New Brunswick (Canada): gambling regulation and licensing
Part of Canada
- Online casinoMonopoly
- Online sports bettingMonopoly
- Online pokerMonopoly
- Online bingoMonopoly
- iLotteryMonopoly
- Land-based (reference)Monopoly
- Headline tax
- Not yet verified
- Licence required
- Yes
- Last verified
- 23 Sept 2026
Summary
New Brunswick runs gambling as a provincial monopoly. Section 207(1)(a) of the Criminal Code lets only a province conduct and manage a lottery scheme, and the Gaming Control Act gives that role to the New Brunswick Lotteries and Gaming Corporation (NBLGC), a Crown agent chaired by the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board. Section 33 of the Act bars anyone else from conducting or managing a lottery scheme. NBLGC operates nothing itself: Atlantic Lottery, owned by the four Atlantic provinces, runs video lottery, ticket lottery and iLottery on its behalf, and private service providers run Casino New Brunswick in Moncton and Grey Rock Casino on the Madawaska Maliseet First Nation. Online, the only legal offer is alc.ca, with iCasino, iBingo, digital instants, draw games and PRO•LINE sports betting, a minimum age of 19 and a mandatory weekly deposit limit. A private online operator cannot obtain a licence. The Registrar of Gaming Control, in the Department of Justice and Public Safety, regulates: it registers casino operators, suppliers, test laboratories, casino staff and video lottery siteholders, licenses charitable gaming, including electronic raffles, and may impose monetary penalties of up to $50,000; court fines reach $500,000 for a corporation. There is no gaming tax. NBLGC received $185.7 million of gaming revenue in 2023-24, $28.6 million of it from iLottery, and paid a $164.6 million surplus to the Province after $14.2 million to First Nations. Atlantic Lottery reports New Brunswick net profit of $154.6 million for 2024-25. Bill 10, assented to in December 2025, lets charitable lotteries licensed in other provinces sell in New Brunswick, and on 7 October 2026 the Supreme Court of Canada hears Atlantic Lottery's appeal against Ontario's plan to pool players internationally.
Common pitfalls
NBLGC is the conduct-and-manage Crown, not the regulator; the Registrar of Gaming Control in Justice and Public Safety regulates. NBLGC's $185.7 million is revenue after operator costs and prizes, while Atlantic Lottery's $265.0 million New Brunswick net revenue is sales less prizes, so the two do not compare, and neither is online GGR. Grey Rock Casino runs under an NBLGC service agreement like Casino New Brunswick. The consolidated Act and regulations on laws.gnb.ca are cited from archived copies because the site blocks automated access.
Key facts
- Regulator
- Registrar of Gaming Control, Gaming Control and Licensing Services Branch (Department of Justice and Public Safety)
- Regulator type
- Sub-national body
- Headline tax
- Not yet verified
- Licence required
- Yes
- Minimum age
- 19+
- Tax base
- There is no gaming tax on operators; the Province takes Crown profit. NBLGC receives Atlantic Lottery's New Brunswick net profit ($151.2 million in 2023-24) and 49% of Casino New Brunswick's and 20% of Grey Rock Casino's gross gaming revenue under the service provider agreements ($31.4 million and $3.2 million), and pays what is left after its obligations to the Consolidated Fund (Gaming Control Act s.22; Regulation 2008-110 s.3): $164.6 million in 2023-24.
Legal framework
Primary statutes
Criminal Code (Canada), section 207
- Year
- 1985
- In force
- Yes
- Summary
- Makes it lawful for a province, alone or with another province, to conduct and manage a lottery scheme (s.207(1)(a)) and for licensed charitable or religious organisations to do so (s.207(1)(b) and (f)). Schemes operated on or through a computer, video device or slot machine are reserved to the province (s.207(4)(c)). Doing anything for an unauthorised lottery scheme is an offence punishable by up to two years in prison, and participating in one is a summary offence (s.207(3)).
