Online Gaming Jurisdictions

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Malta

Total Sites: 747

Malta is an independent republic and a member of the British Commonwealth. It became a member state of the European Union on 1 May 2004. Malta is one of the world's largest and most respected online ...

2

Curaçao

Total Sites: 1,067

The online gaming industry of Curaçao has been legalized since 1993 when the National Ordinance on Offshore Games of Hazard entered into force. Online gaming licenses are issued by the Minister of ...

3

United Kingdom

Total Sites: 1,025

For years, the U.K. maintained one of the most progressive regulatory frameworks for online gaming in the world. But that changed in 2014. The Gambling Act 2005 modernized regulations for the U.K. ...

4

Cyprus

Total Sites: 56

In January 2018, Cyprus resubmitted its proposed new regulatory framework for gambling after the European Commission and Malta opposed its original draft. The EU member state’s Betting Law of 2017 ...

5

Australia

Total Sites: 19

Australia's online gambling policies are dictated by the Interactive Gambling Act (IGA) of 2001. The Act prohibits operators from offering online casino gaming and poker to people located in ...

6

Gibraltar

Total Sites: 374

Gibraltar is a self-governing British Crown Dependency. It is a full member of the European Union and retains complete independence from the U.K. in matters of taxation. Gibraltar has become known as ...

7

Singapore

Total Sites: 3

In 2014, Singapore passed the Remote Gambling Act, which explicitly outlaws online gaming provided by foreign operators and permits limited online gaming to be offered by licensed entities. The ...

8

Sweden

Total Sites: 164

After opening applications for online gambling licenses in early August 2018, Lotteriinspektionen, Sweden's gaming regulator, received more than 60 applications from online casino and sports betting ...

9

Ireland

Total Sites: 34

Ireland began hosting online gaming sites in 2003. The first online bookmaking sites were launched in 2004. Ireland's bookmakers operate internet-based services under the terms of their bookmaking ...

10

Denmark

Total Sites: 58

Online gambling has been legalized in Denmark since 2012, but only sites that have received a licence from within the country borders are considered legal to play at. Like many European countries, ...

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Marshall Islands

Total Sites: 3

The Marshall Islands does not permit online gambling. It does, however, permit companies to offer options and forex trading online.

12

Seychelles

Total Sites: 7

The Seychelles Interactive Gaming Act was passed by the Seychelles government in 2003, but an online gaming regulatory structure never came into fruition. The future of the regulatory scheme remains ...

13

Isle of Man

Total Sites: 53

The Isle of Man is one of the oldest and most respected licensing jurisdictions for online gaming in Europe. The legislative framework for regulations was set by the Electronic Transactions Act of ...

14

Northern Territory

Total Sites: 19

The Northern Territory is a fully regulated online gaming licensing jurisdiction. Northern Territory online gaming licenses have no prescribed annual or other fees beyond a 4% negotiated tax rate. ...

15

Hungary

Total Sites: 6

Hungary licenses and regulates online poker and online horse betting. The regulated domestic market opened in 2012 after Hungary amended its gambling laws in 2011. While operators may apply for ...

16

Belize

Total Sites: 12

Like other Central American countries, Belize was an early player in the online gaming space. Belize's Computer Wagering Licensing Act, 1995, which came into force in May 1996, was the country's ...

17

Costa Rica

Total Sites: 118

While the Central American country Costa Rica is home to approximately 300 online gambling companies, it still does not have legislation designed to deal with gambling over the internet. However, it ...

18

Estonia

Total Sites: 20

Estonia began licensing and regulating online gaming in 2010. In 2010, only Estonian-owned operators were allowed to offer online gaming. In 2011, Estonia opened up its market to offshore ...

19

Germany

Total Sites: 32

Online gaming has been a divisive political topic for Germany. While some European countries have chosen to legalize, regulate and tax online gaming to help prevent underage and problem gambling, ...

20

Czech Republic

Total Sites: 10

Online gambling is fully enabled and regulated by a new code in the Czech Republic as of January 2017. The operator from abroad has to be registered in the Czech Republic and to pay taxes there, ...

21

Bulgaria

Total Sites: 11

Bulgaria began the process of liberalizing its online gaming markets in 2008, when the state began submitting draft legislation to the European Commission for approval. In March 2012, the ...

22

Austria

Total Sites: 8

In August 2017, Austria’s Ministry of the Interior announced plans to amend telecom laws to require internet service providers to block unauthorized online operators. The Ministry of Finance followed ...

23

Portugal

Total Sites: 15

In February 2015, Portugal's Council of Ministers passed a bill to regulate the country's online gaming market. The government planned to license and tax a broad spectrum of online gaming products, ...

24

Romania

Total Sites: 26

Romania has an online gaming regulatory framework in place, though there are still questions as to its validity under European law. For a foreign operator to gain a Romanian license, it needs a ...

25

Poland

Total Sites: 13

A new gambling regulatory regime came into effect in Poland on 1 April 2017 after it was approved by the country’s government in 2016. International operators are able to apply for a license for the ...