Online poker in Ontario is legal on six sites registered with iGaming Ontario: GGPoker, PokerStars on FanDuel, 888poker, BetMGM Poker, partypoker and bwin. You must be 19 or older and physically in Ontario to play for real money.
The six sites deal to only four player pools, because BetMGM Poker, partypoker and bwin share one network, and every table is closed to anyone outside the province.
We read each room’s published rake table, game list, Sunday schedule and tool rules for this guide, and checked the legal position against the court files. The short version: the cheapest room depends on your stake, PokerStars now lives inside FanDuel, and a Supreme Court of Canada ruling that could open Ontario’s tables to the world is still pending. This page is part of our guide to casino games in Ontario.
888 Casino
Bet365
Jackpot City
Betano
Betway
Spin Genie
Play Ojo
PowerPlay
SlotsMagic
Spin Casino
On this page
Online Poker in Ontario at a Glance
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Is online poker legal in Ontario? | Yes, on the six sites iGaming Ontario lists under Poker; 19+ and physically in the province |
| How many poker sites are there? | Six sites in four player pools: GGPoker; PokerStars on FanDuel; 888poker; and one network shared by BetMGM Poker, partypoker and bwin |
| Can you play against players outside Ontario? | No. All Ontario tables are Ontario-only. A Supreme Court of Canada case that could change this was heard on 7 October 2026; the decision is reserved |
| What happened to PokerStars? | Its Ontario platform closed on 7 May 2026; the brand returned on 5 June 2026 as PokerStars on FanDuel, with new accounts |
| Which room has the lowest rake? | At $0.05/$0.10, GGPoker’s $1 cap per pot is the lowest; from $0.25/$0.50 to $2.50/$5, the BetMGM network’s $3 cap is |
| Biggest regular Sunday tournament | GGPoker’s Ontario MILLION$: $50 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed |
| How big is the market? | About C$1.7 billion wagered on poker a year, but only 1% to 2% of Ontario’s online gambling |
| Are HUDs allowed? | It depends on the room: built-in HUDs at GGPoker and 888poker, third-party trackers allowed at BetMGM, banned at partypoker and bwin |
The Six Legal Online Poker Sites in Ontario
iGaming Ontario’s register of regulated sites has a Poker filter. At the time of writing it returned six sites, the same six as in early September. Each one runs a real-money poker room in which you play against other players and the site takes a share of each pot, the rake, or an entry fee in tournaments.
| Site | Network | Operator | Games | Signature formats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GGPoker (ggpoker.ca) | GGPoker | NSUS Limited | No Limit Hold’em, PLO, 5-card PLO | All-In or Fold, Spin & Gold, WSOP Online |
| PokerStars on FanDuel (poker.fanduel.ca) | PokerStars on FanDuel | FanDuel Canada ULC | Hold’em, Omaha, Fixed Limit | Zoom, Spin & Go, All-In Poker |
| 888poker (888poker.ca) | 888poker | VHL Ontario Limited (evoke) | Hold’em, Omaha Hi and Hi/Lo, Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo, Fixed Limit | SNAP, BLAST |
| BetMGM Poker (on.betmgm.ca) | BetMGM network | BetMGM Canada Inc. | Hold’em, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo | FastForward, SPINS |
| partypoker (on.partypoker.ca) | BetMGM network | ElectraWorks Maple Limited (Entain) | Hold’em, PLO, Short Deck | fastforward, SPINS |
| bwin (on.bwin.ca) | BetMGM network | ElectraWorks Maple Limited (Entain) | Hold’em, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, Short Deck | Fast Forward, Spins |
Our reviews cover the same companies: GGPoker, FanDuel, 888, BetMGM, PartyCasino and bwin. At FanDuel and BetMGM the poker room uses the same account and wallet as the casino; GGPoker is the other way round, a poker room with a casino attached. That casino sits inside the client, with no demo mode, and includes GG99, a set of table, video poker and arcade games configured to 99% RTP.
Casino poker is not online poker
Many Ontario casinos list “poker” in their lobbies — video poker, Three Card Poker, Caribbean Stud. Those are casino games played against the house, not against other players, and the register does not count them: Golden Nugget, Golden Tiger, Caesars, BetNova and Pinnacle, among others, are listed for Casino or Sports Betting only. If you want those games, our casino games guide covers them. This page is about player-versus-player poker.
Four Player Pools, Not Six
The number that decides how busy your tables are is the number of pools, and Ontario has four.
- GGPoker runs its own Ontario room on the global GGPoker software, with the same tools as GGPoker.com but only Ontario players.
- PokerStars on FanDuel is one room. FanDuel’s help centre says Canadian and US accounts are completely separate, and the shared US network covers only New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
- 888poker runs its own Ontario room, separate from 888’s international network, whatever its homepage says about players worldwide: Ontario’s rules keep every table in the province.
- BetMGM Poker, partypoker and bwin are three doors into one network. None of them says so in one sentence, but the evidence is consistent: all three clients connect to the same partypoker game server and differ only in a brand code; their apps were updated to the same version, 8.7.3, within an hour of each other on 28 May 2026; and BetMGM’s Ontario terms forbid entering the same poker event through more than one of the brands.
The only cash-game traffic figures we found date back to February 2025, and they come from a third party: in that month, GameIntel data published by the news site pokerfuse put GGPoker at an average of 365 occupied cash seats, PokerStars at 214, the BetMGM network at 84 and 888poker at 34. No Ontario room publishes its own numbers, and PokerStars has changed platform since. Treat the order, not the figures, as the useful part.
What Happened to PokerStars in Ontario
PokerStars ran its own Ontario room from 2022. In 2026 it moved inside FanDuel, which belongs to the same group, Flutter.
| Date | What happened |
|---|---|
| 3 March 2026 | PokerStars announces that FanDuel will be its exclusive home in North America, Ontario included |
| 7 May 2026 | The PokerStars Ontario platform, run by TSG Interactive Canada, closes for poker, casino and sports |
| 3 June 2026 | Planned launch on FanDuel, postponed the same morning |
| 5 June 2026 | PokerStars exclusively on FanDuel goes live in Ontario, at poker.fanduel.ca |
For players, three things changed. You need a FanDuel account; old PokerStars balances were not moved across, and had to be withdrawn from the old site. The software is new: the client and app are FanDuel builds, and the download links point to Playtech’s iPoker technology rather than the classic PokerStars client. And the register no longer lists PokerStars at all: the room appears as “FanDuel Poker”, run by FanDuel Canada ULC. The old address, on.pokerstars.ca, is still online and sends you to FanDuel. Our PokerStars page keeps the background.
The Sunday flagship tells the story of the first months. The Sunday Dynasty launched on 7 June with a $100,000 guarantee at $100. By late October it carried $20,000, and on 25 October it drew 194 players, with $3,975 for the winner.
Rake Compared: What Each Ontario Room Takes
Every cash-game pot that reaches the flop pays rake: a percentage of the pot, up