A number out of 10 sits beside every casino in our racks, and a tube fills to match it. This page takes that number apart: the five checks it is built from, how many points each one carries, what we looked at to award them, and the sub-scores of every casino on the list for your province. If two casinos sit a tenth apart, the table further down shows exactly where the tenth went.
The checks are deliberately narrow. A roulette player cares about the wheel, the stakes and getting money back to a Canadian bank account, so those are the only things that earn points.
The five checks and their weights
| Check | Points | What earns them |
|---|---|---|
| Single-zero tables | 30 | European and French wheels we can see on the casino’s own pages |
| Live roulette depth | 20 | How many live roulette games the casino carries |
| Table range in CAD | 20 | The lowest and the highest stake on its roulette tables |
| Interac and CAD | 15 | Interac both ways, and amounts in Canadian dollars |
| Withdrawal time | 15 | The stated time for an Interac or standard payout |
The points add up to 100. Divide the total by ten and you have the score in the rack: 84 points becomes 8.4.
Single-zero tables: 30 points
This check carries the most weight because it changes what the game costs you. A European wheel has 37 pockets and a house edge of 1/37, or 2.70 %. The American wheel adds a double zero, 38 pockets, and the edge rises to 2/38, or 5.26 %, for the same payouts. A French table with La Partage returns half of an even-money stake when the ball lands on zero, which brings the edge on those bets down to 1.35 %.
Points depend on how directly we could see the tables:
- 30 when the casino’s own roulette pages list both European and French tables.
- 25 when its own pages list single-zero tables but no French one.
- 20 when single-zero game pages of the casino turned up in search results but the pages themselves would not open from our network.
- 12 when we could only infer single-zero tables from the live studios the casino carries. Evolution, Pragmatic Play and Playtech all run single-zero wheels, so the tables are very likely there, but we have not seen them on that casino.
The gap between 30 and 12 is a gap in evidence, and it is meant to be. A casino that shows its tables plainly makes life easier for the player too.
Live roulette depth: 20 points
The count of live roulette games on the casino’s Ontario site, taken from our operator database together with its list of live studios. One hundred games or more earns 20 points; 70 to 99 earns 17; 50 to 69 earns 14; 30 to 49 earns 11; 15 to 29 earns 8; fewer than 15 earns 5. A big number alone does not make a good lobby, so depth is worth two thirds of the single-zero check and no more.
Table range in CAD: 20 points
Half the points go to the minimum stake and half to the maximum. For the minimum, C$0.10 or less published by the casino itself earns 10; the same figure from our database only earns 6; up to C$0.25 earns 4; an unknown minimum earns 2. For the maximum on a live or digital roulette table, C$20,000 or more earns 10; C$10,000 to C$19,999 earns 8; C$5,000 to C$9,999 earns 6; C$1,000 to C$4,999 earns 4; unknown earns 2.
Low minimums matter to anyone learning the game at a live table. High maximums matter to fewer players, but a wide range is a fair sign that a casino takes its roulette lobby seriously.
Interac and CAD: 15 points
Interac for both deposits and withdrawals earns 10 points, deposits only earn 5, and no Interac at all earns nothing. Amounts handled in Canadian dollars add 5 more. Every brand we currently list collects the full 15, so this check separates no one today. It stays in the method because it would separate a casino that dropped Interac payouts or moved to another currency.
Withdrawal time: 15 points
The withdrawal time the casino states for Interac or its standard route: within 24 hours earns 15; one to two days earns 12; one to three days earns 10; three to five days earns 6; longer, or no stated time, earns 3. A stated time is the casino’s promise; we have not timed it ourselves, and the note further down says so.
What the score leaves out
Nothing about promotions, the size of the slot library or the design of the homepage enters the score. Roulette RTP figures stay out as well, because the values on file are not specific to each game and would only repeat the house edge with false precision.
One side note, since readers ask: a casino’s place in the rack is not for sale. The order follows the score, and a casino that pays us more does not gain a tenth of a point by it. A high score also says nothing about whether you will win: every table keeps its edge, and the responsible gambling page lists free help in every province.
One score per brand, measured in Ontario
All nine brands we cover are listed in the iGaming Ontario operator directory, so we measure each one on its Ontario site and carry that score to every province view. A brand’s site in another province can differ: a different live count, a different payout time, sometimes a different licence. Those differences show up in the facts under each listing, not in the score.
Whether a brand appears in Ontario at all is a separate test: we list a casino only when it is in the iGaming Ontario directory.
Sub-scores for your province
| Casino | Single zero/30 | Live depth/20 | Table range/20 | Interac and CAD/15 | Withdrawals/15 | Total/100 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PlayOJOSingle zero read on the casino's own pages | 30 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 90 | 9.0 |
| LeoVegasSingle zero read on the casino's own pages | 30 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 84 | 8.4 |
| ToonieBetSingle zero own game pages seen in search results | 20 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 81 | 8.1 |
| Sports InteractionSingle zero own game pages seen in search results | 20 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 73 | 7.3 |
| 888casinoSingle zero inferred from the studios it carries | 12 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 66 | 6.6 |
| Casino DaysSingle zero read on the casino's own pages | 25 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 66 | 6.6 |
| DAZN BetSingle zero inferred from the studios it carries | 12 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 61 | 6.1 |
| TonyBetSingle zero inferred from the studios it carries | 12 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 58 | 5.8 |
| FireVegasSingle zero inferred from the studios it carries | 12 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 46 | 4.6 |
Equal totals are ordered by name. The small line under each casino says how we saw its single-zero tables, which is where most of the spread between casinos comes from.
When scores change
Scores are revisited every quarter. They also move between reviews when a casino changes its roulette line-up, when a register entry changes or when a stated payout time changes. The database values in the depth, range and withdrawal checks will be replaced by our own re-test from a Canadian connection as it happens, and a casino can go up or down when that happens.
If you spot a figure that no longer matches what a casino shows you, the contact page is the quickest way to tell us.