Which Ontario casinos have been fined by AGCO for bonus advertising? In the regulator’s releases this desk read, five: BetMGM Canada ($48,000 in 2022 and $110,000 in 2025), PointsBet Canada ($30,000), Crown DK CAN Ltd., DraftKings’ Ontario company ($100,000), Unibet ON Inc. ($48,000), and Casino Days ($54,000), the last under the truthful-marketing Standards rather than the inducement-advertising one.
Which Ontario casinos have been fined by AGCO for bonus advertising?
Six penalties, five operators, five AGCO releases read on September 14, 2026. This is a compiled record, not breaking news; the newest release in it is dated June 16, 2025. The 2022 rows are for alleged infractions; the 2025 BetMGM release says violations.
| Release date | Operator | Amount | Standard(s) | Conduct, per the release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2022 | BetMGM Canada | $48,000 | 2.04, 2.05 | April 2022 tweets: a “$250K Launch Party” contest with $100K in casino bonus, a $10 bonus for a $25 bet, and a claim that bigger bets win more often |
| May 3, 2022 | PointsBet Canada | $30,000 | 2.05 | Posters on GO trains (April 4 to 21, 2022) and at two GO stations (April 4 to 17, 2022), inducing play for free |
| June 30, 2022 | Crown DK CAN Ltd. (parent: DraftKings Inc.) | $100,000 | 2.05 | Boosted 2:1 odds on television and social media, May 19 to 31, 2022 |
| August 25, 2022 | Unibet ON Inc. | $48,000 | 2.05 | Broad inducements promoting “generous welcome offers”, May 19 to 22, 2022 |
| March 26, 2025 | BetMGM Canada Inc. | $110,000 | 1.19, 2.05 | Affiliates offered $100 cash for a $15 deposit at a January 2024 franchise show; “Above the Street” alone: 377 sign-ups, $127,180 in commissions |
| June 16, 2025 | Well Played Media, Unipessoal LDA (Casino Days) | $54,000 | 2.04(7), 2.04(15), 2.06(1) | A $2,000 welcome bonus needing a $2,000 deposit and $70,000 wagered at $5 or less per bet within 7 days; key terms behind multiple links |
The five Standard 2.05 rows total $336,000; with Casino Days, $390,000. These totals cover only the rows above.
Two Standards, two kinds of breach
Standard 2.05, as every release quotes it, bars inducement advertising anywhere but the operator’s own site and consented direct marketing.
The June 16, 2025 release cites 2.04(7), 2.04(15) and 2.06(1), on harmful play, unattainable offers and hidden conditions, and does not cite 2.05. The offer sat on the operator’s own site, precisely where 2.05 permits it.
The arithmetic on the one offer the regulator itemised
Take the Casino Days terms as the AGCO listed them. $70,000 of wagering at a $5 maximum bet is 14,000 maximum-size bets; over seven days, one bet every 43 seconds. Our illustration, not operator data. The regulator’s own figure is that the average player would first lose $3,640 chasing the $2,000. Redo it against any welcome match you are shown.
Why can’t casinos advertise bonuses in Ontario?
Standard 2.05, as quoted in the AGCO’s penalty releases, bars advertising that communicates gambling inducements, bonuses or credits except on the operator’s own site or in direct marketing sent after active player consent. A bonus on a poster is the breach; the same bonus behind a login is not.
How much was BetMGM fined by the AGCO?
Twice, per the releases this desk read: $48,000 in Notices of Monetary Penalty on May 3, 2022, for tweets alleged to breach Standards 2.04 and 2.05, and a $110,000 Order of Monetary Penalty on March 26, 2025, after affiliates offered $100 cash for a $15 deposit. $158,000 in all.
Can an operator appeal an AGCO monetary penalty?
Yes. Each release states that a registered operator served with a Notice or Order of Monetary Penalty may appeal to the Licence Appeal Tribunal, part of Tribunals Ontario and independent of the AGCO. Whether any of these operators appealed, and the outcome, the releases do not say and this desk did not check.
How this table was built
Five releases on agco.ca, each read at 200 on September 14, 2026; three are linked above. Operators are called AGCO-registered because the releases say so; this desk did not read the register. A newer bonus-conduct penalty would appear here only if an agco.ca search on the day of writing had surfaced it; none did.
18+. A penalty release describes an offer as it was, not its current terms. The sentence that costs you is in the conditions: read the current ones, and if they do not add up on a napkin, they will not add up on the site.