Online casino licensing in Ontario, Canada
Updated 14 October 2026. General information, not legal advice.
Ontario's regulated online gaming market launched on 4 April 2022. Operators must be registered with the AGCO and have an operating agreement with iGaming Ontario.
Who regulates online casinos in Ontario, Canada
The regulator is AGCO and iGaming Ontario. These facts come from its own website.
- Regulators
- The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) registers internet gaming operators. iGaming Ontario enters into operating agreements with them.
- Launch
- 4 April 2022
- What a casino needs
- Registration as an Internet Gaming Operator with the AGCO, and an operating agreement with iGaming Ontario, before offering games in Ontario.
- Change in 2025
- iGaming Ontario became an independent agency on 12 May 2025, when the iGaming Ontario Act was proclaimed.
- Scope
- This guide covers Ontario only. Other Canadian provinces set their own rules.
Source: AGCO and iGaming Ontario. Checked on 14 October 2026. General information, not legal advice.
A visitor from Ontario your casino can't accept
A casino that holds no Ontario registrationcan't accept a registration from Ontario, so the visit would normally end there. With a country rule for Ontario, Canada, that visitor sees the Adboundary screen instead. It lists partner casinos that can accept them, and Adboundary has verified every partner's licence before it can receive traffic.
Payments in Ontario, Canada
Players in Ontario often expect to pay with Interac. A casino that doesn't offer it can lose those visitors at the cashier. Adboundary can also show the screen based on a payment rule. See payment-restricted traffic.