Editorial rules
Updated By the Ontario.gg Editorial Team
What follows governs every page on Ontario.gg, from picking a source to fixing a mistake.
Only first-hand sources
A fact goes on Ontario.gg only if we can point to where it comes from: the AGCO and its Registrar's Standards, iGaming Ontario, OLG, federal law and the Canada Gazette, court records, ConnexOntario, or an operator's own site and app. Other betting sites, forums and memory don't count as sources. When a number can't be confirmed at the source, the page goes without it.
The record behind each fact
We test each fact against its primary source before publishing it. The desk logs that source, and the day of the test, in its own files; pages leave the log out so they stay readable and show only their last update. Want the source for a fact? Write to [email protected] and we will send it.
No push to bet
We explain rules and products. We don't urge anyone to bet, and we never present betting as income, an investment or a way to recover losses. Standard 2.04 requires gambling marketing to be truthful and forbids presenting a win as the probable outcome; our editorial pages meet the same bar.
No athletes, no logos
You won't see athletes, esports players or streamers here, or team, league and operator logos. Standard 2.03 limits the use of athletes in gambling advertising, and AGCO guidance from February 2024 counts esports players among them. Team and league marks belong to their owners. Our graphics stay abstract: rink lines, scoreboards, numbers.
OLG material
OLG lets other websites point to its front pages and nowhere deeper without its written permission. Its user agreement also bars using OLG logos and copying what is on its sites. So we don't link into OLG's sites, no OLG logo appears, and PROLINE and PROLINE+ are explained in our own words.
When we get it wrong
Send [email protected] the page, what's wrong with it and any primary source that proves it. We check the claim against that source, fix the page and move its update date. Reviews will also record the correction in their change log.
Who sees a page before it goes up
Only the editorial team. No operator, regulator or agency reviews our pages in advance, and any commercial arrangement described on the advertiser disclosure page has no say over what we write.