When the gambling bill starts to worry you or someone close, help in Alberta is a phone call away at any hour. This page lists those lines and explains how the Running Total desk puts the guide together.
By the Running Total deskChecked October 6, 2026
Help
Where to call or write
- Call 1-866-332-2322 at any hour to reach the Addiction Helpline, which Recovery Alberta operates. Calls cost nothing, stay confidential and cover gambling problems.
- Calling 211, texting INFO to 211 or using the online chat all reach 211 Alberta. It is free and confidential, never closes and refers people to gambling support.
- Self-exclusion through AGLC can only be arranged online, at selfexclusion.ca, and it can cover regulated online gaming, racing entertainment centres and casinos in Alberta, or both. Terms of six months or one, two or three years are available; each begins immediately and cannot be cut short.
- AGLC runs GameSense as its responsible gambling program. GameSense Advisors and an information centre are found at every Alberta racing entertainment centre and casino.
Limits on the Winner's Edge card
Through the My Activity and Budgeting Tools, Winner's Edge members can choose their own limits on spending and time, along with alerts. These can be set up in an online account or at a Winner's Edge kiosk located in any casino in Alberta. The card is run province-wide by AGLC.
Guest Services issues the card to adults 18 and over who show government ID. The tools belong to members, so the card comes first.
Write the total down first
Before leaving home, write the whole evening on one sheet of paper: the ride there, food, drinks, the ride back and the floor limit. Put the ride back near the top, so it is never the line that gets squeezed. Keep the sheet in a pocket. When the floor line is used up, play stops, and the rest of the bill stays as written.
Method
Byline, sources and method
The Running Total desk, a shared byline with no named author, writes and signs this guide. The desk checked the facts on October 6, 2026. Sources were PURE Casino Lethbridge's own pages, Tourism Lethbridge, the Rocky Mountain Turf Club, AGLC, the Alberta iGaming Corporation, Recovery Alberta and OpenStreetMap. Each distance is measured in a straight line between OpenStreetMap points, town centre to casino, and not along roads.
The cost calculator adds only the reader's numbers. Its two posted facts are free parking and the PURE Rewards card's 10% off food and drink, alcohol excluded. No menu, fuel or taxi prices appear, since they change. It never estimates wins or losses.
Calculator numbers never leave your tab, and there are no forms or accounts. Visits are counted leaving no cookie, though an analytics provider receives the IP address and browser. Every paid link wears the Ad tag, and you will find them on the front page and no other.
None of the site's pictures is a photograph taken at a casino: an image generator made each one, and no people appear. Three follow real photographs of the two casinos, from a new angle and in different light. They show the bison display by the Buffalo Bar Showroom, the Bullys bar room and the PURE front at dusk. That front rests on a photograph by rhysler on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, in present colours, credited under the picture and in the credit line below. The keys and wallet, breakfast plate and avenue are invented; the only signs are the CASINO letters and Buffalo Bar Showroom sign.
| Picture | The casino front at dusk, on The Ride to PURE Casino and Back |
|---|---|
| Source photograph | “image2” by rhysler, on Flickr |
| Licence | CC BY 2.0 |
| What changed | made over as a new picture with an image generator; tower siding and CASINO letters in their present colours, plain door glass; people, cars, a shuttle bus and parking signs left out; dusk light; wide crop |
Questions
Short answers
Can the Addiction Helpline be called in the middle of the night?
Yes, the line at 1-866-332-2322 answers at any hour. Calls are free and confidential, and gambling problems are covered.
Can a self-exclusion be cancelled before its term ends?
No, a self-exclusion starts right away and cannot be ended early. Terms are six months or one, two or three years, chosen at selfexclusion.ca.
Is there a named person behind this guide?
No, the guide is written and signed by the Running Total desk, a collective byline. There is no named author behind it.
More lines on the bill
- Online in AlbertaOnline Gaming Rules Outside PURE CasinoOnline gaming in Alberta, seen from Lethbridge: the regulated market, how to check an operator, Play Alberta, and how this guide is paid for.
- The statementCosting a Night at PURE CasinoWhat a night at PURE Casino Lethbridge costs before the first bet: road or cab, free parking, food, drinks, the ride home and a limit, added up.
- Road and ride homeThe Ride to PURE Casino and BackGetting to PURE Casino Lethbridge on 2 Avenue South and back: straight-line distances from nearby towns, parking at no charge, and the ride home.