Gaming Control Act, S.N.B. 2008, c. G-1.5
- Year
- 2008
- In force
- Yes
- Summary
- Assented to on 18 June 2008; Parts 1 and 2 in force on 26 June 2008 and Parts 3 to 6 on 1 October 2008. Part 2 continues NBLGC to conduct and manage lottery schemes, lets it contract casino operators and join Atlantic Lottery, requires a responsible gaming policy approved by Cabinet (s.9) and provides for First Nations revenue sharing (s.24). Section 25.1, added in 2019 and deemed in force from 1990, bars actions arising from the conduct and management of lottery schemes except negligence claims against Atlantic Lottery or a casino operator, and bars class proceedings. Part 3 creates the gaming control branch and Registrar, charitable licensing (s.34), and registration of suppliers and gaming assistants (ss.35 to 48); Part 4 sets inspections, freeze and compliance orders, monetary penalties (s.72) and offences (ss.74 and 75).
Secondary instruments
New Brunswick Lotteries and Gaming Corporation Regulation, N.B. Reg. 2008-110
- Year
- 2008
- In force
- Yes
- Summary
- NBLGC revenue, less approved expenditure, goes to the Consolidated Fund; annual payments of $3,130,000 to the Arts Development Trust Fund and $2,000,000 to the Sport Development Trust Fund (s.4, as amended by N.B. Reg. 2025-18).
Ticket Lottery Scheme Regulation, N.B. Reg. 2008-111
- Year
- 2008
- In force
- Yes
- Summary
- Atlantic Lottery conducts and manages ticket lotteries, fixes prizes and retailer commissions, and holds prizes in trust accounts; prizes must be claimed within 12 months.
Video Lottery Scheme Regulation, N.B. Reg. 2008-112
- Year
- 2008
- In force
- Yes
- Summary
- Terminals in liquor-licensed premises only, up to 75 per site, 2,000 in total and 400 within 80 km of a casino; maximum $2.50 at risk at once, maximum prize $2,500, return to player 80% to 96%, no cash prizes; NBLGC approves games and all advertising of video lottery.
Video Lottery Siteholders Regulation, N.B. Reg. 2008-113
- Year
- 2008
- In force
- Yes
- Summary
- Video lottery siteholders must register with the Registrar as suppliers each year, with fees of $1,000 to $3,200 depending on the number of terminals.
Casino Regulation, N.B. Reg. 2009-24
- Year
- 2009
- In force
- Yes
- Summary
- Registration of casino operators, gaming and non-gaming suppliers, test laboratories and casino staff with fees; equipment approval by the Registrar and NBLGC; internal controls that must provide for PCMLTFA compliance; surveillance, self-exclusion and exclusion directions; minimum age 19; cash-only play with no credit or cheque cashing; compliance programme and committee.
Registered Charitable Gaming Suppliers Regulation, N.B. Reg. 2021-78
- Year
- 2021
- In force
- Yes
- Summary
- Four classes of charitable gaming supplier, including Class 4 for electronic raffle equipment ($5,000 per two-year registration); Registrar approval and optional laboratory testing of electronic gaming equipment. Does not apply to Atlantic Lottery.
Charitable Gaming Licensees Regulation, N.B. Reg. 2021-79
- Year
- 2021
- In force
- Yes
- Summary
- Licence types and fees ($20 to $100; nil for an interprovincial lottery licence), at least 15% of gross proceeds to charitable purposes, electronic raffles, Chase the Ace, bingo and Texas Hold'em rules, and players outside the province only if physically present, except under an interprovincial licence. Amended by N.B. Reg. 2026-6 to add interprovincial lottery licences.
Key amendments
- 1 Oct 2021Charitable gaming modernised: the Registered Charitable Gaming Suppliers and Charitable Gaming Licensees Regulations came into force, including licensed electronic raffles, alongside amendments to the Act (S.N.B. 2021, c. 22) on Registrar orders and licensing.
