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AGCO enforcement, licence launches and market openings, each dated and brief. This is the desk’s running record of the regulated market’s pulse.
Ahead of the 5 October election, the two leading parties have both pledged to end the Loto-Québec online monopoly and licence private operators. Nothing binding until the votes are counted — but Quebec is the desk’s front-runner for the next open market.
Filed from the September register · one to watch
Late September brought Betway onto Alberta’s regulated roster — part of Super Group’s regulated-market push after its US retrenchment. One account for casino and sportsbook arrives intact, with offers visible in-app once verified.
Verified via iGaming press, Sept 2026
Alberta’s open market launched 13 July 2026, splitting duties between the AGLC (regulation) and the Alberta iGaming Corporation (commercial) — the same two-body split Ontario uses. Twenty-two platforms were listed at launch; the roster stood at 30+ by late September.
The register’s Alberta board carries the launch wave
Ontario’s regulator keeps showing its teeth: Pragmatic Play and Relax Gaming were each hit with a C$40,000 fine in May 2026. Licensed means supervised — and supervised has teeth.
Ontario
February 2026 brought the loudest enforcement story of the year: the AGCO suspended PointsBet’s Ontario licence. A reminder that the register’s licensing column is doing real work.
Ontario
Goldrush Alberta Limited opened BetNova on 9 April 2026 under an AGCO licence awarded the previous August. The desk has the April debut keyworded: Delasport engine, shelves from Bragg, Evolution, Hacksaw, Play’n GO, Pragmatic Play and Relax.
Filed in the September register · since joined on the AGLC’s published Alberta registrant lists
The regulatory file grows as the desk files new briefs. Figures re-checked 2 October 2026.
