Online in Manitoba
Online play in Manitoba
South Beach Casino & Resort in Scanterbury is a land-based casino on Highway 59, and this guide describes it from the outside. Online play in Manitoba follows its own rules, and this page lays them out plainly.
By the First Light deskChecked October 10, 2026
Manitoba
Who runs online gambling in Manitoba
PlayNow.com is Manitoba's own legal gambling site. Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries, known as MBLL, runs it, with BCLC as the platform provider since January 2013. The regulator's campaign states that PlayNow.com is the only gambling site licensed in Manitoba.
The Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Authority of Manitoba, the LGCA, regulates gaming. MBLL conducts and manages provincial gaming. At First Nations casinos, it conducts and manages the games in premises owned by a licensed gaming operator. In Manitoba a minor is anyone under 18, and minors must not take part in provincial gaming. Anyone who appears to be a minor must show ID that proves their age.
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What an ad for a gambling site means
Manitoba's regulator warns that most gambling sites advertised to Manitobans are not regulated in Manitoba. The LGCA cannot make an unregulated site follow Manitoba law. An ad for a gambling site does not mean the site is legal.
This guide carries ads of that kind. Its paid links lead to a private, third-party online casino that is not licensed in Manitoba. The regulator's campaign states that PlayNow.com is the only gambling site licensed in the province. The guide itself takes no bets and has no accounts. A link marked Ad leads away from this guide to that partner's site.
This guide
How this guide is paid
Scanterbury at First Light is an independent travel guide, not a casino and not the resort's own site. Paid links appear on the home page only, and each is marked Ad. There are three: a button in the header, a block just below the first screen and a block near the end of the page.
All three lead to one private online casino partner. That partner pays the guide a commission, and it can change. The resort pays the guide nothing. This guide has no information about an online casino run by the resort.
Questions
Questions from the road
Which online gambling site is licensed in Manitoba?
The regulator's campaign states that PlayNow.com is the only gambling site licensed in Manitoba. It is run by Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries, with BCLC as platform provider since January 2013.
Does the resort run an online casino?
This guide has no information about an online casino run by the resort. Its own website, southbeachcasino.ca, is the place to check what it offers.
Is the guide's online casino partner licensed in Manitoba?
No, the partner is not licensed in Manitoba. It is the private site behind the links marked Ad. An ad for a gambling site does not mean the site is legal.
How old must players be in Manitoba?
Players must be 18 or older. Minors, people under 18, must not take part in provincial gaming under the Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Control Act, s 98(1). Anyone who appears to be a minor must show ID that proves their age.
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