01Where the ads are
There are three paid placements, all on the home page: two blocks and one menu button. Each is marked Ad. All three link to an online casino partner.
Inner pages carry no ads, including this one, the venue pages and the transit pages. If something on this site is paid, it says Ad. Nothing else is.
02Who the partner is, and who it is not
The partner pays the site a commission. The partner can change over time, and the placements will still be marked Ad when it does.
The partner is not PlayNow. It is not run by BCLC or by the province. The site makes no claim about the partner's licence or legal status, and you should not read one into the ads.
Here is the official position, as the sources state it. The BC government says PlayNow.com is the only legal online gambling site in BC. PlayNow says other sites may be reachable in BC but are not legal without a BC licence. The Online in BC page covers this in more detail.
03What is not paid
None of the other links on this site earn the site anything. That includes links to:
- venue sites such as Parq and Great Canadian
- PlayNow and BCLC
- TransLink
- Gambling Support BC and GameSense
No venue pays for coverage, placement or wording. The Parq Casino and Hastings Casino pages are written from public sources. Where a fact is not published, they say so. The Method page explains how sources are chosen. How the site handles data is on the Privacy page.
04Age and support
Gambling in British Columbia is for adults 19 and older. That applies to casinos and to all BCLC products, online and in person.
If gambling is costing more than you meant it to, Gambling Support BC is free and open 24/7 at 1-888-795-6111. More options, including BCLC's Game Break self-exclusion program, are on the Support page.