Manitoba licenses one online gambling site, PlayNow.com, run by Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries (MBLL). This page explains what that means for every other gambling site advertised to Manitobans.
PlayNow.com
PlayNow.com is Manitoba's own legal gambling site, run by MBLL. It launched in the province in January 2013, with BCLC as its platform provider and partner. The site carries online casino games, lottery and sports betting, plus poker, bingo and live-dealer casino games.
Player tools include time and deposit limits, a short-term lockout and session reminders. Player-health specialists answer by phone and live chat.
The regulator's Know My Limits campaign says PlayNow.com is the only gambling site licensed in Manitoba. MBLL has its own phrasing: PlayNow is the sole online gambling site legally authorized to operate in Manitoba. Provinces hold the exclusive right to conduct and manage gaming, MBLL says, and that right covers online gaming.
Everything else
Most gambling sites advertised to Manitobans are not regulated in Manitoba, the LGCA says. The regulator also says it cannot make an unregulated site follow Manitoba law. For a player, that could mean trouble, for example a win that is never paid. An ad for a gambling site does not mean the site is legal.
On May 26, 2025, the Court of King's Bench of Manitoba ruled on the offshore site Bodog. It found that Bodog had no lawful authority to offer or advertise online gambling to people in Manitoba. That was contrary to Criminal Code ss 201, 202 and 206. The court ordered the site to geo-block Manitoba, and MBLL brought the application for the Canadian Lottery Coalition.
Age matters here as well. Regulator research says people aged 18 to 24, especially males, are at higher risk of gambling harm. They are also more likely to use unregulated sites.
Manitoba's casinos and online play
In January 2024, MBLL warned about a fake Club Regent Casino app. Neither Club Regent nor McPhillips Station has a mobile app or any online gaming. Points on the Casinos of Winnipeg Club Card cannot be used on PlayNow.com either.
Sand Hills Casino says it does not offer online gambling. It calls online pages or ads that use its name scams, and says the only legitimate online gambling in Manitoba is PlayNow Manitoba. Aseneskak Casino's official site is aseneskak.com.
Stopping online
On PlayNow, self-exclusion sits under My Account > Self-Exclusion. The account is cancelled and the balance paid out. MBLL Voluntary Self-Exclusion (VSE) can block PlayNow as well: in-person VSE covers it along with the province-run casinos in Winnipeg, while online VSE covers PlayNow.com only.
Call the Gambling Helpline at 1-800-463-1554 round the clock. The line is free and confidential.
About this guide
Nobody bets or signs up on this site: the guide is independent and operates no casino of any kind. Only the home page holds paid links, all labelled Ad, and all of them point to a single third-party online casino site. Manitoba does not license it. Each of those links earns the guide a commission; which partner receives them can change. On this page, no link is paid.
Each fact here was verified with official sources on October 7, 2026. PlayNow's own pages could not be read that day, so the PlayNow facts come from MBLL pages.
Questions
Is online gambling legal in Manitoba?
PlayNow.com, run by MBLL, is the only gambling site licensed in Manitoba. The LGCA says most other sites advertised to Manitobans are not regulated here. An ad does not make a site legal.
Can you gamble online with Club Regent or Sand Hills?
Neither one offers it. Club Regent offers neither a mobile app nor online gaming, and in January 2024 MBLL issued a warning about a fake Club Regent app. Sand Hills says it does not offer online gambling and calls online pages or ads using its name scams.
What age is PlayNow for?
Manitoba's legal age for gambling is 18. Provincial law bars minors from provincial gaming, and PlayNow, run by MBLL, belongs to the province itself.