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Gibraltar Number of Sites: 167
Located at the southernmost tip of Europe, Gibraltar currently licenses nineteen operators under the Gambling Ordinance 2005.
Gibraltar began offering licenses to online gaming sites in 1998. The ...
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United Kingdom Number of Sites: 91
The 2005 Gambling Act has modernized regulations for both terrestrial and remote casinos, bingo, gaming machines, lotteries and betting. Among other things, the Act created the Gambling Commission, a ...
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United States Number of Sites: 26
Traditionally, gambling regulation in the U.S. has been reserved for the state governments. As is the case with the Wire Act, however, sometimes federal law supercedes state law. The Department of ...
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Kahnawake Number of Sites: 274
The Kahnawake Gaming Commission, which licenses and regulates interactive gambling in the Mohawk Territory of Kahnawake, was created in June 1996 pursuant to provisions in the Kahnawake Gaming Law. ...
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Netherlands Antilles Number of Sites: 255
Internet gaming became a central industry for the island of Curacao in 2002 when the regulation of online gambling was decentralized from the Curacao Gaming Control Board. Cyberluck Casino holds the ...
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Malta Number of Sites: 268
Malta began licensing online gambling sites in 2000 under the Public Lotto Ordinance. Since then, the Lotteries and Gaming Authority (LGA) has developed its policies and procedures of remote gambling ...
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Costa Rica Number of Sites: 220
While the Central American country Costa Rica is home to more than 200 online gambling companies, it does not actually have legislation specifically designed to deal with gambling over the Internet. ...
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Alderney Number of Sites: 66
The Alderney Gambling Control Commission was founded in May of 2000 under The Gambling (Alderney) Law, 1999.
In July of 2006, the Commission introduced new provisions to its legislative ...
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Antigua and Barbuda Number of Sites: 100
The licensing and regulation of online gambling services on the islands of Antigua and Barbuda are handled by the Financial Services Regulatory Commission’s Division of Gaming.
The FSRC Gaming ...
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Isle of Man Number of Sites: 11
The Isle of Man has become a base for online gaming countries due to the legislative framework set by the Electronic Transactions Act of 2000 and the On-Line Gambling Regulation Act of 2001, which ...
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New South Wales Number of Sites: 3
Internet sports bookmaking is allowed in New South Wales as long as certain guidelines are followed.
Applicants must first obtain a license/registration as a bookmaker from one of the three NSW ...
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Northern Territory Number of Sites: 14
The Northern Territory licenses online casinos, sportsbooks and racebooks. Licenses are issued for five-year periods. Initial and ongoing audits are required. Racing bets are taxed at 1.55% when ...
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Panama Number of Sites: 37
Panama adopted regulations governing the licensing of electronic games of chance and wagering activities in late 2002. The regulations allow master licenses to be granted that are valid for up to ...
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Ireland Number of Sites: 8
Ireland began hosting online casinos and lotteries in 2003. The first online bookmaking sites were launched in 2004. As in the United Kingdom, Ireland's bookmakers operate Internet-based services ...
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Cyprus Number of Sites: 19
The Cypriot government licenses online lotteries, betting exchanges, casino gaming and sports betting.
In 2007, the Cypriot government began preparing a bill that would impose a stricter set of ...
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Russian Federation Number of Sites: 6
Besides banning land-based casinos in all but four regions of Russia, a bill that was sent through the State Duma and then signed by President Putin in December of 2006 also bans gambling over the ...
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Kalmykia Number of Sites: 2
The Republic of Kalmykia is a territory in Southwest Russia that has been offering online gambling licenses since 1999. A gambling license costs roughly USD $10,000 and is subject to a 3.3% tax on ...
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Austria Number of Sites: 8
Austria licenses Austria-based companies to offer lottery services and casino gaming via remote channels (Internet, mobile phones, and interactive television). Only Austrian residents are allowed to ...
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Sweden Number of Sites: 2
Sweden's monopoly gambling provider Svenska Spel is authorized to offer lotteries and number games via the Internet and mobile devices. It is also authorized to offer Internet poker. Foreign ...
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Åland Islands Number of Sites: 2
Online gaming in the jurisdiction is licensed exclusively to the Ålands Penningautomatforening, the Åland Islands' Slot Machine Association, also known as PAF. PAF operates under the supervision of ...
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Australia Number of Sites: 4
Australia's online gambling policies are dictated by the Interactive Gambling Act (IGA) of 2001. The act prohibits an operator from offering online casino gaming and poker to people located in ...
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Belize Number of Sites: 31
Online gaming licenses may be issued to businesses incorporated in Belize by the Online Gaming Licensing Committee, operating under the authority of the "Gaming Control (Online Gaming) Regulations of ...
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Philippines Number of Sites: 9
The state-owned and controlled Philippines Amusement and Gaming Corporation [PAGOR] is the sole authorized gambling operator in the Philippines. The company operates casinos, bingo, sports betting ...
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New Zealand Number of Sites: 2
New Zealand's Gambling Act 2003 authorizes New Zealand's TAB and the New Zealand Lotteries Commission to operate over the Internet, but both companies are restricted to selling only products that are ...
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Victoria Number of Sites: 6
Victoria, along with the Australian Capital Territory, is an Australian jurisdiction whose Internet gambling legislation conforms to the country's National Model, which stipulates that licenses ...
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