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Every jurisdiction covered by iGaming Times. Pick a country to see its regulator, licensing requirements, tax rates, and the latest news. Switch to the interactive regulatory map
What each country page covers
- The named regulator and its statutory powers.
- Licensing categories, fees, and operating requirements.
- Tax rates on gross gaming revenue, deposits, or turnover where applicable.
- The latest enforcement and policy news from our editorial team.
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Dataset last updated 2026-10-25.
Europe
52 jurisdictionsÅland
AXMonopoly
Licence requiredTax 12%Albania
ALPre-regulation(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 15%Alderney
Regulated
Licence requiredAndorra
ADPre-regulation
Licence requiredTax 3%Austria
ATRegulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 45%Belarus
BYRegulated
Licence requiredTax 12%Belgium
BERegulated
Licence requiredTax 11%Bosnia and Herzegovina
BARegulated
Licence requiredTax 20%Bulgaria
BGRegulated
Licence requiredTax 20%Croatia
HRRegulated
Licence requiredTax 15%Cyprus
CYRegulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 15%Czechia
CZRegulated
Licence requiredTax 35%Denmark
DKRegulated
Licence requiredTax 28%Estonia
EERegulated
Licence requiredTax 5.5%Finland
FIMonopoly
Licence requiredTax 12%France
FRRegulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 59.3%Germany
DERegulated
Licence requiredGibraltar
GIRegulated
Licence requiredTax 0.15%Greece
GRRegulated
Licence requiredTax 35%Guernsey
GGRegulated
Licence requiredHungary
HURegulated
Licence requiredTax 15%Iceland
ISMonopoly(mixed)
Licence requiredIreland
IERegulated(mixed)
Licence requiredIsle of Man
IMRegulated
Licence requiredTax 1.5%Italy
ITRegulated
Licence requiredTax 25.5%Jersey
JERegulated
Licence requiredKosovo
XKProhibited
Latvia
LVRegulated
Licence requiredTax 15%Liechtenstein
LIMonopoly(mixed)
Licence requiredLithuania
LTRegulated
Licence requiredTax 22%Luxembourg
LUMonopoly(mixed)
Licence requiredMalta
MTRegulated
Licence requiredTax 15%Moldova
MDMonopoly
Monaco
MCMonopoly(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 17%Montenegro
MERegulated
Licence requiredTax 15%Netherlands
NLRegulated
Licence requiredTax 37.8%North Macedonia
MKMonopoly
Licence requiredTax 15%Northern Cyprus
Regulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 5%Norway
NOMonopoly(mixed)
Licence requiredPoland
PLRegulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 50%Portugal
PTRegulated
Licence requiredTax 25%Romania
RORegulated
Licence requiredTax 30%Russia
RURegulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 7%San Marino
SMProhibited
Licence requiredSerbia
RSRegulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 15%Slovakia
SKRegulated
Licence requiredTax 30%Slovenia
SIRegulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 18%Spain
ESRegulated
Licence requiredTax 20%Sweden
SERegulated
Licence requiredTax 22%Switzerland
CHRegulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 20%Ukraine
UARegulated
Licence requiredTax 18%United Kingdom
GBRegulated
Licence requiredTax 40%
North America
69 jurisdictionsAlabama (USA)
Prohibited
Licence requiredTax 10.5%Alaska (USA)
Prohibited
Licence requiredTax 3%Alberta (Canada)
Regulated
Licence requiredArizona (USA)
Regulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 10%Arkansas (USA)
Regulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 20%Bermuda
BMRegulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 10%British Columbia (Canada)
Monopoly
Licence requiredCalifornia (USA)
Prohibited
Licence requiredCanada
CARegulated
Licence requiredColorado (USA)
Regulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 10%Connecticut (USA)
Regulated
Licence requiredTax 20%Delaware (USA)
Monopoly
Licence requiredFlorida (USA)
Monopoly(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 13.75%Georgia (USA)
Prohibited
Licence requiredGreenland
GLRegulated
Licence requiredTax 20%Hawaii (USA)
Prohibited
Idaho (USA)
Prohibited
Licence requiredIllinois (USA)
Regulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 40%Kahnawake (Canada)
Regulated
Licence requiredMaine (USA)
Regulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 10%Manitoba (Canada)
Monopoly
Licence requiredMichigan (USA)
Regulated
Licence requiredTax 28%Minnesota (USA)
Prohibited
Licence requiredMississippi (USA)
Prohibited
Licence requiredTax 8%Missouri (USA)
Regulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 10%Nebraska (USA)
Prohibited
Licence requiredTax 20%New Brunswick (Canada)
Monopoly
Licence requiredNew Jersey (USA)
