Compliance notes

We publish Trust Gauge scores. We do not operate games, hold player funds, issue licences, or take bets.

• A review is not a recommendation to gamble and is not personal financial advice.
• Confirm the live regulator register and the operator’s current T&Cs on the URL you join. Pages here can lag a licence change.
• VPN or fake-location tools to enter a licensed market are usually a terms breach and can freeze funds.
• The Gauge is not for sale. Rank order is score-first.
• If play is no longer fun, stop. Help lines are listed per market below.

• International: Local emergency services if you are in crisis. This site is not clinical advice.

Some outbound buttons may be affiliate links. We may earn a commission if you sign up. That money does not set the Gauge.

• Hops only attach when a brand is Gauge 65+ and on a licensed CA / UKGC / US-state desk.
• Tracked hops use rel="sponsored". Untacked official URLs are placeholders until a tracker is pasted.
• Crown sites (PlayOLG, PlayNow, Espacejeux, PlayAlberta) often have no affiliate programme — the button still goes to the official URL.
• Welcome-offer copy on this site is a pointer. The operator’s live T&Cs win.
• Grey-market, sweepstakes, and crypto brands stay in the index without a hop.

Only iGO-listed products are legal real-money online casino in Ontario. A Curaçao footer or a US app is not that licence.

• Legal age is 19. Have photo ID ready. KYC is expected before a first withdrawal.
• Match the operator on the iGO player-facing directory, not a lookalike .com.
• PlayOLG is the provincial crown vertical — different recourse than a private iGO brand.
• Self-exclusion and deposit limits are available on operator tools plus provincial RG programmes.
• Crypto, grey US, and offshore “.com Canada” brands are not Ontario-legal substitutes.

• ConnexOntario: 1-866-531-2600 · connexontario.ca — 24/7
• iGO: igamingontario.ca — player protection and the live operator list

Alberta’s licensed private iGaming market is separate from Ontario iGO. 18+. Same logo on an iGO URL is a different product.

• Legal age is 18. Confirm the AGLC / AiGC listed operator, not a grey .com.
• PlayAlberta is the provincial platform — not PlayOLG and not iGO.
• Market launched 13 July 2026. New-market cashiers can still be rough; score the Alberta URL only.
• GameSense tools and provincial self-exclusion apply on licensed sites.

• GameSense (AGLC): 1-866-332-2322 · gamesense.com
• AGLC: aglc.ca — licensed gaming in Alberta

PlayNow is the only legal real-money online casino for BC residents. Private iGO brands are not a BC licence.

• Legal age is 19. PlayNow is BCLC. Confirm you are on playnow.com.
• Ontario or Alberta URLs do not make a brand legal in BC.
• GameSense and BCLC RG tools apply.

• GameSense: 1-888-795-6111 · gamesense.com
• BCLC: bclc.com

Espacejeux is the only legal real-money online casino in Quebec. Private iGO casinos are not a Quebec licence.

• Legal age is 18. Use the Loto-Québec URL, not a mirror.
• French-language T&Cs on the official site win over any English affiliate rewrite.

• Jeu : aide et référence: 1-800-461-5420 · jeu-aidereference.qc.ca
• Loto-Québec: lotoquebec.com

ROC is everything outside Ontario iGO, Alberta AGLC, BCLC PlayNow, and Loto-Québec. Most ROC brands are Kahnawake or offshore. They are Gauged, not licensed-market hops.

• Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Atlantic provinces, and the territories do not have a private iGaming market like Ontario or Alberta.
• A Curaçao or Kahnawake footer is not a provincial licence. Do not treat an ROC brand as legal in Ontario or Alberta.
• We do not attach Visit / Get-bonus buttons on this desk.
• If you live in a monopoly province (B.C., Quebec), the crown site is the legal cashier — not this list.

• If play is no longer fun: Use the help line for the province you are in (ConnexOntario, GameSense, Jeu : aide et référence).

UKGC + GAMSTOP. Confirm the live public register. An Ontario or .com sister is not the GB product.

• Legal age is 18. Affordability and identity checks are normal and can delay withdrawals.
• GAMSTOP applies to licensed GB operators. Do not treat a .com mirror as a GAMSTOP workaround.
• Debit / Faster Payments are typical. Credit-card gambling is banned in GB.
• Register: gamblingcommission.gov.uk/public-register.

• BeGambleAware: 0808 8020 133 · begambleaware.org
• GAMSTOP: gamstop.co.uk — national self-exclusion
• GamCare: gamcare.org.uk

There is no federal online-casino licence. Legal real-money iGaming is geo-fenced by state. Sweepstakes and grey .ag sites are not that licence.

• Legal age is 21 in the iGaming states we score. Sports-legal is not automatically casino-legal (example: New York).
• You must be physically in the licensed state. VPN play is a terms and often a criminal-adjacent risk.
• NJ DGE, PA PGCB, MI MGCB, WV, and CT compact products are separate files even under the same brand.
• Stake.us, Chumba, Pulsz and other sweepstakes casinos are not DGE/PGCB iGaming. They do not get a hop on this desk.
• State self-exclusion (for example NJ and PA) is stronger than an operator-only cool-off.

• 1-800-GAMBLER: US National Council on Problem Gambling · ncpgambling.org
• NJ Division of Gaming Enforcement: njoag.gov/about/divisions-and-offices/division-of-gaming-enforcement-home
• PA Gaming Control Board: gamingcontrolboard.pa.gov

Fast on-chain payouts are not a regulator. Most crypto brands here are Curaçao-class, off the hop, and illegal to use as an iGO/UKGC/US-state substitute.

• Sign-up without ID does not mean withdraw without ID. KYC usually appears at cashout.
• We do not attach Visit/Get-bonus hops to crypto or grey brands.
• Licence claims on a footer image are not R until they resolve on a public register.
• Using these sites from Ontario, Alberta, GB, or a US iGaming state typically breaches both local law and the operator’s geo rules.

• If you are in a licensed market: Use that market’s help line (ConnexOntario, GameSense, BeGambleAware, 1-800-GAMBLER) — not the casino’s chat.

“Instant” on this desk means on-chain or e-wallet speed after the cashier approves the withdrawal. It is not a licence and not a skip-KYC promise.

• Most no-upfront-KYC brands still ask for documents at cashout.
• A 10-minute crypto payout after a 3-day ID queue is not instant in practice.
• Ontario, Alberta, UKGC, and US-state players must use those desks. Speed is not legality.

Live blackjack and roulette run on the same operator file as the slots lobby. Evolution or Pragmatic Play in the studio does not raise the Gauge.

• The studio is a supplier. The cashier, KYC, and complaints sit with the operator we score.
• Bingo-first and sweepstakes brands are listed separately and stay off this desk.
• Live tables in a grey wrapper are still grey.

Poker traffic is not extra licensing. Cash games and MTTs sit on the same operator file as the casino lobby.

• A big player pool does not raise the Gauge.
• Rakeback and leaderboards are marketing, not ADR.
• Ontario, Alberta, UKGC, and US-state players must use those licensed poker products.

Play-for-fun does not make a later deposit legal. Demo RTP can differ from cash RTP.

• Free play is a software demo, not a review of the cashier.
• A demo that works from your province does not mean real-money play is legal there.
• Social / sweepstakes coins are not iGaming.