Atlassino Academy · First visit · Lesson 1 of 8
What happens at the door
The first lesson of the course: who a Canadian casino admits, which document it asks for at the door, and the other reasons security turns people away.
You are 21 and you live in Ontario. Tonight you are at a casino door in Quebec. Which minimum age applies — where you live, where the casino stands, or the higher of the two?
The short answer
The casino’s province sets the minimum age: 19, or 18 in Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec. Bring the original document (the card itself, not a photo of it and not a photocopy). In British Columbia every visitor shows ID, and it is scanned.
Of the three answers, only the province the casino stands in decides the minimum age at the door.
Mayaformer floor supervisor · manners, money and breaks
I worked a casino floor for years, and hardly anyone I saw turned away had a dramatic reason for it. A birthday on the wrong side of a line, a driver’s licence left in the car: that is most of them.
I ask the same three questions at every door, in the same order. Which province is this casino in? What is the minimum age here? Is the thing in my hand the card itself, rather than a picture of the card?
Three people at the door
| Visitor | Lives in | Casino stands in | Minimum age there | In hand at the door |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben, 18 | Calgary, Alberta | Ontario | 19+ | His Alberta driver’s licence, the card itself |
| Priya, 24 | Vancouver, British Columbia | Quebec | 18+ | Her B.C. driver’s licence, the card itself |
| Sam, 45 | Surrey, British Columbia | British Columbia | 19+ | A photograph of his driver’s licence, on his phone |
Ben is 18, lives in Calgary, and is at a casino in Ontario
In his pocket Ben has his Alberta driver’s licence, and it is the card itself rather than a photograph of the card.
- Which province is this casino in?Ontario
- What is the minimum age here?19, and Ben is 18
- Is the thing in my hand the card itself?Never reached: the minimum age has already turned Ben away
Maya: “Province — Ontario. Minimum age here — 19. Ben is 18, so he is turned away, and his driver’s licence changes nothing about that: a document says how old you are, and it cannot change the age a casino admits. Nobody standing at that door has the power to wave Ben through.”
Priya is 24, lives in Vancouver, and is at a casino in Quebec
In her bag Priya has her B.C. driver’s licence, and it too is the card itself.
- Which province is this casino in?Quebec
- What is the minimum age here?18, and Priya is 24
- Is the thing in my hand the card itself?Your turn
Maya: “Province — Quebec, minimum age 18, and Priya is well past 18. One thing is worth knowing at this particular casino: at the Loto-Québec casino the minimum age covers the whole building — its bars, its restaurant and its performance hall, and not only the gaming floor (the part of the casino where the games are). The document is where I hand over to you: what happens when Priya reaches security?”
Check yourself
Priya goes in. What she is holding is the card itself and not a picture of the card, which is exactly what the third question asks about.
Sam is 45, lives in Surrey, and is at a casino in British Columbia
Sam’s wallet is in the car. On his phone he has a clear photograph of his driver’s licence.
- Which province is this casino in?British Columbia
- What is the minimum age here?19, and Sam is 45
- Is the thing in my hand the card itself?Your turn
What happens when Sam reaches security?
Check yourself
Sam does not get in, and his age has nothing to do with it. In B.C. every visitor hands ID to security (the staff at the doors who check who comes in, and at some casinos keep what has been handed in). What security takes has to be the card itself rather than a photograph of the card.
What the door checks, and when
The door can check more than your age and your ID, and one check can come after you have walked in.
- Your ID. What the door takes is a government photo ID (a card issued by a government showing your photo and your date of birth: a driver’s licence, a passport, a provincial ID card). You are asked for it when staff think you look young: under 25 at the Loto-Québec casino, under 30 at Great Canadian’s and in the FAQ of Fallsview Casino Resort. In British Columbia every visitor hands ID to security staff whatever their age, and the ID is scanned.
- A second document, sometimes. At Fallsview Casino Resort, patrons who appear 21 or younger are asked to present two pieces of ID: a first one, and a second piece of ID (another document carrying the same full name as the first).
- Your bag, at some casinos. A bag check (a search of bags at the entrance; some casinos refuse entry to anyone who declines it). The Great Canadian casinos are among the ones that ask.
- Your ID again, inside. Loto-Québec asks for proof of age at the door and again at certain purchases, so the card is worth keeping on you rather than back in the car.
