iGaming Ontario’s 2026–2029 business plan treats the next phase of the regulated market as an infrastructure challenge: connect exclusion status, consolidate data, automate anti-money-laundering work and make oversight less dependent on manual reporting.
A standalone agency with a wider brief
iGaming Ontario became a standalone agency on 12 May 2025 under the iGaming Ontario Act, 2024. Its mandate includes conducting and managing online lottery schemes through operating agreements, promoting responsible gambling and returning a share of revenue to the province.
The new plan identifies six broad directions: market competitiveness and consumer choice; support for provincial gaming initiatives; data and consumer insight; centralized self-exclusion; protection through domestic partnerships; and better services, innovation and value.
One exclusion process across regulated operators
The centralized self-exclusion project is designed to let a participant register once and have that status applied across all Ontario-regulated iGaming operators, including OLG.ca. iGaming Ontario says operator integration is underway after system testing in 2025 and that public launch remains on track for 2026.
The plan also anticipates multiple exclusion terms, renewals and referrals to additional supports. After launch, the agency intends to explore closer integration with land-based exclusion programs. That future step would involve different channels, identity systems and operating organizations, so it should be understood as a direction rather than a completed capability.
AML becomes a shared data problem
The proposed anti-money-laundering system would ingest information across operators, automate transaction monitoring and case management, and support batch reporting to FINTRAC. The agency says it has reviewed and filed more than 200,000 regulatory reports since market launch and estimates the new system could reduce operators’ reporting burden by as much as 95%.
That efficiency estimate is forward-looking. A cross-operator view can improve pattern detection, but it also raises governance requirements: purpose limitation, access control, retention, cyber resilience, model validation and a clear process for correcting inaccurate data.
The same consolidated view that can strengthen oversight also concentrates privacy, security and accountability risk.
The financial plan
iGaming Ontario forecasts adjusted gross gaming revenue of C$3.83 billion for FY2025–26, rising to C$5.09 billion in FY2028–29. Net income after stakeholder payments is projected to increase from C$262.2 million to C$369.3 million. For FY2026–27, the plan forecasts C$4.31 billion in adjusted gross gaming revenue and C$293.6 million in net income after stakeholder payments.
The agency explicitly labels these figures as forward-looking and expects growth to slow. Its channelization KPI aims for 90% by FY2026–27; the plan reports a survey-based 83.7% rate for 2024–25 and notes the methodology’s margin of error. More than one million active player accounts per month are cited in the environmental scan, but accounts are not the same as unique individuals.
What to watch
- The public launch date, operator coverage and user experience of centralized self-exclusion.
- Privacy and security controls around cross-operator player and transaction data.
- Whether the AML platform delivers its claimed reporting-efficiency gains.
- How forecasts change with economic conditions, operator profitability and channelization.