Who regulates gambling in Burkina Faso?

The Ministry of Economy and Finance. Law 027-2008/AN requires the minister of finance's prior authorisation for every game of chance and gaming establishment, granted with the minister of security, and both ministries supervise the sector. LONAB is the state concessionaire, not the regulator.

Can a private operator get an online betting or casino licence?

No. Sports betting, horse race betting and lotteries are conceded exclusively to LONAB under Decree 2010-822, and on 19 March 2026 the Council of Ministers adopted a draft decree giving LONAB exclusivity over all online games of chance. Private companies take part only as LONAB partners, such as Sport Line on lonabet.bf, Focus Port-1xbet on 1xbet.bf and UBIQ on fasoloto.bf.

Are unlicensed gambling websites blocked?

Yes. On 19 February 2025 ARCEP instructed ONATEL, Orange Burkina Faso, Telecel Faso and internet service providers to block all online gambling platforms except those in partnership with LONAB, on the instruction of the Ministry of Economy and Finance.

Can casinos operate legally?

Yes, with the minister of finance's authorisation. Under Order 2011-454 the applicant must be a Burkinabè public limited company with a board, pay a XOF 1,000,000 special stamp duty, lodge a bank guarantee and site the casino in a hotel of four stars or more, or an equivalent building at least 300 metres from places of worship, schools, health facilities and markets.

How is gambling taxed?

Games outside LONAB's monopoly pay a 5% gambling tax and LONAB's monopoly games a 5% stamp duty, according to the government's 2025 finance bill memorandum. Winnings from betting and other games of chance bear a 15% final withholding at source since 1 January 2023.

Is it an offence to play with an unauthorised operator?

No offence for players was found. The Penal Code (articles 358-1 and 358-2) and Law 027-2008/AN target those who keep gaming houses, operate machines, organise lotteries or bets without authorisation, or live from illicit games.

Sovereign state

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ISO BF

Burkina Faso: gambling regulation and licensing

Online sports bettingMonopoly
Online casinoMonopoly
Online pokerMonopoly
iLotteryMonopoly
Horse race bettingMonopoly
Land-based (reference)Regulated

Regulator: Ministry of Economy and Finance
Headline tax: Not yet verified
Licence required: Yes
Last verified: 23 Sept 2026

Summary

Burkina Faso runs a state monopoly model under Law 027-2008/AN of 8 May 2008. Every game of chance and every gaming establishment needs the prior, revocable authorisation of the minister of finance, granted with the minister of security, and the two ministries supervise the sector. There is no independent regulator. Decree 2010-822 gives the Loterie Nationale Burkinabè (LONAB), a state company, the exclusive right to sports betting, horse race betting (PMU'B and ECD) and lotteries. LONAB launched online sports betting on lonabet.bf in December 2023. Land-based casinos are the main vertical open to private licensees: Order 2011-454 limits them to Burkinabè public limited companies in four-star hotels or equivalent buildings, with a XOF 1,000,000 application stamp duty and a bank guarantee. Unauthorised gaming houses, machines, lotteries and bets carry two months to two years and XOF 250,000 to 1,000,000 under Penal Code article 358-1; no offence for players was found. Tax runs at 5%: a gambling tax on games outside LONAB's monopoly and a stamp duty on LONAB's games, plus a 15% final withholding on winnings since 2023. Online, the state has moved to close the market to anyone but LONAB. In February 2025 ARCEP told telecoms operators and internet providers to block every online gambling platform except LONAB partners lonabet.bf, 1xbet.bf and fasoloto.bf. On 19 March 2026 the Council of Ministers adopted a draft decree giving LONAB exclusive rights over all online games of chance. The signed decree had not been found at the time of this review. Casinos, including internet casinos, and lotteries are designated businesses under AML Law 046-2024/ALT.

Common pitfalls

Treating an offshore or .com betting brand as authorised: only platforms in partnership with LONAB escaped the February 2025 blocking order, and the brand 1xbet is exempt only on 1xbet.bf, as Focus Port-1xbet. Treating LONAB as a regulator: it is the concessionaire, and authorisations come from the minister of finance. Assuming the March 2026 decree is in force: the Council of Ministers adopted it, but the signed text had not been found. Reading the 2025 finance bill memorandum as law: the proposed tax harmonisation was not in the enacted law.

