Alberta

What Bill 48 changed

• Private operators are legal in Alberta

  The iGaming Alberta Act ended the provincial monopoly. Since 13 July 2026, casinos that meet AGLC’s licensing standards can legally offer real-money gambling to Alberta residents. Before launch the only legal Alberta-licensed product was PlayAlberta, AGLC’s own platform; everything else was offshore.

• AGLC is the regulator

  Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis (AGLC) runs operator vetting, integrity standards, advertising rules and dispute resolution. A separate conduct-and-manage entity, the Alberta iGaming Corporation (AiGC), holds the commercial agreements with operators, mirroring iGaming Ontario’s role.

• The framework mirrors Ontario

  AGLC’s model is close to Ontario’s: advertising restrictions, mandatory self-exclusion, segregated player funds, and a public register of approved operators. AGLC finalised its advertising Standards in June 2026, ahead of the 13 July launch.

• PlayAlberta continues

  AGLC’s own product, PlayAlberta, is not going away. It continues to operate alongside the licensed private operators, the same way OLG’s PlayOLG coexists with private iGO operators in Ontario.

What the regulated market looks like

AGLC finalised its operating and advertising Standards ahead of launch. Here is what the regulated Alberta market looks like in practice.

• Advertising rules

  AGLC’s advertising Standards limit what operators may promote in public-facing marketing, and our Alberta pages follow those rules.

• A registered-supplier list

  Game studios need separate AGLC registration as gaming-related suppliers, just as they do under AGCO. Before launch AGLC had registered 58 gaming systems providers, and Games Global USA Inc. is among the suppliers on AGLC’s registrant list.

• 18+ legal age

  Alberta’s gambling age is 18, unlike Ontario’s 19+ threshold. Bill 48 set the minimum age for online betting at 18.

• Province-wide self-exclusion

  AGLC’s GameSense and self-exclusion programmes extend to the private operators, giving Albertans a single request that blocks them from the full regulated market.

The market in numbers

• From 22 sites to 51

  The market opened with 22 operator sites live on 13 July 2026. The Alberta iGaming Corporation’s directory listed 34 approved sites on 30 September 2026 and 51 on 27 October 2026, two weeks after the transition deadline. Nearly 50 companies had paid AGLC registration and permit fees before launch, according to The Globe and Mail; registration comes before the commercial agreement that lets a site take bets. Our report on the first two months has the detail.

• First official market figures

  On 23 October 2026 the Alberta iGaming Corporation published its first market report. Between 13 July and 30 September 2026 players wagered C$2.89 billion and operators kept C$122.1 million in revenue. Active player accounts rose from 226,959 in July to 388,585 in September. Our report on the first figures explains what they mean, and the Canada iGaming tracker adds each new month. For how Alberta’s licensing compares with other provinces, see casino licensing and regulation in Canada.

Where Alberta stands now

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