26 More iGaming Sites Approved in Alberta Since July

The Alberta iGaming Corporation (AiGC) published the initial count in its July 13 launch statement. Much of the subsequent increase in its public directory came in October.

13 Sites Added Since October 5

There were still only 35 sites on October 5. An independent register check by iGamify News found 45 on October 12. The figures from the three-month period:

• July 13 – 22 sites at launch;
• October 5 – 35 sites;
• October 12 – 45 sites;
• October 13 – 48 sites.

The difference between July 13 and October 13 is 26 websites. That works out to 118.2% growth, calculated from the two official counts.

From October 5 to October 13, the list grew by another 13 sites. That’s exactly half of the 26 sites added since the market opened in July.

These are comparisons of published lists. AiGC does not provide an approval timestamp for each website, so the figures cannot establish precisely when every site received permission to operate.

Two Brands Missing From the October 12 List

On October 12, the approved website list had no entries for Stake or BET99. Both can now be found in AiGC’s directory. Their companies had been registered with Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis (AGLC) earlier.

Alberta handles company registration and website approval separately. AGLC deals with the business itself. Getting a site onto AiGC’s list also requires a commercial agreement, as set out in the AGLC application guide.

The 48 entries include some familiar names more than once. Looking at the directory:

• bet365 has a casino entry and a sportsbook entry.
• FanDuel appears under both products too.
• theScore also has two listings, one for betting and one for casino games.

These are separate website entries, even where the brand is the same. The directory doesn’t identify the corporate group behind every site either. So 48 is the website total, not a confirmed count of individual operators.

October 13 Deadline Has Passed

Alberta gave existing unregulated operators three months to move into its new system after the July launch. That arrangement ended on October 13. Operators still outside the regulated market must stop accepting unauthorized bets or risk enforcement.

AiGC spokesperson Amanda Ash told Covers that operators entering through the transition process had to sign their agreements by October 13. Those planning to launch later must stop unregulated activity until their approved sites go live.

No Player or Revenue Figures in the Directory

Before the regulated market opened, Alberta estimated that roughly 70% of online gambling took place on platforms outside the province’s regulatory system.

The updated AiGC list shows which websites are approved. It cannot tell us whether customers have moved to them from unregulated platforms. A new entry in the directory says nothing about how many people use that site, or where they placed bets before.

There are no site-level figures for players, betting volume or revenue alongside the directory. The increase from 22 to 48 is clear enough, but those numbers alone cannot tell us how much gambling activity has shifted into Alberta’s regulated market.