22Bet is an offshore-licensed casino and sportsbook that accepts Canadian players, settles in Canadian dollars and has operated since 2017. It is not registered with iGaming Ontario, which means Ontario residents fall outside the provincial player-protection framework and cannot claim any promotional offer. Elsewhere in Canada the platform is reachable, funded through Interac and cards as well as digital currencies, and stocked with several thousand titles from a large studio roster.
The harder question is what to trust. Reviews published across the Canadian market between 2024 and 2026 disagree on the operator's licence, its corporate owner, the size of its catalogue and the playthrough attached to its welcome offer. Those are not rounding differences — they are contradictions. This review sets out each claim, names the source and the date it was recorded, and shows readers how to check the record themselves rather than asking them to take one number on faith.
22Bet Canada at a Glance
Every figure below carries the date on which it was recorded. Where published sources disagree, a range is shown with attribution rather than a single confident number, because a single number here would misrepresent the state of the record.
| Parameter | Value on record | Recorded |
|---|---|---|
| Licence | Kahnawake Gaming Commission No. 00882 and Curaçao eGaming 8048/JAZ2017-067 per rg.org; Tobique Gaming Commission per casino.ca | Jul–Aug 2026 |
| Operator entity | TechSolutions Group N.V. per rg.org and casinoscanada; NovaPulse Ltd per casino.ca | Jul–Aug 2026 |
| Parent company | Marikit Holdings Ltd, Cyprus, incorporated 14 January 2016 | Jul 2026 |
| Head office | Limassol, Cyprus; registered office Willemstad, Curaçao | Jul 2026 |
| Launched | 2017 (30 October 2017 per casinoscanada) | Jul 2026 |
| Game catalogue | 1,300 to 5,000 depending on source; 4,000+ is the most commonly cited figure | Aug 2026 |
| Studios supplying content | 64 to 180 depending on source and counting method | Aug 2026 |
| Streamed tables | 236 per rg.org; 300+ to 365 per casinoscanada | Jul 2026 |
| Headline welcome offer | 100% to C$450 (most sources); a four-deposit package to C$2,210 plus 150 free spins is also documented | Aug 2026 |
| Playthrough | 50× on the C$450 offer; 35× on the multi-deposit package | Aug 2026 |
| Playthrough window | 7 days | Aug 2026 |
| Minimum deposit | C$1 to C$15 depending on source and on whether the figure covers the method or bonus activation | Aug 2026 |
| Payout window | 1–7 business days stated; 0–5 days per casino.ca | Jul 2026 |
| Maximum withdrawal | C$50,000 | Jul 2026 |
| Ontario availability | Platform reachable; promotional offers not available | Aug 2026 |
Scroll right to see the recording date on each row.
Licensing Under Scrutiny: Three Conflicting Records
Licensing is the single most consequential fact on this page, because it determines who adjudicates a dispute and what recourse a player has when a payout is refused. It is also the fact on which the Canadian review market most badly disagrees.
The dominant account, carried by rg.org in a review published in February 2026 and updated in July, names two authorisations: a Kahnawake Gaming Commission licence numbered 00882 covering Canadian players, and a Curaçao eGaming licence numbered 8048/JAZ2017-067 covering international operations. The named operator is TechSolutions Group N.V. CasinosCanada, Covers and Casinorix all carry versions of the same pairing.
Casino.ca departs from it entirely. Its review names the Tobique Gaming Commission as regulator and NovaPulse Ltd as operator — a different licensing body and a different corporate entity. A third source, betting-site.ca, states that 22Bet holds a UK Gambling Commission licence; no other source in the Canadian market corroborates this, and it should be treated as unverified until it is.
Two readings fit these facts. Either one or more reviews carry stale information, or the operating structure genuinely changed and most of the market has not caught up. Both are ordinary events in offshore iGaming, and neither is grounds for alarm on its own. What matters practically is that a player who needs to file a complaint must know which body actually holds the licence on the day they file — and no published review provides a route to establish that.