- 12 Dec 2025Bill 10 received Royal Assent, allowing licences under Criminal Code s.207(1)(f) for charitable lotteries authorised in another province, with net proceeds from New Brunswick sales to stay in the province (S.N.B. 2025, c. 40, amending ss.34, 34.41 and 34.5); it is in the consolidation to 13 March 2026, with N.B. Reg. 2026-6 adding interprovincial lottery licences.
Pending legislation
Bill S-211, National Framework on Sports Betting Advertising Act (federal)
- Stage
- Passed the Senate on 21 October 2025; second reading and referral to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage in the House of Commons on 22 April 2026; no committee activity recorded
- What it changes
- Would require the federal government to develop a national framework on sports betting advertising, which would sit alongside NBLGC and Atlantic Lottery advertising controls.
Case law
Reference re iGaming Ontario, 2025 ONCA 770, on appeal as Atlantic Lottery Corporation, et al. v. Attorney General of Ontario (SCC 42141)
12 Nov 2025
A majority of the Court of Appeal for Ontario held that Ontario's online gaming and sports betting would stay lawful under s.207(1)(a) if players could play with people outside Canada; van Rensburg J.A. dissented. Atlantic Lottery is lead appellant, with BCLC, Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries and Loto-Québec. The Supreme Court of Canada hears the appeal on 7 October 2026.
New Brunswick Court of Appeal decision on Grey Rock Casino video lottery revenue (Madawaska Maliseet First Nation)
12 Jan 2023
The Court of Appeal found that the Madawaska Maliseet First Nation should have been paid its share of net profit from video lottery revenue generated at Grey Rock Casino; NBLGC made retroactive payments of $1.28 million in 2023-24. Reported in NBLGC's audited financial statements; the judgment itself was not read for this record.
Licensing
- Licence required
- Yes
- Application window
- Not yet verified
- Local establishment required
- Not yet verified
- Local server required
- Not yet verified
- Bank guarantee or bond
- None prescribed for suppliers; a bond or other security is required for a giant bingo licence and for a seeded Chase the Ace jackpot (Charitable Gaming Licensees Regulation ss.20 and 26).
- Notable licensees
- Atlantic Lottery Corporation (alc.ca), Great Canadian Gaming (New Brunswick) Ltd. (Casino New Brunswick), Grey Rock Entertainment Center Inc. (Grey Rock Casino)
- Certification requirements
- Casino gaming equipment and gaming management systems need approval by the Registrar and NBLGC against the Registrar's minimum standards and may be tested at the supplier's expense; equipment approved elsewhere in North America may be approved without testing (Casino Regulation ss.29 and 31). Electronic raffle equipment is approved the same way (Registered Charitable Gaming Suppliers Regulation s.10). Video lottery games must be of a type approved by NBLGC and terminals are approved by Atlantic Lottery (Video Lottery Scheme Regulation ss.4 and 7).
- Barriers to entry
- There is no licence for a private online operator: only NBLGC may conduct and manage lottery schemes, and Atlantic Lottery is its only online operator. Private firms take part as registered casino operators under a service provider agreement approved by Cabinet, as registered suppliers to the casinos or charitable licensees after a background investigation of the firm and anyone with an interest in it, or as content and platform suppliers to Atlantic Lottery. The Registrar registered 710 gaming employees and suppliers in 2024-25.
