Source: AGCO (Ontario)
Ontario’s Registrar’s Standards for Internet Gaming took effect on 4 April 2022, when the province’s igaming market launched. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario’s page records a last update of 14 May 2026.
Operators in Ontario must follow the standards governing the province’s internet gaming market.
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Ontario’s Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) says its internet gaming standards focus on required outcomes, giving registrants flexibility over the controls they use. Operators must submit an independently audited Control Activity Matrix and, within six months of starting regulated operations, demonstrate controls for compliance priorities identified in advance.
The AGCO’s Ontario gaming standards restrict who may open accounts, access gaming sites and bet. They prohibit, among others, people under 19 from playing, subject to a lottery-ticket exception for those aged 18, and people with certain roles or access to event information from betting on related events.
The AGCO’s Ontario standards require operators to offer short-term breaks in play and site-based self-exclusion. The requirements include breaks of one day, one week, one month, two months or three months, and exclusion terms of six months, one year and five years; operators must also participate in the Centralized Self-Exclusion Program.
The AGCO’s Ontario standards prohibit gaming advertising from targeting underage, high-risk or self-excluded people, and set restrictions on where and how marketing may appear. They also require marketing to be truthful and prohibit messages that mislead players about gaming or the likelihood of winning.
Ontario's Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) standards restrict who may open or use a player account and place bets. The rules set a general minimum age of 19, with an exception for people aged 18 or older buying lottery tickets, and prohibit certain people—including athletes and others with influence over sporting outcomes—from betting on specified events.