AGCO penalizes Betty Gaming Ltd. $120,000 after underage people created and funded on-line playing accounts

TORONTO, Aug. 6, 2026 /CNW/ — The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) has ordered financial penalties totaling $120,000 in opposition to Betty Gaming Ltd. (“Betty Gaming”) after failures in its age-verification and participant eligibility controls allowed underage people to create on-line playing accounts and, in a number of circumstances, deposit cash and gamble on Betty.ca.

In November 2025, the AGCO was notified that Betty Gaming had recognized a vulnerability in Betty.ca’s age-restriction and player-eligibility controls. The defect allowed 9 people beneath the age of 19 to create accounts, deposit funds, and gamble on the positioning. An further 14 underage people have been in a position to create accounts however didn’t deposit funds.

Ontario’s gaming requirements require operators to have efficient safeguards to forestall underage entry, and to validate participant eligibility earlier than accounts are created. These obligations are central to defending younger folks and sustaining confidence in Ontario’s regulated gaming market.

An operator served with an Order of Monetary Penalty has the suitable to enchantment the Registrar’s motion inside 15 days to the Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT), an adjudicative physique that’s a part of Tribunals Ontario and impartial of the AGCO.

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“The legal age requirement is one of the most basic and important safeguards in Ontario’s regulated gaming market. Young people must not be able to create accounts, deposit money, or gamble online. Registered operators are responsible for making sure their systems work before those systems go live. When those responsibilities are not met, we will take action to protect young people and uphold confidence in Ontario’s regulated market.”

– Dr. Karin Schnarr, Chief Executive Officer and Registrar, AGCO

Additional Information

Contrary to part 3.01, requirement 1(a) of the Registrar’s Standards for Gaming: Operators should not allow underage people to create accounts, log in or gamblee on-line. In Ontario, people usually should be 19 or older to gamble on-line, apart from lottery tickets, which can be bought on-line by people who’re no less than 18.

Contrary to part 3.04 of the Registrar’s Standards for Gaming: Relevant participant data shall be collected and saved upon registration and shall be demonstrated to be full, correct and validated earlier than a participant account is created for the participant.

About the AGCO

The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) is a provincial regulatory company that oversees the alcohol, hashish, gaming and horse racing sectors in Ontario. The AGCO is dedicated to defending the general public curiosity by means of a contemporary, risk-based regulatory framework that emphasizes compliance, integrity and public security.

SOURCE Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario

Media contact: AGCO Media Relations, [email protected]