Key facts

Regulator: Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF)
Regulator type: Government ministry
Headline tax: Not yet verified
Licence required: Yes
Minimum age: 18+
Tax base: Two regimes at 5%, per the government's explanatory memorandum to the 2025 finance bill: games of chance outside LONAB's monopoly pay the gambling tax (taxe sur les jeux de hasard, CGI article 348), and LONAB's monopoly games pay a stamp duty (article 517). The memorandum states that part of LONAB's turnover (bets in the Espaces Courses en Direct, Tombola Minute and Télé Fortune) escaped all tax. The base of each levy, gross gaming revenue or turnover, could not be confirmed from the current code text, so no rate is entered in the GGR or turnover fields.

Legal framework

Primary statutes

Law No. 027-2008/AN of 8 May 2008 regulating games of chance in Burkina Faso
Loi n°027-2008/AN du 08 mai 2008 portant réglementation des jeux de hasard au Burkina Faso
Year
2008
In force
Yes
Summary
The framework law. Distributing or organising any form of speculative game of chance and operating any gaming establishment requires the prior authorisation of the minister of finance, revocable without compensation and granted with the minister of security (article 2). Games of chance cover lotteries, sports and horse race betting, lotto and tombola, table games such as roulette, blackjack, stud and Texas poker and baccarat, slot machines, and the distribution by any means of games with money stakes (article 3). Game rules need ministerial approval (article 4); conditions are set by decree (article 5); the state may reserve certain games to a national public body (article 6) and may authorise sub-regional games by foreign public bodies on reciprocity (article 7). Ministers of finance and security supervise (article 8). Unauthorised gaming houses, machines, lotteries, bets and tombolas are punished under the Penal Code, with administrative sanctions and confiscation (article 9). Authorised games follow ordinary tax law and may bear specific taxes (article 11). The 1978 national lottery ordinance is repealed (article 12).
Penal Code (Law No. 025-2018/AN of 31 May 2018), articles 358-1 and 358-2
Loi n°025-2018/AN portant Code pénal
Year
2018
In force
Yes
Summary
Chapter 8, section 1 covers gaming houses and unauthorised lotteries. Anyone who, without authorisation and in a public place or one open to the public, keeps a gaming house, operates machines based essentially on chance that pay out for a stake, or organises lotteries, bets or tombolas faces two months to two years' imprisonment and a fine of XOF 250,000 to 1,000,000, with confiscation of stakes, equipment and furnishings; tombolas and games organised for charity at regular declared events are authorised as of right (article 358-1). Living from practising or facilitating illicit games in public places carries six months to three years and the same fine (article 358-2).
Law No. 046-2024/ALT of 30 December 2024 on combating money laundering and terrorist and proliferation financing
Loi n°046-2024/ALT relative à la lutte contre le blanchiment de capitaux, le financement du terrorisme et de la prolifération des armes de destruction massive au Burkina Faso
Year
2024
In force
Yes
Summary
Designates casinos, including internet casinos, and gaming establishments, including national lotteries, and their owners, directors and managers, as designated non-financial businesses and professions (article 1, definition 26). Article 50 requires casinos and gaming establishments to keep regular accounts for ten years, identify with an official photo document players who buy, bring or exchange chips above a threshold set by the competent authority, and keep chronological registers of those operations and of transfers between casinos for ten years.
General Tax Code (Law No. 058-2017/AN of 20 December 2017), as amended by the annual finance laws
Loi n°058-2017/AN du 20 décembre 2017 portant code général des impôts du Burkina Faso
Year
2017
In force
Yes
Summary
Article 348 levies the gambling tax on games of chance other than LONAB's monopoly games; LONAB's monopoly games bear a 5% stamp duty under article 517; article 225 sets a 15% final withholding on betting and gaming winnings (from 1 January 2023); article 525 fixes a special stamp duty of XOF 1,000,000 on each application to open a gaming establishment. The consolidated code on the tax authority's website could not be opened in this run; the provisions are recorded from the finance laws and the government's explanatory memorandum.

