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Ontario
4- comparison Alberta vs Ontario online gambling: how Alberta's open iGaming market differsAlberta's regulated iGaming market, open since July 13, 2026, uses the same Criminal Code exemption as Ontario's, requires every site operator to be registered with AGLC and to act for, or under contract with, a Crown body, takes 3% of gross gaming revenue for First Nations and social responsibility before an 80/20 split, and, as of September 2026, keeps Play Alberta as a registered competitor.
- how it works Why private online casinos are legal in Ontario: iGaming Ontario and "conduct and manage"Ontario's private iGaming market is legal because iGaming Ontario, a Crown agency, conducts and manages it and private operators take bets as its agents. The courts test that structure by control, not by where the money goes, and, as of September 2026, its territorial limit is set for a Supreme Court of Canada hearing on October 7, 2026.
- explainer Self-exclusion in Canada: why one sign-up never covers every casino, site or provinceA Canadian self-exclusion reaches only the venues or websites attached to one provincial program. This explains what Ontario's BetGuard, OLG's My PlayBreak and the Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba programs cover as of September 2026, why BC requires ID at entry to casinos, and where each program stops.
- jurisdiction guide Where you can place a single-game bet in Canada, province by provinceSince August 27, 2021 the Criminal Code has let each province offer single-event sports betting, and the result is a crown sportsbook in most provinces and open markets in Ontario and Alberta. Operators, ages, spending caps and bet menus are set province by province.
Alberta
2- comparison Alberta vs Ontario online gambling: how Alberta's open iGaming market differsAlberta's regulated iGaming market, open since July 13, 2026, uses the same Criminal Code exemption as Ontario's, requires every site operator to be registered with AGLC and to act for, or under contract with, a Crown body, takes 3% of gross gaming revenue for First Nations and social responsibility before an 80/20 split, and, as of September 2026, keeps Play Alberta as a registered competitor.
- jurisdiction guide Where you can place a single-game bet in Canada, province by provinceSince August 27, 2021 the Criminal Code has let each province offer single-event sports betting, and the result is a crown sportsbook in most provinces and open markets in Ontario and Alberta. Operators, ages, spending caps and bet menus are set province by province.
British Columbia
3- explainer Reported but not stopped: casino money laundering in B.C., FINTRAC and the Cullen CommissionIn 2014 B.C.'s lottery corporation reported nearly $200 million in suspicious casino transactions to FINTRAC while B.C. casinos kept accepting the cash. Covers who owes the federal reporting duty, what the Cullen Commission found, and how far B.C.'s ID and source-of-funds rules (as of April 2026) and its Gaming Control Act (passed 2022, in force April 13, 2026) go.
- jurisdiction guide Where you can place a single-game bet in Canada, province by provinceSince August 27, 2021 the Criminal Code has let each province offer single-event sports betting, and the result is a crown sportsbook in most provinces and open markets in Ontario and Alberta. Operators, ages, spending caps and bet menus are set province by province.
- question Who runs Ontario and B.C. casinos? The crown conducts and manages, private operators run the floorIn Ontario and British Columbia a crown entity (OLG or BCLC) conducts and manages casino gaming while contracted private companies run day-to-day operations for fees or commissions. The federal anti-money-laundering obligations for each casino rest with the conduct-and-manage entity, not the operator.
Quebec
1Prairies
1Atlantic Canada
1Territories
1Go deeper into your interests.
Sports betting
2iGaming licensing
3- comparison Alberta vs Ontario online gambling: how Alberta's open iGaming market differs
- how it works Why private online casinos are legal in Ontario: iGaming Ontario and "conduct and manage"
- question Did legal online betting increase problem gambling in Canada? No post-2018 national survey results found as of September 2026
Land-based casinos
3- explainer Reported but not stopped: casino money laundering in B.C., FINTRAC and the Cullen Commission
- explainer Self-exclusion in Canada: why one sign-up never covers every casino, site or province
- question Who runs Ontario and B.C. casinos? The crown conducts and manages, private operators run the floor
Lotteries
1Horse racing
2Prediction markets and DFS
1Grey market
3Responsible gambling
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