Ontario runs the only regulated online gambling market in Canada, and it works differently from the rest of the country. Any operator offering real-money casino games or advertising to Ontario residents is required to hold registration with iGaming Ontario (iGO), the regulator that sits under the AGCO. We looked for confirmation that MyStake holds that registration and found none, in either direction. This page sets out what that gap means before an Ontario player deposits.
Why Ontario is a separate question from the rest of Canada
Elsewhere in Canada, offshore-licensed operators like MyStake, which AskGamblers lists under a Curacao Gaming Control Board licence, generally operate in a grey area that provinces have not moved to police directly. Ontario chose a different model in 2022: operators must register with iGaming Ontario and sign an agreement with AGCO to legally advertise or accept real-money play from Ontario residents. That single fact is what separates this page from our Alberta coverage, where no equivalent registration regime exists.
MyStake and iGO: what we found, and what we didn't
We checked AskGamblers, Trustpilot and Reddit threads referencing MyStake and found no mention, positive or negative, of iGaming Ontario registration. That is not the same as a denial, and it is not the same as a confirmation. It means the point simply isn't addressed anywhere we could verify it, and MyStake's own site does not publish a jurisdictional acceptance list either, per our brand review.
In the absence of confirmation, an Ontario resident considering MyStake should treat the operator as unverified for this specific market, not as approved by default. That distinction matters more in Ontario than in an unregulated province, because the iGO framework exists specifically to give players a registered counterpart with defined complaint and dispute channels.
What registration actually requires, versus what's confirmed here
| iGO requirement | Status for MyStake |
|---|---|
| Signed operator agreement with AGCO | Not confirmed by any source we checked |
| Published licence/registration number | No licence number published for any jurisdiction, per AskGamblers |
| Ontario-specific responsible gambling tools | Not addressed on the operator's own site or third-party portals |
| Dispute resolution through a registered regulator | Not applicable without confirmed registration |
| Curacao Gaming Control Board licence | Confirmed by AskGamblers, but this is not an Ontario or Canadian provincial licence |
What this means if you already have an account
None of this changes the facts we could verify about the operator itself. MyStake's catalogue runs to 4,000+ titles from 50+ providers, and the cashier accepts Interac alongside Visa, Mastercard and 15+ cryptocurrencies, the same figures that hold regardless of province. What changes in Ontario is the regulatory backstop: without confirmed iGO registration, a dispute over a withheld withdrawal or a restricted account, patterns that do show up in the Trustpilot and Reddit reports we reviewed for MyStake generally, would not have the same registered-operator complaint path that an iGO-registered site provides.
Payments and deposits: the parts that don't depend on province
Interac is the deposit method Canadian players default to, and it works at MyStake the same way it would at any operator that supports it. See Interac at MyStake for the mechanics. That page covers the deposit rail itself, not the jurisdictional question this page is about, and the two shouldn't be conflated. A working Interac integration says nothing about whether the operator has cleared Ontario's registration bar.
The disagreement over withdrawal limits, and why it matters more here
Our brand-level research found that AskGamblers and Trustpilot report the same withdrawal caps, roughly 7,500 per week and 15,000 per month, but denominated differently: AskGamblers states these in EUR, while Trustpilot complaints describe the same numbers in USDT. We have not resolved which is accurate. In a regulated market like Ontario's, that kind of source disagreement over basic account terms is exactly the sort of thing a registered operator's public disclosures are meant to prevent, which is one more reason the unconfirmed iGO status here is worth weighing before you deposit.
Where to check further before you decide
iGaming Ontario publishes a public list of registered operators on its own site, and checking it directly is more reliable than relying on any third-party review, including this one. If MyStake does not appear on that list at the time you check, that is the clearest signal available. For the sourced detail behind the trust and payment claims referenced on this page, see the general FAQ, and see our author page for the methodology behind how these compliance checks are conducted.