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Gambling

Licensing, regulatory, and commercial counsel for gaming businesses operating in or entering Canada, from Ontario registration to emerging verticals.

9 services Regulatory context: AGCO · iGaming Ontario · FINTRAC · Criminal Code

What we handle

Nine services, one practice.

Each service has its own page and its own regulatory context. The tags name the frameworks that govern the work.

Ontario Internet Gaming Registration

Ontario is Canada’s largest province and was the first Canadian province to license private online gambling operators. Gambling operators are regulated by, and must partner with, the Ontario government.

AGCOiGaming Ontario

Alberta Internet Gaming Registration

Alberta is Canada’s second commercial, regulated online gambling market. Operators and suppliers register with Alberta Gaming, Liquor & Cannabis (AGLC) and enter into an operating agreement with the Alberta iGaming Corporation.

AGLC

Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS)

Daily fantasy sports exploded onto the gaming scene in the early 2010s.

Criminal CodeProvincial regulators

Skill Gaming

Games of skill are not caught by the gaming and betting provisions of the Canadian Criminal Code. This means that games of skill can legally be provided to players in Canada.

Criminal Code

Esports

Esports competitions have skyrocketed in popularity over the last decade.

Contest rulesCriminal Code

Gaming & Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency has become essential to the gaming economy.

AMLFINTRAC

Online Gaming

If you can get online, you can access a casino or sports book.

AGCOProvincial regulators

Contests & Sweepstakes

Contests and sweepstakes are integral components of brands’ engagement strategies.

Competition ActCriminal Code

Payment Processing Agreements

Payment processing is an integral part of Internet gaming operations. Your customers need reliable methods of depositing funds, and you need to be able to pay them out quickly when they win.

Card network rulesFINTRAC

Flagship service

Ontario Internet Gaming Registration.

Ontario runs the largest regulated igaming market in Canada, and registration is the gate. We take operators and suppliers through the whole file: whether to enter, how to apply, and what the Registrar's Standards demand once you are in.

Much of this work crosses borders. We coordinate with counsel and regulators in other jurisdictions, including Alberta, Malta, New Jersey and Ohio, so your Ontario registration lines up with the rest of your licensing footprint.

Scope of engagement

  • Feasibility and risk analysis before you commit
  • AGCO and iGaming Ontario application preparation
  • Registrar's Standards compliance: AML, responsible gambling, KYC, advertising
  • Supporting agreements with suppliers, processors and platforms
  • Cross-jurisdictional coordination: Alberta, Malta, New Jersey, Ohio

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