Disclaimer

Updated October 20, 2026

Casino Examiners opens case files on online casinos that take Canadian sign-ups and publishes the findings. A finding is useful, but it has edges. Below we mark those edges: which conclusions a review can support, which it cannot, and at what point the publisher's responsibility ends. The terms of use apply alongside this page.

Every file is closed on a date

A review records what our examiner saw on the day the file was last reopened: the licence printed in the casino footer, the cashier screen, the welcome offer in the operator's own wording, the studios listed in the lobby. None of that stays still. Withdrawal caps get lowered, a payment route is switched off for one province, a promotion is swapped overnight. The date on our page tells you when we last looked, nothing more.

When our summary and the casino's rulebook part ways, the rulebook wins, because that is the contract you actually sign. Use our notes as a checklist of clauses to find, then read those clauses at the source before you register.

Headline bonuses and the small print

We repeat a welcome package only after locating it in the casino's published rules. Playthrough multipliers, a cap on stakes while bonus money is live, unequal game contribution, short expiry windows and province exclusions all sit behind the big number, and any one of them can shrink it dramatically. Our Ontario pages carry no bonus amounts at all: the AGCO, Ontario's gaming regulator, does not allow such inducements to be advertised to players in that province.

Licences, provinces and where you sit

Each Canadian province writes its own gambling rules. Ontario lets private brands offer online casino games once they are registered by the AGCO and have signed a contract with iGaming Ontario. Alberta has since opened a regulated online market of its own under the AGLC. Everywhere else the lawful online product belongs to the provincial Crown lottery corporation, and plenty of the brands we review hold a foreign licence instead of a Canadian one.

Whether a particular casino may accept you is decided by your province of residence, and checking that is your job, not ours. The licence badge in a review describes what the operator displays; it is not a legal opinion. Readers must meet the provincial threshold of 19+ (18+ in Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec).

Scores are an examiner's judgement

Ratings, positions and tags such as "quick cash-out" are editorial conclusions reached under our examination criteria. Two careful testers can weigh the same evidence differently, and your own dealings with a brand may not resemble ours. A top mark does not promise equal treatment of every account, approval of every withdrawal request, or that the company will still be trading next year.

Banking pages

Interac, iDebit, InstaDebit, eCheck, cards and e-wallets appear in our banking guides as they were offered to a Canadian test account at the time. Fees, processing speed, minimums and whether your bank is accepted are set jointly by the casino and its payment processor. A method listed in a review can vanish from the cashier without warning, and the route you deposit by is not always open for cashing out.

Games, RTP and strategy

Each published RTP figure is supplied by the studio that built the game and describes averages across millions of spins or hands. Your next session can land anywhere on either side of them. Our blackjack, roulette and video poker guides explain rules and house edge; no betting system cancels that edge over time, and we never suggest otherwise.

Live dealer tables and mobile apps

Studio-hosted blackjack, baccarat and game shows are filmed elsewhere and streamed to the casino, so table limits, seat availability and opening hours belong to the studio and change with demand. Apps and mobile lobbies are checked on the devices we own; a different phone, operating system version or app store region may show a shorter game list or a missing payment option. Treat our screenshots as an example from one device, not a promise about yours.

Tax questions

The gambling taxes guide on this site is general background, not individual advice. If gaming forms part of your income, or the amounts involved are large, a qualified accountant should look at your own situation.

Paid links

Some outbound links pay us when a reader registers through them. The affiliate disclosure explains the arrangement and what it leaves untouched.

Material from others

News items, operator statements and game descriptions supplied by studios are reproduced in good faith and attributed where possible. Sites reached through our links belong to other companies, which alone answer for their own content, for keeping their systems safe and for any use they make of your personal details.

How far our liability goes

As far as the law permits, neither Bastionfield Media Ventures Limited nor the examiners who write for it can be held answerable for losses, missed winnings, closed accounts or refused cash-outs that follow a decision made on the strength of this site. Reading these pages creates no contract with the publisher, and nothing here is meant to encourage play in a jurisdiction that forbids it.

When gambling stops being a pastime

Decide your limit before the first deposit, count whatever you lose as money spent on an evening out, never as a debt to recover, and step away when play stops feeling optional. Ontario residents who need to talk to someone can reach ConnexOntario 1-866-531-2600, a free and confidential helpline. Self-exclusion and other tools are gathered on our responsible gambling page.

Publisher and contact

Casino Examiners is published by Bastionfield Media Ventures Limited, Montarik House, 3 Bedlam Court, Gibraltar GX11 1AA. Spotted an error, or want to challenge something on this page? Write to [email protected].