PartyPoker Ontario Review
Updated By the Ontario.gg Editorial Team
PartyPoker Ontario is the poker site at on.partypoker.ca, run by ElectraWorks Maple Limited of the Entain group for players who are 19 or older and physically in the province.
Its help centre spells out tournament rules and fees, fast-fold fastforward tables and Interac withdrawals within 8 hours of approval.
We couldn’t read its cash-game rake: the main site shows us only a cookie notice.
- Operator
- ElectraWorks Maple Limited
- Address listed
- www
.on .partypoker .ca - iGO catalogue
- Poker
- AGCO registration
- OPIG1233927
- App ratings
- iOS 4.0 · Android 3.1
- Stands out for
- Interac withdrawals within 8 hours of approval
PartyPoker Ontario: licence and operator
iGaming Ontario's catalogue of regulated sites lists PartyPoker with the Poker label, under
ElectraWorks Maple Limited, at the address www
The AGCO’s public register shows OPIG1233927 for party, with the status “Active” and a term running from April 4, 2025 until April 3, 2027.
The registration covers the brand party across three domains, on.partypoker.ca, on.partycasino.ca and on.partysports.ca, and the party apps for Android and iOS.
ElectraWorks Maple Limited is a company registered in England, number 01605615, and runs the site as agent for iGaming Ontario.
Same operator, other products
- Partysports: listed in the catalogue under the same operator, with the Sports Betting label.
- Bwin: a registration of its own under the same operator (OPIG1233926), with Casino, Poker and Sports Betting in the catalogue.
- Sports Interaction: a third registration under the same operator (OPIG1242525), listed for Casino and Sports Betting.
Who you play against on PartyPoker Ontario
Real-money play is for people 19 or older who are inside Ontario, and you confirm you aren’t using the site from anywhere else.
Outside the province you can still log in, but you can’t play. On a computer a GeoComply plug-in checks where you are, and VPN, remote desktop or screen-sharing software makes the check fail.
The terms let PartyPoker seat you at tables shared with other sites and brands on the same platform, without saying which ones.
No regulated Ontario site seats players from outside Canada. Whether the province may allow it is before the Supreme Court of Canada, which heard the appeal on October 7, 2026 and had not ruled as of November 5, 2026. Our page on where the shared-pool case stands has the details.
Games and table rules
No Limit and Pot Limit tables have both a minimum and a maximum buy-in. Limit tables need at least 10 big blinds, with no maximum.
Table stakes apply: you add chips only between hands, and you can’t take any off the table until you leave.
- fastforward: fast-fold poker, where the forward fold button moves you to a new table before the action reaches you. Up to four fastforward tables at once, never two seats at the same table, real money only.
- Club Games: private clubs where players host their own cash games. You can set up five clubs and join as many as you like.
Tournaments and their rules
Formats are single-table and multi-table Sit & Go’s, scheduled multi-table tournaments, shootouts and knockouts.
A Sit & Go starts when its seats fill, and you can unregister until it’s full. Scheduled tournaments start at set times with random seats, some allow late registration, and you can unregister up to 5 minutes before the start.
Scheduled tournaments break for five minutes every hour unless stated otherwise. Soft play, easing off against someone to help them advance, isn’t allowed, and Limit tournaments allow one bet and three raises a round until two players remain.
If a tournament is cancelled for technical reasons before it starts, everyone gets the buy-in and fee back. After the start, refunds depend on whether late registration was still open and on chip counts.
Rake and tournament fees
Sit & Go entry fees run from 0% to 25% of the buy-in, and the buy-in screen shows the exact fee for each one.
In multi-table tournaments the buy-in goes into the prize pool and PartyPoker keeps the entry fee.
Software and apps
You may install its poker software on a device you mainly use yourself, for personal play only, and you may not reverse engineer it.
The cashier works inside the mobile app.
| Store | App | Rating | Ratings or reviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | partypoker Ontario: Play Poker ElectraWorks Limited | 4.0 out of 5 | 1,285 ratings |
| Google Play | partypoker Ontario: Play Poker ElectraWorks Limited | 3.1 out of 5 | 499 reviews 10K+ downloads |
Store figures as of .
Fair play and banned conduct
A random number generator shuffles the cards before each hand, and a security team reviews hand histories for collusion.
To catch banned programs, its software may scan the list of applications and processes running on your device and the files in its own program folders.
