FINTRAC imposed a combined C$631,538.50 in penalties on two provincial gaming corporations after examinations found failures in suspicious-transaction reporting and other anti-money-laundering controls.

The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada, known as FINTRAC, announced the penalties on September 3, 2026. Both organizations have paid in full, and both cases are closed.

The enforcement actions concern compliance failures. They do not establish that either organization laundered money.

What FINTRAC found

New Brunswick Lotteries and Gaming Corporation received a C$399,712.50 penalty. FINTRAC said the corporation failed to submit suspicious transaction reports when there were reasonable grounds to suspect links to money laundering or terrorist activity financing.

The penalty was imposed on July 24, 2026. The corporation is a casino-sector reporting entity headquartered in Fredericton.

Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation received a C$231,826 penalty. FINTRAC cited failures involving suspicious transaction reports for attempted transactions. It also found problems with written compliance policies and the assessment and documentation of enterprise-wide risks.

The Nova Scotia penalty was imposed on July 23, 2026. The corporation is a casino-sector reporting entity headquartered in Halifax.

Administrative breaches, not money-laundering convictions

The cases are administrative enforcement actions under Canada’s Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act and its regulations. They are not criminal convictions.

FINTRAC says administrative monetary penalties are intended to change non-compliant behaviour. Suspicious transaction reports help the agency produce financial intelligence for law-enforcement and national-security investigations. A failure to file a report is separate from proof of a criminal offence.

A wider record involving Atlantic gaming bodies

The penalties add to a wider compliance record involving Atlantic gaming organizations. FINTRAC’s public penalty notice shows that Atlantic Lottery Corporation, a separate reporting entity headquartered in Moncton, received a C$212,025 penalty on May 29, 2026, for three violations.

The three organizations are separate entities. The penalties against New Brunswick Lotteries and Gaming Corporation and Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation do not represent one finding against all Atlantic Canadian gaming operators.

FINTRAC said it issued 35 notices of violation during the 2025-26 fiscal year. The notices produced more than C$247 million in penalties, the highest annual total in the agency’s history.

What the rules require

Canadian casino-sector reporting entities must identify clients, keep required records, maintain a compliance regime and report certain transactions to FINTRAC.

  • Suspicious transactions must be reported when the legal threshold is met.
  • Compliance policies must be written, current and approved by a senior officer.
  • Organizations must assess and document their money-laundering and terrorist-financing risks.
  • Administrative penalties can be imposed even when no criminal charge or conviction follows.

For provincial gaming corporations, the enforcement shows that government control or provincial regulation does not remove federal anti-money-laundering obligations.