Online in Ontario
Cascades Casino and playing online
Ontario's online gambling has run under provincial regulation since April 4, 2022, with an official list naming each site that belongs to it. The After Ten Desk explains here how that system works for readers around Cascades Casino Chatham, and how this guide earns its income through paid links.
By the After Ten Desk Checked October 4, 2026
Who runs online play in Ontario
Since April 4, 2022, Ontario has had a regulated market for online gambling. The games come from private operators, while iGaming Ontario conducts and manages that play online. Ontario's Alcohol and Gaming Commission, known as the AGCO, serves as the regulator.
A private online casino needs two things before it counts as legal in Ontario. First comes registration with the AGCO. Second, iGaming Ontario and that casino must have signed an operating agreement between them.
Unlike the private sites, OLG.ca is the province's own online casino, which OLG conducts and manages. That same body also conducts and manages casino gaming at Ontario's land-based casinos, including the one on Richmond Street.
Checking a site against the list
Anyone wondering whether an online casino is regulated can look it up in iGaming Ontario's official list at igamingontario.ca. The sites on that list are meant for players 19 and older, and only while those players are physically present in Ontario.
A reader in Chatham who wants off every one of those sites at once can use BetGuard at betguard.ca. For anyone 19 or older, one step there closes the door on all regulated online gambling in Ontario, OLG.ca with it. Land-based casinos fall outside BetGuard, so the building on Richmond Street is not covered.
Where the money comes from
On Chatham Casino, paid links appear nowhere but the home page, and an Ad label sits beside each of them. Behind those links stands a private online casino, a partner the After Ten Desk does not name because it is subject to change. The desk gives no guarantee about this partner. Before playing there, or at any online casino, checking the iGaming Ontario directory is the sensible first move.
The partner has no connection to the casino on Richmond Street, to Gateway, which operates it, to OLG or to iGaming Ontario. No money changes hands for links to the casino, to OLG, to the province or to help services. Those links stay unpaid on every page of the site.
Questions before you go
Does the casino on Richmond Street have an online casino?
This guide covers the building at 615 Richmond Street, not any website. For online play, the province's own casino is OLG.ca, conducted and managed by OLG.
Can you play online from a Chatham hotel room?
Yes, provided the site is regulated and you are 19 or older. Since Chatham is in Ontario, the rule is that you must be physically inside the province while playing. Regulated sites are listed in the iGaming Ontario directory.
Why does the guide keep its partner's name off the page?
The partner can change, so a name here could soon be out of date. Whatever site a home page link leads to, check it against the directory at igamingontario.ca first.