Mayaformer floor supervisor · manners, money and breaks
None of this is about you personally. The scan is the same for the person behind you in the queue, and it was the same for me on my day off. It is paperwork, and it is not a verdict on anybody.
One casino in Saskatchewan adds a step of its own: at Northern Lights Casino every guest hands security a SIGA Rewards card and registers at a kiosk. That casino is the only one we list that asks for a membership card at the entrance, and the card it asks for has nothing to do with anyone’s age.
Rule one: the province of the casino sets the age
Not the province where you live, and not what your own card says: the figure the door works from is the minimum age (the age from which a casino admits visitors, set by the province the casino stands in). That minimum age is 19 in most of Canada, and 3 of the ten provinces and territories where we list casinos set 18 instead.
| Province or territory | Minimum age | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| Ontario | 19+ | Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario |
| Quebec | 18+ | Loto-Québec |
| British Columbia | 19+ | Government of British Columbia |
| Alberta | 18+ | MyHealth.Alberta.ca |
| Manitoba | 18+ | Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Authority of Manitoba |
| Saskatchewan | 19+ | Casino Regina |
| Nova Scotia | 19+ | Nova Scotia Casino Regulations |
| New Brunswick | 19+ | Grey Rock Casino |
| Prince Edward Island | 19+ | Government of Prince Edward Island |
| Yukon | 19+ | Diamond Tooth Gerties |
For Quebec, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick and Yukon the figure is a casino’s or the provincial operator’s, not a government’s. Yukon is in the table because we list a casino there; the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Newfoundland and Labrador are not, because we list none.
A casino can also state a minimum age for getting in on its own website, next to its province’s: 48 of the 103 casinos we list do exactly that.
Just under half of the casinos in our register state a minimum age for getting in on their own website as well.
Every one of those 48 states the same figure as the province it stands in, as far as we have read them. A casino’s own page can also carry an age for something other than getting in — for ordering a drink, or for renting a room for an event — and that figure is not the one the door works from.
Rule two: the document has to be the card itself
Mayaformer floor supervisor · manners, money and breaks
More people walked back out to the car over the document than over anything else I saw on that floor. It is also the easiest of the three rules to get right, and you get it right before you leave home rather than at the door.
A photograph of your licence will not do, and a photocopy of it will not do either. At the Loto-Québec and Great Canadian casinos neither a photograph nor a photocopy gets you through the door.
Three things people hand over at a door: the licence itself, a photograph of the licence on a phone, and a photocopy of the licence. Only the licence itself is accepted.
At a Great Canadian casino the first document you hand over has to be four things at once.
- Valid. Not expired on the evening you are standing there.
- Government-issued. A government issued the card to you, and a card from anybody else does not take its place.
- Carrying your photograph. Security is matching a face to a card.
- Carrying your date of birth. Without the date the card cannot answer the age question at all.
42 of the 103 casinos we list publish an entry rule about ID in their own words. Three things recur across those rules, and one casino can ask for more than one of the three.
| What is asked for | Casinos |
|---|---|
| A second piece of ID, from anyone who appears 21 or younger | 16 |
| ID from anyone who looks young | 7 |
| In so many words: no photocopies, no photos on a phone | 2 |
A casino can stand on two of those three lines at once, and plenty of those entry rules stand on none of the three, because each casino writes its own rule in its own words. And a casino that says nothing about photocopies is not a casino that accepts photocopies: saying nothing is saying nothing.
Rule three: age and the document are not the only reasons
Being under the minimum age is the first reason a casino in Ontario must keep somebody out, and it is not the only one. Two of the other reasons in that same list close the door too, and one more belongs to one operator’s own code of conduct.
- You appear to be intoxicated. The list names how a person appears, not how much anyone has drunk.
- You are taking part in a self-exclusion process. This is the one reason you sign yourself up for in advance.
- You will not let security look in your bag — at a Great Canadian casino.
That middle reason is on the list because somebody asked for it: self-exclusion (a provincial programme you sign yourself into, which closes the casino door to you for the term you choose). A machine at the door does the matching, and it matches the card at some casinos and the face at others.
Self-exclusion reaches the door two different ways: a scanned card checked against a list, and a face compared with a photograph.
