Ontario opened its regulated iGaming market on April 4, 2022, and the numbers that followed tell a straightforward story about what players actually want. Three years of data from iGaming Ontario now exist, covering billions in wagers and millions of active accounts. The preferences are consistent across every quarterly report. Slots dominate. Table games follow. Sports betting holds a distant second position to casino products overall, and poker sits at the bottom of the revenue charts. These patterns have remained stable since day one.
Before regulation, an estimated 70% of Ontarians who gambled online did so through unregulated sites. The provincial government changed that by allowing private operators to compete alongside the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation. The results speak through the financials.
Slots Run the Market
The single largest category of game in Ontario’s regulated market is online slots. According to iGaming Ontario data, 48% of all wagers placed go through slot games. That figure has held steady through the market’s first three years of operation.
The province also maintains the highest number of physical slot machines in Canada at 23,750. The online preference for slots matches this existing behaviour. Players in Ontario gravitate toward spinning reels, and the revenue data confirms it every quarter.
Casino wagers in the 2024-25 fiscal year reached $69.6 billion, representing a 34% increase over the previous year. Casino gaming revenue hit $2.4 billion, up 36% from 2023-24. These figures include slots, live dealer games, computer-based table games, and peer-to-peer bingo. Slots carry the bulk of that total.
Where Ontario Players Find Their Games
More than 80 regulated websites now operate in the province, each offering thousands of titles across slots, table games, and live dealer options. Players can access online casino games for Canadians through platforms like bet365, BetMGM, PokerStars, and FanDuel, alongside OLG’s own offerings. The variety across these licensed sites explains why 83.7% of players stick to regulated operators.
The expansion happened quickly. At launch in April 2022, only 13 providers held licenses. By Q2 of fiscal year 2024-25, that number had grown to 51 operators running 83 licensed gaming websites with recorded activity.
Table Games Hold Their Ground
Live dealer and computer-based table games fall under the casino category alongside slots. Blackjack, roulette, and baccarat attract steady play, though the reporting from iGaming Ontario groups these together rather than breaking them out individually.
The combined casino category accounted for 86% of total wagers in Q2 of fiscal year 2024-25, generating $16 billion in that period alone. Revenue from casino products represented 73% of total gaming revenue for the year. Table games contribute to these totals alongside slots, but the specific breakdown between the two remains bundled in official reports.
March 2025 data shows casino products generated $240.3 million in revenue against $6.6 billion in wagers. The monthly figures reinforce what the annual data shows: casino games are where Ontario players spend their money.
Sports Betting Takes Second Place
Betting on sports, esports, propositions, and novelty events makes up the second largest vertical. Betting wagers hit $11.4 billion in 2024-25, a 17% increase over the prior year. Revenue reached $724 million, up 23%.
Basketball, football, hockey, and baseball drove the betting activity according to iGaming Ontario. The category saw 42% revenue growth year-over-year, the fastest growth rate among all verticals.
Still, the gap between casino and betting remains wide. In March 2025, betting generated $47.9 million in revenue compared to $240.3 million for casino products. Sports betting attracts plenty of action, but it does not come close to matching the handle that slots and table games produce.
Poker Stays Small
Peer-to-peer poker represents the smallest segment of the market. Wagers in 2024-25 totalled $1.7 billion, a 2% increase over the prior year. Revenue stayed flat at $66 million.
The March 2025 figures showed poker generating $6.6 million in revenue against $148 million in wagers. These numbers have remained relatively static throughout the market’s existence. Poker has a dedicated player base in Ontario, but that base does not appear to be growing at the rate of other categories.
The Player Base
Active player accounts tell part of the story. The 2023-24 fiscal year recorded more than 2.1 million active accounts placing wagers. That number doubled from the previous year, when approximately 920,000 accounts showed activity. The growth in accounts outpaced revenue growth percentage-wise.
Average monthly spend per active account was $284. In March 2025, some 1.1 million accounts were active, with average revenue per account at $278. Players are spending consistently, and the account numbers keep climbing.
A third annual IPSOS study commissioned by iGaming Ontario and the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario found that 83.7% of Ontarians continue to choose regulated sites. That figure dropped slightly from 86.4% in 2024 and 85.3% in 2023. About 20.2% of players on regulated sites still also engage with unregulated operators.
Participation rates across the province show 35.2% of Ontario residents have gambled online in the past year. That falls to 29.5% for the past three months and 20.3% for the past month.
Market Performance Against Competitors
Ontario’s regulated market has outperformed comparable regions. The first three years of operation generated more gambling revenue than Pennsylvania and New Jersey over equivalent periods. Only Michigan beat Ontario, posting $5.965 billion against Ontario’s $5.221 billion.
Since April 4, 2022, the market has generated roughly $135.84 billion in total wagers and $5.309 billion in total gaming revenue. Growth has continued every quarter.
Private operators pay approximately 20% in annual taxes to provincial regulators, plus a $100,000 annual licensing fee. OLG maintains a separate operation and expects to hold 25% to 30% of the online gaming market share despite private competition.
A Deloitte report on economic contributions found the market generated an estimated $1.24 billion in gaming and tax revenues to federal, provincial, and municipal governments in year two. The market sustained nearly 15,000 full-time equivalent jobs. The two-year GDP total of around $4.3 billion approached Deloitte’s initial year-10 forecast of $4.7 billion.
Ontario players prefer slots above all other casino games, and the data has shown this consistently since April 2022. Table games maintain steady play, while sports betting attracts a growing but smaller audience. Poker remains a niche category with flat revenue.
The market structure supports these preferences. More than 80 licensed sites offer thousands of games each, and player account numbers continue to grow. Casino products generate roughly 75% of all gaming revenue in the province, with slots accounting for nearly half of all wagers placed. The regulated market has captured most of the player base that previously used unregulated sites, and quarterly reports show no change in what those players want to play.
