College students play with coloured powder to celebrate the festival of Holi, near Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on March 7, 2023 (Photo by Press Trust of India)

Children play underneath Jacaranda trees lining a street in the capital Harare, Zimbabwe, Friday, October 11, 2019. Zimbabwe now has the world's second highest inflation after Venezuela, according to International Monetary Fund figures. The economy has been on a downward spiral for more than a year as hopes fade that Mugabe's successor and former deputy, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, will deliver on his promises of prosperity. (Photo by Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP Photo)

Debris fly into the air as foreign fishing boats are blown up by Indonesian Navy off Batam Island, Indonesia, Monday, February 22, 2016. Authorities on Monday sank dozens of fishing boats caught operating illegally in Indonesian waters as part of the country's campaign to battle illegal fishing. (Photo by M. Urip/AP Photo)

A road is soaked in water following an earthquake, in Tokyo, early Friday, October 8, 2021. A powerful earthquake shook the Tokyo area on Thursday night, halting trains and subways. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)

A protester poses for a photo in front of a burning barricade in Barcelona, Spain on February 17, 2021 as a protest following the imprisonment of rapper “Pablo Hasel” convicted to jail for glorifying terrorism and insulting Spain's former king in lyrics turns into riots for a second night. (Photo by Matthias Oesterle/ZUMA Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Performers ride on a train before the 40th annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade in the Brooklyn borough of New York, New York, USA, 18 June 2022. The annual event is one of the largest art parades in the country. (Photo by Yuki Iwamura/EPA/EFE)

«Mignon 2». A.E.G., Berlin, Germany, 1905. Despite its unusual appearance, the Mignon typewriter is of a very clever design, giving a smooth and fast operation for typing. (Photo and caption by Martin Howard/Martin Howard Collection)

For a long time the laws of Canada have explicitly banned gambling in any form. This may be the reason why the country does not have so many gambling establishments as the USA - but their quality surely makes up for the quantity. The first Canadian casino was opened in Dawson City, Yukon, in 1972 - it was the first one after gambling has been banned in the country in 1892. The Diamond Tooth Gertie's Gambling Casino did not operate for long, though. The first permanent commercial casino was opened in 1989, and it was the first of many - there are currently 75 casinos operating on Canadian soil.