All online casino guides in Old Town (Victoria, BC)

Old Town at a glance

Market Square in Old Town Victoria is a restored complex of 1880s and 1890s buildings around an open courtyard. Lower Johnson Street in Old Town, nicknamed LoJo, is lined with independent boutiques in colourful Victorian storefronts. Bastion Square in Victoria's Old Town marks the site of the original Fort Victoria, built by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1843. Many of Old Town Victoria's warehouses and hotels were built in the decades after the 1858 gold rush turned the fort into a busy port.

All guides in Old Town

126 topics in 13 categories, each written for Old Town.

Guides are grouped by category, from the most searched to the most specific. If you are new to online gambling, start with “Online Casinos” and “Payments & Withdrawals”; for a specific question, go straight to its category. Each page is written for Old Town and links to the areas next door.

The legal framework, in short

The provincially authorised online casino in British Columbia is PlayNow.com, operated by the British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC). British Columbia has no licensing system for private online casinos: PlayNow.com is the only provincially authorised site, and offshore platforms operate without provincial oversight. Using an offshore site is not an offence for the player; the trade-off is weaker protection and slower dispute resolution. As in land-based venues, 19 is the minimum age in British Columbia, checked against government ID.

Gambling responsibly in Old Town

Gambling is a leisure expense, never an income. Decide how much and how long before you start, never try to win back what you lost, and switch on the limits on offer. If gambling becomes a worry, the BC Gambling Support Line (1-888-795-6111) is free, confidential and available to everyone in British Columbia, Old Town included. Your family doctor and the province's addiction services can also arrange free counselling, for players and their families.