- Bots, software that lets artificial intelligence play, opponent profiling and other cheating software.
- Collusion: sharing hole cards or other hidden information, coordinating play, or agreeing to split prizes. Reports go to [email protected].
- Chip dumping, losing a hand on purpose to pass chips to someone, which can end in a permanent ban and a forfeited balance.
- Third-party tools, under a separate policy that the terms link to and we couldn’t open.
Paying in and cashing out
| Method | Deposits | Withdrawals | Stated withdrawal time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interac e-Transfer | Yes, in CAD, no fee, up to an hour to arrive | Yes, no fee | Within 8 hours of approval |
| American Express | Yes, no fee | No | Not stated |
Payouts go out as soon as reasonably possible once internal processing is done, which can take up to 2 business days, longer if a security review is opened.
A closed loop applies: payouts return to the deposit methods you used, so one withdrawal may be split across several.
The help centre also covers Visa, Mastercard, Apple Pay, Luxon, online banking, paysafecard and bank transfer. Whether a card can take a withdrawal depends on what the cashier offers your account.
Limits, breaks and self-exclusion
From the Responsible Gaming section of the account you can take a break or self-exclude for one day, one week, one month, two months, three months or indefinitely, and set deposit, loss, stake and time limits.
A cut to your deposit limit is immediate, while an increase or removal takes 24 hours.
An indefinite self-exclusion also bars you from accounts on the group’s other platforms. When an exclusion ends, you ask customer service to reopen the account, and they can reopen it, extend the exclusion or make it indefinite.
Enrolling in BetGuard is separate from PartyPoker’s own self-exclusion, and neither changes the other.
Outside the account, BetGuard shuts you out of every regulated online gaming site in Ontario at once, and our page on responsible gambling tools and help lines covers the rest.
Terms worth reading
- Age: 19 or older, with proof of age on request.
- One account per player, in your legal name.
- Inactivity: after 365 days with no cash bet, raked hand, paid tournament entry or deposit, the account counts as inactive. After a further 18 months it may be closed, with the balance held for you to claim.
- Heads-up: whoever gets the button first must finish on a hand where the opponent has it, so both play equal numbers of small and big blinds.
Support and complaints
Complaints go to customer support first, then in writing to [email protected], with an acknowledgement promised within 24 hours. The terms describe customer service as open around the clock.
What this card doesn’t cover
We leave out what we can’t read on a primary source. For PartyPoker, as of , that means:
- Cash-game rake and caps, which we didn’t find in the help centre. The main site shows us only a cookie notice.
- Its third-party tools policy, on the same main site.
- The tournament schedule and current series.
- Which other sites, if any, share its tables in Ontario.
Pros and cons
What works for players
- Interac withdrawals within 8 hours of approval, with no fee
- Fast-fold tables, up to four at once
- Tournament rules and refund policy published in full
- Loss and stake limits as well as deposit limits
What doesn't
- No cash-game rake schedule we could find
- 3.1 out of 5 on Google Play
- Help pages shared with other Entain sites, some clearly out of date
Other Ontario poker sites
All six are listed together on our page of Ontario poker sites. For a game in person, see our list of live poker rooms in Ontario.
PartyPoker questions
Is PartyPoker legal in Ontario?
Yes. iGaming Ontario lists PartyPoker under ElectraWorks Maple Limited, and the AGCO register shows the party brand, on.partypoker.ca included, as active under OPIG1233927. All regulated poker sites in Ontario
Can Ontario players play the rest of the world on PartyPoker?
Not as of November 5, 2026. Shared pools with players outside Canada wait on the Supreme Court of Canada. Where the shared-pool case stands
Is PartyPoker the same company as Bwin in Ontario?
The same operator: ElectraWorks Maple Limited runs PartyPoker, Partysports, Bwin and Sports Interaction in Ontario, under three registrations.
How fast are PartyPoker withdrawals in Ontario?
Up to 2 business days of internal processing, then Interac e-Transfer within 8 hours of approval. Other methods vary.
What is fastforward on PartyPoker?
Fast-fold poker: folding moves you straight to a new table and a new hand, and you can play up to four fastforward tables at once.
Does PartyPoker Ontario allow bots or tracking tools?
Bots are banned outright. Other tools fall under a separate third-party tools policy that we couldn’t open.
Change log
- First version.