Single-game sports betting is set to become legal in Canada after Bill C-218, the Safe and Regulated Sports Betting Act, was officially passed in the Canadian Senate Tuesday.

The private member’s bill, sponsored by Saskatoon-Grasswood Conservative M-P Kevin Waug, passed without amendment, by a vote of 57 to 20 with five abstentions. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government will decide on a date when the legalization of single-game sports betting will take effect. The bill signals a major shift in Canada…single-game sports betting has been legal in the country but only via parlay wagers. Canadians will now have the ability to bet on single-game matches across sports, excluding horse racing, with the government set to collect taxes on estimated billions of dollars currently being wagered illegally.