Neither way is a judgement about the person at the door. In British Columbia a machine reads the card that was handed over, and at a Loto-Québec casino faces at the door are compared with photographs of people who joined the self-exclusion program and consented to having their features stored. The comparing at that door is done by a biometric facial recognition system (a system that compares faces at the door with photos taken when people joined a self-exclusion program).
Most of the casinos in our register are covered by their province’s self-exclusion program automatically; at a smaller group the cover depends on what you chose when you signed up.
- Covered by the provincial program automatically — 72
- Covered only if you chose casinos when you signed up — 25
The two lengths are the point here rather than the two figures. Where the bar is dark, the provincial program closes the casino door by itself; where the bar is lighter, the program closes the casino door only if you chose casinos when you signed up. The short tail at the end is the casinos that neither length covers.
Leoformer dealer · rules and maths
I dealt cards for years before I taught, and walking in as a guest I was scanned like everybody else in the queue. The check is on the building, and it is not on a type of person.
What none of these three rules tells you is what the casino you are going to tonight asks for. That casino’s own entry rules are on its Atlassino page, in its own words, and reading them takes a minute before you leave home.
Practice: at the door
Each moment below gives you a visitor, a date and a casino from our register, and you say what happens at that door. Every moment is set on the same evening, 14 March 2027, so that the answers do not drift with the calendar.
Level 1 is the minimum age alone, with the document always in order. Level 2 leaves the age fine and changes the document. Level 3 adds the other reasons a door closes. Every square on the strip below is one moment, and every one of them is there from the start; when a level’s squares are full the next level begins by itself.
You are never asked for your own date of birth here. To check your own date of birth against the casino you are going to, that is what Can I get in? is for, and it works the answer out in your browser.
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Level 1 · Age
ACE Casino Airport · Calgary, Alberta · minimum age here: 18+
- Tonight
- 14 March 2027
- Name
- P. Lafleur
- Date of birth
- 9 July 2006
- Lives in
- Calgary, Alberta
- In hand
- a driver’s licence — the card itself
- Second piece in the wallet
- nothing else
What happens at the door?
The answer: Goes in.
Casinos in Alberta admit people 18 and older. On 14 March 2027, P. Lafleur is 20, and the document is the card itself.
Level 2 · ID
Camrose Resort Casino · Camrose, Alberta · minimum age here: 18+
- Tonight
- 14 March 2027
- Name
- R. Ashoona
- Date of birth
- 21 May 2003
- Lives in
- Camrose, Alberta
- In hand
- nothing
- Second piece in the wallet
- nothing else
Security asks for ID.
What happens at the door?
The answer: Turned away tonight.
Security asked for ID, and R. Ashoona has none.
Level 3 · Other reasons
Billy Barker Casino Hotel · Quesnel, British Columbia · minimum age here: 19+
- Tonight
- 14 March 2027
- Name
- T. Kowalchuk
- Date of birth
- 17 February 1997
- Lives in
- Quesnel, British Columbia
- In hand
- a driver’s licence — the card itself
- Second piece in the wallet
- a health card in the same name
- At this door
- Enrolled in Game Break
What happens at the door?
The answer: Turned away tonight.
Game Break (BCLC) covers this casino, and T. Kowalchuk is enrolled. Enrollees are ineligible for jackpots, and their photos are shared with security staff at gambling facilities across B.C.
Every moment is worked out the same way, from the rules that casino and its province state. The whole table of minimum ages, and each casino’s own words about ID, are on the pages linked below.
How the practice table works
Where the moments come from. Each moment names a casino from our register and shows the minimum age that applies there — the casino’s own figure where it states one, the province’s otherwise. The outcome is not written by hand anywhere: our code applies the rules in order (age, self-exclusion, bag inspection, intoxication, document) and the first rule that bites decides. The explanation carries the quote of the rule that decided, with the date we read it. Self-exclusion turns up only at casinos a provincial program covers automatically, because only there does the programme itself say, in its own words, what happens if you come to the door.
What you will not see. No moment shows somebody who is too young for the casino they are standing at being sent somewhere with a lower minimum, and no moment says how old anyone looks. A visitor turned away for age is always at a casino whose minimum is higher than the one where they live. There is no countdown either: the practice table never says when somebody will be old enough.
One strip, no rounds. Every square on the strip is one moment of this lesson, and they are all there from the start. Your first answer fills the square; when a level’s squares are full the next level begins by itself, with no button in between. Practising a mistake turns a cross into “fixed in practice” and does not change the count: only first answers do. Progress stays in this browser; nothing is sent anywhere.
