{"id":2422,"date":"2026-10-13T19:31:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T23:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/help\/uncategorized\/verify-licensed-betting-site-ontario\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T22:56:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T02:56:43","slug":"verify-licensed-betting-site-ontario","status":"publish","type":"ajuda","link":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/help\/legal-licensing\/igaming-ontario-igo\/verify-licensed-betting-site-ontario\/","title":{"rendered":"How to check if a betting site is licensed in Ontario"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <strong>licensed betting site<\/strong> in Ontario operates under iGaming Ontario (iGO) and is registered with the AGCO, so it has to follow Ontario&#8217;s standards for fair games, player protection and complaints. Checking takes about a minute, and it is worth doing before you deposit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-to-spot-a-licensed-betting-site\">How to spot a licensed betting site<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three quick checks cover most cases, and you can run them in any order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Look for the iGO logo:<\/strong> regulated sites show the iGaming Ontario logo, and the BetGuard logo, where you play.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Check the official list:<\/strong> iGaming Ontario publishes a directory of regulated sites, so search for the brand and for the company name, because operators can be listed under a legal name.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Match the web address:<\/strong> confirm that the exact address you are on matches the one listed, since logos can be copied and the address is the stronger check.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take the check one step further by comparing the operator name in the site footer or terms with the name on the list. That extra look catches most look-alike sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-why-it-matters\">Why it matters<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Only regulated sites give you access to the <strong>AGCO complaints process<\/strong>, Ontario&#8217;s responsible gambling tools and standards for game integrity. A site that is missing from the iGO list is not regulated in Ontario, whether it has left the market or never joined it. If a site shows a logo but fails the list test, treat that as a warning and keep your money out of it. Confirm the site before you share ID documents or card details, because those are the hardest things to take back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"faq-section\">\n    <h3 class=\"faq-title\"><span>\u2753<\/span> Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n\n    <details class=\"faq-item\">\n        <summary><h4>Is an offshore licence enough to bet in Ontario?<\/h4><\/summary>\n        <div class=\"faq-answer\">\n            No. A licence from another country is not an Ontario registration. Offshore sites are <strong>outside Ontario&#8217;s regulator<\/strong>, so you would have no access to the AGCO complaint process or to Ontario&#8217;s player protections. Only an <strong>Ontario registration<\/strong> makes a site regulated here.\n        <\/div>\n    <\/details>\n\n    <details class=\"faq-item\">\n        <summary><h4>What if the logo is there but the site is not on the list?<\/h4><\/summary>\n        <div class=\"faq-answer\">\n            Treat it as a <strong>warning sign<\/strong> and do not deposit. Copying a logo is easy, while the official list is controlled by iGaming Ontario, so when the two disagree, <strong>the list wins<\/strong>.\n        <\/div>\n    <\/details>\n\n    <details class=\"faq-item\">\n        <summary><h4>Do the same checks work outside Ontario?<\/h4><\/summary>\n        <div class=\"faq-answer\">\n            Alberta has its own regulator, the AGLC, and its own approved operators, so check the AGLC&#8217;s information for sites in Alberta. In other provinces, the <strong>provincial lottery site<\/strong> is the regulated option, so confirm your own province&#8217;s regulator before you play.\n        <\/div>\n    <\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A licensed betting site in Ontario operates under iGaming Ontario (iGO) and is registered with the AGCO, so it has to follow Ontario&#8217;s standards for fair games, player protection and complaints. Checking takes about a minute, and it is worth doing before you deposit. How to spot a licensed betting site Three quick checks cover&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"cat_ajuda":[79],"hub_relacionado":[],"class_list":["post-2422","ajuda","type-ajuda","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cat_ajuda-igaming-ontario-igo"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3.1 (Yoast SEO v28.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to check if a betting site is licensed in Ontario<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Is it a licensed betting site in Ontario? Three quick checks: the iGO logo, the official operator list and the exact web address.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/help\/legal-licensing\/igaming-ontario-igo\/verify-licensed-betting-site-ontario\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to check if a betting site is licensed in Ontario\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Is it a licensed betting site in Ontario? Three quick checks: the iGO logo, the official operator list and the exact web address.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/help\/legal-licensing\/igaming-ontario-igo\/verify-licensed-betting-site-ontario\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Bold Gambler Canada\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-10-14T02:56:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/10\/boldgambler-canada-help-center-bold-gambler.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1079\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/boldgambler.com\\\/ca\\\/help\\\/legal-licensing\\\/igaming-ontario-igo\\\/verify-licensed-betting-site-ontario\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/boldgambler.com\\\/ca\\\/help\\\/legal-licensing\\\/igaming-ontario-igo\\\/verify-licensed-betting-site-ontario\\\/\",\"name\":\"How to check if a betting site is licensed in Ontario\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/boldgambler.com\\\/ca\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/boldgambler.com\\\/ca\\\/help\\\/legal-licensing\\\/igaming-ontario-igo\\\/verify-licensed-betting-site-ontario\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/boldgambler.com\\\/ca\\\/help\\\/legal-licensing\\\/igaming-ontario-igo\\\/verify-licensed-betting-site-ontario\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/boldgambler.com\\\/ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/boldgambler-canada-help-center-bold-gambler.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-13T23:31:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-14T02:56:43+00:00\",\"description\":\"Is it a licensed betting site in Ontario? Three quick checks: the iGO logo, the official operator list and the exact web address.