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Who is behind each room

British Columbia Casinos Online by Owner

The graph joins each owner or operator to the casinos it holds, year by year from 2024 to 2026. Pick a year, an owner or a casino to see its dated record.

By the Ledger Desk · Checked October 7 and 8, 2026

  • Holds or runs
  • Sale agreed
  • Owner or operator not published

Metro Vancouver

Thompson-Okanagan

Vancouver Island

The same record as a table
Each of the sixteen casinos, the company that runs or owns it, and since when.
CasinoRuns or owns it (October 2026)SinceSale agreed
Parq CasinoOwner and operator not named on its pages; latest dated record 2019
Hastings Casinosale agreed with Tsleil-Waututh Nationagreement November 7, 2025seller: Great Canadian Entertainment
Grand Villa Casino BurnabyGateway Casinos & Entertainment operatorbefore 2024
Great Canadian Casino VancouverPetroglyph Development Group owner and operatorMay 5, 2026
River Rock Casino ResortPetroglyph Development Group co-owner
Musqueam Capital Corp co-owner		June 16, 2026
Starlight Casino New WestminsterGateway Casinos & Entertainment operatorbefore 2024
Elements Casino Surreysale agreed with SE-MI-AH-MU Development Corporationagreement March 9, 2026seller: Great Canadian Entertainment
Cascades Casino DeltaGateway Casinos & Entertainment operatorsince 2022
Cascades Casino LangleyGateway Casinos & Entertainment operatorsince 2005
Cascades Casino KamloopsGateway Casinos & Entertainment operatorsince 2015
Playtime Casino KelownaGateway Casinos & Entertainment operatorsince 2002
Lake City Casino VernonGateway Casinos & Entertainment operatorsince 2002
Cascades Casino PentictonGateway Casinos & Entertainment operatorsince 2002
Elements Casino VictoriaPetroglyph Development Group owner and operatorJanuary 16, 2025
Casino NanaimoPetroglyph Development Group owner and operatorJanuary 16, 2025
RimRock CasinoOperating company not named on its pages

Who runs each area

A wide river at dusk with a log boom along the bank, a steel truss bridge and low buildings with lit windows on the far shore.

9casinos

Metro Vancouver

Gateway runs four, Great Canadian runs two under sale agreements, Petroglyph owns one, Petroglyph and Musqueam Capital own one, Parq names no owner.

All sixteen rooms

What changed since 2024

On January 16, 2025, Petroglyph Development Group closed its purchase of Casino Nanaimo and Elements Casino Victoria from Great Canadian. Petroglyph is wholly owned by Snuneymuxw First Nation. The two sales had been announced on June 24 and September 10, 2024. In Petroglyph's own words, "all profits go back to the Nation".

Petroglyph took over Great Canadian Casino Vancouver in Coquitlam on May 5, 2026, under a sale first announced on December 19, 2025. The casino keeps the Great Canadian name under a limited licence. Since June 16, 2026, River Rock Casino Resort has been owned by a partnership of Petroglyph and Musqueam Capital Corp, of the Musqueam Indian Band.

Two more sales have been agreed. Great Canadian agreed to sell the casino portion of Hastings to Tsleil-Waututh Nation, with a definitive agreement on November 7, 2025. On March 9, 2026, it agreed to sell Elements Casino Surrey to SE-MI-AH-MU Development Corporation of Semiahmoo First Nation. Each step, with its date, is set out in the change log.

Latest in the record

  1. River Rock Casino Resort passes to Petroglyph Development Group and Musqueam Capital Corp
  2. Petroglyph Development Group takes over Great Canadian Casino Vancouver
  3. The Independent Gambling Control Office becomes BC's gambling regulator; the new Gaming Control Act comes into force
  4. Agreement to sell Elements Casino Surrey to SE-MI-AH-MU Development Corporation, Semiahmoo First Nation
  5. Sale of Great Canadian Casino Vancouver to Petroglyph Development Group first announced

The full change log

What stays the same on the floor

For a guest, the rules on the floor do not change with the owner. BCLC conducts and manages casino gambling for the province in all sixteen rooms, and private companies run them. The page on what BCLC does sets out that role.

Some entry rules apply everywhere. Guests must be 19 or older, and since June 2023 everyone shows government-issued photo ID at the door, checked against the self-exclusion list.

Fifteen of the sixteen casinos name Encore Rewards, the same players' card; RimRock Casino does not describe one. A GameSense Advisor is available in every casino in British Columbia for anyone harmed by gambling.

Playing online in BC

Online gambling in British Columbia follows the same age rule as casinos: players must be 19 or older. PlayNow.com is the only legal online gambling site in the province. On August 28, 2026, the IGCO said that every other online gambling site letting BC players in operates illegally in the province.

This guide carries paid links, marked Ad, on its home page only. They lead to a private online casino. It is not PlayNow, and it is not run or licensed by the province. A BC resident who plays there has none of the provincial protections: PlayNow limits and Game Break do not apply. Complaints about it cannot go to the IGCO.

The site earns a commission from these links, and the partner can change. The Online in BC page sets out these points in one place.

Questions on the record

Who runs most of the casinos in this guide?

Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Limited runs eight of the sixteen casinos in this guide. Four are in Metro Vancouver: Grand Villa Casino Burnaby, Starlight Casino New Westminster, Cascades Casino Delta and Cascades Casino Langley. The other four are the Thompson-Okanagan casinos in Kamloops, Kelowna, Vernon and Penticton.

Which casinos have passed to First Nations ownership since 2024?

Petroglyph Development Group of Snuneymuxw First Nation took Casino Nanaimo and Elements Casino Victoria on January 16, 2025. It took over Great Canadian Casino Vancouver on May 5, 2026. Since June 16, 2026, River Rock Casino Resort has been owned by Petroglyph and Musqueam Capital Corp of the Musqueam Indian Band.

Has Hastings Casino been sold?

Great Canadian signed a definitive agreement on November 7, 2025, to sell the casino portion of Hastings to Tsleil-Waututh Nation.

Who sets the rules for guests?

BCLC manages casino gambling for the province in every casino in this guide, whoever owns it. Guests must be 19 or older and show government-issued photo ID on entry, which is checked against the self-exclusion list.

Is this site a casino?

It is an independent guide that takes no bets and has no accounts. Paid links, marked Ad, on its home page lead to an online casino partner, and the site earns a commission.

Where to find help

1-888-795-6111
  • Gambling Support BC answers at 1-888-795-6111, free, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and also helps people affected by a loved one's gambling.
  • A caller reaches a navigator who can help at once, find services nearby or connect the caller to a free counsellor.
  • Game Break, the voluntary self-exclusion program, runs for 6 months, 1 year, 2 years or 3 years, and a chosen term cannot be changed.

Gambling support across British Columbia