Secondary instruments

Decree No. 2010-822/PRES/PM/MEF/SECU of 31 December 2010 on the games of chance conceded to LONAB
Décret n°2010-822/PRES/PM/MEF/SECU portant conditions d'organisation et de contrôle des jeux de hasard concédés à la Loterie Nationale Burkinabè (LONAB)
Year
2010
In force
Yes
Summary
Grants LONAB the exclusive organisation and operation of sports betting, including horse race betting (PMU'B, ECD), football betting and bets on virtual and mechanical imitations of sports competitions, and the exclusive distribution and sale of lottery tickets, including classic lottery, lotto and instant lottery (article 2). LONAB may organise any other speculative game of chance with authorisation by order of the minister of finance, applied for at least one month ahead (articles 3 and 4). Sub-regional games and each game's rules are approved by ministerial order, and rules must be displayed to the public (articles 5 to 7). Results are published and unclaimed prizes revert to LONAB (articles 8 and 9).
Interministerial Order No. 2011-454/MEF/MATDS/MFPTSS on the procedure for opening casinos
Arrêté interministériel n°2011-454/MEF/MATDS/MFPTSS portant modalités d'ouverture des casinos
Year
2011
In force
Yes
Summary
Applies Decree 2010-829 of 31 December 2010 on casino operating conditions. Only Burkinabè public limited companies with a board of directors that hold a casino operating authorisation or licence may apply to open a casino (article 2). The application goes to the minister of finance with the XOF 1,000,000 special stamp duty receipt, the mayor's opinion, the licence, proof of the bank guarantee, an investment assessment, title to the premises and a list of machines (article 3). Casinos must be in hotels of at least four stars or equivalent buildings, and casinos outside hotels at least 300 metres from places of worship, schools, health facilities and markets (article 4). Opening follows a conformity visit, and slot machines go in rooms separate from table games (article 5). Repeals Order 2008-041/MEF/SECU (article 7).
Decree No. 2010-829/PRES/PM/MEF/SECU/MATD/MTSS of 31 December 2010 defining the conditions for operating casinos
Décret n°2010-829/PRES/PM/MEF/SECU/MATD/MTSS portant définition des conditions d'exploitation des casinos au Burkina Faso
Year
2010
In force
Yes
Summary
Cited as the basis of Order 2011-454. Its text was not found online, so its licence terms and bond amount are not recorded.
Law No. 045-2009/AN of 10 November 2009 regulating electronic services and transactions
Loi n°045-2009/AN portant réglementation des services et des transactions électroniques au Burkina Faso
Year
2009
Summary
Excludes money gaming, including lotteries and betting, from its scope (article 1), so its e-commerce and electronic advertising rules do not govern online gambling.

Key amendments

1 Jan 2023Final withholding on betting and gaming winnings raised from 10% to 15% (Law 029-2022/ALT article 41, amending CGI article 225).
1 Jan 2025Law 042-2024/ALT article 43 restates CGI article 525, keeping the XOF 1,000,000 special stamp duty on applications to open a gaming establishment.

Pending legislation

Decree on the concession, organisation, operation and control of games of chance to LONAB
Stage
Report on the draft decree adopted by the Council of Ministers on 19 March 2026; the signed decree and its Journal Officiel publication were not found.
What it changes
Replaces the 2010 framework for LONAB's games and gives LONAB the exclusive right to organise and operate online games of chance in Burkina Faso, with stated aims of player protection, traceable financial flows, higher tax receipts and funding of LONAB's social programmes.

Licensing

Licence required: Yes
Application window: Not yet verified
Local establishment required: Yes
Local server required: Not yet verified
Bank guarantee or bond: Casino applicants must show proof of payment of a bank guarantee (caution bancaire); the amount is set by Decree 2010-829, whose text was not found.
Notable licensees: Loterie Nationale Burkinabè (LONAB), state concessionaire
Barriers to entry: Private operators cannot obtain a licence for sports betting, horse race betting or lotteries, which are conceded exclusively to LONAB, and the decree adopted on 19 March 2026 extends that exclusivity to all online games of chance. Online operators reach the market only as LONAB partners: ARCEP's February 2025 blocking letter exempts Sport Line (lonabet.bf), Focus Port-1xbet (1xbet.bf) and UBIQ (fasoloto.bf). Land-based casinos are open to Burkinabè public limited companies that meet the hotel, distance and inspection conditions of Order 2011-454. No public licence register was found.

