Alberta iGaming Market Launch Q1 2026?

Canadian Gaming Association President and CEO Paul Burns said the new Alberta igaming market should be live a year from now.

Series of False Starts for Market

He made the comments this week at the NEXT.io Summit in New York, first reported by Covers.

Burns’ comments are consistent with comments from a senior industry source to Casino.org.

They’ve had a couple of false starts there,” the source said. "But that process is about to kick off. Stay tuned for the introduction of some legislation in Alberta soon. The folks in Alberta have been burned a few times on timing. It had been far too optimistic. They don’t want to commit to a timetable. They want to do it right, take all the steps.”

The igaming market will be similar to Ontario’s, which currently has 50 licensed operators and 84 websites on the private operator side, according to iGaming Ontario, led by brands like DraftKings, FanDuel, PointsBet, and theScore Bet. 

Over $3 Billion in Ontario Gaming Revenue

Government-owned Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has its Proline igaming platform. OLG has three lines of business – lottery (retail), land-bas ed gaming (the crown corporation conducts and manages gaming at 30 casino gaming facilities and 37 charitable gaming centres) and digital gaming (iCasino, iLottery and iSports). 

OLG reports their own total gross online casino and sports betting revenue – in FY 2023-24 they reported $630 million, up from $561 in 2022-23.

The Ontario private market, not including OLG, saw $64 billion in total wagers in FY 2023-24 (April 1, 2023, to March 31, 2024), $2.4 billion in gaming revenue.

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