Check yourself
Mayaformer floor supervisor · manners, money and breaks
Five quick ones. Pick an answer, then check it. No timer, no points: just whether it stuck.
The question we opened with. The Quebec minimum age applies, because the casino is in Quebec. The province you live in does not travel with you, and there is no “higher of the two” rule anywhere: each casino applies the minimum age of the province it stands in, and may state a higher one of its own.
Where to check this
19+ (18+ in AB, MB, QC) · Play responsibly · the helplines for every province are at the end of this page
Further reading
- ID required · British Columbia Lottery Corporation (Casinos BC)What B.C. casinos ask for at the door, which documents are taken, and why the ID is scanned.
- Registrar’s Standards for Gaming — 3. Prohibiting Access to Designated Groups · Alcohol and Gaming Commission of OntarioThe Ontario standard behind the age, intoxication and self-exclusion checks at the door.
- Plan your visit · Loto-Québec, Casino du Lac-LeamyThe entry rules for a Québec casino, including its bars and restaurant.
- Code of conduct · Great Canadian EntertainmentOne operator’s published rules for ID, a second piece, and bag inspection.
Mayaformer floor supervisor · manners, money and breaks
Two things go in the wallet before you leave home: the ID itself, and the amount of money you have decided the evening gets (Game plan walks you through deciding it). Decide that amount at home, and not at the table.
And if you signed yourself into self-exclusion, a closed door is the program doing exactly what you asked of it. If the pull to go back is strong, talk to someone — the lines below are for exactly that, and the self-exclusion guide explains what your own program covers.
If it stops being fun
If gambling stops being entertainment, help is available. 19+ in most of Canada; 18+ in Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec. More on responsible gaming.
How it’s worked out
Sources, numbers and hosts
Sources. Three kinds, and the page says which is which. A provincial figure comes from the source in our country package, the one our age and ID guide quotes. A rule published by a province’s regulator, or by an operator for its own casinos — AGCO, BCLC for B.C. casinos, Loto-Québec, Great Canadian — is quoted as exactly that, and not as a statement about any single casino. A rule quoted from one casino belongs to that casino alone. Every quote on this page was read again on 23 September 2026.
Numbers. Every figure is worked out when the page is built, from the same records the rest of the site uses: the minimum ages, the entry rules with their quotes, and the self-exclusion coverage. A count of quotes counts quotes — a rule is only counted for something when the casino’s own words say it, never when our summary of them does. The count of casinos stating a minimum age of their own counts a casino only when the words on its own website are about getting in, and not when they are about a bar, a restaurant, a room rented for an event or a game played online; and only when the figure it states is not below its province’s, because a figure below the province’s is not the age at that door and the province’s figure is the one that counts there. Whether the province’s own figure comes from a government or from the provincial operator makes no difference to the count.
What is deliberately absent. There is no figure here for how many people are turned away, and no list of the reasons a casino may refuse entry beyond the ones quoted above. A reason we cannot quote is a reason we leave off the page, because a reader cannot check a reason that has no document behind it.
Hosts. Maya and Leo are illustrated characters. Their backstories, a former floor supervisor and a former dealer, are written for the course: neither is a real person, and neither speaks for any casino. The rules and numbers on this page come from the sources it cites, not from their experience.
No promise. This lesson is about getting in, and getting in is not an invitation. Nothing on this page says an evening at a casino is a good idea for you, and nothing here tells you how one would end.
Minimum age for casinos in Alberta
Underage gambling is also illegal. In Alberta this is someone younger than 18 years participating in the activity.
Alberta · Minimum age · read
Minimum age for casinos in British Columbia
You must be 19 years or older to gamble in B.C.
Minimum age for casinos in Manitoba
Places that sell liquor, cannabis, or gambling/lottery products must ensure they’re selling to people over 18 years old
Manitoba · Minimum age · read
Minimum age at Casino New Brunswick
all patrons must be 19 years of age or older to enter
Minimum age for casinos in Nova Scotia
No casino operator shall permit an individual under 19 years of age to enter or access a casino.
Nova Scotia · Minimum age · read
Minimum age at Caesars Windsor
Must be 19 years of age or older to enter the casino and related outlets.
