What is PlaySmart?
PlaySmart is OLG’s gambling education and support program, providing players with facts about the games they play, tips to keep gambling fun, and support resources if it’s not. Learn more at PlaySmart.ca.
OLG wants its players to make informed choices when gambling. Through PlaySmart, we aim to teach players how our games work and encourage positive play habits like setting time and money budgets.
For those with concerns about their gambling, we also provide access to free support resources and the ability to self-exclude from gambling.
OLG features My PlaySmart Tools for setting personal time and money budgets, understanding your play habits, and taking breaks from playing online.
Learn more about My PlaySmart Tools.
OLG takes a strong stance against underage gambling. Our strict identity verification process helps ensure that registration is restricted to eligible adults living in Ontario.
Visit the YMCA’s Youth Gambling Awareness Program website for information on preventing underage access, as well as warning signs of youth gambling and support for parents.
OLG requires that players acknowledge upon login that they are not under the influence of alcohol or any other substance that may impair their judgment. This is to help ensure that players are able to make clear decisions so that their gambling remains safe and fun.
If you are concerned that alcohol use is affecting your gambling behaviour or the behaviour of someone you know, please contact OLG Player Support via the Contact Us page. If you disclose to OLG that you are intoxicated or impaired, we will log you out of your account and encourage you to wait before returning to gamble on OLG.