Online gambling in Nova Scotia

Atlantic Lottery says other online gambling sites cannot legally operate or advertise in Atlantic Canada. It adds that a licence from overseas does not change this. Nova Scotia, for its part, has no licensing scheme for private online operators. A private site therefore has no provincial status to point to.

That leaves a plain split for anyone in Sydney, New Waterford or further along the island. The provincial site sits inside the public system, with the breaks and limits set out below. A private site sits outside it, and by Atlantic Lottery's account a foreign licence does not bring it in.

On alc.ca a player can take a short break of 1 to 90 days. A long break runs 6, 12, 24 or 36 months. Neither can be reversed, so the chosen length holds until it runs out. The site also offers a weekly deposit limit, a daily session limit and a daily wager limit. Help outside the site comes from the Provincial Mental Health and Addictions Crisis Line, 1-888-429-8167, open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.