Minimum age at Red Shores at Summerside
You must be 19+ to purchase, play or redeem ALC products.
ID at the door
Guests 25 years and under will be required to show a valid government-issued photo ID for verification.
The document has to be the card itself
The following government-issued photo ID will be accepted and be sure to bring originals as pictures or copies will not be accepted:
A second piece of ID
The secondary piece of identification, if requested, must at a minimum, include the persons full name that matches the government-issued photo identification.
Minimum age at Camrose Resort Casino
You must be 18 years of age or older to enter the casino.
Game Break: what happens at the door
Making Game Break enrollees ineligible for jackpots
Game Break · Self-exclusion · read
Game Break: who it covers
After March 25th, 2024, individuals enroled in the Game Break program will be excluding themselves from: All gambling facilities with slot machines including casinos, community gaming centres, and the slot floor or race tracks. All commercial bingo halls, community gaming centres, and any gambling facility offering bingo; and All online gambling on PlayNow.com, the BC Lotto! App and the PlayNow BC Sportsbook App.
Game Break · Self-exclusion · read
Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program: what happens at the door
Individuals enrolled in this program who continue to attend the facility WILL FORFEIT any and all winnings while enrolled in the program.
Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program: who it covers
Grey Rock Entertainment Center offers a Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program to those who feel it would assist them.
Voluntary Self-exclusion: what happens at the door
If you try to enter these 2 casinos after signing the form, security staff will identify you and take you out of the casino.
Voluntary Self-exclusion: who it covers
Voluntarily ban yourself from Casino Nova Scotia in Halifax and Sydney by using the Voluntary Self-exclusion Form.
My PlayBreak: what happens at the door
Reminder of commitment not to enter any Gaming Floor in any Ontario Casino and escorted off the premises. Served with a written Notice of Trespass under the Trespass to Property Act (Ontario). Become involved in proceedings with the police which could result in an arrest and/or charge for trespass without further notice or warning.
My PlayBreak: who it covers
Players taking a break from casinos will not be able to visit any Ontario Casino or play on OLG.ca for the duration of their break. Similarly, players taking a break from Charitable Gaming Centres won’t be able to visit any Charitable Gaming Centre in Ontario or play on OLG.ca.
Break in Play: what happens at the door
If you enter the gaming floor during your Break in Play, you will be escorted out by a Security Supervisor.
Break in Play: who it covers
You will not be allowed access to Red Shores Gaming Floors in Charlottetown and Summerside until after your Break in Play period has ended and you have completed the Return to Play process.
Bag inspection
fail to allow security inspection of all bags, parcels, containers and cases;
Who is not admitted in Ontario
Individuals who appear to be intoxicated if the site is a physical premises;
Section 3.1
AGCO · Registrar’s Standards for Gaming — 3. Prohibiting Access to Designated Groups · read
Minimum age for casinos in Ontario
An individual under 19 years of age where the gaming site is a Casino, except in the course of employment
Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario · Minimum age · read
Minimum age for casinos in Quebec
Our establishments are restricted to visitors 18 years or over.
Loto-Québec · Minimum age · read
Minimum age for casinos in British Columbia
You must be 19 years or older to gamble in B.C.
Minimum age for casinos in Alberta
Underage gambling is also illegal. In Alberta this is someone younger than 18 years participating in the activity.
Minimum age for casinos in Manitoba
Places that sell liquor, cannabis, or gambling/lottery products must ensure they’re selling to people over 18 years old
Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Authority of Manitoba · Minimum age · read
Minimum age for casinos in Saskatchewan
Know your limit, play within it. 19+
Casino Regina · Minimum age · read
Minimum age for casinos in Nova Scotia
No casino operator shall permit an individual under 19 years of age to enter or access a casino.
Minimum age for casinos in New Brunswick
You must be 19 years of age to enter this facility.
Minimum age for casinos in Prince Edward Island
You must be 19+ to gamble in PEI.
Minimum age for casinos in Yukon
Unfortunately Gerties is 19+ and those 18 and under are not allowed inside our venue.
Who is not admitted in Ontario
The following individuals shall not be permitted access to the gaming site:
An individual under 19 years of age where the gaming site is a Casino, except in the course of employment;
Section 3.1
A photo of a document is not the document
Photocopies and photos of your ID on your phone will not be accepted.
A picture of your licence (or other ID) won’t cut it.
