In New Brunswick, Atlantic Lottery's platform is the only provincially-sanctioned way to gamble online — and it has no affiliate program. Here is an honest comparison with the offshore casinos New Brunswickers actually use, plus CAD bonuses, Interac payouts and the correct 19+ rules.
Reviewed by Nathan Birch · Updated September 2026
Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC) delivers sanctioned online gambling across all four Atlantic provinces. In New Brunswick, the games are conducted and managed on the province's behalf by the Lotteries and Gaming Corporation of New Brunswick, under rules set by the Gaming Control Act. That crown platform — lottery draws, some interactive games and sports products — is the only provincially-sanctioned route to online play. Because it is a government body, it has no affiliate program, so it never appears in our comparison table.
We are upfront about the trade-off. Atlantic Lottery keeps revenue in New Brunswick and is provincially accountable, which matters to a lot of players. The offshore casinos below are the alternative: internationally-licensed sites with much larger game libraries and headline bonuses that accept New Brunswick residents but are not regulated by the province.
One thing worth spelling out that competitors ignore: "Atlantic Lottery online" is not a full slots-and-live-dealer casino the way an offshore brand is. ALC.ca runs online lottery, some interactive and instant games, and sports products, with deliberately modest promotions. So the real New Brunswick decision is usually "stay inside the crown system with a narrower online offering, or step outside it to an offshore site with a much bigger catalogue and bigger bonuses but no provincial oversight."
| Rank | Casino (offshore) | Welcome Bonus | Min Deposit | Payout Speed | Interac | Play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PlayOjo | 100 free spins, no wagering | C$10 | 1–3 days | ✓ | Play |
| 2 | Tonybet | Up to C$2,500 + 225 FS | C$20 | 1–2 days | ✓ | Play |
| 3 | Madcasino | 777% up to C$11,250 | C$20 | 1–3 days | ✓ | Play |
| 4 | Lucky7even | Up to C$2,000 + 200 FS | C$20 | 1–3 days | ✓ | Play |
| 5 | Skycrown | C$7,500 + 400 FS | C$30 | 1–2 days | ✓ | Play |
| 6 | Qbet | 100% up to C$100 + 100 FS | C$10 | 1–2 days | ✓ | Play |
19+ in New Brunswick. Please play responsibly. Offshore operators are not regulated by New Brunswick. Bonus terms apply at each site.
Best for transparent, wager-free rewards
PlayOjo, licensed by the Malta Gaming Authority, is our top offshore pick for New Brunswick because the welcome offer carries no wagering — the 100 free spins pay real, withdrawable cash rather than locked bonus credit. Interac payouts arrive in 1–3 days, and the C$10 minimum keeps it accessible. Atlantic Lottery is the provincially-sanctioned crown alternative; PlayOjo is the cleanest offshore option on bonus terms.
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Best casino-and-sportsbook combination
Tonybet, licensed in Curacao, runs a casino and sportsbook on a single wallet — a fit for New Brunswickers who bet on hockey as well as spin slots. The first deposit is 100% up to C$1,000 plus 100 free spins. At 50x, a C$1,000 bonus is C$50,000 to wager before withdrawal, so treat the headline as a ceiling. Atlantic Lottery is the crown alternative for those who want to stay inside the provincial system.
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The honest answer: Atlantic Lottery runs the only provincially-sanctioned online gambling in New Brunswick. Offshore casinos licensed abroad accept New Brunswickers, and there is no law making it a crime for you to play at them — they are simply not regulated by the province. New Brunswick follows the Atlantic Canada crown model: a government corporation conducts the sanctioned games under the Gaming Control Act, while offshore play sits in a tolerated grey area.
Three bodies matter, and none licenses a private online casino:
For the offshore side, yes. A grey market is one where playing is neither expressly licensed nor expressly banned for the resident. New Brunswick licenses only its own crown gambling — Atlantic Lottery online and Casino New Brunswick in Moncton — under the Gaming Control Act. It has not built an Ontario-style open market for private online operators, and it has not passed a law criminalising residents who play at casinos licensed abroad. The result is a tolerated grey area: offshore sites accept New Brunswickers and pay them, but the province neither audits those sites nor backstops your balance in a dispute.
