Here from Bruce Murray, Veep at WEG, is the official policy on their online streaming. It's not great news, I'm afraid, to those of us here Stateside hoping to watch the races at home on your computer. Here is Bruce's email:
Hi Andrew:
Unfortunately, video streaming on our products is available to HPIBET.com (Horseplayer Interactive) members only. At present, due to CPMA (Canadian Pari-Mutuel Association) regs, a person must have a Canadian address to become an HPI account member. Further below is a quote from our VP of Marketing & Business Development Andrew MacDonald when we first launched HPIBET.com.
Also attached a
link to a CPMA discussion document that Canadian racetracks like ours are supporting. A
nd a link to further discussion on regulatory reform. I'm sure that's way too much information for a simple question, but in the meantime, I hope your bloggers have access to Mohawk via their local track or offtrack outlet.
Bruce
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From Andrew MacDonald:
"As for access, while HPIBET.com may be available from a suitable computer located anywhere in the world, there are some limitations on where users can be based.
"We don't accept accounts from most states due to a number of reasons," said Macdonald. "Some states have asked us not to accept accounts, and for business reasons we have agreements in place with major account operations in the U.S., whereby we do not take accounts in their states and they do not take accounts from Canada.
"As for Canada, the CPMA divides the country into home market areas for account wagering," he continued. "Each of those home market areas belong to a track. You can only set up accounts within your own home market area. We have partner track agreements across Canada. We have agreements in place in every province except Manitoba and Quebec. There are other holes in Canada including northern Ontario, because of Sudbury Downs, and southern Alberta because of Stampede Park. The rest of Canada is virtually covered by HPI."
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