If you appear young, businesses are required to see your ID every time.
Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Authority of Manitoba · Bring ID · read
ID at the door in B.C.
All visitors will be required to present ID to security staff.
ID will be scanned to authorize entry.
The list checked at the door
After presenting government-issued photo ID, security staff will scan your ID, which is checked against a database of individuals who are not allowed to enter gambling facilities, including those who have enrolled in BCLC’s Game Break program.
If your ID is flagged upon scanning, casino security will not allow you to enter the casino.
The casino uses a biometric facial recognition system as part of the self-exclusion program for individuals who have consented to their features being stored in a secure database.
Who is not admitted in Ontario
The following individuals shall not be permitted access to the gaming site:
Individuals who appear to be intoxicated if the site is a physical premises;
Every individual who advises the Operator or OLG that the individual is participating in a self-exclusion process established by OLG that applies to the site, unless the individual is accessing the gaming site in the course of their employment;
Section 3.1
Asked every time
A picture of your licence (or other ID) won’t cut it.
If you appear young, businesses are required to see your ID every time.
Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Authority of Manitoba · Bring ID · read
Anyone appearing to be under 25 years may be asked for government-issued photo ID as proof of age.
Proof of age may be required at the door and when making certain purchases.
Who is not admitted in Ontario
The following individuals shall not be permitted access to the gaming site:
An individual under 19 years of age where the gaming site is a Casino, except in the course of employment;
Section 3.1
The age covers the whole building at this casino
Please note that guests must be 18 or older to be admitted to the casino—including its bars, restaurant, and performance hall.
A photo of a document is not the document
Photocopies and photos of your ID on your phone will not be accepted.
ID at the door in B.C.
All visitors will be required to present ID to security staff.
ID will be scanned to authorize entry.
The following government-issued photo ID will be accepted and be sure to bring originals as pictures or copies will not be accepted:
Asked if you look younger than a set age
Anyone appearing to be under 25 years may be asked for government-issued photo ID as proof of age.
Proof of age may be required at the door and when making certain purchases.
We ID under 30.
Security will request ID from patrons who appear under 30 years of age.
Patrons who appear 21 years of age or younger will be asked to present two pieces of ID.
ID at the door in B.C.
All visitors will be required to present ID to security staff.
ID will be scanned to authorize entry.
A second piece of ID
Security will request ID from patrons who appear under 30 years of age.
Patrons who appear 21 years of age or younger will be asked to present two pieces of ID.
The secondary piece of identification, if requested, must at a minimum, include the persons full name that matches the government-issued photo identification.
Bag inspection
fail to allow security inspection of all bags, parcels, containers and cases;
Asked again inside
Anyone appearing to be under 25 years may be asked for government-issued photo ID as proof of age.
Proof of age may be required at the door and when making certain purchases.
A membership card at the entrance
Effective February 15, 2024, upon entry all guests must provide Security with their SIGA Rewards card to register at the Guest Registration Kiosk.
A photo of a document is not the document
A picture of your licence (or other ID) won’t cut it.
If you appear young, businesses are required to see your ID every time.
Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Authority of Manitoba · Bring ID · read
Originals only
Photocopies and photos of your ID on your phone will not be accepted.
If asked to present ID, the initial piece of identification must be valid, government-issued and include a photo of the person and the birth date.
Pictures or photocopies will not be accepted.
What the first document has to be
If asked to present ID, the initial piece of identification must be valid, government-issued and include a photo of the person and the birth date.
Pictures or photocopies will not be accepted.
Who is not admitted in Ontario
The following individuals shall not be permitted access to the gaming site:
Individuals who appear to be intoxicated if the site is a physical premises;
Every individual who advises the Operator or OLG that the individual is participating in a self-exclusion process established by OLG that applies to the site, unless the individual is accessing the gaming site in the course of their employment;
Section 3.1
Bag inspection
fail to allow security inspection of all bags, parcels, containers and cases;
The list checked at the door
After presenting government-issued photo ID, security staff will scan your ID, which is checked against a database of individuals who are not allowed to enter gambling facilities, including those who have enrolled in BCLC’s Game Break program.
If your ID is flagged upon scanning, casino security will not allow you to enter the casino.
Facial recognition in Québec
The casino uses a biometric facial recognition system as part of the self-exclusion program for individuals who have consented to their features being stored in a secure database.
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