Verification record — licensing
| Claim | Source | Date seen | Where to check |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kahnawake No. 00882 + Curaçao 8048/JAZ2017-067; TechSolutions Group N.V. | rg.org | Updated 20 September 2026 | Kahnawake Gaming Commission public licensee register |
| Kahnawake and Curaçao under a master licence | casinoscanada.com | Updated 20 September 2026 | Same register; Curaçao Gaming Authority portal |
| Kahnawake Gaming Commission | covers.com | Updated 20 September 2026 | Kahnawake public register |
| Tobique Gaming Commission; NovaPulse Ltd | casino.ca | No update date published | Tobique Gaming Commission licensee list |
| UK Gambling Commission | betting-site.ca | Feb 2026 | UKGC public register — uncorroborated elsewhere |
Checking any casino licence in four steps
- Find the licence statement in the site footer
Legitimate operators publish the licensing body, a licence number and the corporate entity holding it. A footer that names a regulator without a number is not a licence statement.
- Open the regulator's own register, not a link from the casino
Every serious regulator publishes a searchable list of current licensees. Navigating there directly avoids any risk of a spoofed verification page.
- Match the corporate entity, not the brand name
Licences are issued to companies, not trading names. A search for "22Bet" may return nothing while the operating entity appears normally.
- Record the date of the check
Licences lapse, transfer and get replaced. A verification is only as good as its timestamp, which is why every claim on this page carries one.
The practical value of the licence number is narrow but real: it is the reference required when escalating a dispute past the operator's own support desk. A player who has never noted it will struggle to file at the moment they most need to.
The Ontario Divide: Why Province Determines Everything
Canada does not regulate online gambling at a national level. Since 2022 Ontario has run a closed market through iGaming Ontario and the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, admitting only operators that register with it. Other provinces have not built equivalent frameworks, and players there access offshore sites without a provincial counterparty.
22Bet has not registered with iGaming Ontario. Two separate consequences follow, and published reviews routinely conflate them.
The first is legal. Canadian federal law does not prohibit an individual from placing bets on an offshore site. The prohibition in the Criminal Code addresses the operation of unlicensed gaming, not participation in it. A player outside Ontario is not committing an offence by holding a 22Bet account.
The second is protective, and it is where the real exposure sits. Provincial registration brings a defined complaints process, mandated responsible-gambling controls and a regulator with jurisdiction over the operator. None of that applies here. Disputes fall to the offshore licensing body, whose enforcement reach over a foreign operator differs materially from that of a provincial regulator. That distinction is not theoretical — it determines what happens when a five-figure withdrawal is refused.
For Ontario residents specifically: promotional offers, including the welcome bonus, are not available. Reviews across the market carry this restriction in their terms. Attempting to disguise location in order to claim an offer breaches the operator's terms and typically surfaces at the verification stage, when the account and its balance are frozen rather than paid out.
| Province or territory | Minimum gambling age | Promotional offers |
|---|---|---|
| Alberta | 18 | Available |
| Manitoba | 18 | Available |
| Quebec | 18 | Available |
| British Columbia | 19 | Available |
| Saskatchewan | 19 | Available |
| Ontario | 19 | Not available |
| New Brunswick | 19 | Available |
| Nova Scotia | 19 | Available |
| Prince Edward Island | 19 | Available |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 19 | Available |
| Yukon | 19 | Available |
| Northwest Territories | 19 | Available |
| Nunavut | 19 | Available |
Where 22Bet Delivers and Where It Falls Short
Strengths
- Catalogue breadth across every major format — slots, streamed tables, crash, bingo and scratch cards under one account
- Studio roster reported between 64 and 180 partners, well above single-supplier platforms
- Entry threshold as low as C$1 on some methods, against C$10–C$20 minimums at comparable brands
- Sixty-plus funding routes including Interac and thirteen or more digital currencies
- Loyalty cashback running from 5% to 11% of losses across seven tiers, with an eighth tier paying on turnover rather than losses
Weaknesses
- A 50× playthrough on the headline offer, against 35× and 40× at several competing brands, compressed into 7 days
- Payout speed is the weakest measured dimension — rg.org scored it 71.92 against 88.92 for trust, and recorded that 28.69% of user feedback mentions withdrawal delays
- No Evolution Gaming content, so the Lightning series and its variants are absent; Hacksaw Gaming is also missing
- No App Store or Google Play listing, which removes the public rating history most players use to assess an app
- Player-protection controls are contested across sources, with three published accounts directly contradicting one another
What Published Testing Actually Recorded
Several Canadian reviewers have run funded accounts through 22Bet and published measurements. Their results are set out below with attribution. This page does not present a first-party test of its own, because a test that has not been performed should not be described as though it had — a distinction that matters more here than usual, given that readers are making a financial decision.