Licence types
Casino operator registration
- Scope
- Required to operate a casino under an NBLGC agreement (Casino Regulation ss.10 and 11); classes by number of electronic gaming devices and whether table games are offered
- Term
- One year
- Application fee
- C$50,000
- Fee basis
- Non-refundable fee per application or renewal: Class 1 $20,000, Class 2 $30,000, Class 3 $40,000, Class 4 (250 or more devices with tables) $50,000 (Casino Regulation s.15(3)(a))
- Renewal terms
- Renewed yearly; operation may continue while a renewal filed before expiry is decided (s.16)
Gaming supplier registration (casino)
- Scope
- Anyone who makes, provides, installs, maintains or repairs gaming equipment, surveillance or gaming management systems for a casino, junket operators and trainers
- Term
- Two years
- Application fee
- C$25,000
- Fee basis
- By value supplied to a casino operator in its fiscal year: under $25,000, $400; $25,000 to $250,000, $2,000; $250,000 to $500,000, $10,000; $500,000 or more, $25,000 (Casino Regulation s.15(3)(b)). Applicants also pay the reasonable costs of the Registrar's background investigation (Gaming Control Act s.39(3)).
- Renewal terms
- Renewal on application; changes of officers, directors or 5% shareholders must be disclosed within five days
Test laboratory, non-gaming supplier and trade union registration
- Scope
- Laboratories testing casino gaming equipment and systems; non-gaming suppliers providing $500,000 or more a year to a casino operator; trade unions representing casino staff
- Term
- Two years
- Application fee
- C$1,000
- Fee basis
- Test laboratory $1,000; non-gaming supplier $400; trade union $500 (Casino Regulation s.15(3))
Gaming assistant registration
- Scope
- Casino key employees, casino employees and gaming and non-gaming supplier employees, aged 19 or over
- Term
- Four years for casino key employees and casino employees
- Application fee
- C$400
- Fee basis
- Casino key employee or casino employee $400 ($50 for up to 15 weeks); gaming supplier employee $100; non-gaming supplier employee $50 (Casino Regulation s.6(3))
Video lottery siteholder registration
- Scope
- Occupiers of liquor-licensed premises where Atlantic Lottery places video lottery terminals; 167 registrations were issued in 2024-25
- Term
- One year
- Application fee
- C$3,200
- Fee basis
- First application $1,200 to $3,200 and renewals $1,000 to $3,000, by number of terminals (Video Lottery Siteholders Regulation s.6)
- Renewal terms
- Annual
Charitable gaming licence
- Scope
- Raffles including electronic raffles, Chase the Ace, bingo, break open, Monte Carlo and Texas Hold'em events, and since 2026 interprovincial electronic lotteries, for charitable or religious organisations (Gaming Control Act s.34; Criminal Code s.207(1)(b) and (f)); 883 licences were issued in 2024-25
- Term
- One event, or up to one year
- Application fee
- C$100
- Fee basis
- $20 to $100 by licence type and prize value; interprovincial lottery licence nil (Charitable Gaming Licensees Regulation s.5)
Registered charitable gaming supplier
- Scope
- Class 4 covers anyone who manufactures, installs, maintains, repairs, operates or provides electronic raffle equipment to licensees; Classes 1 to 3 cover bingo equipment and break open tickets
- Term
- Two years
- Application fee
- C$5,000
- Fee basis
- Class 4 $5,000; Classes 1 and 2 $400; Class 3 $100 (Registered Charitable Gaming Suppliers Regulation s.4)
Taxation
- Headline GGR tax
- Not yet verified
- Effective date
- Not yet verified
- VAT treatment
- NBLGC is a prescribed HST registrant and pays an imputed tax on gaming expenses under the Games of Chance Regulations of the Excise Tax Act: $5.7 million in 2023-24. Video lottery siteholder commissions include HST (Video Lottery Scheme Regulation s.11(2)).
- Tax base
- There is no gaming tax on operators; the Province takes Crown profit. NBLGC receives Atlantic Lottery's New Brunswick net profit ($151.2 million in 2023-24) and 49% of Casino New Brunswick's and 20% of Grey Rock Casino's gross gaming revenue under the service provider agreements ($31.4 million and $3.2 million), and pays what is left after its obligations to the Consolidated Fund (Gaming Control Act s.22; Regulation 2008-110 s.3): $164.6 million in 2023-24.
