Ontario’s regulated iGaming market handled C$9.74 billion in August 2026, with online casino games doing most of the heavy lifting while betting revenue took a sharp monthly hit.
Casino Play Drives Another Big Month
Ontario players wagered C$9.74 billion through the province’s regulated private iGaming market in August, an increase of nearly 20% from C$8.14 billion a year earlier.
The total was down roughly 1.5% from July’s record C$9.88 billion, but August still ranked as the second-biggest wagering month since Ontario opened its competitive market in April 2022.
Online casino was comfortably the biggest piece of the pie. Casino wagers reached C$8.78 billion, accounting for about 90% of all money wagered during the month. That was around 21% higher than the C$7.22 billion recorded in August 2025.
Casino revenue was even stronger, reaching a monthly record of C$336.3 million. That was up around 2% from July’s C$330.4 million and approximately 26% higher year over year.
For Ontario casino players, the numbers point to a market where slots, live dealer tables and other casino products are increasingly responsible for the bulk of regulated gambling activity. Casino alone generated about 85% of total iGaming revenue in August.
Betting Revenue Heads the Other Way
The sportsbook side had a much less comfortable August.
Betting wagers, a category that includes sports, esports and other eligible betting products, came to C$843 million. That represented a 15% decline from July, although wagering was still around 10% higher than the C$765 million recorded in August 2025.
Revenue told a different story. Betting generated C$54.4 million, down 30% from C$77.8 million in July and about 10% below the C$60.2 million reported a year earlier.
Put simply, Ontario bettors wagered more than they did a year ago, but operators kept less after winnings were paid. The figures do not explain which sporting results drove the change, so August’s lower betting revenue cannot be pinned on any particular league or event from the market data alone.
Poker Remains a Small Piece of Ontario’s Market
Peer-to-peer poker went against the monthly trend, although its longer-term numbers were weaker.
Poker wagers increased 5% from July to C$122 million, while revenue climbed 6% to C$5.6 million. Compared with August 2025, though, poker wagering was down 19% and revenue fell around 18%.
That left poker accounting for only about 1% of Ontario’s overall regulated iGaming wagers and revenue during August.
Revenue Slips Below C$400 Million
Across casino, betting and poker, Ontario operators generated C$396.3 million in non-adjusted gross gaming revenue during August. That was 4% lower than July’s C$413.6 million and ended a four-month stretch above C$400 million.
The annual comparison was considerably healthier. August revenue was up 18.4% from C$334.8 million in August 2025, largely thanks to the continued growth of online casino.
Active player accounts fell 11% from July to approximately 1.21 million. Average revenue per active account nevertheless increased 8% to C$328.
Those account numbers should not be read as a count of individual gamblers. A player can maintain accounts with multiple operators, meaning the same person can appear more than once in the monthly total.
What Ontario’s August Numbers Mean for Players
The headline C$9.74 billion figure sounds enormous, but it does not mean Ontario gamblers collectively lost anything close to that amount. Wagering totals count cash repeatedly as players win and reuse funds, while revenue represents the amount operators retain from wagers after player winnings are deducted.
That distinction leaves C$396.3 million in operator revenue against C$9.74 billion wagered in August. Casino remains the clear engine of Ontario’s regulated market, while betting proved that a bigger handle does not necessarily translate into bigger operator revenue.
The figures also cover only operators working under agreements with iGaming Ontario. They exclude OLG’s online gaming business and pari-mutuel horse-racing wagering, while cash-wager totals exclude promotional wagers. iGaming Ontario also notes that its monthly figures are unaudited and may be adjusted.
