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Who runs Thompson-Okanagan casinos
Four of the sixteen casinos in this guide are in the Thompson-Okanagan: Cascades Casino Kamloops, Playtime Casino Kelowna, Lake City Casino Vernon and Cascades Casino Penticton. The graph below shows by year that Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Limited runs all four, while BCLC conducts and manages the gambling itself.
By the Ledger Desk · Checked October 7 and 8, 2026
Thompson-Okanagan, owner by owner
The same record as a table
| Casino | Runs or owns it (October 2026) | Since | Sale agreed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cascades Casino Kamloops | Gateway Casinos & Entertainment operator | since 2015 | |
| Playtime Casino Kelowna | Gateway Casinos & Entertainment operator | since 2002 | |
| Lake City Casino Vernon | Gateway Casinos & Entertainment operator | since 2002 | |
| Cascades Casino Penticton | Gateway Casinos & Entertainment operator | since 2002 |
Room by room, for a visit
| Casino | Hours | Live tables | Poker | Route |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cascades Casino KamloopsKamloops | Sun to Thu 10 AM to 12 AM; Fri to Sat 10 AM to 2 AM | see the room page | Poker room open Thursday to Saturday from 6:00 p.m.. For a place on the waitlist, phone 250-318-4810 any time after 10:00 a.m.. | Directions |
| Playtime Casino KelownaKelowna | Sun to Tue 10 AM to 1 AM; Wed to Sat 10 AM to 2 AM | Monday to Thursday 12:00 p.m. to Close; Friday to Sunday 11:00 a.m. to Close | see the room page | Directions |
| Lake City Casino VernonVernon | Sun to Thu 10 AM to 12 AM; Fri to Sat 10 AM to 2 AM | Sunday 5:15 p.m. to Close; Monday & Tuesday closed; Wednesday & Thursday 5:15 p.m. to Close; Friday & Saturday 4:15 p.m. to Close | Wednesday to Saturday 6:00 p.m. to Close; Sunday 5:15 p.m. to Close; registration opens 11:00 a.m. (Wednesday to Sunday); poker phone (250) 241-2730 | Directions |
| Cascades Casino PentictonPenticton | Sun to Thu 10 AM to 12 AM; Fri to Sat 10 AM to 2 AM | Wednesday to Saturday 4:30 p.m. to Late; Sunday 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. (no table hours listed Monday to Tuesday) | Friday & Saturday table opens 6:30 p.m.; Sunday table opens 2:30 p.m.; poker phone 250-462-4304 (sign-up from 11:00 a.m.) | Directions |
Pacific time. Holiday hours can differ; each room page lists its sources.
One operator for four rooms
The region runs from Princeton in the west to Golden and the Alberta border in the east. To the south it reaches Osoyoos and the Washington state border. Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Limited runs all four casinos this guide lists there. The company describes itself as the exclusive casino operator in the region.
In August 2002, Gateway purchased the four Lake City Casinos, located in Kamloops, Kelowna, Penticton and Vernon. Lake City Casino Vernon moved in 2009 to a building of 30,000 sq ft on Anderson Way, triple the size of the former casino. Cascades Casino Kamloops opened on August 19, 2015. Cascades Casino Penticton followed on April 5, 2017, at a location next to the South Okanagan Events Centre, on land leased from the City of Penticton. In Kelowna, Lake City Casino Kelowna took the name Playtime Casino Kelowna on March 1, 2018.
Gateway acquired Chances Kamloops on January 14, 2019, which left the company as the single gaming provider in Kamloops. This guide has no record of a sale or change of operator at any of the four since 2024.
- Cascades Casino Kamloops Gateway Directions
- Playtime Casino Kelowna Gateway Directions
- Lake City Casino Vernon Gateway Directions
- Cascades Casino Penticton Gateway Directions
Distances between the four
The guide computed every distance on this page as a straight line between two OpenStreetMap points. They are not driving distances. Playtime Casino Kelowna is 44.9 km from Cascades Casino Penticton and 46.3 km from Lake City Casino Vernon. Between Vernon and Penticton the line measures 90.9 km.
From Cascades Casino Kamloops, the straight line to Lake City Casino Vernon is 88.7 km. Playtime Casino Kelowna is 105.7 km away, and Cascades Casino Penticton is 140.6 km. The guide gives no travel times for any of these pairs.
What stays the same on the floor
None of the four is open around the clock. In Kamloops, Vernon and Penticton, the casinos open at 10 AM. Closing time is 12 AM Sunday through Thursday and 2 AM Friday and Saturday. Playtime Casino Kelowna runs 10 AM to 1 AM Sunday to Tuesday, and 10 AM to 2 AM Wednesday to Saturday. Times given here are Pacific time; for holiday hours, consult the website of each casino.
BCLC conducts and manages the games in all four, as it does across the province. Play is open to adults aged 19 and over. Every visitor shows government-issued photo ID, which staff then check against the self-exclusion list. All four name Encore Rewards, the players' card used at fifteen of the sixteen casinos in this guide.
Since Cascades Casino Kamloops opened, host payments to the City of Kamloops have totalled over $43.3 million.
Questions on the record
Who runs Playtime Casino Kelowna?
Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Limited runs it. The same company runs Cascades Casino Kamloops, Lake City Casino Vernon and Cascades Casino Penticton, and BCLC conducts and manages the games.
Was the Kelowna casino always called Playtime?
The casino has carried the Playtime name since March 1, 2018. Until then, it operated as Lake City Casino Kelowna.
Has any Thompson-Okanagan casino changed hands since 2024?
This guide has no record of a sale or change of operator at any of the four since 2024. Gateway runs all of them. The changes of ownership since January 2025 have involved casinos on Vancouver Island and in Metro Vancouver.
Which casino stays open latest on Saturday?
On Saturday all four keep the same closing time, 2 AM. Cascades Casino Kamloops, Playtime Casino Kelowna, Lake City Casino Vernon and Cascades Casino Penticton each open at 10 AM that day. Times given here are Pacific time; for holiday hours, consult the website of each casino.