Earmarked levies
- First Nations gaming revenue sharing: For video lottery on a reserve covered by an agreement, net profit less 5% goes to the band (Gaming Control Act s.24(5)(b)); $14.2 million in 2023-24, including $1.3 million of retroactive payments (First Nations with agreements and gaming commissions)
- Arts and Sport Development Trust Funds: $3,130,000 and $2,000,000 a year (Regulation 2008-110 s.4 as amended by N.B. Reg. 2025-18); $1.2 million and $1.0 million were paid in 2023-24 under the earlier amounts (Arts Development Trust Fund and Sport Development Trust Fund)
- Horse racing support: Up to $1,000,000 a year under an agreement approved by Cabinet (Gaming Control Act s.23.1) (Horse Racing New Brunswick Inc.)
- Addiction services funding: Over $1 million from the 2023-24 surplus (Department of Health addiction services)
Compliance
- Minimum age
- 19+
- National self-exclusion
- Atlantic Lottery self-exclusion and reinstatement programme on alc.ca, and casino voluntary self-exclusion programmes approved by the Registrar (voluntary)
- AML regime
- NBLGC and its service providers have obligations under the federal Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, and FINTRAC treats the entity a province delegates to conduct and manage casino gaming, including internet lottery schemes, as the reporting entity. Casino internal controls must provide for PCMLTFA compliance and need NBLGC and Registrar approval (Casino Regulation s.38). In 2023-24 NBLGC continued work on updating the AML policies and procedures for the two casinos and Atlantic Lottery.
- AML supervisor
- FINTRAC; the Registrar regulates integrity and registrant honesty under provincial law
- Deposit limits
- A weekly deposit limit is mandatory on alc.ca; daily wager limits are optional.
- Session limits
- alc.ca shows a session timer, pop-up reminders every 60 minutes, optional daily time limits, forced log out and a 24-hour pause. Video lottery terminals have a $60 cash-in limit, reminders at 60, 90, 120 and 145 minutes and a forced cash-out at 150 minutes or above $1,000.
- Data localisation
- Registered suppliers must keep their records in New Brunswick unless the Registrar authorises another location (Gaming Control Act s.58); charitable licensees must also keep records in the province, though the Registrar may, on written request, let a licensee under Criminal Code s.207(1)(f) keep them elsewhere (s.34.41).
- KYC requirements
- Age and identity verification is mandatory for every alc.ca player, and Atlantic Lottery runs retail ID checks, a mystery shopper programme and age controls on self-serve terminals so that its products are sold only to people 19 and older. Casino operators must keep anyone under 19 out of the casino (Casino Regulation s.51).
- Stake limits
- Video lottery terminals may not put more than $2.50 at risk at one time, award more than $2,500 per game or return less than 80% or more than 96% (Video Lottery Scheme Regulation s.6). Casino table limits are posted and filed with the Registrar (Casino Regulation s.28).
- Mandatory player messaging
- NBLGC must adopt a responsible gaming policy approved by Cabinet, which binds Atlantic Lottery (Gaming Control Act s.9), and it develops and approves all responsible gambling materials and staff training. Video lottery terminals show a clock, amounts in cash rather than credits and the New Brunswick gambling support line at all times. Casino operators must give players the rules of play on request (Casino Regulation s.27).
- Reporting obligations
- NBLGC must submit an audited annual report to its Minister by 31 October each year for tabling (Gaming Control Act s.20). Registered suppliers must report changes of officers within five days and charges or convictions within 15 days (ss.50 and 51); casino operators file compliance committee minutes within 30 days (Casino Regulation s.58).
- Game content restrictions
- Casino games and rule changes need NBLGC approval and filing with the Registrar at least five days before use (Casino Regulation s.26). Self-exclusion on alc.ca ends only after an education programme is completed.
Advertising
- Advertising permitted
- Yes
- Penalties for breach
- Breaching s.33 is an offence (Gaming Control Act s.74(2)), with fines of up to $50,000 for an individual and $500,000 for a corporation (s.75).
