The following information is intended to provide guidance for common applicability of the Registrar’s Standards for Internet Gaming for four specific types of registrants that play key roles in the delivery of gaming in Ontario.
This information is for general guidance purposes only and should not be taken as conclusive direction from the AGCO.
The circumstances of each registrant are different and all registrants, including those not listed below, are responsible for identifying the standards and requirements applicable to them.
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Applicable igaming Standards |
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Operators and their platform providers |
In general, all of the igaming Standards will apply to registered operators and their platform providers. |
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GRSs who run critical gaming systems |
Gaming-related suppliers who run critical gaming systems are responsible for ensuring that gaming technology is operated in a way that meets the Standards.
Entity Level: 1.01, 1.02.3, 1.03, 1.05, 1.06, 1.07, 1.08, 1.09, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12, 1.13, 1.14, 1.18, 1.20 Responsible Gambling: 2.15.3, 2.15.5, 2.16.2 Ensuring Game Integrity and Player Awareness: 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 4.04, 4.06, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.11, 4.12, 4.14, 4.15, 4.16, 4.21, 4.23, 4.24, 4.25, 4.27, 4.28, 4.29, 4.35 Public Safety and Protection of Assets: 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.05, 5.06, 5.07, 5.08, 5.09, 5.10, 5.11, 5.12, 5.13, 5.14, 5.15, 5.16, 5.17, 5.18, 5.19, 5.20, 5.21, 5.22, 5.23, 5.24, 5.25, 5.26, 5.27, 5.28, 5.29, 5.30, 5.31, 5.32, 5.33, 5.34, 5.35, 5.36, 5.37, 5.38, 5.39, 5.40, 5.41, 5.42, 5.43, 5.44, 5.45, 5.46, 5.47, 5.48, 5.58, 5.60, 5.62, 5.63, 5.64, 5.65, 5.66, 5.68
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GRSs that develop but do not run critical gaming systems |
Entity Level: 1.01, 1.02.3, 1.05, 1.06, 1.07, 1.08, 1.09, 1.10, 1.12, 1.13, 1.18, 1.20 Responsible Gambling: 2.15, 2.16, 2.17, 2.18, 2.19, 2.20, 2.24.2 Prohibiting Access to Designated Groups and Player Account Management 3.15.3 Ensuring Game Integrity and Player Awareness 4.01, 4.02, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09.2, 4.09.6, 4.12, 4.14, 4.15, 4.16, 4.21, 4.24, 4.25, 4.26, 4.27, 4.28, 4.29, 4.31, 4.35 Public Safety and Protection of Assets: 5.05, 5.13, 5.14, 5.15, 5.16, 5.19, 5.20, 5.25, 5.27, 5.39, 5.40, 5.41, 5.49, 5.50, 5.51, 5.52, 5.53, 5.54, 5.55, 5.56, 5.57, 5.59, 5.61,5.64, 5.65, 5.66, 5.67
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GRSs that are registered as independent integrity monitors
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Entity Level: 1.01, 1.02.3, 1.05, 1.06, 1.07, 1.08, 1.09, 1.10, 1.12, 1.13, 1.18, 1.20 Ensuring Game Integrity and Player Awareness 4.32 Public Safety and Protection of Assets: 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.05, 5.09, 5.10, 5.11, 5.12, 5.24, 5.25, 5.26, 5.28
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Standards that are Specific to Sport and Event Betting
In general, the Registrar’s Standards for Internet Gaming apply to operators and GRSs involved in offering sport and event betting Ontario’s igaming market.
By way of additional clarification, the following table highlights those relatively few Standards that are a) uniquely applicable to sport and event betting only; b) relevant for internet gaming as a whole, but also contain one or more specific references to sport and event betting; and c) do not apply to sport and event betting.
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Responsible Gambling: 2.15.1, 2.15.2, 2.15.3 Prohibiting Access to Designated Groups and Player Account Management 3.01.1 Ensuring Game Integrity and Player Awareness 4.25.1, 4.25.2, 4.25.3, 4.32, 4.33, 4.34 |
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Prohibiting Access to Designated Groups and Player Account Management 3.15 Ensuring Game Integrity and Player Awareness 4.01, 4.06, 4.10, 4.12, 4.13, 4.24, 4.28 Public Safety and Protection of Assets: 5.75 |
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Responsible Gambling: 2.15 Ensuring Game Integrity and Player Awareness 4.26, 4.27 |