Scoring a sportsbook

No sportsbook on Ontario.gg has a score yet. This is the method our reviews will follow, published before the first review so you can hold us to it.

Who gets rated

Private sportsbooks that iGaming Ontario's catalogue lists under Sports Betting on the day we check, plus OLG's PROLINE+, which runs on OLG.ca outside the catalogue. A private brand missing from the catalogue isn't rated, listed or linked, however familiar its name. Being in the catalogue gets a sportsbook onto our list; it earns no points.

Six criteria, 100 points

Each criterion is scored on its own evidence, then weighted. Odds and withdrawals decide what a bettor actually gets back, and markets decide whether the bet exists at all, so those three carry the most weight.

Rating criteria and their weights

Criterion and what we checkCriterion	What we check	Points
Odds and margin Prices on the same markets at the same moment, compared across sportsbooks and converted into the bookmaker’s margin. A thinner margin scores higher.	Prices on the same markets at the same moment, compared across sportsbooks and converted into the bookmaker’s margin. A thinner margin scores higher.	20
Markets and leagues How many leagues and events are covered and how deep each market goes, including live betting and esports, within what Standard 4.34 allows.	How many leagues and events are covered and how deep each market goes, including live betting and esports, within what Standard 4.34 allows.	20
Payments and withdrawals Deposit and withdrawal methods open to Ontario players, limits, and stated processing times, taken from the operator’s own pages and dated.	Deposit and withdrawal methods open to Ontario players, limits, and stated processing times, taken from the operator’s own pages and dated.	20
House rules and settlement How the rules handle voided bets, cancelled events and cash-out, whether offers shown to players are honoured, and any AGCO penalty on record.	How the rules handle voided bets, cancelled events and cash-out, whether offers shown to players are honoured, and any AGCO penalty on record.	15
Responsible gambling tools Deposit and time limits, cool-off and self-exclusion, how easy they are to find, and how clearly the site points to BetGuard.	Deposit and time limits, cool-off and self-exclusion, how easy they are to find, and how clearly the site points to BetGuard.	15
App and website Speed and stability on iOS, Android and the web, how bets and history are shown, and app store ratings recorded with the date.	Speed and stability on iOS, Android and the web, how bets and history are shown, and app store ratings recorded with the date.	10
Total		100

What rules a sportsbook out

1. A private sportsbook drops out of the iGaming Ontario catalogue. Its review comes down until it returns.
2. The address doesn't match the one in the catalogue. We review the site the catalogue names and nothing else.
3. Key terms aren't published. If withdrawal limits or cash-out rules can't be found in writing, the sportsbook gets no score rather than a guess.

Penalties on the record

An AGCO penalty doesn't remove a sportsbook by itself. It always appears in the review with its date, amount and reason, and it weighs on the house-rules score. One example: on October 6, 2026 the AGCO issued a $200,000 penalty to Score Media and Gaming Inc., the operator of theScore Bet, over cash-out offers the regulator says were not honoured.

Re-check schedule

The catalogue gets checked once a month, and a site that drops out comes off our list the day we see it. Each review is redone in full every 90 days, and sooner when a penalty, a catalogue change or a reader's correction gives us a reason. Every review keeps a change log: what changed, when, and why. A review also separates what we saw on the site itself from what we took from the operator's published terms.

Paying doesn't move a score

Operators can't pay for a score, a higher place in a list or a softer sentence. The advertiser disclosure explains how the site plans to earn money and why that stays apart from ratings.