The published record on payouts is genuinely split. The rg.org reviewer recorded a bank transfer completing in five days, inside the stated 1–7 day window but slower than the market leaders. Casino.ca's team recorded a Bitcoin withdrawal clearing in under two hours against an official window of up to five business days. Both can be true simultaneously: the two methods clear through entirely different rails once approved.
Support response times were logged systematically in one case. Across ten separate contacts spread over day and night shifts and covering account, bonus and payment questions, rg.org recorded an average first response of four minutes fifty-six seconds — stable across peak and off-peak hours, but behind the sub-three-minute benchmark set by the fastest competitors. Casino.ca's team reported reaching a human agent in about two minutes after an automated bot gave an incomplete answer on VIP cashback tiers.
One finding deserves particular weight because it records an absence rather than a presence. Casino.ca searched for evidence of independent game-fairness certification from eCOGRA and found none, noting that the platform's fairness case rests instead on its suppliers being regulated studios with audited random number generators. A separate source, casinoofthekings.ca, states that an eCOGRA certificate exists. That is a directly checkable claim and one worth resolving before depositing.
| Measurement | Recorded result | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bank transfer payout | 5 days | rg.org |
| Bitcoin payout | Under 2 hours | casino.ca |
| Live chat first response, 10 contacts | 4 min 56 s average | rg.org |
| Time to reach a human agent | ~2 minutes after bot handoff | casino.ca |
| Account registration | ~2 minutes | rg.org and casino.ca |
| Feedback mentioning payout delay | 28.69% of sampled reviews | rg.org |
| Independent fairness certification | Not found on inspection | casino.ca |
The C$450 Headline and What Clearing It Demands
The headline offer is a 100% match to C$450 on a first deposit, with no code required. The number that governs its value is not C$450 but the 50× playthrough attached to it, running against a seven-day clock.
A C$100 deposit produces C$100 in bonus funds and a C$5,000 turnover obligation. A C$450 deposit produces C$450 and a C$22,500 obligation. At an average stake of C$1 that is 22,500 spins to complete inside a week — a volume that places the offer well outside casual play regardless of how the headline figure reads.
Three restrictions compound the arithmetic. Only slot play contributes; streamed and table games are excluded. A maximum stake applies while bonus funds are active, reported at C$5 by casinoscanada and C$7 by casino.ca, and exceeding it voids the bonus outright. And deposits made in digital currency do not qualify for the offer at all — a restriction that is easy to trip and impossible to reverse after the fact.
| Term | Condition |
|---|---|
| Match rate | 100% of qualifying first deposit |
| Ceiling | C$450 |
| Playthrough | 50× |
| Window | 7 days from activation |
| Qualifying deposit | C$1 to C$2 depending on source |
| Stake cap while active | C$5 to C$7 depending on source |
| Contributing games | Slots only |
| Excluded funding | All digital currency deposits |
The full promotions breakdown covers the multi-deposit package, weekly reloads, the loyalty ladder and the six most common ways a bonus is cancelled before it clears.
A Catalogue Measured in Thousands, Counted Differently
Catalogue size is the second area where sources diverge widely. Published counts range from "more than 1,300 games" at casinoscanada through 4,000+ at rg.org and casino.ca to 5,000-plus at webopedia. The spread reflects different snapshot dates and different decisions about whether to count streamed tables, instant formats and scratch cards as separate titles. Any single figure quoted with confidence is a figure someone has stopped questioning.
Two absences matter more than any count. Evolution Gaming supplies no content here, which removes the Lightning series and its derivatives from the streamed section — three of four reviewed competitors flag this. Hacksaw Gaming is also absent from the slot roster. Players who came for either studio will not find substitutes.
Funding an Account from Canada
Sixty-plus funding routes are documented, spanning Canadian banking, cards, wallets and digital currencies. Interac is the method that matters most for Canadian accounts, and it is also the method on which sources most directly contradict one another.
