Saskatchewan Casino and Card Room Gaming

Saskatchewan offers slot machines, table games and video lottery terminals (VLTs) at casinos, one racetrack and other venues.

As of June 1, 2023, Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan (LGS), a new Crown corporation, conducts and manages all video lottery terminals (VLTs) within Saskatchewan, as well as slot machines at all Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority (SIGA) and Saskatchewan Gaming Corporation (SaskGaming) casinos.

The video lottery terminals program began in 1993 as a result of the hospitality industry's concern that local businesses were suffering because Saskatchewan's residents traveled to nearby provinces to play VLTs. Video lottery terminals are now permitted in hotels and restaurants across Saskatchewan. There are over 600 VLT sites throughout the province. The total number of VLTs permitted is capped at 4,000.

LGS owns 100% of SaskGaming (which operates Casino Regina and Casino Moose Jaw) and 100% of LGS Holdings Inc., which owns the VLTs and slot machines used at SIGA casinos.

A smoking ban was instituted in the province's casinos on 1 January 2005, with the exception of aboriginal casinos.

In 2006, provincial Liberals announced their intention to make significant cuts to the number of video lottery terminals in casinos, and possibly other gaming machines as well. They cited a study published in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, which says that Saskatchewan and Manitoba have the largest per capita numbers of video lottery terminals and casinos in Canada, along with the highest rates of problem gambling. In March 2007, the government announced it would not raise the cap on the number of VLTs.

Casino City Considers VLTs to be a casino and card room gaming activity.