Canada was born in 1867 and just over a century later, the Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC) was created in 1996. Since then, the world of gambling in Canada has skyrocketed.
There are now over 50 licensed brick-and-mortar poker rooms in Canada spread out across the country, but there are more than 250 different online gaming companies licensed by the KGC. One of them being GG Poker, the host of the World Series of Poker and currently the largest online poker site in the world. Pokerstars, also a fan favourite in the online poker industry, was founded in 2001 by Canadian businessman Isai Scheinberg.
Given the legal issues surrounding online gambling in the US, Canada has become a popular destination for poker players with its various platforms and minimal restrictions.