New Brunswick Bill Would Add Live Casino Games to the Province’s Monopoly iGaming Model

New Brunswick lawmakers have introduced a bill that would let the province regulate live casino games, while keeping online gambling under the Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC) monopoly model. For PSPs and operators watching Canadian regulation, the important part is not the headline expansion itself, but the fact that the province is talking about adding product depth without opening commercial iGaming.

1. The proposed changes would amend New Brunswick’s Gaming Control Act to allow the local government to regulate live casino games. If approved, the province would also create a new regulation-making authority to oversee online live casino events.
2. New Brunswick already offers online games of chance through the ALC, a multi-province, government-owned corporation. The new bill would not launch commercial iGaming; it would expand the products available inside the existing state-run framework.
3. The source defines live casino games as online table games played in real time, where players compete against other players and human dealers. In other words, this is a product expansion inside a regulated channel, not a broader market opening.
4. The legislation follows a proposal from the ALC itself. Officials said the new framework and the live casino authority would help the government “maintain safeguards through regulations.”
5. Public Safety Minister Robert Gauvin said the gaming industry is evolving and governments need to adapt, arguing that the changes would improve channelization rates by bringing more players from unlicensed gambling into the legal market. Finance and Treasury Board Minister René Legacy made the same basic point from the revenue-and-demand side: modernize the rules, offer new products safely, keep player demand inside a regulated system.

There is also a second thread running through the story: some officials are considering commercial iGaming, with the explicit hope of replicating Ontario’s regulated market. The source says reports show only 35% of the betting volume is placed with the AL.