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Alberta Gambling Research Institute's 16th Annual Conference

Just Gambling? Ethical Challenges Pertaining to Gambling Provision, Policy and Research


Date & time
Thursday, April 6, 2017 –
Saturday, April 8, 2017 (all day)
Cost

This event is free

Where

The Banff Centre
107 Tunnel Mountain Dr, Banff, Alberta

The theme of this conference links gambling to questions of justice and integrity. Such questions have been posed with increasing urgency by scholars in the social sciences and humanities in recent years. Despite the widespread distribution of gambling opportunities in Canada, ethical debates concerning gambling policy and regulation continue to appear in news headlines. For example, the Ontario government recently withdrew its plan to sell its lottery business to private interests; the government of Newfoundland and Labrador again refused to allow casino gambling in the province; the Canadian Parliament voted against amending the Criminal Code to permit single event sports betting; and there has been a serious pushback by citizens and municipalities to Ontario’s ‘Gambling Modernization Plan.’ Meanwhile, major new gambling facilities are under development (e.g., a racino in Edmonton with 1,100 slots and new casinos in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan and North Bay, Ontario).  This ebb and flow of gambling activity highlights deeper philosophical questions concerning where to draw the line between what is acceptable and unacceptable. It also raises issues related to civil liberties, individual and sovereign nation rights and governments’ appropriate use of power.

 

 

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