iGaming in Ontario – List of Authorized Gambling Sites

List of Actively Licensed Gambling Sites in Ontario iGaming Market

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The time has finally come. After years of regulatory speculation and legislative wrangling, Ontario’s competitive, private-operator iGaming market is finally live. It consists of more than five dozen online sports, casino, and poker operators; an impressive number, and one that continues to rise due to the market’s burgeoning potential. This page contains an updated full list of ongoing licensed operators (sorted alphabetically). To see a curated list showing only the latest additions in reverse chronological order, please see our Ontario’s newest brands section.

The poker scene, for example, has gained a number of globally-renowned brands, including 888Poker, PartyPoker, PokerStars, and WSOP. For sports bettors, an inspired showing includes foreign favorites like Bet365 and Unibet, alongside home-grown hero, theScore Bet. Over on the casino side of things, we now have major players like BetMGM, Jackpot City, and Royal Vegas in Ontario.

These are just a few of the prime candidates on the market today. Additional companies are still on the hunt for a licence, and the list just keeps growing. We’ll keep you posted on that front. For now, let’s get right to the information you came here for.

List of Licensed Ontario Casinos for Real Money

The following is a complete list of active licensees, per the official website of iGaming Ontario (iGO). It includes the website and DBA title, operator name (host company), type(s) of gambling on offer, and the prominent software suppliers each employs. When we started this page, operators with day-one authorization (those who began accepting local customers on April 4, 2022), were listed in bold. Now that it’s grown so much larger (it began with only 18), we’ve altered our index to include official launch dates.

We will continue updating this list as more operators achieve regulatory status.

Ontario’s AGCO / iGO Licensed Gambling Sites

Real Money Casinos Ontario – The Beginning of a New Era

It’s been a very long road to get where we are now. For may years, dating back to the late 1990s, Ontarians had no other option but to do their iGaming with overseas websites. It was a risky business; far riskier than the act of gambling on its own. Over the years, the global landscape improved – better security, greater responsibility, stricter 0regulation. But it would take nearly two decades for Ontario to make any headway into iGaming.

In 2015, provincial regulators launched PlayOLG, a hone-grown operation just for players within Ontario. It was the first time residents had a locally authorized website to place real money bets on. But with no competition in the market, it wasn’t very enticing – too few games, little or no live tables, below average promotions. Regulators were well aware that a competitive market would draw more players, so they began contemplating legal routes to that end.

In March 2019, a request was made to the federal government to amend the Criminal Code in such a way as to give Ontario the right to authorize and licence commercial operators. In November 2020, Bill C-218 was introduced, paving the way for single-event sports betting, and granting Ontario’s request at the same time. That bill was passed in April 2021.

Ontario immediately set to work, tying up regulatory ends and accepting applications for licences. One year later, on April 4, 2022, the open market went live with 18 real money online casinos, poker rooms and sportsbooks.

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