Which online sites are legal in Ontario
Since April 4, 2022, Ontario has had a regulated online market. For a private online casino to be legal in the province, two conditions must be met: registration with the AGCO, plus an iGaming Ontario operating agreement. Every site that satisfies both appears in the directory at igamingontario.ca, which is useful for checking a name beforehand. OLG.ca stands apart: OLG, the province's own agency, runs it as its online casino.
Two rules apply to you as the player. You have to be 19 or older, the same age Ontario law sets for casinos and slot facilities. You also have to be physically in Ontario at the time, because regulated sites take bets only from people inside the province.
Taking a break, online or in person
BetGuard, at betguard.ca, is run by iGaming Ontario. One request there shuts a person out of every regulated online site in Ontario at once, OLG.ca included. The term is 6 months, 1 year, 5 years or a length the person sets. It has no effect at a casino you walk into.
For those, OLG runs My PlayBreak: a break of 3 or 6 months or 1 to 5 years covers every Ontario casino. The term cannot be shortened once it starts. It is set up through the OLG Support Centre at 1-800-387-0098, with staff on site, or at a PlaySmart Centre.
Where this guide's money comes from
Out to the Downs carries paid links on the home page only, and each one wears an Ad label. There are three: a button in the header, a block after the first tool and a block near the bottom. All three go to the same private online casino partner, which pays the guide a commission and can change.
That partner is not OLG.ca, and it is unconnected to any help service, the AGCO, iGaming Ontario, OLG, Great Canadian, the track or the slots.
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How can you tell if an online casino is regulated in Ontario?
Search the directory at igamingontario.ca for its name. In Ontario, a private site is legal only if it holds AGCO registration as well as an operating agreement with iGaming Ontario. OLG, the province's own agency, runs OLG.ca.
Can you play online from a cottage in the Kawarthas?
Yes, if you are 19 or older and physically in Ontario at the time. Regulated Ontario sites take bets only from people inside the province.
Does a My PlayBreak term stop online play too?
My PlayBreak covers casinos you walk into. For every regulated online site in Ontario, OLG.ca included, the tool is BetGuard.
Does Kawartha Downs have its own online casino?
The slots at the track are played in person at 1382 County Road 28. For online play, OLG.ca is the province's own site. The Ad links on this guide's home page go to a private partner with no tie to the track or the slots.
Next stop
- Limits and helpKawartha Downs help, limits and crewHelp for Kawartha Downs visitors: ConnexOntario at any hour, My PlayBreak, the Virtual PlaySmart Centre, BetGuard, and who writes this guide.
- Before you goKawartha Downs before you set offBefore the drive to Kawartha Downs: 19 and older, photo ID if you look under 30, smoking and cannabis rules, the rewards card and access.
- The clockKawartha Downs Hours, Day and NightKawartha Downs slots are open 10 a.m. to midnight every day. Player's Lounge hours by day, holiday hours by phone, and the Peterborough table hours.