Alexander Looking to Set Up Online Casino

Even though it is illegal in both the United States and Canada to have internet casino operations, the Alexander First Nation tribe is currently taking license applications to do just that. They are looking to set up offshore casino firms’ computer servers on their lands, and they say they are perfectly in their right to do so.

The tribe says that because they are on Indian land they make their own rules per the federal government. They say that Alberta does not have a say in whether or not they do this, as they have the legal right to. They are currently speaking with their lawyers to determine how to proceed as Alberta is trying to put a halt to it.

They say that they are very clear that US and Canadian residents are not allowed to gamble on their sites, but they are in their legal right to offer them. The federal government has sides with Alberta on this one, however, and they say that the tribe must follow the rules and restrictions set forth by Alberta.

The tribe says they are using the Kahnawake Mohawk reserve’s online casino hosting platform as their basis for setting it up. The Quebec government has said that they are operating illegally, but have never brought charges against the tribe. The Alexander tribe says that they stand to make $45,000 in start up fees as well as $40,000 in annual fees from each of the online casinos that the tribe hosts.

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