The Alberta iGaming Corporation
explained
The AiGC is the Crown corporation that "conducts and manages" Alberta's online gambling market. It signs the commercial agreement every legal operator needs, handles public complaints, and its branding on a casino site marks it as approved.
The Alberta iGaming Corporation (AiGC) is the Crown corporation that runs Alberta’s regulated online gambling market. Created by the iGaming Alberta Act, it signs the commercial agreement every private operator needs before launching — the second half of the two-part approval that makes a casino legal here.
The first half is registration with the regulator, the AGLC. Legal casino = AGLC registration + AiGC agreement. Both, always.
Why “conduct and manage” matters
Canada’s Criminal Code only permits gambling that a province “conducts and manages”. Ontario solved this with iGaming Ontario; Alberta created the AiGC.
Because the AiGC formally conducts and manages the market, private brands like bet365 or BetMGM can operate legally in Alberta as its contracted operators. Without that structure, no private site could be legal at all, whatever licences it holds elsewhere.
What the AiGC actually does
- Signs and manages operator agreements. Every private operator’s commercial terms with the province run through the AiGC.
- Sets player-protection conditions. The AiGC made RG Check accreditation — an independent responsible-gambling audit by the Responsible Gambling Council — a condition of entering the market, announced in February 2026.
- Handles public complaints about operators, alongside anti-money-laundering oversight and financial reporting for the market.
- Marks approved operators. AiGC branding on a casino site and in its ads identifies it as an approved operator. It’s the fastest visual check that a site is legal — the fuller check is the AGLC register, and here’s how to run both.
AiGC vs. AGLC at a glance
| AGLC | AiGC | |
|---|---|---|
| Role | Regulator | Conduct-and-manage body |
| Grants | Registration | Commercial operating agreement |
| Player programs | GameSense, self-exclusion | RG Check condition, complaints |
| Analogy | Referee | League office |
Structure
The AiGC is a Crown corporation operating at arm’s length from the provincial government, with its own board. It was stood up through 2025–26 after the iGaming Alberta Act received royal assent in May 2025, and the market it manages opened on 13 July 2026. Its site is abigaming.ca.
What it means for you
You’ll rarely deal with the AiGC directly. Its work shows up as the AiGC mark on legal sites, the protections baked into every licensed casino, and a complaints route that exists if an operator mistreats you.
When choosing between licensed casinos, the AiGC agreement is a given — every site we list has one. Compare on what differs instead: games, payments and payout speed.
Frequently asked
Is the AiGC the same as Play Alberta?
No. Play Alberta is the government’s own casino platform, overseen by the AGLC. The AiGC manages the private operators that now compete with it.
Does the AiGC license casinos?
Strictly, no — the AGLC registers them; the AiGC contracts with them. Players can treat the two as one combined requirement: a legal site has both.