly employed in the gaming business, while an estimated 30,000 more work in jobs related to the industry. |
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