There is no confirmed timetable. Atlantic Lottery has signalled interest in expanding online play across Atlantic Canada, and reporting has pointed to larger-stakes online casino games being considered through the crown platform rather than an Ontario-style private market. If that lands, the sanctioned catalogue would grow, but it would still be a crown monopoly with no affiliate program. Until then, the choice stays the same: Atlantic Lottery for oversight, offshore for range and bonuses.
| Feature | Atlantic Lottery (LGCNB / ALC) | Offshore (our toplist) |
|---|---|---|
| Licensed by | FCNB / Gaming Control Act (provincial) | Curacao, Malta (MGA), Anjouan, Kahnawake* |
| Provincial oversight | Yes | No |
| Game range | Lottery, some interactive games | Thousands of slots, tables, live casino |
| Bonuses | Modest, occasional | Larger, higher wagering |
| Affiliate program | None (government body) | Yes |
| Legal for you to use | Yes | Yes — not illegal for players, simply unregulated in New Brunswick |
*The Kahnawake Gaming Commission is a Mohawk Nation regulator based in Kahnawake, Quebec — an Indigenous licensing body, not a New Brunswick or federal Canadian provincial regulator.
See our guide to online gambling laws in Canada for the full picture.
Interac is the default for New Brunswickers — it moves money straight from your bank with no card details shared:
| Method | Deposit time | Withdrawal time | Typical min | Fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interac e-Transfer | Instant | 1–3 days | C$10–C$20 | Usually none |
| Interac Online | Instant | 1–3 days | C$10 | Usually none |
| Visa / Mastercard | Instant | 2–5 days | C$10 | Possible bank fee |
| iDebit / Instadebit | Instant | 1–3 days | C$10 | Small flat fee |
| Cryptocurrency | Minutes | Minutes–hours | ~C$20 | Network fee |
More in our Interac casinos guide.
Atlantic Lottery links directly to your New Brunswick bank because it is a crown site. Offshore casinos route Interac e-Transfers through a payment processor, so deposits arrive instantly but withdrawals still take one to three business days while the processor batches and clears them. You never share card numbers and money moves bank-to-bank, but "instant withdrawal" on an offshore site describes the operator's approval step, not the funds arriving. Keep the email on your casino account matched to your Interac email so auto-deposit does not bounce, and finish identity verification early so a first withdrawal is not held for KYC.
Bigger bonuses are the main pull away from Atlantic Lottery, but a headline number means little until you read the wagering requirement — how many times you must bet the bonus (and sometimes the deposit) before withdrawing.
The biggest category — video slots, classics and progressive jackpots from Pragmatic Play, Play'n GO, NetEnt and more.
The lowest house edge of the table games with basic strategy.
European single-zero is better value than American double-zero.
Real croupiers streamed in HD — blackjack, roulette, baccarat and game shows, some with French-speaking tables.
Baccarat, casino poker, craps and sic bo.
Jacks or Better and Deuces Wild reward correct play.
ALC draws and online bingo — the crown side's longest-running offering.
Crash and instant-win titles are an offshore specialty ALC does not carry.
Most offshore casinos run as progressive web apps rather than App Store downloads: load the site in Safari or Chrome and "Add to Home Screen" for an app-style icon that is always current. Atlantic Lottery similarly runs as a mobile-friendly web experience. Test the deposit-to-first-spin flow on your phone before committing a real bankroll — a site that feels clumsy on mobile tends to feel clumsy at cashout too.
We put real money through every offshore site we list rather than repeating an operator's claims. Our weighting:
| Factor | Weight | What we check |
|---|---|---|
| Payout speed & reliability | 30% | Measured Interac withdrawal times from real cashouts, not advertised ranges. |
| Bonus fairness | 20% | Wagering multiple, max cashout, game weighting and excluded games. |
| Banking | 20% | Interac in and out, min/max limits, any fees. |
| Game library & providers | 15% | Studio breadth, live dealer quality, published RTPs. |
| Safety & support | 15% | Licence status, SSL, KYC clarity, live-chat responsiveness (and French support where offered). |
"Instant is rarely instant." When a site advertises instant withdrawals, we log the real elapsed time from request to funds received — for Interac that is typically 1–3 days once the processor clears, not seconds.
