Stake, Roobet Dominate Canada’s Offshore iGaming Market
Stake and Roobet lead Canada’s offshore iGaming market outside Ontario, with offshore platforms holding 93% in Saskatchewan and 88% in Alberta and Manitoba ahead of the World Cup.
Crypto-native platforms Stake and Roobet dominate Canada’s offshore online gambling market outside Ontario, according to Blask’s 2025 iGaming Landscape Report. The report puts offshore share at 93% in Saskatchewan and 88% in both Alberta and Manitoba. Blask estimated Canada’s online gambling activity at $9.5 billion in 2025 and reported that the top five Canadian operators capture more than 60% of the country’s competitive earning baseline.
The leading offshore brands are unlicensed international operators that compete with provincial government platforms in jurisdictions that use monopoly models. Ontario opened a competitive regulated market in April 2022 and reached about 85% regulated channelization; the province has had disputes over advertising rules.
Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba operate monopoly models in which government-run platforms offer fewer bet types and less flexible interfaces than many offshore sites, according to Blask and industry studies.
David Henwood, director at H2 Gambling Capital, wrote in a 2024 study: “There is much conjecture that one of the main reasons customers use offshore betting sites is because they offer a broader range of product than available onshore. The study findings reinforce that point of view. Limiting the choice of onshore bet types — including live in-play — is basically counter-productive.”
Alberta is scheduled to open a regulated competitive market on July 13. The start date is five weeks after the FIFA World Cup begins on June 11, so Alberta’s new framework will not be in effect at tournament kickoff and will begin partway through the event. Canada co-hosts the tournament and plays its first match June 12 at Toronto’s BMO Field.
Provincial monopoly platforms include PlayNow in British Columbia and Manitoba, Mise-o-jeu in Quebec, and PlayNow Saskatchewan, which operates under SIGA authority through a partnership with the British Columbia Lottery Corporation. None of these platforms has announced plans to adopt a competitive licensing model.
At the federal level, Canada has no national gambling regulator or unified licensing framework. Bill S-211, the National Framework on Sports Betting Advertising Act, has passed the Senate but not the House of Commons.
Outside Ontario, offshore operators are the primary customer access channel for online sports betting and gambling in Canada ahead of the World Cup.
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