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Gambling Laws Around the World

Gambling Laws Around the World

Today almost every country in the world has its own regulations for land-based and online casinos. In many countries gambling is controlled through licensing and supervision, but there are some places in the world where it is completely forbidden. Here we present the laws for land-based and online gambling in 225 countries and territories with the sources in 46 different languages and their translation into English. The results of our research are summarized in this report.

Latest update: 12 Oct 2016

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Name	Number of Casinos (of 916)			Casino Law			Blocks		Notes	Sources	Score
	Allowed	Friendly	Targeted	Land-based	Online, operator	Online, player	ISP	Bank	Notes	Sources	Score
Afghanistan	534	799	0	0.00	0.00	2.00	3.50	3.50	0	LOO	471
Albania	661	799	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LOO	861
Algeria	654	17	0	0.00	0.00	5.00	0.00	3.50	0	L	527
American Samoa	628	799	0	0.00	1.50	0.00	5.00	5.00	0	LOO	573
Andorra	762	212	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LLO	916
Angola	623	112	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	No laws about casinos.		840
Antigua and Barbuda	688	799	0	5.00	3.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LO	836
Argentina	753	212	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0.00	Separate law for Buenos Aires	LLOOOG	811
Armenia	673	150	0	3.50	4.50	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LOO	827
Aruba	737	38	0	5.00	4.50	5.00	3.50	3.50		LOO	832
Australia	470	799	8	5.00	1.50	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LOO	687
Austria	722	375	1	5.00	3.00	-0.01	5.00	5.00	0	OOOOO	754
Azerbaijan	660	150	1	0.00	1.50	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LO	690
Bahamas	740	799	0	1.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LO	824
Bahrain	707	17	0	0.00	0.00	5.00	0.00	3.50	0	LOA	556
Bangladesh	688	799	0	0.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	L	776
Barbados	753	799	0	0.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	L	811
Belarus	681	150	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00		L	872
Belgium	430	217	7	3.50	3.00	2.00	0.00	0.00	0	OOLAG	405
Belize	689	212	0	5.00	4.50	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LO	866
Benin	688	217	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LL	876
Bermuda	746	799	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	L	907
Bhutan	693	799	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.50	3.50	0	LO	518
Bolivia	710	212	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LO	888
Bosnia and Herzegovina	685	32	0	5.00	1.50	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LO	804
Botswana	721	799	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	L	894
Brazil	717	112	1	0.00	1.50	5.00	5.00	5.00		LOO	721
Brunei	733	799	0	0.00	1.50	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LO	730
Bulgaria	488	32	0	5.00	3.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LOOAA	726
Burkina Faso	691	217	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LL	877
Burundi	689	217	0	3.50	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	OO	846
Cambodia	689	799	0	1.00	0.00	2.00	5.00	5.00	0	OLO	636
Cameroon	716	217	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	L	891
Canada	676	799	7	5.00	4.50	5.00	5.00	5.00		LLO	859
Cape Verde	707	112	0	3.50	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00		LO	856
Cayman Islands	747	799	0	0.00	1.50	0.00	5.00	5.00	0	LO	638
Central African Republic	694	217	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	L	879
Chad	677	17	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0		870
Channel Islands	747	799	1	5.00	4.50	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LO	898
Chile	763	212	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	L	916
China	599	43	2	0.00	0.00	5.00	0.00	0.00	0	LOOOOOA	427
Colombia	729	212	0	5.00	0.00	2.00	3.50	3.50	0	LOO	678
Comoros	700	17	0	5.00	4.50	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	A	872
Congo	673	217	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	L	867
Cook Islands	739	799	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	L	903
Costa Rica	686	212	1	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00		LO	874
Croatia	641	32	0	5.00	3.00	5.00	3.50	3.50	0	LO	750
Cuba	645	212	0	0.00	0.00	5.00	3.50	3.50	0	LLOL	592
