Canadian Senate passes bill to restrict sports betting advertising

Wednesday, October 22, 2025 4:09 PM
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  • Geoff Zochodne, Covers

The Canadian Senate is dead set on curbing sports betting-related advertising in the country.

Canada’s so-called chamber of sober second thought passed Bill S-211 on Tuesday, sending the proposed “National Framework on Sports Betting Advertising Act” and its potential for additional marketing restrictions to the elected House of Commons for further debate and scrutiny.

S-211 passed third reading in the Senate on a voice vote, with no one speaking out against its approval. It’s also the second time the appointed Senate has passed this type of legislation, with the previous effort sitting in the House before former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s resignation killed it in January.