Ontario Took $6.75 Billion in Online Gambling Bets in April

Ontario's regulated iGaming market once again posted strong year-over-year growth in April, although activity cooled slightly after March's peak. Total betting handle came in at around $6.75 billion, well above last year's $5.66 billion, but 3% below March. In Canadian dollars, that equals roughly CA$9.3 billion.

Operator revenue also increased. Non-adjusted gross gaming revenue rose 5% from March and reached roughly $294.3 million. In other words, the market slipped in handle but made more money — not a bad outcome for operators after a very strong previous month.

Online Casino Still Carries the Market

Ontario's main segment remains online casino. It accounted for 87% of all wagers, or about $5.88 billion in handle. Casino segment revenue came in at roughly $228 million, although it was slightly lower than in March.

This is now Ontario's familiar market structure: slots, live casino, and other casino products take the bulk of the money, while sports and poker serve as additional verticals. Sporting events can produce spikes, but casino still provides the market's base volume.

Sports Earned More on Lower Handle

Sports betting accounted for 11% of total volume in April, around $726 million. Handle itself fell 3% from March, but segment revenue jumped sharply — up 40% to $62.4 million.

For sportsbook operators, it was a good month: players bet slightly less, but the margin was noticeably better. That can happen when match results land less favourably for bettors or when the mix of bets changes.

Poker, meanwhile, had a weak month. Peer-to-peer poker betting volume fell 30% to around $92.9 million. Revenue dropped 24% to roughly $3.85 million. Compared with casino and sports, poker in Ontario increasingly looks like a niche segment that runs on its own rhythm and barely moves the overall market picture.

April's numbers show Ontario's current state quite clearly: the market is no longer accelerating every month without pauses, but the base has become very large. Even the drop from March does not change the main point — regulated iGaming in the province remains one of the strongest and most stable markets in North America.