Licence types

Casino operating authorisation or licence, with fitting-out and opening authorisations
Scope
Land-based casinos, including slot machine rooms, in hotels of four stars or more or buildings of equivalent standing
Application fee
XOF 1,000,000 as of 1 Jan 2025
Fee basis
Special stamp duty of XOF 1,000,000 on each application to open a gaming establishment (CGI article 525; Order 2011-454 article 3), plus a bank guarantee whose amount was not verified.
LONAB concession and ministerial game authorisations
Scope
Exclusive to LONAB: sports and horse race betting and lotteries (Decree 2010-822 article 2); any other game by order of the minister of finance (article 3); online games of chance under the decree adopted on 19 March 2026

Taxation

Headline GGR tax: Not yet verified
Effective date: 1 Jan 2023
Player winnings tax: Final withholding at source (retenue à la source libératoire) of 15% on winnings from betting and other games of chance, from 1 January 2023 (CGI article 225, as amended by Law 029-2022/ALT article 41); previously 10%.
Withholding mechanism: Withheld at source on the winnings; the withholding is final (libératoire), so the winnings are not taxed again.
VAT treatment: CGI article 307(18) exempts from VAT operations on games of chance that bear the gambling tax. The government's 2025 memorandum noted that, read with article 348, this could leave LONAB's monopoly games within VAT, which it said was not the legislator's intention; the clarification it proposed was not enacted in 2025.
Tax base: Two regimes at 5%, per the government's explanatory memorandum to the 2025 finance bill: games of chance outside LONAB's monopoly pay the gambling tax (taxe sur les jeux de hasard, CGI article 348), and LONAB's monopoly games pay a stamp duty (article 517). The memorandum states that part of LONAB's turnover (bets in the Espaces Courses en Direct, Tombola Minute and Télé Fortune) escaped all tax. The base of each levy, gross gaming revenue or turnover, could not be confirmed from the current code text, so no rate is entered in the GGR or turnover fields.

Scheduled changes

5% gambling tax on all games of chance from Put forward in the draft 2025 finance law; not in Law 042-2024/ALT as enacted
Withdrawn
Proposal to subject all games of chance, including LONAB's, to the 5% gambling tax by amending CGI article 348 and repealing article 517

Earmarked levies

Special stamp duty on applications to open a gaming establishment: XOF 1,000,000 per application (State budget)

Compliance

Minimum age: 18+
National self-exclusion: Not yet verified
KYC timing: Threshold-based, at the chip purchase or exchange; systematically on suspicion of money laundering or terrorist financing whatever the amount (Law 046-2024/ALT articles 49 and 50)
AML regime: Casinos, including internet casinos, and gaming establishments, including national lotteries, are designated non-financial businesses and professions under Law 046-2024/ALT and bear its customer due diligence duties. They must keep regular accounts for ten years and keep chronological registers of chip operations above the threshold and of fund transfers between casinos for ten years (article 50).
KYC requirements: Casinos and gaming establishments must identify, with an original valid official document bearing a photograph (copied), players who buy, bring or exchange chips or plaques at or above a threshold set by the competent authority (Law 046-2024/ALT article 50).
Stake limits: Not yet verified
Reporting obligations: LONAB must publish the results of its games (Decree 2010-822 article 8).
Game content restrictions: The rules of every game of chance must be approved by the minister of finance (Law 027-2008/AN article 4); LONAB's approved rules must be displayed to the public and state the ticket price, prize programme, conditions of participation and prize claim period (Decree 2010-822 articles 6 and 7). In casinos, slot machines must be installed in rooms separate from table games (Order 2011-454 article 5). LONAB's PMU'B rules bar play by anyone under 18; no statutory minimum age was found.

