AB | SK · Help and method

Help lines and how the desk works

Help in Lloydminster depends on which province a person lives in, so this page lists both Saskatchewan and Alberta. Further down, the Border Desk explains how it checks the facts it prints.

Filed by the Border DeskChecked October 10, 2026

Saskatchewan helpline: 1-800-306-6789
Alberta helpline: 1-866-332-2322
SIGA self-exclusion: 6 months to 5 years
Checked: October 10, 2026

Help on both sides of the line

Saskatchewan Problem Gambling Helpline: 1-800-306-6789. Trained counsellors give free, confidential help 24 hours a day.
In Alberta, the Addiction Helpline (Recovery Alberta) at 1-866-332-2322 is free, confidential, open 24/7 and covers problem gambling. 211 Alberta also refers people to gambling support.
SIGA Voluntary Self-Exclusion, requested at any SIGA casino, bars a person from all nine Saskatchewan casinos for 6 months to 5 years. Game Break, run by SaskGaming, is a confidential self-exclusion from all Saskatchewan casinos and PlayNow.com for 6 months to 5 years.
AGLC's Self-Exclusion Program is enrolled online at selfexclusion.ca and covers Alberta casinos and racing entertainment centres, regulated online gaming, or both. Terms run six months, one, two or three years, start immediately and cannot be cancelled early.

A limit set before the drive

Gold Horse Casino stays open until 3 a.m. Sunday to Thursday and until 4 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. Closing time arrives late, so the clock will rarely end a visit on its own. A spending amount and a stop time are easier to settle at home, before the drive to 41st Street. Once decided, both stay fixed.

A limit covers what a person is prepared to spend. It is not a target for winning, and it is not money to be won back.

Two sides, side by side

Rule	Alberta side	Saskatchewan side (the casino)
Legal gambling age	18	19
ID check	Alberta casinos: anyone who looks under 25	Under 19: prohibited, no winnings
Help line	Addiction Helpline 1-866-332-2322	Problem Gambling Helpline 1-800-306-6789
Self-exclusion	AGLC, selfexclusion.ca	SIGA Voluntary Self-Exclusion; Game Break
Online	Regulated market since July 13, 2026	PlayNow.com, the only legal platform

Method

How the Border Desk works

This guide is written and signed collectively as the Border Desk. No page carries a personal byline, and the site has no named author. The facts were checked on October 10, 2026, against the casino's own pages, SIGA, Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan, the Government of Saskatchewan and Alberta sources. A rule is printed only with its province named, because Lloydminster sits in two.

Distances are straight lines between map points: the casino's coordinates and OpenStreetMap town points in Alberta and Saskatchewan (© OpenStreetMap contributors). The desk does not estimate driving times.

The pictures are generated scenes with no people in them, not photographs of the casino. There are no forms, comments or accounts. Nothing about readers is kept except the colour theme chosen in the open browser tab.

Questions

Short answers

Which help line should an Albertan call?: Alberta's Addiction Helpline (Recovery Alberta) at 1-866-332-2322 is free, confidential, open 24/7 and covers problem gambling. 211 Alberta also refers people to gambling support.
Can a Game Break term be shortened?: Game Break cannot be shortened or removed once it is in effect. Terms run from 6 months to 5 years and cover all Saskatchewan casinos and PlayNow.com.
Are the pictures photos of the casino?: The pictures on this site are generated scenes with no people in them. They are not photographs of Gold Horse Casino.