BetMGM Casino Alberta is live with more than 4,000 games, including slots, table games, live dealer titles and poker. For The Win described the catalog as the largest confirmed among Alberta online casinos, and said BetMGM had preregistered before going live on day one of the province’s new market.
The Alberta site uses one login and one wallet across casino, sportsbook and poker, so players can move between products without logging out. Poker is part of the Alberta offering, consistent with BetMGM’s claim to run one of the largest online poker networks in Canada, and the same account setup is available on iOS and Android.
BetMGM is a joint venture between MGM Resorts International and Entain. The company says it has operated in Ontario since 2022, runs across more than 20 regulated U.S. states and won Online Casino of the Year honors in 2025, making Alberta its first new iGaming jurisdiction in four years.
Alberta’s commercial online gambling market went live on July 13, when private sports betting and online casinos became legal in the province, according to CBC. The province became the second in Canada to open its market to private operators after Ontario did so in 2022.
Service Alberta Minister Dale Nally said 22 operators were allowed to take bets, with more expected over the next three months. He estimated the province would earn $76 million in the first fiscal year, while saying the bigger issue was the black market, which he put at 70% of online gambling in the province and said had no player-safety controls. The province also says 80% of net iGaming revenue will go to operators, while it keeps 20% for programs and services, with separate allocations of 2% of total gross gaming revenue for First Nations support and 1% for social responsibility initiatives such as research, prevention, education and treatment.
The framework was set out in spring 2025, when Bill 48 created the iGaming Alberta Act and amended the Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Act. The government’s factsheet says the changes also created the Alberta iGaming Corporation to oversee market operations and made the Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Commission the regulator.
The January 2026 regulations defined the market’s processes, advertising rules and transition measures. They set the minimum age for online betting at 18 and allowed operators to advertise and sign up customers during the transition, but not to add funds or take bets until registration, a commercial agreement with AiGC and market-launch notification were complete. Advertising must not target minors or self-excluded or high-risk individuals, and it must be truthful.
Responsible-gaming rules were central from the start. Operators must integrate Alberta’s centralized self-exclusion platform on their websites and apps, provide financial and time-based limits at registration and afterwards, keep transaction records and inform players about their account activity.
The self-exclusion system lets Albertans ban themselves from land-based and regulated iGaming platforms in one place, and people who opt in cannot enter iGaming sites or collect prizes under the program. CBC said a person can exclude themselves for up to three years, while Yahoo reported that licensed operators must promote the program, allow access through their sites and obtain RG Check accreditation.
The accreditation is meant to verify governance, player safeguards, staff training and marketing practices. BetMGM says it brings its own responsible-gaming framework from Ontario and the U.S., including deposit limits, loss limits, session controls, cool-off periods and self-exclusion tools required under AGLC licensing.
CBC also quoted FanDuel’s Cory Fox describing deposit limits, wager limits, time limits and time-outs, and said the system can flag spikes in deposits against a user’s usual pattern. Robert Williams warned that advertising can hit young people and people already having difficulty controlling gambling, and that constant reminders can precipitate relapse.