Rg.org and Covers both list Interac as supported with instant deposits and no operator fee, and Covers records payouts through it clearing in roughly fifteen minutes. Casino.ca gives an Interac minimum of C$10 and a per-transaction ceiling of C$2,500. Against that, legalbetcanada states flatly that Interac is unavailable, and casinoscanada's review lists no Canadian-specific methods and criticises the absence. The most likely explanation is that older reviews were written before Interac was added, but a player should confirm in the cashier before relying on it.
| Route | Minimum | Operator fee | Deposit speed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interac | C$10 | None | Instant |
| Visa, Mastercard, Diners, Discover | From C$1 | None | Instant |
| Apple Pay, Google Pay | From C$1 | None | Instant |
| Skrill, MiFinity, MuchBetter, AstroPay | From C$1 | None | Instant |
| Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin | Network dependent | Network gas only | Instant on confirmation |
| USDC, BUSD, DAI and other stablecoins | Network dependent | Network gas only | Instant on confirmation |
| Bank transfer | From C$1 | None | 1–7 days |
The full funding guide covers Interac limits in detail, why Canadian card issuers decline gambling merchants, network selection for digital currency transfers, and two charges that never appear in the cashier.
Cashing Out: Stated Windows Versus Recorded Ones
22Bet states a payout window of one to seven business days. Casino.ca gives zero to five. The recorded results sit at both extremes, and the reason is structural: a payout has two stages with two separate clocks.
The first stage is operator approval, which is method-agnostic and depends on verification status, bonus state and the size of the request. The second is settlement through the payment rail, which is where methods diverge sharply — digital currency settles in minutes, cards and bank transfers in days. A digital currency payout advertised as instant still waits on stage one, which is why a "fast" method can still take a day.
The most consequential number published on this subject is rg.org's finding that 28.69% of sampled user feedback mentions withdrawal speed, which drove its payments score down to 71.92 — the weakest of six assessed dimensions and the clearest single weakness in the platform's record.
Two conditions apply to every withdrawal. Funds must leave by the same route they arrived, a standard anti-money-laundering control that splits payouts proportionally when several deposit methods were used. And a deposit must be wagered at least once before it can be withdrawn, even with no bonus attached.
The payout guide sets out both stages by method, the full verification document list with rejection causes, a diagnostic sequence for a payout that has stalled, and the escalation route when one is refused.
Opening an Account: Two Irreversible Choices
Registration takes roughly two minutes across the sources that timed it, using email, phone, single-click or a social profile. Two decisions taken during that process are difficult or impossible to reverse afterwards, and both are easy to click past.
The offer fork. 22Bet runs separate welcome offers for its casino and its sportsbook, and the choice is made during sign-up. Slot players who select the sportsbook offer face accumulator requirements instead of a slot playthrough.
Account currency. Selecting a currency other than CAD introduces conversion on every transaction, and changing it later may attract a conversion charge.
A third detail matters later, not now. Registration details must match the identity documents that will be requested before a first withdrawal. A name entered casually at sign-up becomes a frozen payout weeks afterwards.
The registration walkthrough covers all eight stages, the SMS verification failure modes, and what identity checks will eventually require.
Playing on Mobile Without an App Store Listing
22Bet publishes no listing on the App Store or Google Play. Applications are distributed from its own site, which means installation happens outside the store review process — and, just as importantly, that no public rating history exists for players to consult. The 3.1 App Store rating recorded by casino.ca refers to a listing that Covers reports as unavailable, itself a sign of how fluid this area is.
Four access routes exist: the responsive mobile site, a progressive web app that installs to the home screen without a downloaded file, a native iOS application and an Android package file. Feature parity with desktop is complete across sources, and rg.org observed that category filters are more usable on mobile than on desktop.
Mobile site
No installation, always current, full cashier access. The lowest-risk route.
Progressive web app
Home-screen icon and app-like behaviour with no downloaded file. The recommended compromise.
Installed applications
iOS requires trusting a developer profile; Android requires enabling installation from unknown sources and updating manually.
The mobile guide explains why store listings require jurisdiction-recognised licensing, and sets out the four rules that apply before installing any casino package file.
Support Channels and Recorded Response Times
Support runs on live chat around the clock, backed by email and social channels. There is no telephone support for Canadian players — a point casinorix raises specifically, and a genuine barrier for anyone who needs to talk through a frozen account rather than type about it.
The systematic measurement available comes from rg.org, which logged ten contacts across a full day cycle rather than sampling once and generalising. Response times held steady between peak and quiet hours, which is a meaningful finding in itself: consistency matters more than a single fast reply. Agents handled straightforward account and payment questions accurately, and escalated complex bonus questions rather than improvising — preferable behaviour, though it lengthens resolution.
| Contact window | Question type | First response |
|---|---|---|
| 08:15 | Account email change | 4 min 30 s |
| 09:50 | Deposit verification delay | 5 min 10 s |
| 12:55 | Bonus cancellation rules | 5 min 25 s |
| 16:10 | Session history access | 5 min 00 s |
| 18:35 | Self-exclusion durations | 4 min 35 s |
| 23:05 | Account inactivity policy | 5 min 05 s |
| Average across all ten contacts | 4 min 56 s | |
Selected entries from the rg.org contact log; the full log covers ten contacts across day and night shifts.