Regulated
Licence requiredTax 19.75%New Mexico (USA)
Prohibited
Licence requiredTax 24.8%New York (USA)
Regulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 51%Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada)
Monopoly
North Dakota (USA)
Prohibited
Licence requiredTax 12%Northwest Territories (Canada)
Prohibited
Licence requiredNova Scotia (Canada)
Monopoly
Licence requiredNunavut (Canada)
Prohibited
Licence requiredOklahoma (USA)
Prohibited
Licence requiredOntario (Canada)
Regulated
Licence requiredPennsylvania (USA)
Regulated
Licence requiredTax 54%Prince Edward Island (Canada)
Monopoly
Quebec (Canada)
Monopoly
Licence requiredRhode Island (USA)
Monopoly
Licence requiredTax 61%Saskatchewan (Canada)
Monopoly
Licence requiredSouth Carolina (USA)
Prohibited
Licence requiredSouth Dakota (USA)
Prohibited
Licence requiredTax 9%Texas (USA)
Prohibited
Licence requiredUnited States
USRegulated
Licence requiredUnited States - District of Columbia
Regulated(mixed)
Licence requiredUnited States - Indiana
Regulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 9.5%United States - Iowa
Regulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 6.75%United States - Kansas
Regulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 10%United States - Kentucky
Regulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 14.25%United States - Louisiana
Regulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 21.5%United States - Maryland
Regulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 20%United States - Massachusetts
Regulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 20%United States - Montana
Monopoly(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 15%United States - Nevada
Regulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 6.75%United States - New Hampshire
Monopoly(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 51%United States - North Carolina
Regulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 23%United States - Ohio
Regulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 20%United States - Oregon
Monopoly(mixed)
Licence requiredUnited States - Tennessee
Regulated(mixed)
Licence requiredUnited States - Vermont
Regulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 31.7%United States - Virginia
Regulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 15%United States - Wyoming
Regulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 10%Utah (USA)
Prohibited
Washington (USA)
Prohibited
Licence requiredWest Virginia (USA)
Regulated
Licence requiredTax 15%Wisconsin (USA)
Regulated(mixed)
Licence requiredYukon (Canada)
Prohibited
Licence required
Latin America
43 of 44 profiledAnguilla
AIUnregulated
Licence requiredAntigua and Barbuda
AGRegulated
Licence requiredArgentina
ARRegulated
Licence requiredAruba
AWProhibited
Licence requiredBahamas
BSRegulated
Licence requiredTax 15%Barbados
BBUnregulated
Licence requiredBelize
BZRegulated
Licence requiredTax 8%Bolivia
BORegulated(mixed)
Licence requiredBrazil
BRProhibited
Licence requiredBritish Virgin Islands
VGPre-regulation
Licence requiredBuenos Aires City (Argentina)
Regulated
Licence requiredBuenos Aires Province (Argentina)
Regulated
Licence requiredCayman Islands
KYProhibited
Chile
CLMonopoly(mixed)
Colombia
CORegulated
Licence requiredTax 15%Costa Rica
CRMonopoly
Cuba
CUProhibited
Curacao
CWRegulated
Licence requiredDominica
DMUnregulated
Licence requiredDominican Republic
DORegulated
Licence requiredEcuador
ECRegulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 15%El Salvador
SVRegulated
Licence requiredTax 25%Grenada
GDMonopoly(mixed)
Licence requiredGuatemala
GTProhibited
Licence requiredGuyana
GYUnregulated
Licence requiredHaiti
HTNot yet verified
Honduras
HNMonopoly
Licence requiredTax 20%Jamaica
JMRegulated
Licence requiredTax 7%Mexico
MXRegulated
Licence requiredTax 50%Nicaragua
NIRegulated
Licence requiredPanama
PARegulated
Licence requiredTax 10%Paraguay
PYRegulated(mixed)
Licence requiredPeru
PERegulated
Licence requiredTax 12%Puerto Rico
PRRegulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 12%Saint Kitts and Nevis
KNMonopoly
Licence requiredSaint Lucia
LCRegulated
Licence requiredTax 8%Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
VCUnregulated
Licence requiredSint Maarten
SXRegulated
Licence requiredSuriname
SRRegulated
Licence requiredTrinidad and Tobago
TTPre-regulation(mixed)
Licence requiredTurks and Caicos
TCProhibited
Licence requiredU.S. Virgin Islands
VIPre-regulation
Licence requiredTax 1.5%Uruguay
UYMonopoly(mixed)
Licence requiredVenezuela
VERegulated
Licence required
Asia
47 jurisdictionsAfghanistan
AFProhibited
Armenia
AMRegulated