Advertising

Advertising permitted: Not yet verified

Restrictions

No gambling-specific advertising rules were found in Law 027-2008/AN, Decree 2010-822, Order 2011-454 or the Penal Code.
Money gaming, including lotteries and betting, is outside the scope of Law 045-2009/AN on electronic services and transactions (article 1), so that law's electronic advertising rules do not address gambling.
LONAB, the state concessionaire, promotes its own products, including its LONABET online sports betting platform.

Enforcement

ISP blocking: Yes
DNS blocking: Not yet verified
Payment blocking: Not yet verified
App store takedowns: Not yet verified
Administrative penalties: Authorisations are revocable without compensation (Law 027-2008/AN article 2); unauthorised operators face administrative sanctions on top of criminal penalties, and stakes and equipment are confiscated to the Treasury (article 9).
Criminal penalties: Keeping a gaming house, operating gaming machines or organising lotteries, bets or tombolas without authorisation: two months to two years and XOF 250,000 to 1,000,000, with confiscation (Penal Code article 358-1). Living from illicit games: six months to three years and XOF 250,000 to 1,000,000 (article 358-2).
Operator liability: Criminal liability under Penal Code articles 358-1 and 358-2 for unauthorised gaming houses, machines, lotteries and bets, plus administrative sanctions and confiscation under Law 027-2008/AN article 9. Online platforms outside LONAB's partnerships are blocked.
Player liability: No offence of taking part in an unauthorised game was found: Penal Code articles 358-1 and 358-2 and Law 027-2008/AN article 9 target those who keep, operate, organise or live from illicit games.

Notable actions

All online gambling platforms operating in Burkina Faso except LONAB partners Sport Line (lonabet.bf), Focus Port-1xbet (1xbet.bf) and UBIQ (fasoloto.bf)19 Feb 2025
ARCEP instructed ONATEL, Orange Burkina Faso, Telecel Faso and five internet service providers to block the platforms, following Ministry of Economy and Finance letter No. 2025-00293-MEF/CAB of 3 February 2025, for non-compliance with national gambling rules

Market data

Online GGR: Not yet verified

Timeline

10 May 1967
LONAB created by Ordinance 67-025/PRES/MFC.
21 Nov 1994
LONAB converted from a public industrial and commercial establishment into a state company by Decree 94-415.
8 May 2008
National Assembly adopts Law 027-2008/AN regulating games of chance, repealing the 1978 national lottery ordinance.
19 Jun 2008
Law 027-2008/AN promulgated by Decree 2008-330/PRES (Journal Officiel of 26 June 2008).
31 Dec 2010
Decree 2010-822 grants LONAB exclusive rights over sports and horse race betting and lotteries; Decree 2010-829 sets casino operating conditions.
23 Nov 2011
Interministerial Order 2011-454 on opening casinos receives its financial control visa.
31 May 2018
New Penal Code adopted, with offences for unauthorised gaming houses, machines, lotteries and bets (articles 358-1 and 358-2).
1 Jan 2023
Final withholding on betting and gaming winnings rises from 10% to 15%.
26 Dec 2023
Minister of Economy launches LONAB's online sports betting product on lonabet.bf.
30 Dec 2024
AML Law 046-2024/ALT designates casinos, including internet casinos, and national lotteries as reporting businesses.
19 Feb 2025
ARCEP instructs telecoms operators and internet providers to block online gambling platforms other than LONAB partners.
4 Jun 2025
Council of Ministers authorises LONAB equity stakes in FASO-PHARMA, TEXFORCES-BF and the Banque agricole du Faso.
19 Mar 2026
Council of Ministers adopts a draft decree giving LONAB exclusive rights over online games of chance.
2 Apr 2026
Council of Ministers appoints new state directors and a new chair of the LONAB board.
13 Aug 2026
LONAB publishes a responsible gaming policy focused on protecting minors and vulnerable people.

