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Volume 68, No. 20

219/2025

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

December 2, 2025

B.C. Reg. 219/2025 , deposited December 1, 2025, under the GAMING CONTROL ACT [sections 203, 206 and 207]. Regulation of the General Manager, dated December 1, 2025.

Under the authority of the Gaming Control Act , the general manager orders that, effective April 13, 2026, the attached Source of Funds Regulation is made.

— S. MACLEOD, General Manager .

SOURCE OF FUNDS REGULATION

Contents

Definitions

Buy-in limit

Prescribed period for buy-in limit

Prescribed form of identification

Authority to accept buy-in without source of funds declaration or proof of identity

Records that must accompany source of funds declaration

Restrictions on accepting cash for which source of funds declaration required

Record-keeping requirements

Contents

Definitions

1 In this regulation:

"Act" means the Gaming Control Act ;

"automated banking machine" means

(

a) an automated teller machine, or

(

b) a kiosk that facilitates, and issues a receipt in relation to, a cash advance on a credit card;

"class A buy-in" means a buy‑in other than a class B buy‑in;

"class B buy-in" means a buy-in that takes place by any of the following means:

(

a) by inserting cash into an electronic gaming device;

(

b) by redepositing into a patron gaming account some or all of the cash withdrawn from that account;

(

c) by depositing into a patron gaming account some or all of the net amount won at the provincial gaming facility at which the administrator of the patron gaming account operates provincial gaming schemes;

(

d) by depositing an amount into an online gaming account;

"electronic gaming device" means any of the following devices that can be used to participate in a provincial gaming scheme other than an online gaming scheme:

(

a) an electronic slot machine;

(

b) an electronic table game;

(

c) an electronic betting terminal;

(

d) any other electronic device that

(

i) determines the outcome of a provincial gaming scheme by electronic means, or

(ii) enables an individual to buy in to participate in a provincial gaming scheme while viewing an image of the provincial gaming scheme that is distributed through live transmission;

"online gaming account" means an online account established for an individual by the lottery corporation to enable the individual to participate in online gaming schemes;

"patron gaming account" means an account administered by the operator of provincial gaming schemes at a provincial gaming facility into which patrons may deposit money in order to buy in at the facility;

"verified win cheque" means any of the following:

(

a) a cheque issued as a prize by an operator of a provincial gaming scheme in British Columbia or by a person authorized under

section 207 (1) (

a) of the Criminal Code to operate a lottery scheme in another province;

(

b) a cheque issued as a prize in relation to a horse race in Canada or the United States of America;

(

c) a cheque issued as a prize by the operator of a casino in the United States of America.

Buy-in limit

2 For the purposes of

section 53 [restrictions on accepting amounts over buy-in limit] of the Act, the buy‑in limit is $9 999.99.

Prescribed period for buy-in limit

3 For the purposes of

section 53 of the Act, the prescribed period is the 24‑hour period beginning at 7:00 a.m. each day.

Prescribed form of identification

4 The following forms of identification are prescribed for the purposes of

section 53 (a) (ii) of the Act:

(

b) valid photo identification, issued by a foreign government, on which a unique identification number is printed.

Authority to accept buy-in without source of funds declaration or proof of identity

5 For the purposes of

section 53 (

b) of the Act, an operator, or a registered gaming worker employed by the operator, is authorized to accept from an individual an amount to buy in that is more than the buy‑in limit if

(

a) the amount is given for a class B buy-in,

(

b) the sum of amounts given by the individual for class A buy‑ins is less than the buy-in limit, or

(

c) the amount is given before the sum of the amounts given by the individual for class A buy-ins reaches the buy‑in limit.

Records that must accompany source of funds declaration

6 The following records are prescribed for the purposes of

section 54 (1) (b) [source of funds declarations] of the Act:

(

a) if the funds for the buy‑in are in the form of cash, one or more receipts issued in relation to the withdrawal of the funds, each of which

(

i) was issued within 24 hours of the buy‑in, and

(ii) contains the following information:

(

A) the name and address of the issuer;

(

B) the date and time the receipt was issued;

(

C) the amount withdrawn;

(

D) the account number, or part of the account number, of the account from which the amount was withdrawn;

(

b) if the funds for the buy-in are in the form of a verified win cheque, a copy of the cheque;

(

c) if the funds for the buy-in are in the form of a bank draft, certified cheque or money order,

(

i) a copy of the bank draft, certified cheque or money order, and

(ii) the receipt or other record produced under

section 6 (2) (b) [prohibited and restricted buy‑ins] of the Prevention and Detection of Unlawful Activities Regulation.

Restrictions on accepting cash for which source of funds declaration required

7 An operator must not accept an amount of cash for which a source of funds declaration is required under

section 53 [restrictions on accepting amounts over buy‑in limit] of the Act unless

(

a) the name referred to in

section 6 (a) (ii) (

A) of this regulation is one of the following:

(

i) the name of a savings institution;

(ii) the name of a registered gaming services provider that is authorized to operate an automated banking machine at a provincial gaming facility;

(iii) the name of an operator of a provincial gaming facility;

(iv) the name of a person authorized under

section 207 (1) (

a) of the Criminal Code to operate a lottery scheme in another province, and

(

b) one of the following applies in relation to the receipt or receipts accompanying the source of funds declaration:

(

i) if only one receipt accompanies the source of funds declaration, the amount shown as withdrawn on the receipt is equal to or greater than the amount of the cash;

(ii) if more than one receipt accompanies the source of funds declaration, the sum of the amounts shown as withdrawn on the receipts is equal to or greater than the amount of the cash.

Record-keeping requirements

8 The lottery corporation must keep copies of the source of funds declarations and accompanying records received under

section 54 (2) [source of funds declarations] of the Act for a period of 5 years after the date on which they are received.

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