Restrictions
- Only the province, through NBLGC and Atlantic Lottery, may lawfully offer online gambling in New Brunswick; no one else may conduct or manage a lottery scheme (Gaming Control Act s.33).
- All advertising and promotion of video lottery, or of the availability of a video lottery terminal anywhere, needs NBLGC approval (Video Lottery Scheme Regulation s.5).
- Atlantic Lottery runs a Social Responsibility Assessment on all games, promotions and advertising.
- The Act allows regulations on casino advertising and on the content of charitable lottery advertising (s.86(1)(e.3) and (ee)); the Casino Regulation as consolidated contains no advertising rules, and an interprovincial charitable lottery application must include its advertising material (Charitable Gaming Licensees Regulation s.3(2)).
- No provincial rules on athletes, influencers, bonuses or watersheds were found; federal Bill S-211 on a national sports betting advertising framework is before the House of Commons.
Payments
- Credit card ban
- Not yet verified
- Crypto stance
- Not yet verified
- Currency restrictions
- Land-based only: casino play must be on a cash basis with no credit or personal or third-party cheque cashing (Casino Regulation s.57), charitable licensees may not give credit (Charitable Gaming Licensees Regulation s.12), and video lottery terminals pay no cash prizes, issuing a ticket the siteholder redeems (Video Lottery Scheme Regulation ss.6 and 9). No payment rules for alc.ca were found in the legislation.
Enforcement
- ISP blocking
- Not yet verified
- DNS blocking
- Not yet verified
- Payment blocking
- Not yet verified
- App store takedowns
- Not yet verified
- Administrative penalties
- The Registrar may set a schedule of monetary penalties of up to $5,000 for an individual and $50,000 for any other person (Gaming Control Act s.72), suspend or revoke registrations and licences, and make compliance and freeze orders (ss.43 to 45, 34.3, 66, 68 and 69)
- Criminal penalties
- Offences under the Act carry fines of up to $50,000 for an individual and $500,000 for a corporation (Gaming Control Act s.75). Conducting an unauthorised lottery scheme is also an offence under Criminal Code s.207(3), punishable by up to two years in prison.
- Operator liability
- Anyone other than the province, its agencies or a licensee who conducts or manages a lottery scheme breaches Gaming Control Act s.33 and Criminal Code s.207. Atlantic Lottery reports that illegal operators still target Atlantic Canadians, with about $200 million a year leaving the region; no New Brunswick proceedings against an offshore operator were found.
- Player liability
- Participating in an unauthorised lottery scheme is a summary conviction offence under Criminal Code s.207(3)(b); no prosecution of a New Brunswick player was identified. Under-19s may not enter a casino or play there (Casino Regulation s.51).
Notable actions
- Casinos, gaming equipment and lottery outlets (fiscal year 2024-25)31 Mar 2025
Inspections and Enforcement New Brunswick carried out 1,444 gaming equipment inspections, 38 gaming equipment audits, 24 casino operational inspections, 71 casino operational audits and 57 lottery inspections
- New Brunswick Lotteries and Gaming Corporation17 Dec 2024
The Auditor General made two recommendations on the 2023-24 accounts, including resolving recovery of $14.7 million of revenue-sharing overpayments to First Nations made before 2016 through a calculation error
Market data
Figures on this record are drawn from official regulator data.