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/boldgambler.com\\\/ca\\\/help\\\/legal-licensing\\\/igaming-ontario-igo\\\/verify-licensed-betting-site-ontario\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/boldgambler.com\\\/ca\\\/help\\\/legal-licensing\\\/igaming-ontario-igo\\\/verify-licensed-betting-site-ontario\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/boldgambler.com\\\/ca\\\/help\\\/legal-licensing\\\/igaming-ontario-igo\\\/verify-licensed-betting-site-ontario\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/boldgambler.com\\\/ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/boldgambler-canada-help-center-bold-gambler.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/boldgambler.com\\\/ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/boldgambler-canada-help-center-bold-gambler.png\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1079},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/boldgambler.com\\\/ca\\\/help\\\/legal-licensing\\\/igaming-ontario-igo\\\/verify-licensed-betting-site-ontario\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"In\u00edcio\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/boldgambler.com\\\/ca\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Help Center\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/boldgambler.com\\\/ca\\\/help\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"How to check if a betting site is licensed in Ontario\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/boldgambler.com\\\/ca\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/boldgambler.com\\\/ca\\\/\",\"name\":\"Bold Gambler Canada\",\"description\":\"Trusted and Genuine Information on Online Games\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/boldgambler.com\\\/ca\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/boldgambler.com\\\/ca\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/boldgambler.com\\\/ca\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Bold Gambler Canada\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/boldgambler.com\\\/ca\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/boldgambler.com\\\/ca\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/boldgambler.com\\\/ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/cropped-Bold-Gambler-Transparente-Home.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/boldgambler.com\\\/ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/cropped-Bold-Gambler-Transparente-Home.webp\",\"width\":1535,\"height\":614,\"caption\":\"Bold Gambler Canada\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/boldgambler.com\\\/ca\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How to check if a betting site is licensed in Ontario","description":"Is it a licensed betting site in Ontario? Three quick checks: the iGO logo, the official operator list and the exact web address.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/help\/legal-licensing\/igaming-ontario-igo\/verify-licensed-betting-site-ontario\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How to check if a betting site is licensed in Ontario","og_description":"Is it a licensed betting site in Ontario? Three quick checks: the iGO logo, the official operator list and the exact web address.","og_url":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/help\/legal-licensing\/igaming-ontario-igo\/verify-licensed-betting-site-ontario\/","og_site_name":"Bold Gambler Canada","article_modified_time":"2026-10-14T02:56:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1079,"url":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/10\/boldgambler-canada-help-center-bold-gambler.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/help\/legal-licensing\/igaming-ontario-igo\/verify-licensed-betting-site-ontario\/","url":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/help\/legal-licensing\/igaming-ontario-igo\/verify-licensed-betting-site-ontario\/","name":"How to check if a betting site is licensed in Ontario","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/help\/legal-licensing\/igaming-ontario-igo\/verify-licensed-betting-site-ontario\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/help\/legal-licensing\/igaming-ontario-igo\/verify-licensed-betting-site-ontario\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/10\/boldgambler-canada-help-center-bold-gambler.png","datePublished":"2026-10-13T23:31:19+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-14T02:56:43+00:00","description":"Is it a licensed betting site in Ontario? Three quick checks: the iGO logo, the official operator list and the exact web address.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/help\/legal-licensing\/igaming-ontario-igo\/verify-licensed-betting-site-ontario\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/help\/legal-licensing\/igaming-ontario-igo\/verify-licensed-betting-site-ontario\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/help\/legal-licensing\/igaming-ontario-igo\/verify-licensed-betting-site-ontario\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/10\/boldgambler-canada-help-center-bold-gambler.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/10\/boldgambler-canada-help-center-bold-gambler.png","width":1920,"height":1079},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/help\/legal-licensing\/igaming-ontario-igo\/verify-licensed-betting-site-ontario\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"In\u00edcio","item":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Help Center","item":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/help\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"How to check if a betting site is licensed in Ontario"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/#website","url":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/","name":"Bold Gambler Canada","description":"Trusted and Genuine Information on Online Games","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-CA"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/#organization","name":"Bold Gambler Canada","url":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/cropped-Bold-Gambler-Transparente-Home.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/cropped-Bold-Gambler-Transparente-Home.webp","width":1535,"height":614,"caption":"Bold Gambler Canada"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"taxonomy_info":{"cat_ajuda":[{"value":79,"label":"iGaming Ontario (iGO) Regulation"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/10\/boldgambler-canada-help-center-bold-gambler-1024x575.png",1024,575,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Lucas Portela","author_link":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/author\/loucosporapostasgmail-com\/"},"comment_info":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ajuda\/2422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ajuda"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ajuda"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2422"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ajuda\/2422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2446,"href":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ajuda\/2422\/revisions\/2446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cat_ajuda","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cat_ajuda?post=2422"},{"taxonomy":"hub_relacionado","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boldgambler.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hub_relacionado?post=2422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}