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BC Online Rules and Cascades Casino Kamloops
Internet gambling in British Columbia follows separate rules: the one legal site is PlayNow.com, operated by BCLC. This guide carries paid links too, and plain answers on both subjects follow below.
Answered by the Q&A teamChecked October 10, 2026
Does the province have its own gambling site?
In BC, no online gambling site is legal except PlayNow.com, which the province runs through BCLC. The province permits gambling in British Columbia only if its own government is the operator. Every commercial form, from casinos to internet play, is handled by BCLC.
Cascades Casino Kamloops does not have an online casino of its own. It is a BCLC casino at 1555 Versatile Drive, operated by Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Limited. Gambling oversight falls to the regulator, the Independent Gambling Control Office (IGCO), which replaced the Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch on April 13, 2026.
How does this guide make money?
This guide makes money through paid links, found only on the home page. Each of the three has an Ad tag: the menu button, a block after the first section, and a second block near the page's foot. The guide gets a commission from the one private online casino partner they all lead to. Because that partner may be replaced, its name is not given.
The site is a different one from PlayNow, and British Columbia neither operates nor allows it. It has no link to BCLC, the IGCO, Gateway Casinos or Cascades Casino Kamloops. No payment ever comes from links to help services, the province or the casino.
Is the partner site part of Game Break?
No, Game Break reaches only PlayNow.com and gaming facilities in BC. It is BCLC's voluntary self-exclusion program, which lets a person bar themselves from play. A single agreement applies to PlayNow.com as well as BC gaming facilities. Neither Game Break nor PlayNow limits extend to the partner site behind the Ad links, so a BC resident playing there gets no provincial protections.
Any BC resident gets the same help from Gambling Support BC, and so do those hurt by another person's gambling. Its toll-free line, 1-888-795-6111, is answered day and night, every day of the week.
More quick questions
Is there a Kamloops casino site for online play?
No, there is no online casino run by Cascades Casino Kamloops. It is a BCLC casino operated by Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Limited, with its website at cascadescasinokamloops.com. In BC, online gambling is legal on one site only: PlayNow.com.
What is the minimum age to play on PlayNow?
You must be 19 or older. That age limit applies to all gambling in British Columbia, including casinos and online play.
Does this guide get paid if I click the Ad button?
Links tagged Ad are paid links, because their partner gives the guide a commission. No page but the home page has them. No money comes from links to the casino, the province or help services.