Online casino play in B.C.

Gambling in British Columbia is legal only when the provincial government runs it through BCLC. BCLC runs PlayNow.com, the province's own online gambling site. B.C.'s gambling regulator is the Independent Gambling Control Office, or IGCO. The rule applies in Kelowna as anywhere else in the province.

The IGCO states that PlayNow.com is the only regulated commercial online gambling website permitted to operate in B.C. By the same statement, other online gambling sites that accept B.C. players operate illegally in the province. The legal age for gambling in British Columbia, casinos included, is 19. A Kelowna reader faces the same age rule at either casino door and on PlayNow.com.

Kelowna Casinos is an independent guide, not a casino and not the site of either venue. It takes no bets and has no accounts. Paid links appear on the home page only, and each is marked Ad. There are three: a button in the menu, a block just below the first screen and a block near the end of the page.

All three go to one private online casino partner, which pays the guide a commission. The partner is not PlayNow.com and is not connected with Playtime Casino Kelowna or Chances Casino Kelowna. It is not licensed in B.C.: the IGCO says sites other than PlayNow.com that accept B.C. players operate illegally in the province. The partner can change.