Channels available: live chat 24/7, email support, and social accounts on X and Instagram. Interface and support languages include English (Canada) and French, within a platform supporting 62 or more languages overall.
The Eight-Tier Cashback Ladder
The loyalty programme runs across eight tiers, and its structure changes fundamentally at the top — a detail worth understanding because it is the only part of the programme that alters expected return rather than simply returning losses.
Through the first seven tiers, cashback is paid on net losses, rising from 5% at Copper to 11% at Diamond, with payment frequency tightening from weekly to daily as tiers advance. At the eighth tier the basis shifts entirely: cashback of 0.05% to 0.25% is paid on every stake placed, won or lost. A rebate on turnover functions as a small addition to effective return rather than a partial refund.
The realistic caveat: reaching the eighth tier requires turnover far beyond ordinary recreational play. For most account holders the headline figure describes a tier they will not reach, and the relevant number is the 5% to 7% at the lower tiers. Separately, bet points accrue at roughly one point per C$15 wagered on casino play and are exchangeable in the platform's rewards shop. Full tier detail is on the promotions page.
Player Protection Tools: A Contested Record
This is the area where the published record fails most seriously, and where a reader is least well served by the existing market. Three sources give three incompatible accounts of the same feature set.
| Source | Account given | Recorded |
|---|---|---|
| rg.org | Deposit limits, time-outs and self-exclusion exist, but must be activated by contacting support rather than in account settings. Scored 75.0 on this dimension. | Jul 2026 |
| casino.ca | Self-exclusion is available; there are no deposit limits, loss limits, session limits, reality checks or withdrawal locks. | No date published |
| covers.com | Daily, weekly and monthly deposit limits plus session time and wager limits are set directly in the account; time-outs and self-exclusion are straightforward. | Aug 2026 |
These cannot all be accurate. For a category of product where the presence of self-service limits is a genuine harm-reduction measure, the contradiction is more serious than any disagreement over game counts. A player who relies on deposit limits should verify what exists in their own account settings before funding it, rather than trusting any published account including this one.
What is not in dispute: 22Bet does support self-exclusion, and a self-exclusion period cannot be lifted on request during its term. That is the design, not a fault.
Support for gambling problems in Canada. ConnexOntario operates a free, confidential helpline at 1-866-531-2600, available around the clock. The Responsible Gambling Council can be reached at 416-499-9807. Gamblers Anonymous operates hotlines at 855-2CALLGA. These services are independent of any operator and of this site.
22Bet Against the Canadian Field
Comparison is only useful against a consistent set of criteria. The table below applies the same six to each brand, including the one dimension on which 22Bet is clearly beaten.
| Brand | Welcome offer | Playthrough | Catalogue | Payout window | Ontario-registered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22Bet | 100% to C$450 | 50× | 4,000+ | 1–7 days | No |
| 1xBET | To C$3,000 + 150 spins | 35× | 9,000+ | 1–10 days | No |
| 20BET | To C$500 + 120 spins | 40× | 12,000+ | 1–7 days | No |
| BET99 | Varies by province | Varies | Mid-size | 1–5 days | Yes |
| LeoVegas | 100% to C$1,500 + 300 spins | 35× | Large | 1–3 days | Yes |
Scroll right for payout window and registration status.
The pattern is consistent: 22Bet competes on breadth and entry threshold, and loses on playthrough, payout speed and regulatory standing. Brands registered with iGaming Ontario offer a materially different protection profile to Ontario residents, which no catalogue advantage offsets.