No. For recreational players, gambling winnings in New Brunswick are a tax-free windfall under Canada Revenue Agency treatment — not employment or business income, so they are neither reported nor taxed. A C$5,000 win is C$5,000 kept, whether it comes from Atlantic Lottery or an offshore site. Only the rare professional gambler who runs gambling as a business may be taxed on net winnings.
New Brunswick has one full casino: Casino New Brunswick in Moncton, which opened in May 2010 and is operated by Great Canadian Gaming on behalf of the province's crown gaming body. It is a resort venue — slots, table games, a poker room, a hotel and a concert theatre — but it is strictly land-based. It does not run its own online casino, poker room or sportsbook; that job belongs to Atlantic Lottery, and for a full online slots-and-live-dealer experience New Brunswickers turn offshore.
| Venue | Location | Offering | Opened |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casino New Brunswick | Moncton | Slots, tables, poker, hotel, theatre | 2010 |
Atlantic Lottery offers deposit and time limits plus a voluntary self-exclusion program, and every offshore site provides its own deposit limits, session timers, loss limits and self-exclusion switches — set them before you play, not after a loss. For confidential, free support in New Brunswick, call the New Brunswick Problem Gambling Help Line on 1-800-461-1234, available 24/7 in English and French. National resources are at ResponsibleGambling.ca. Keep gambling to a budget you have already decided you can lose; if it stops feeling like entertainment, step back and reach out.
The only provincially-sanctioned online gambling in New Brunswick runs through Atlantic Lottery. Offshore casinos licensed elsewhere accept residents and are not illegal for players to use, but are not regulated by the province.
The legal age to gamble in New Brunswick is 19. It applies to Atlantic Lottery products and to any offshore online casino a resident chooses to use.
Gambling is regulated under the province's Gaming Control Act, with oversight from the Financial and Consumer Services Commission, and conducted by the Lotteries and Gaming Corporation of New Brunswick through Atlantic Lottery. There is no separate provincially-licensed private online casino.
No. For recreational players, gambling winnings are treated as a tax-free windfall by the Canada Revenue Agency, not as income. Only professional gamblers who play for a living may be taxed.
New Brunswick law targets operators, not players. No law makes it a crime for a resident to play at an offshore casino licensed in Curacao, Malta, Anjouan or by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission. Those sites are simply not regulated by the province.
Atlantic Lottery offers deposit and time limits plus a voluntary self-exclusion program, and offshore sites provide their own limit and self-exclusion settings. For confidential support, call the New Brunswick Problem Gambling Help Line on 1-800-461-1234.
Atlantic Lottery offers French-language service since New Brunswick is officially bilingual. Most offshore brands are English-first, though some offer French lobbies, live-dealer tables and support. If playing in French matters, check for a langue française option before you deposit.
No. Casino New Brunswick in Moncton is a land-based venue only — slots, tables, poker, a hotel and a theatre. It does not run a separate online casino, poker room or sportsbook. Sanctioned online play in New Brunswick runs through Atlantic Lottery; offshore sites are the unregulated alternative.
Interac e-Transfer is the default and links straight to a New Brunswick bank account. Atlantic Lottery and most offshore sites also accept Visa, Mastercard, iDebit and Instadebit; offshore sites additionally support cryptocurrency. Deposits are instant; Interac withdrawals typically clear in 1–3 business days.
A bonus carries a wagering requirement — how many times you must bet it before withdrawing. A C$100 bonus at 35× means C$3,500 to wager; at 50× it is C$5,000. Match bonuses may include your deposit in the rollover, and some offers cap the maximum cashout. A small low-wagering bonus usually beats a large one at high wagering.
Because New Brunswick does not regulate offshore sites, your recourse is the operator's support and then its licensing body (Curacao, Malta or Kahnawake). Keep records of deposits, bets and chat logs, and complete KYC early to avoid withdrawal holds. Atlantic Lottery, by contrast, is provincially accountable.
You must be 19+ to gamble in New Brunswick (18+ in Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec). If gambling stops being fun, help is available: New Brunswick Problem Gambling Help Line 1-800-461-1234, ConnexOntario 1-866-531-2600, ResponsibleGambling.ca.