Curacao	682	38	0	5.00	4.50	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LO	862
Cyprus	584	70	0	5.00	1.50	0.00	0.00	3.50	0	LOOA	519
Czech Republic	646	58	1	5.00	1.50	2.00	3.50	3.50	0	LOOO	663
Denmark	399	45	9	5.00	3.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LOL	678
Djibouti	722	799	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LO	894
Dominica	695	799	0	5.00	4.50	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LO	869
Dominican Republic	726	212	0	5.00	4.50	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LLOO	886
DR Congo	678	217	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LO	870
Ecuador	685	212	0	0.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LLL	774
Egypt	728	17	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	O	897
El Salvador	741	212	0	0.00	1.50	5.00	3.50	3.50	0	LLOO	674
Equatorial Guinea	699	212	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LO	882
Eritrea	665	799	0	0.00	1.50	0.00	5.00	5.00	0		593
Estonia	543	11	1	5.00	3.00	2.00	5.00	5.00	0	LOO	696
Ethiopia	624	799	0	5.00	3.00	0.00	5.00	5.00	0	LOO	701
Falkland Islands	742	799	0	5.00	3.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	OL	865
Faroe Islands	729	45	1	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	L	898
Fiji	731	799	0	5.00	4.50	0.00	5.00	5.00	0	LO	789
Finland	738	214	15	5.00	3.00	5.00	5.00	5.00		LOOO	863
France	213	217	4	5.00	3.00	5.00	0.00	0.00	0	LOOAAO	376
French Guiana	597	217	0	5.00	3.00	5.00	0.00	0.00		LOOAAO	586
French Polynesia	622	217	0	5.00	3.00	5.00	0.00	0.00		LOOAAO	600
Gabon	715	217	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0		890
Gambia	719	799	0	3.50	4.50	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LO	852
Georgia	719	9	1	5.00	3.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	L	852
Germany	715	375	9	5.00	3.00	0.00	0.00	0.00		OOOAGOL	550
Ghana	699	799	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LL	882
Gibraltar	730	799	3	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LO	898
Greece	650	70	1	5.00	4.50	0.00	0.00	3.50	0	OOA	615
Greenland	718	45	0	5.00	4.50	5.00	5.00	5.00		LO	882
Grenada	711	799	0	0.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	L	788
Guadeloupe	658	217	0	5.00	3.00	5.00	0.00	0.00		LOOAAO	619
Guam	606	799	0	0.00	1.50	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LO	661
Guatemala	737	212	0	0.00	5.00	5.00	3.50	3.50	0	LOO	742
Guinea	694	217	0	5.00	4.50	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LO	869
Guinea-Bissau	690	112	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00		LOO	877
Guyana	680	799	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	L	871
Haiti	696	217	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	-	880
Honduras	736	212	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LO	902
Hong Kong	539	799	0	3.50	1.50	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LO	694
Hungary	492	36	0	5.00	4.50	5.00	0.00	5.00	0	O	659
Iceland	769	799	1	0.00	1.50	0.00	5.00	5.00		LO	650
India	682	799	1	3.50	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LL	842
Indonesia	620	16	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.00	5.00	0	LLO	538
Iran	468	799	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.50	0	LOOA	325
Iraq	505	17	0	3.50	0.00	5.00	5.00	5.00		LAOO	646
Ireland	669	799	11	0.00	4.50	5.00	5.00	5.00		LO	755
Isle of Man	723	799	2	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LO	895
Israel	352	799	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.00	5.00	0	LOOO	392
Italy	387	166	12	3.50	3.00	5.00	0.00	3.50		LOOOA	511
Ivory Coast	681	217	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LO	872
Jamaica	734	799	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LO	901
Japan	715	52	1	0.00	1.50	5.00	3.50	3.50		L	660
Jordan	672	17	0	0.00	0.00	5.00	0.00	5.00	0	LA	567
Kazakhstan	721	150	0	3.50	0.00	5.00	0.00	5.00	0	OLA	664
Kenya	702	799	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LO	883
Kiribati	704	799	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	L	884
Kosovo	725	32	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00		LL	896
Kuwait	666	17	0	0.00	0.00	2.00	0.00	3.50	0	LOA	474
Kyrgyzstan	691	150	0	0.00	1.50	5.00	3.50	3.50	0	LLOOO	647
Laos	670	799	0	3.50	1.50	2.00	3.50	3.50		LOO	646
Latvia	644	14	0	5.00	4.50	5.00	0.00	5.00	0	LOA	742
Lebanon	716	17	0	5.00	0.00	2.00	0.00	3.50		LO	601
Lesotho	724	799	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	L	895
Liberia	682	799	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	L	872
