Online casino play in Ontario

Ontario's regulated online casino market opened on April 4, 2022. Since then, a private online operator is legal in Ontario only when two things are true. It is registered with the AGCO, the regulator. Second, it has an operating agreement with iGaming Ontario.

You can check any site yourself. iGaming Ontario keeps the official directory of these operators at igamingontario.ca. If an operator is missing from that directory, it does not meet both conditions. Age and place matter as well. Online play is for people 19 and older, the same age limit that applies at the door of a casino. You also have to be physically in Ontario while you play.

BetGuard, at betguard.ca, is iGaming Ontario's self-exclusion for online play. One enrolment opts a person 19 or older out of every regulated Ontario gambling site, OLG.ca included. You choose the term: 6 months, 1 year, 5 years or a custom length. It does not cover land-based casinos, including the one on Fisher Drive.

That job belongs to My PlayBreak, OLG's self-exclusion program for land-based casinos. A break lasts 3 or 6 months, or 1 to 5 years, and bars entry to any Ontario casino. It cannot be cut short. To enrol, call the OLG Support Centre at 1-800-387-0098, ask casino staff or see a PlaySmart Centre coordinator.

This guide is not a casino, takes no bets and has no accounts. Paid links appear on the home page only, and each is marked Ad. There are three: a button in the menu, a block below the opening-hours tool and one near the end of the page. All three lead to one private online casino partner, which pays the guide a commission. The partner can change.

That partner is not OLG.ca. It has no connection with OLG, the AGCO, Great Canadian Entertainment or any casino in this guide, including the one on Fisher Drive. Before you use any online operator, you can look it up in the iGaming Ontario directory at igamingontario.ca.