Newfoundland and Labrador is the only Canadian province with no casino at all. There is no gaming floor anywhere in the province, no crown venue and no private one, which makes the licensed online site the single supervised place a resident here can play casino games. Atlantic Lottery operates that site on behalf of four … Read more
New Brunswick is the only officially bilingual province in Canada, and that status reaches into gambling the way it reaches into everything else the province touches. The licensed online casino runs through Atlantic Lottery, New Brunswick Lotteries and Gaming Corporation holds the provincial interest, the Gaming Control Branch regulates, one casino operates in Moncton, and … Read more
Nova Scotia does not run its own online casino. It owns a quarter of Atlantic Lottery Corporation, the crown company shared by the four Atlantic provinces, and that company operates the licensed online site on behalf of all of them. Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation sets the provincial policy, the Alcohol, Gaming, Fuel and Tobacco Division … Read more
Saskatchewan is the only province where First Nations operate most of the casino floor space. The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority runs seven venues under a framework agreement with the province, SaskGaming runs two more, and the licensed online casino arrived only after SaskGaming struck a deal to use another province’s platform. This page covers the … Read more
Manitoba runs its online casino on a platform it does not own. PlayNow.com serves Manitoba players under an agreement with British Columbia Lottery Corporation, which built and operates the site, while Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries conducts the gaming and the Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Authority regulates it. That shared arrangement is unusual in Canada and … Read more
Quebec runs its own online casino through Loto-Québec, licenses no private operator to compete with it, and simultaneously hosts the Kahnawake Gaming Commission, a licensing authority inside the province that regulates offshore operators serving the rest of the world. That combination makes Quebec the most unusual gambling jurisdiction in Canada. This page covers the provincial … Read more