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Hamilton, Niagara and Brant
Four of the five casinos in the Hamilton, Niagara and Brant region of Ontario opened between 1996 and 2004, and the fifth stands at a racetrack that opened in 2004. The timeline beside this text follows them year by year to 2026, and each one links to its own story.
December 9, 1996: Casino Niagara opens beside Clifton Hill, Ontario's second casino, planned as a temporary facility. More
1998: Ontario lets racetracks host slots-only facilities, and the Slots at Racetracks Program launches. More
1999: the Brantford Charity Casino opens, the room now known as Elements Casino Brantford. More
1999: the gaming facility at Flamboro opens beside the Flamboro Downs racetrack at Dundas. More
2004: Grand River Raceway opens at Elora, with its first race date on April 24, 2004. More
June 10, 2004: Fallsview Casino Resort opens to the public after a $1 billion build. More
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Casino Niagara opened on December 9, 1996, as Ontario's second casino and was planned as a temporary facility. Mohegan has run it day to day since June 11, 2019.
Photo: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Elements Casino Brantford opened in 1999 as the Brantford Charity Casino. Great Canadian took over its management in May 2018, and the name changed to Elements Casino Brantford.
Photo: JFVoll, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The gaming facility at Flamboro opened in 1999 beside the Flamboro Downs racetrack in Dundas. On May 1, 2018, OLG Slots at Flamboro Downs became Elements Casino Flamboro.
Photo (cropped): Alan Spencer, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Grand River Raceway opened at Elora in 2004, with its first race date on April 24, 2004. The Grand River Agricultural Society owns the track, and Great Canadian Entertainment operates the casino.
Photo: Canmenwalker, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Fallsview Casino Resort opened to the public on June 10, 2004, after a $1 billion build. The resort holds a 372-room hotel, the 1,500-seat Avalon Theatre and the 5,000-seat OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino.
Photo: Idawriter, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Brantford's casino opened in 1999 as the Brantford Charity Casino and later became OLG Casino Brantford. In May 2018 Great Canadian took over its management, and the name changed to Elements Casino Brantford. The other two Elements rooms in this guide carried OLG names until May 1, 2018: OLG Slots at Flamboro Downs and OLG Slots at Grand River Raceway. That day all three took the Elements name, through the partnership of Great Canadian and Clairvest. A fourth renamed site lies outside this guide's area.
At Casino Niagara and Fallsview Casino Resort, the change to follow is the operator, the company that runs each casino day to day for OLG. Since June 11, 2019, that has been Mohegan, under a 21-year agreement with OLG.
March 31, 2013: the Slots at Racetracks Program ends after OLG is directed to end its racetrack agreements. More
May 1, 2018: the Brantford, Flamboro and Grand River casinos take the Elements name. More
June 11, 2019: Mohegan takes over day-to-day operation of Fallsview Casino Resort and Casino Niagara. More
April 4, 2022: Ontario's regulated online gambling market opens, conducted and managed by iGaming Ontario. More
May 14, 2026: iGaming Ontario begins running BetGuard, a single self-exclusion from all regulated Ontario online sites. More
As of October 2026, Casino Niagara, Fallsview Casino Resort, Elements Casino Flamboro and Elements Casino Grand River are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The hours that vary belong to the tables. At Casino Niagara, live table games run from noon to 3:45 a.m. daily. Elements Casino Flamboro runs live tables Sunday to Thursday 11 AM to 1 AM, and Friday and Saturday 11 AM to 3 AM. Brantford's live tables keep Sunday to Thursday 10 AM to 4 AM, and Friday and Saturday 10 AM to 6 AM.
Elements Casino Grand River lists no live table games; its tables are electronic, with roulette, baccarat, sic bo and blackjack.
Loyalty cards follow the operator. Momentum, Mohegan's rewards program, covers Casino Niagara and Fallsview and is free at 19 or older with government-issued photo ID. Great Canadian Rewards covers the three Elements casinos, with points earned on slots and electronic tables, not live ones. Holiday hours should be checked on each casino's own site.
| Casino | Casino hours | Live tables | Card | Route |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casino Niagara | Open 24/7, all holidays | Live tables noon to 3:45 a.m. daily | Momentum | Directions in Google Maps ↗ |
| Elements Casino Brantford | Open 24/7 | Live tables Sun-Thu 10 AM-4 AM, Fri-Sat 10 AM-6 AM | Great Canadian Rewards | Directions in Google Maps ↗ |
| Elements Casino Flamboro | Open 24/7 | Live tables Sun-Thu 11 AM-1 AM, Fri-Sat 11 AM-3 AM | Great Canadian Rewards | Directions in Google Maps ↗ |
| Elements Casino Grand River | Open 24/7 | No live tables listed; electronic tables only | Great Canadian Rewards | Directions in Google Maps ↗ |
| Fallsview Casino Resort | Open 24/7, all holidays | Table hours not published | Momentum | Directions in Google Maps ↗ |
On April 4, 2022, Ontario opened its regulated online gambling market. iGaming Ontario conducts and manages it, and the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) regulates it. A private online casino is legal in the province only with AGCO registration and an operating agreement with iGaming Ontario. The list of regulated sites is published at igamingontario.ca.
OLG.ca is the online casino of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, the provincial agency. Online play follows the same age line as the casinos in this guide: 19 or older. Location matters as well. A bet can be placed only while the player is physically in Ontario.
Casino Niagara, which opened its doors on December 9, 1996. It was the second casino to open in Ontario. It was planned as a temporary facility until the Niagara Fallsview casino resort was finished, and Fallsview Casino Resort opened on June 10, 2004.
Yes, the casino is open 24/7. Its live table games keep shorter hours: Sunday to Thursday 11 AM to 1 AM, Friday and Saturday 11 AM to 3 AM. Holiday hours should be checked on the casino's own site.
On May 1, 2018, Great Canadian Gaming and Clairvest completed their purchase of OLG's West GTA gaming bundle. That day, OLG Casino Brantford, OLG Slots at Flamboro Downs and OLG Slots at Grand River Raceway took the Elements name. A fourth renamed site lies outside this guide's area.
No, this site is an independent guide. It takes no bets, holds no accounts and has no cashier. Its home page carries paid links to one online casino partner, marked Ad, and the site earns a commission from them. Inner pages carry no paid links.
Each opening date, former name, operator, address and set of hours was checked on October 7 and 8, 2026. The checks used the venues' own pages, operator news releases and official provincial pages, with Wikipedia articles for history those pages do not give. Where sources give different dates, the guide leaves them out or notes the disagreement. Each page shows the date of its check, and the method page names the Wikipedia articles used.