Licence requiredAzerbaijan
AZMonopoly(mixed)
Licence requiredBahrain
BHProhibited
Bangladesh
BDProhibited
Bhutan
BTProhibited
Licence requiredBrunei
BNProhibited
Cambodia
KHProhibited
Licence requiredTax 7%China
CNProhibited
Georgia
GERegulated
Licence requiredTax 20%Hong Kong
HKMonopoly(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 50%India
INProhibited
Indonesia
IDProhibited
Iran
IRProhibited
Iraq
IQUnregulated
Israel
ILMonopoly(mixed)
Japan
JPMonopoly(mixed)
Licence requiredJordan
JOProhibited
Licence requiredKazakhstan
KZRegulated(mixed)
Licence requiredKuwait
KWProhibited
Kyrgyzstan
KGRegulated
Licence requiredTax 2%Laos
LAProhibited
Licence requiredLebanon
LBMonopoly
Licence requiredTax 50%Macau
MOMonopoly(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 35%Malaysia
MYProhibited
Licence requiredMaldives
MVProhibited
Mongolia
MNProhibited
Licence requiredMyanmar
MMProhibited
Licence requiredNepal
NPProhibited
Licence requiredNorth Korea
KPProhibited
Oman
OMProhibited
Pakistan
PKProhibited
Philippines
PHRegulated
Licence requiredTax 30%Qatar
QAProhibited
Saudi Arabia
SAProhibited
Singapore
SGMonopoly(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 25%South Korea
KRMonopoly(mixed)
Licence requiredSri Lanka
LKPre-regulation
Licence requiredSyria
SYProhibited
Taiwan
TWMonopoly(mixed)
Licence requiredTajikistan
TJRegulated(mixed)
Licence requiredThailand
THProhibited
Licence requiredTurkey
TRMonopoly(mixed)
Licence requiredUnited Arab Emirates
AERegulated
Licence requiredUzbekistan
UZRegulated
Licence requiredTax 4%Vietnam
VNProhibited
Licence requiredTax 35%Yemen
YEProhibited
Africa
50 jurisdictionsAlgeria
DZProhibited
Angola
AORegulated
Licence requiredTax 20%Benin
BJRegulated
Licence requiredTax 25%Botswana
BWProhibited
Licence requiredTax 10%Burkina Faso
BFMonopoly
Licence requiredBurundi
BIRegulated
Licence requiredTax 10%Cameroon
CMRegulated
Licence requiredTax 15%Cape Verde
CVMonopoly
Licence requiredTax 10%Central African Republic
CFUnregulated
Licence requiredChad
TDNot yet verified
Licence requiredComoros
KMProhibited
Congo
CGPre-regulation
Licence requiredCôte d'Ivoire
CIMonopoly
Licence requiredTax 5%Democratic Republic of the Congo
CDMonopoly
Licence requiredDjibouti
DJProhibited
Licence requiredTax 30%Egypt
EGProhibited
Licence requiredEquatorial Guinea
GQGrey market
Licence requiredTax 15%Eritrea
ERNot yet verified
Eswatini
SZRegulated(mixed)
Licence requiredEthiopia
ETProhibited
Licence requiredGabon
GAMonopoly
Licence requiredGambia
GMNot yet verified
Licence requiredGhana
GHRegulated
Licence requiredTax 20%Guinea
GNRegulated
Licence requiredTax 15%Kenya
KERegulated
Licence requiredTax 15%Lesotho
LSNot yet verified
Licence requiredLiberia
LRRegulated
Licence requiredLibya
LYProhibited
Madagascar
MGRegulated
Licence requiredMalawi
MWRegulated
Licence requiredTax 12.5%Mali
MLMonopoly(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 15%Mauritius
MURegulated(mixed)
Licence requiredMorocco
MAMonopoly(mixed)
Mozambique
MZRegulated(mixed)
Licence requiredNamibia
NAPre-regulation(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 10%Niger
NEMonopoly
Licence requiredTax 35%Nigeria
NGRegulated
Licence requiredRwanda
RWRegulated
Licence requiredTax 40%Senegal
SNMonopoly
Licence requiredSeychelles
SCRegulated
Licence requiredSomalia
SOProhibited
South Africa
ZARegulated(mixed)
Licence requiredSudan
SDProhibited
Tanzania
TZRegulated
Licence requiredTax 25%Togo
TGMonopoly
Licence requiredTax 7%Tunisia
TNMonopoly(mixed)
Uganda
UGRegulated
Licence requiredTax 30%Western Sahara
EHMonopoly
Zambia
ZMRegulated
Licence requiredZimbabwe
ZWRegulated
Licence required
Oceania
14 jurisdictionsAustralia
AURegulated(mixed)
Licence requiredAustralian Capital Territory (Australia)
Regulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 25%Fiji
FJProhibited
Licence requiredKiribati
KIProhibited
Licence requiredNew South Wales (Australia)
Regulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 15%New Zealand
NZMonopoly(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 12%Northern Territory (Australia)
Regulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 5%Papua New Guinea
PGRegulated
Licence requiredTax 55%Queensland (Australia)
Regulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 20%South Australia (Australia)
Regulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 15%Tasmania (Australia)
Regulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 15%Vanuatu
VURegulated
Licence requiredTax 1%Victoria (Australia)
Regulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 15%Western Australia (Australia)
Regulated(mixed)
Licence requiredTax 15%