Andorra: gambling regulation and licensing
Principality of Andorra
- Land-based (reference)Regulated
- Online casinoNot yet verified
- Online sports bettingNot yet verified
- Regulator
- Consell Regulador Andorrà del Joc
- Headline tax
- Not yet verified
- Licence required
- Yes
- Last verified
- 27 Aug 2026
Summary
Andorra runs a small, closely held gambling market under a dedicated regulator, the Consell Regulador Andorrà del Joc. The CRAJ is an administrative authority with its own legal personality, created by Law 37/2014 and operating since 15 January 2015. It decides the award of licences, controls and regulates gambling activity, manages and collects gambling taxes, controls gambling advertising and works with the tax administration on data arising from its inspections. It describes its purpose in unusually blunt terms for a regulator: to limit both supply and consumption, to prevent pathological behaviour, and to detect and sanction infringements. The legal starting point is prohibition. A 1929 decree of the Veguers banned games of chance generally, and the market that exists today was built by carving exceptions out of that ban rather than by opening a licensing regime. Bingo was regulated first, by the law of 28 November 1996, later amended in 2001 and by Law 28/2012, which created the Oficina del Joc. Law 37/2014 replaced that arrangement with the CRAJ, and the current statute is Law 14/2024 of 7 November on games of chance. That last point is where most third-party guides are out of date, since many still cite Law 37/2014 as the operative statute. What is visibly in operation is land-based: the self-exclusion process the CRAJ runs covers the casino and the bingo halls, and is handled in person at its offices. No online licence register, online-specific rule or published tax rate could be traced to a source we fetched, so those fields are left unverified rather than inferred.
Common pitfalls
The operative statute is Law 14/2024 of 7 November, not Law 37/2014. Guides that still cite 37/2014 as current are describing the law that created the regulator, not the law that now governs the market or its taxes.
Key facts
- Regulator
- Consell Regulador Andorrà del Joc (CRAJ)
- Regulator type
- Dedicated regulator
- Headline tax
- Not yet verified
- Licence required
- Yes
- Minimum age
- Not yet verified
- Tax base
- Not yet verified
- Capital
- Andorra la Vella
- Currency
- EUR
- Official languages
- Catalan
Legal framework
Primary statutes
Law 14/2024 of 7 November on games of chance
Llei 14/2024, del 7 de novembre, dels jocs d’atzar
- Year
- 2024
- In force
- Yes
- Summary
- The current gambling statute. The CRAJ cites it as the instrument under which it manages and collects gambling taxes. Cited here from the regulator; the Butlletí Oficial text was not retrieved, so no URL is asserted.
Law 37/2014 of 11 December regulating games of chance
Llei 37/2014, de l’11 de desembre, de regulació dels jocs d’atzar
- Year
- 2014
- Summary
- Entered into force on 15 January 2015 and created the CRAJ as a body with its own legal personality, classified as an administrative authority.
Key amendments
- 28 Nov 1996The bingo law of 28 November 1996 regulated the only game of chance that had established itself in practice despite the general prohibition.
- 1 Jan 2012Law 28/2012 amended the bingo law and created the Oficina del Joc, the CRAJ’s predecessor.
- 15 Jan 2015Law 37/2014 enters into force, creating the CRAJ.
Licensing
- Licence required
- Yes
- Application window
- Not yet verified
- Local establishment required
- Not yet verified
- Local server required
- Not yet verified
- Barriers to entry
- Licence award is a decision of the CRAJ. No published fee schedule, cap or application window could be traced to a source we fetched, so none is recorded.
Compliance
- Minimum age
- Not yet verified
- National self-exclusion
- CRAJ access prohibition (prohibició d’accés a les sales de joc)
- KYC requirements
- Not yet verified
- Stake limits
- Not yet verified
Enforcement
- ISP blocking
- Not yet verified
- DNS blocking
- Not yet verified
- Payment blocking
- Not yet verified
- App store takedowns
- Not yet verified
- Operator liability
- The CRAJ describes an express duty to combat illegal gambling and to detect and sanction infringing conduct, but no published sanction schedule or enforcement figures could be traced to a source we fetched.
Timeline
15 Jan 2015
Law 37/2014 enters into force and the CRAJ begins operating.
7 Nov 2024
Law 14/2024 on games of chance is adopted, and is the statute under which the CRAJ now collects gambling taxes.
Sources
- Consell Regulador Andorrà del Joc - Què és, Funcions, Històric
Consell Regulador Andorrà del Joc
Tier 1Accessed 27 Aug 2026 - Consell Regulador Andorrà del Joc - Joc Responsable i tramitació de sol·licituds
Consell Regulador Andorrà del Joc
Tier 1Accessed 27 Aug 2026