Online Gaming Jurisdictions

1

Curaçao

Total Sites: 1,172

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 ...

2

Mexico

Total Sites: 21

Mexico has no specific law regarding online or mobile gambling. Licensed Mexican land-based casino operators have been permitted to offer online gambling since 2004. Over the years, they have signed ...

3

Ghana

Total Sites: 8

Ghana's Gambling Act of 2006 does not specifically prohibit or mention online gaming.

4

Mozambique

Total Sites: 3

Mozambique legalized online gaming in 2010. The online gaming industry hasn't taken off, in part because many operators seem to be waiting for its more populous neighbor, South Africa, to settle ...

5

Cameroon

Total Sites: 7

Online gambling remains a grey area when it comes to regulation. The lack of proper legislation has led to Cameroonian players using international/offshore gambling sites that accept play from ...

6

India

Total Sites: 32

Sikkim is India's only state offering online gambling licenses and its first state to pass online gaming legislation, which it did in 2008. The state legalized betting on sports in early 2010 and ...

7

Uganda

Total Sites: 9

Uganda permits sports betting that takes place via the internet or mobile phones (SMS).

8

Malta

Total Sites: 757

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 ...

9

United Kingdom

Total Sites: 881

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. ...

10

Cyprus

Total Sites: 55

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 ...

11

Gibraltar

Total Sites: 298

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 ...

12

Sweden

Total Sites: 145

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 ...

13

Australia

Total Sites: 17

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 ...

14

Tanzania

Total Sites: 11

The Gaming Control Act was amended in December 1999, legalizing online gambling in Tanzania and providing a licensing system for fixed-odds wagering, sports betting, simulated games and lotteries. ...

15

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 ...

16

Ireland

Total Sites: 31

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 ...

17

Denmark

Total Sites: 60

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, ...

18

Costa Rica

Total Sites: 102

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 ...

19

Estonia

Total Sites: 23

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 ...

20

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Total Sites: 5

The Betting and Gaming Control law of 1999 allows for the Federation (the joint government between St. Kitts and Nevis) to issue online gaming licenses. Residents of the islands are not permitted to ...

21

Germany

Total Sites: 41

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, ...

22

Hungary

Total Sites: 5

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 ...

23

Isle of Man

Total Sites: 43

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 ...

24

Romania

Total Sites: 27

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

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, ...