Online play rules in Manitoba

PlayNow.com is the only gambling site licensed in Manitoba. Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries (MBLL), a provincial Crown corporation, runs it. MBLL calls it the only legal and regulated multi-product gambling website in the province.

January 2013 is when PlayNow launched in Manitoba, with BCLC as MBLL's provider and partner. It offers online casino games, lottery and sports betting. Poker, bingo and live-dealer casino games are on it as well.

Player tools include time and deposit limits, a short-term lockout and session reminders. Since 2020, player-health specialists have answered by phone and live chat. The legal age for gambling in Manitoba is 18. The Interpretation Act defines a minor as a person under 18, and minors must not take part in provincial gaming.

The Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Authority of Manitoba (LGCA) says most gambling sites advertised to Manitobans are not regulated in Manitoba. It cannot make an unregulated site follow Manitoba law. That could mean trouble such as an unpaid win. 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 Bodog had no lawful authority to offer online gambling to people located in Manitoba, or to advertise it. The court ordered Manitoba geo-blocked.

In January 2024, MBLL warned about a fake Club Regent Casino app that had been advertised. Club Regent Casino and McPhillips Station Casino offer no mobile app and no gaming over the internet. Points on the Casinos of Winnipeg Club Card cannot be used on PlayNow.com.

Only the home page of this guide carries paid links, each marked Ad. There are three: one in the menu, one in a block just below the first screen and one near the end. All lead to the same online casino partner. The site earns a commission, and the partner can change. Inner pages, this one included, carry no paid links.

That partner is a private online casino. It is not PlayNow, and it is not licensed in Manitoba. It has no connection with MBLL, the LGCA or any venue in this guide. MBLL's Voluntary Self-Exclusion does not cover it. Venues, MBLL and PlayNow never pay this site.