The British Columbia government is introducing new gaming regulations in a bid to curb money laundering and fraud.

The Public Safety and Solicitor General’s Ministry says in a statement that the new Gaming Control Act will address the recommendations of two high-profile investigations, the Dirty Money report by Peter German in 2018 and the Cullen Commission of inquiry into money laundering in 2022.

The changes include the creation of an independent gambling regulator to establish a “standards-based regulatory model” for gaming that includes the ability for the regulator to issue directives to the BC Lottery Corp. without ministry consent.

Solicitor General Nina Krieger says in the statement that the new regulations give the province’s new Independent Gambling Control Office the ab

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