- Online GGR
- Not yet verified
- Reporting year
- 2025
- Licensed operators
- 1
Timeline
26 Jun 2008
Gaming Control Act Parts 1 and 2 in force: the Lotteries Commission is continued as NBLGC
1 Oct 2008
Parts 3 to 6 in force: gaming control branch, Registrar, supplier registration and enforcement
1 Mar 2015
Grey Rock Casino opens on the Madawaska Maliseet First Nation
29 Jun 2021
Bill C-218 receives Royal Assent, allowing single-event sports betting in provincial schemes
1 Oct 2021
New charitable gaming regulations in force, including licensed electronic raffles
12 Jan 2023
Court of Appeal rules the Madawaska Maliseet First Nation is owed a share of Grey Rock video lottery profit
21 Jul 2025
NBLGC 2023-24 annual report tabled: $185.7 million gaming revenue, $164.6 million to the Province
12 Nov 2025
Court of Appeal for Ontario upholds international play in the iGaming Ontario reference; Atlantic Lottery appeals
5 Dec 2025
Justice and Public Safety 2024-25 report tabled: 883 charitable gaming licences and 710 gaming registrations
12 Dec 2025
Bill 10 receives Royal Assent, opening licensing of interprovincial charitable lotteries
22 Apr 2026
Bill S-211 on sports betting advertising passes second reading in the House of Commons
7 Oct 2026
Supreme Court of Canada hears the international play appeal led by Atlantic Lottery
Outlook
The Supreme Court of Canada hears Atlantic Lottery's appeal on international player pooling on 7 October 2026 (file 42141); its answer will say whether provincial schemes such as alc.ca may pool players outside the province. Federal Bill S-211 on sports betting advertising is at committee in the House of Commons. NBLGC's 2024-25 annual report, due to its Minister by 31 October 2025, had not been tabled by 23 September 2026, and the Arts and Sport Trust Fund payments set by N.B. Reg. 2025-18 raise the fixed charges on NBLGC revenue. Atlantic Lottery is pursuing a five-year goal of half the regional online market.
Frequently asked questions
- Can a private operator get a licence to offer online gambling in New Brunswick?
- No. Only NBLGC may conduct and manage lottery schemes, and its online operator is Atlantic Lottery through alc.ca. Private firms can take part only as registered casino operators or suppliers, or as suppliers to Atlantic Lottery.
- Who regulates gambling in New Brunswick?
- The Registrar of Gaming Control in the Department of Justice and Public Safety, under Part 3 of the Gaming Control Act. It registers casino operators, suppliers and staff, licenses charitable gaming and can impose monetary penalties of up to $50,000.
- What is the minimum gambling age?
- 19, for alc.ca, retail lottery and casinos. alc.ca also requires identity verification and a weekly deposit limit for every player.
- How is gambling revenue taxed?
- There is no gaming tax. NBLGC paid a $164.6 million surplus to the Province in 2023-24 after $14.2 million to First Nations and payments to the Arts and Sport Development Trust Funds, and paid $5.7 million of HST under the Games of Chance Regulations.
- What does a supplier to the casinos need?
- Registration with the Registrar and a background investigation. The fee depends on annual sales to the casino operator, from $400 below $25,000 to $25,000 at $500,000 or more, for a two-year registration.
- Can charities sell lottery tickets online?
- Yes, within limits. The Registrar licenses electronic raffles run through a registered Class 4 supplier, and since the 2025 amendments charitable lotteries authorised in another province can be licensed in New Brunswick.
Sources
- Gaming Control Act, S.N.B. 2008, c. G-1.5 (consolidated to 13 March 2026)
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Tier 2Accessed 23 Sept 2026 - Criminal Code (R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46), section 207 (permitted lotteries; offence; definition of lottery scheme), current to 3 September 2026
Justice Laws Website, Government of Canada
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026 - Bill C-218, Safe and Regulated Sports Betting Act, Royal Assent text
Parliament of Canada
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 29 Jun 2021 - S-211 (45-1), National Framework on Sports Betting Advertising Act: status of the bill
Parliament of Canada (LEGISinfo)
Tier 2Accessed 23 Sept 2026 - Case 42141: Atlantic Lottery Corporation, et al. v. Attorney General of Ontario (docket, case summary; appeal hearing scheduled 7 October 2026)
Supreme Court of Canada
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026 - Casinos: obligations under the PCMLTFA (definition of casino includes internet lottery schemes; provincial delegation of responsibility)
Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026