Kahnawake and Quebec Meeting on Online Gaming Issues

September 28, 2010 | News Category: Gaming Law

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Perhaps somewhat overdue, representatives from the Kahnawake Gaming Commission, and representatives from the Canadian provincial government of Quebec met with each other earlier this month.

The relationship between the two entities has been somewhat strained for quite a long time now, and with the Kahnawake Gaming Commission located a mere 20 miles from the center of Montreal, it is well worth clearing the air.

The Kahnawake Gaming Commission is run by the Mohawk First Nation enclave of Kahnawake, who used their First Nation rights to set up their gaming commission. The Kahnawake Gaming Commission is a top class Internet gambling hosting jurisdiction, which offers high security, and an advanced online hosting service, in their ulta-modern facility.

Not only are the Mohawks running this modern Internet hosting service, but as an online gambling jurisdiction, they license and regulate those online gambling operations that have chosen to register themselves with the Kahnawake Gaming Commission. The gaming commission has laid out the rules by which the online gambling operations must function. To help establish the rules, the gaming commission has worked with and consulted the former US Justice Department executive, Frank Catania, who is a legal expert.

Many of the top online casinos, that are owned or operated by the top Internet gambling groups, and many that are powered by top online casino software companies, such as Microgaming, are licensed by the Kahnawke Gaming Commission. For example, many of the Microgaming powered online casinos are licensed and regulated by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission, such as All Slots Casino, and 7 Sultans Casino.

The Kahnawake Gaming Commission has been operating for well over ten years, and this will be the first formal meeting between them and representatives of the Government of Quebec that has taken place in this time period. The representatives from Quebec are members of the Quebec/Kahnaawake Relations' negotiating team.

The Kahnawake Chief John Dee Delormier noted: "This is an exciting time to be involved with the gaming portfolio." He further added regarding the meeting that was to take place between the Kahnawake Gaming Commission, and the State of Quebec representatives: "This is a positive step forward for Quebec. We're confident that this will be the start of some productive discussions."

The meeting began with a tour of the Mohawk Internet Technologies for the Quebec representatives. Mohawk Internet Technologies is the part of the company that both administers and also operates the hosting center, which is used to host online gambling operations.