Alberta iGaming Corporation (AiGC)
The Alberta iGaming Corporation (AiGC) is the provincial Crown corporation created by the iGaming Alberta Act to conduct and manage Alberta’s regulated online gambling market with private operators. It works at arm’s length from the government and holds the commercial agreements that let registered casinos and sportsbooks offer games to Albertans. The Act, introduced as Bill 48, received Royal Assent on May 15, 2025, and the competitive market it set up opened on July 13, 2026.
What the Alberta iGaming Corporation Does
Under the Act, the corporation conducts and manages iGaming in the province, the same legal role iGaming Ontario holds next door. In practice, that means negotiating a commercial agreement with each private operator and overseeing how the market runs once those sites are live.
Before an operator can accept Alberta players, it has to register with Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis (AGLC), pass that body’s due diligence and compliance checks, sign its agreement with the AiGC and connect to the province’s centralized self-exclusion system.
A site missing any of those steps sits outside the regulated market, whatever its foreign licence page says.
How the AiGC Differs From the AGLC
The two bodies are often confused, and some consumer guides describe the AiGC as the province’s licensing authority.
That is not how the Act divides the work. The AGLC remains the regulator, registering operators and suppliers and setting the standards for advertising, integrity and player protection. The AiGC handles the commercial side, holding the operator contracts and managing the market those registrations feed into. Ontario uses the same split, with the AGCO regulating and iGaming Ontario running the market.
Where Players Meet the AiGC
Most players never deal with the corporation directly, but its model shapes the money behind every wager. Under the province’s published allocation, 3% of gross gaming revenue is set aside first for First Nations initiatives and social responsibility funding. From the net iGaming revenue that remains, operators keep 80% and the province retains 20%.
The AiGC’s own site, abigaming.ca, lists the operators registered for Alberta, which is the quickest way to confirm that a brand belongs to the regulated market.
