Alberta’s regulated iGaming directory reached 51 approved sites on October 15, 2026. That is more than double the 22 sites available when the province opened its private online market on July 13.

The rapid expansion shows how quickly Alberta’s betting and online casino market has grown. It also highlights a major information gap: the province has not released official market-wide figures for wagers, gross gaming revenue or active players.

Alberta can count the sites in its regulated market. It still cannot show the public how much business those sites are generating.

Two official counts measure different things

The 51-site figure comes from the Alberta iGaming Corporation’s consumer directory. It counts approved websites available through Alberta’s regulated system.

Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis, the provincial regulator, listed 40 iGaming operator registrants in its latest reported check. That figure counts registered companies or legal entities, not consumer-facing websites.

  • 51 sites in the Alberta iGaming Corporation’s directory on October 15.
  • 40 registrants in the latest reported Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis check.
  • 22 sites when the market launched on July 13.

The figures should not be added together or treated as competing estimates. One operator can run more than one brand or site. A directory entry also does not necessarily show every corporate relationship.

The market is growing faster than the public data

Alberta created the Alberta iGaming Corporation to oversee market operations and assigned Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis the regulatory role. The province says every operator must be registered with the regulator and have a commercial agreement with the corporation.

The Alberta iGaming Corporation has said it will publish quarterly market performance reports. As of October 15, no report had disclosed total Alberta wagers, gross gaming revenue or active-player figures.

That leaves readers, researchers and policymakers without a reliable answer to a basic question: how much business has the regulated market actually captured?

Why the missing figures matter

Alberta’s model ties public returns to market performance. The government says 3% of gross gaming revenue is allocated first to First Nations initiatives and social responsibility programs.

Of the remaining net iGaming revenue, operators keep 80% and the government retains 20%. Without published totals, the public cannot measure the value of those allocations.

Site counts show supply. They do not show player demand, betting volume, profitability or the scale of public revenue. They also cannot provide a meaningful comparison with Ontario’s regulated market.

What comes next

The next major test is disclosure, not expansion. Alberta now has a much larger regulated directory, but its first full market report will need to define the reporting period, currency and measures clearly.

Readers should expect separate figures for wagers, gross gaming revenue, net revenue, taxes or public returns, and active accounts. Combining those measures would make the market appear clearer than it is.

For now, the most defensible snapshot is straightforward: Alberta had 51 listed regulated sites on October 15, 2026, 40 registered iGaming operators in the latest reported Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis check, and no official province-wide performance total.