Canadian Gaming News: land-based gaming news from across Canada

Ontario's regulator adds new 50-cent and $1 ticket options for charities and drops several reporting and approval steps.

Ontario · July 29, 2026

The LGCA's 2025/26 compliance orders include actions against a VLT siteholder, a lottery ticket retailer and a charity bingo licensee.

Manitoba · July 27, 2026

An audit found Great Canadian Entertainment did not properly monitor high-risk patrons or file required suspicious transaction reports.

Ontario · July 7, 2026

Six staffed tables now operate at the Chelmsford venue, the first table games in the Greater Sudbury market.

Ontario · August 26, 2026

OLG and MGE Niagara Entertainment agree to end exclusive rights, with a procurement for new casino operators planned later this year.

Ontario · August 13, 2026

The city will repay up to $3.035 million in road costs and refill its reserve with future OLG gaming revenue.

Ontario · August 12, 2026

The owner of Circa, the D and Golden Gate toured Niagara this summer, months before Ontario moved to invite new casino operators to the region.

Ontario · October 3, 2026

Casino revenue rose about six per cent in 2025-26, while VLT revenue fell and the Crown corporation's payment to the province dipped to $724.1 million.

Manitoba · September 30, 2026

The real estate deal for Century Mile and Century Downs starts at $10.7 million a year in rent and follows Century Casinos' sale of the tracks' operations.

Alberta · September 28, 2026

An amended Saskatchewan gaming agreement clears the way for a pilot gaming centre near Meadow Lake, possibly inside a new hotel development.

Saskatchewan · September 4, 2026

The Wolastoqey community wants to open New Brunswick's first First Nations-owned casino, with a hotel and entertainment centre, by 2030.

New Brunswick · September 2, 2026

A new First Peoples Gaming Association has met for the first time, and two commissions have signed a mutual support agreement.

National · August 24, 2026

Police say an armed man struck a worker, smashed a slot machine and demanded cash at Cascades Casino before officers stopped him outside.

Ontario · August 13, 2026

Durham police say a man arrested in Saskatoon has been charged in the death of security guard Michael Ferdinand at Pickering Casino Resort.

Ontario · July 31, 2026

B.C.'s anti-gang unit says the group took more than $200,000 from casinos, and officers seized about $330,000 in cash believed to be crime proceeds.

British Columbia · May 28, 2026

The Edmonton and Calgary provider is the first organization funded under a provincial competition for gambling treatment and recovery services.

Alberta · September 24, 2026

Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare says the new name reflects a program that draws most of its residential clients from outside Windsor-Essex.

Ontario · August 27, 2026

The First Nations casino operator reported $418 million in gross revenue for 2025-26 across its seven Saskatchewan casinos.

Saskatchewan · July 29, 2026

The first-quarter OLG payment is about $13,000 higher than the previous quarter and lifts Chatham-Kent's lifetime total past $21.8 million.

Ontario · July 28, 2026

Central Huron received $212,504 for Gateway Casinos Clinton and Hanover $343,117 for Playtime Casino for April to June.

Ontario · July 23, 2026

The First Nation resort casino opened in July 1996 and has welcomed more than 76 million visitors since, with new concerts and comedy booked for the fall.

Ontario · July 13, 2026

Highfield Investment Group will take over Alberta's two racetrack casinos, which are expected to keep operating after the sale closes.

Alberta · September 30, 2026

The former Spectrum building, which held the old grandstand and casino, is the final structure left from the Northlands Park racetrack complex.

Alberta · September 21, 2026

The five-year package lifts public support for horse racing to as much as $155 million a year while betting and attendance figures keep sliding.

Ontario · August 14, 2026