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Checked October 13, 2026 · Mountain Time

Kananaskis Weekender

Limits and help

Help Lines and Limits Near Stoney Nakoda

A weekend at Stoney Nakoda Resort & Casino is easier to enjoy when the limit is settled at home, before the drive up Highway 40. If it is ever needed, Alberta's help is free and confidential, and you can reach it by phone, text or chat, 24 hours a day.

By the Weekender editors Checked October 13, 2026

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Settle the limit at home

Before you leave Calgary, Cochrane or Canmore, decide two numbers for each evening: the money you will spend on the floor and the time you will stay. Treat the room, the pool and dinner at The Ridge as the plan for the weekend. The casino floor is one part of the evening, with a fixed end. When either number is reached, you leave the floor, even if the hour is early.

Through the GameSense My Activity and Budgeting Tools, Winner's Edge members can put limits on spending and time, along with alerts. They are set up from a Winner's Edge kiosk at any Alberta casino or in the member's online account. If an alert comes in mid-evening, take it as the signal to get up and head back to the room.

Where help is, day and night

  • Free and confidential, the Addiction Helpline of Recovery Alberta takes calls 24 hours a day at 1-866-332-2322. It covers problem gambling.
  • Free, confidential and available 24 hours, 211 Alberta refers people to gambling support. Reach it by calling 211, by texting INFO to 211 or through its online chat.
  • AGLC's Self-Exclusion Program takes enrolments solely through selfexclusion.ca, and its coverage may extend to Alberta's regulated online gaming, to its casinos and racing entertainment centres, or to both. The term is yours to select from six months or one, two or three years; it begins immediately and cannot be shortened once set.
  • Every Alberta casino and racing entertainment centre has GameSense Advisors on staff and an info centre, both supplied by AGLC under GameSense, the responsible gambling program it runs. Its website is gamesenseab.ca.
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Questions for the concierge

Is the Addiction Helpline open at night?
Help is there 24 hours a day. The Addiction Helpline of Recovery Alberta, 1-866-332-2322, is free and confidential, and it covers problem gambling.
Can self-exclusion be ended before the term is up?
Once started, which happens immediately, AGLC's Self-Exclusion Program cannot be cancelled early. How long it lasts depends on the term you pick at selfexclusion.ca: six months, or one, two or three years.
Can a self-excluded person keep a Winner's Edge card?
People enrolled in self-exclusion cannot become Winner's Edge members, and members must be 18 or older. For questions about an existing card, ask at the guest services desk or check winnersedge.ca.
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