Online in Manitoba
Manitoba Online Rules and South Beach Casino
This guide looks at South Beach Casino & Resort, a land-based casino on Highway 59 in Scanterbury, as an outsider. Playing online in Manitoba comes under a separate set of rules, explained here in plain terms.
By the First Light deskChecked October 14, 2026
Manitoba
Who runs online gambling in Manitoba
PlayNow.com is Manitoba's own legal gambling site. Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries, known as MBLL, runs it, with BCLC as the platform provider since January 2013. In the regulator's campaign, PlayNow.com is named as the only licensed gambling site in Manitoba.
Gaming in the province is regulated by the LGCA, Manitoba's Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Authority. MBLL conducts and manages provincial gaming. At First Nations casinos, it conducts and manages the games in premises owned by a licensed gaming operator. Under Manitoba rules, a person under 18 is a minor and is barred from taking part in provincial gaming. Anyone who appears to be a minor must show ID that proves their age.
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What an ad for a gambling site means
The province's regulator cautions that most gambling sites aimed at Manitobans through ads fall outside Manitoba regulation. An unregulated site cannot be forced by the LGCA to obey Manitoba law. Seeing a gambling site advertised is no sign that it is legal.
This guide carries ads of that kind. Its paid links lead to a private, third-party online casino that is not licensed in Manitoba. In the regulator's campaign, PlayNow.com stands as the single licensed gambling site in the province. No bets are taken here, and the guide holds no accounts. A link marked Ad leads away from this guide to that partner's site.
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How this guide is paid
Scanterbury at First Light is an independent travel guide; it is not a casino, and the resort does not run it. Every paid link carries the Ad tag, and none of them sits anywhere outside the home page. Those links number three: the header holds a button, another block comes right after the first screen, and a last one sits toward the close of the page.
Whichever of the three is chosen, it reaches the same private online casino, the guide's sole partner. A commission flows from that partner to the guide, and another company could take its place. From the resort, the guide receives no money. Nothing in this guide covers an online casino operated by the resort.
Questions
Questions from the road
Which online gambling site is licensed in Manitoba?
A campaign by the regulator names PlayNow.com as the one gambling site holding a Manitoba licence. It is run by Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries, with BCLC as platform provider since January 2013.
Does the resort run an online casino?
The guide holds no details about any online casino operated by the resort. Its own website, southbeachcasino.ca, is the place to check what it offers.
Is the guide's online casino partner licensed in Manitoba?
No, the partner is not licensed in Manitoba. It is the private site behind the links marked Ad. Seeing a gambling site advertised is no proof that the site is legal.
How old must players be in Manitoba?
Players must be 18 or older. Under the Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Control Act, s 98(1), minors, meaning anyone under 18, may not play in provincial gaming. Anyone who appears to be a minor must show ID that proves their age.
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