Libya	612	17	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.50	0	LOOA	404
Liechtenstein	754	375	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00		OL	912
Lithuania	639	12	0	5.00	4.50	5.00	0.00	5.00	0	LLOO	739
Luxembourg	728	217	0	3.50	1.50	5.00	5.00	5.00		LOL	797
Macau	689	799	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	L	876
Macedonia	719	799	0	5.00	4.50	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LO	882
Madagascar	726	217	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LOO	896
Malawi	701	799	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	L	883
Malaysia	636	43	0	5.00	1.50	5.00	5.00	5.00		LO	777
Maldives	711	799	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.50	3.50		LO	528
Mali	726	217	0	1.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00		L	816
Malta	729	799	2	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LO	898
Martinique	684	217	0	5.00	3.00	5.00	0.00	0.00		LOOAAO	633
Mauritania	680	17	0	0.00	0.00	5.00	5.00	5.00		L	671
Mauritius	713	799	0	5.00	4.50	5.00	0.00	0.00		LO	679
Mayotte	686	217	0	5.00	3.00	5.00	0.00	0.00		LOOAAO	634
Mexico	719	212	0	5.00	1.50	5.00	5.00	0.00	0	LOG	722
Micronesia	696	799	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00		LO	880
Moldova	688	44	0	5.00	4.50	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LO	866
Monaco	756	217	0	5.00	4.50	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LOO	903
Mongolia	728	6	0	1.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LL	817
Montenegro	683	32	0	5.00	4.50	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LO	863
Morocco	694	17	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00		L	879
Mozambique	725	112	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	L	896
Myanmar	597	799	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00		L	826
Namibia	698	375	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	L	881
Nauru	702	799	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	L	883
Nepal	738	799	0	1.00	0.00	2.00	5.00	3.50		LOO	633
Netherlands	627	38	2	5.00	3.00	5.00	5.00	5.00		LOOGOOGO	802
New Caledonia	713	217	0	5.00	3.00	5.00	0.00	0.00	0	LOOAAO	649
New Zealand	783	799	1	5.00	1.50	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LO	857
Nicaragua	713	212	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LO	889
Niger	698	217	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	L	881
Nigeria	625	799	0	5.00	1.50	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LO	771
North Korea	562	13	0	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.50		L	397
Northern Mariana Islands	646	43	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00		L	853
Norway	763	222	13	0.00	4.50	5.00	5.00	5.00		LOOOOO	806
Oman	718	17	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.50	0	LOOA	462
Pakistan	571	799	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.00	5.00	0	LO	512
Palau	702	799	0	0.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	L	783
Panama	680	212	0	5.00	3.00	2.00	5.00	5.00	0	LOO	771
Papua New Guinea	686	799	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LO	874
Paraguay	736	212	0	3.50	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LOO	872
Peru	738	212	0	3.50	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LOO	873
Philippines	581	799	0	5.00	0.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LOO	717
Poland	633	82	0	5.00	3.00	0.00	3.50	3.50	0	LOO	646
Portugal	583	112	1	5.00	4.50	5.00	5.00	5.00		LOOO	808
Puerto Rico	629	212	0	5.00	0.00	5.00	5.00	5.00		LLO	743
Qatar	702	17	0	0.00	1.50	0.00	3.50	3.50	0	LO	553
Reunion Island	669	799	0	5.00	3.00	5.00	0.00	0.00		LOOAAO	625
Romania	460	44	3	5.00	3.00	5.00	5.00	5.00		LOOOOO	711
Russia	618	150	4	3.50	0.00	5.00	0.00	5.00		LOA	607
Rwanda	667	799	0	5.00	4.50	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	L	854
Saint Barthelemy	703	217	0	5.00	3.00	5.00	0.00	0.00		LOOAAO	644
Saint Kitts and Nevis	734	799	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	LO	901
Saint Lucia	732	799	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	L	900
Saint Martin	701	799	0	5.00	3.00	5.00	0.00	0.00		LOOAAO	643
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	731	799	0	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0	L	899
Samoa	716	799	0	1.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00		L	811
San Marino	765	166	0	5.00	4.50	5.00	3.50	3.50		LOO	848
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