The Verdict: Fit and Misfit
Reasonable fit
- Players outside Ontario who want one account covering slots, streamed tables, crash and bingo
- Digital currency users, given thirteen or more supported assets and the fastest recorded settlement
- Low-stakes players, where a C$1 to C$2 entry threshold is genuinely unusual
- Experienced players comfortable with a dense interface and offshore licensing structures
Poor fit
- Anyone who requires provincial oversight — no iGaming Ontario registration means no provincial recourse, and this outweighs every other consideration for Ontario residents
- Players who depend on self-service deposit and session limits, given the contested record on their availability
- Bonus-driven players, where 50× over seven days makes the headline figure largely notional
- Anyone prioritising payout speed, given the 28.69% complaint rate recorded on that dimension
- Evolution Gaming regulars and Hacksaw Gaming players, whose preferred content is absent
- Players who want store-distributed applications with public rating histories
Common Questions About 22Bet Canada
Is 22Bet Casino legal in Canada?
Canadian federal law does not prohibit individuals from using offshore gambling sites; the Criminal Code addresses the operation of unlicensed gaming rather than participation in it. 22Bet operates under offshore licensing rather than provincial registration, so players outside Ontario can hold accounts lawfully. What differs is protection, not legality: disputes are handled by the offshore regulator, not by a Canadian provincial authority, and the practical recourse available differs accordingly.
Is 22Bet legal in Ontario specifically?
Ontario operates a closed market through iGaming Ontario and the AGCO, and 22Bet is not registered with it. The platform remains technically reachable from Ontario, but residents fall outside the provincial player-protection framework and are excluded from all promotional offers. Anyone in Ontario who wants provincial oversight of their account should use an operator on the iGaming Ontario register instead.
Who licenses 22Bet, and how can that be verified?
The published record disagrees. Most Canadian reviews name the Kahnawake Gaming Commission, with rg.org citing licence number 00882 alongside a Curaçao licence and TechSolutions Group N.V. as operator. Casino.ca instead names the Tobique Gaming Commission and NovaPulse Ltd. Verification means opening the regulator's own public licensee register directly, searching for the corporate entity rather than the brand name, and recording the date of the check.
Is it safe to play at 22Bet?
The platform uses SSL encryption and offers two-factor authentication, and it has operated since 2017 without a documented pattern of non-payment. Two caveats carry weight: casino.ca searched for independent fairness certification from eCOGRA and did not find it, and 28.69% of sampled user feedback mentions payout delays. Safety in this context means offshore-standard protections, not the provincial framework that registered Ontario operators carry.
What is the legal gambling age across Canadian provinces?
Eighteen in Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec; nineteen in every other province and territory, including Ontario, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and the Atlantic provinces. The age that applies is the one where the player is located, not where the operator is licensed. Verification documents are checked against this at the withdrawal stage, so an underage account will not be paid out.
How does a player set a deposit limit at 22Bet?
Published accounts conflict directly. Covers states that daily, weekly and monthly deposit limits plus session and wager limits are configured in account settings. Rg.org states that limiting tools exist but must be activated through customer support. Casino.ca states that no deposit, loss or session limits are offered at all. Anyone relying on these controls should confirm what appears in their own account settings before funding it, and contact support in writing if the controls are not visible.
How does self-exclusion work at 22Bet?
Self-exclusion is available and blocks account access for a chosen period. Sources disagree on whether it is activated in settings or through support, so both routes are worth attempting. A self-exclusion period cannot be lifted on request while it runs — that restriction is the point of the tool, not a limitation of it. Anyone considering self-exclusion because gambling has stopped feeling optional can reach ConnexOntario free and confidentially at 1-866-531-2600.
Does 22Bet accept Interac?
Current sources say yes. Rg.org and Covers list Interac with instant deposits, no operator fee and payouts clearing in roughly fifteen minutes; casino.ca gives a C$10 minimum and a C$2,500 per-transaction ceiling. Older reviews, including legalbetcanada and casinoscanada, state that Interac is unavailable, which most likely reflects the position before it was added. The cashier is the authoritative check.
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Marc-Étienne Roy
Senior Casino Analyst · Montréal, Quebec
Marc-Étienne Roy has covered regulated and offshore online gambling for Canadian audiences since 2014, first as a payments reporter and since 2019 as a full-time casino analyst. His work concentrates on the areas where operator marketing and operator terms disagree: playthrough arithmetic, payout timelines, verification practice and the difference between a licence that exists and a licence that protects a player.
He built the verification method used across this site, in which every disputed figure is published with its source, the date it was recorded and the register where a reader can check it. The approach came out of repeatedly finding that the same operator was described with three different licences and four different game counts across the Canadian review market, with no source naming its date.
He works from Montréal in English and French, and reads provincial regulatory filings in both. He does not accept payment from operators for coverage, and negative findings are published on this site alongside favourable ones.