Our Editorial & Data Process

A directory is only as good as its data. So here’s exactly how we build ours, keep it accurate, and write the guides that sit alongside it.

Where the Venue Data Comes From

Every casino and VLT venue starts with an official source. We pull from provincial regulators, Crown lottery corporations, and operator listings, then cross-check what we find. If a venue is licensed, a provincial authority says so, and that’s the bar a listing has to clear before it goes live.

That means no invented addresses, no padded counts, and no listings that exist only to fill a page. Our directory currently holds 1,134 licensed venues across nine provinces and territories, and each one traces back to a real, official record.

How We Geocode Venues

A listing isn’t useful unless the finder knows where it sits. So once a venue is confirmed, we geocode its address into precise coordinates. That’s what lets the casino and VLT finder measure the real distance from wherever you are and rank venues closest first. Get the coordinates wrong and the whole near-me experience falls apart, so we treat geocoding as carefully as the listing itself.

How We Keep It Current

Casinos open, close, rebrand, and change hours. VLT venues come and go even faster. So we review listings against their official sources on an ongoing basis and update details when they change. If a venue closes or a regulator’s records shift, we want the directory to reflect that, not a snapshot from two years ago.

We also lean on readers. If you spot something out of date or a venue we’ve missed, tell us through the contact page. A flag from someone on the ground often catches a change before the official record updates.

How We Write

The guides and regional pages are written to be clear, accurate, and genuinely useful, not to sell you anything. We stick to what the data and the regulators tell us. Where a legal age, a regulator, or a VLT rule appears, it’s there because a provincial authority sets it, not because it reads well.

And we’re independent. We’re not affiliated with any operator, so the writing reflects what’s true, not what’s sponsored. You can read more about that on our about page.