Outlook

The decree adopted in the Council of Ministers on 19 March 2026 should, once signed and published, formalise LONAB's exclusivity over online games of chance and replace the 2010 framework; the operating detail, including how LONAB's private platform partners are approved, will depend on its text. The government proposed in the 2025 finance bill to move LONAB's games from the 5% stamp duty to the 5% gambling tax, but the change was not enacted then and may return in a later finance law.

Frequently asked questions

Who regulates gambling in Burkina Faso?: The Ministry of Economy and Finance. Law 027-2008/AN requires the minister of finance's prior authorisation for every game of chance and gaming establishment, granted with the minister of security, and both ministries supervise the sector. LONAB is the state concessionaire, not the regulator.
Can a private operator get an online betting or casino licence?: No. Sports betting, horse race betting and lotteries are conceded exclusively to LONAB under Decree 2010-822, and on 19 March 2026 the Council of Ministers adopted a draft decree giving LONAB exclusivity over all online games of chance. Private companies take part only as LONAB partners, such as Sport Line on lonabet.bf, Focus Port-1xbet on 1xbet.bf and UBIQ on fasoloto.bf.
Are unlicensed gambling websites blocked?: Yes. On 19 February 2025 ARCEP instructed ONATEL, Orange Burkina Faso, Telecel Faso and internet service providers to block all online gambling platforms except those in partnership with LONAB, on the instruction of the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
Can casinos operate legally?: Yes, with the minister of finance's authorisation. Under Order 2011-454 the applicant must be a Burkinabè public limited company with a board, pay a XOF 1,000,000 special stamp duty, lodge a bank guarantee and site the casino in a hotel of four stars or more, or an equivalent building at least 300 metres from places of worship, schools, health facilities and markets.
How is gambling taxed?: Games outside LONAB's monopoly pay a 5% gambling tax and LONAB's monopoly games a 5% stamp duty, according to the government's 2025 finance bill memorandum. Winnings from betting and other games of chance bear a 15% final withholding at source since 1 January 2023.
Is it an offence to play with an unauthorised operator?: No offence for players was found. The Penal Code (articles 358-1 and 358-2) and Law 027-2008/AN target those who keep gaming houses, operate machines, organise lotteries or bets without authorisation, or live from illicit games.

Sources

Law No. 027-2008/AN of 8 May 2008 regulating games of chance in Burkina Faso, promulgated by Decree No. 2008-330/PRES of 19 June 2008 (Journal Officiel No. 26 of 26 June 2008)
Académie de police du Burkina Faso (official legal texts library) (translated)
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 19 Jun 2008
Decree No. 2010-822/PRES/PM/MEF/SECU of 31 December 2010 on the conditions for organising and controlling the games of chance conceded to LONAB (Journal Officiel No. 05 of 3 February 2011)
Académie de police du Burkina Faso (official legal texts library) (translated)
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 31 Dec 2010
Interministerial Order No. 2011-454/MEF/MATDS/MFPTSS on the procedure for opening casinos (financial control visa of 23 November 2011)
Académie de police du Burkina Faso (official legal texts library) (translated)
The order itself is undated in the extracted text; the date given is the financial controller's visa stamped on the first page. It applies Decree No. 2010-829/PRES/PM/MEF/SECU/MATD/MTSS of 31 December 2010 on casino operating conditions, whose own text was not found online.
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 23 Nov 2011
Law No. 045-2009/AN of 10 November 2009 regulating electronic services and transactions in Burkina Faso (Journal Officiel No. 01 of 7 January 2010)
Académie de police du Burkina Faso (official legal texts library) (translated)
Filed in the police academy's gambling library under the label "Police des jeux de hasard"; the document is the text of Law 045-2009.
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 10 Nov 2009
Law No. 025-2018/AN of 31 May 2018 establishing the Penal Code
Académie de police du Burkina Faso (official legal texts library) (translated)
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 31 May 2018
Council of Ministers No. 10 of 19 March 2026, official record (third Ministry of Economy and Finance report: draft decree on the concession, organisation, operation and control of games of chance to LONAB)
Présidence du Faso (translated)
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 19 Mar 2026
Council of Ministers No. 19 of 4 June 2025, official record (decrees authorising LONAB equity stakes)
Présidence du Faso (translated)
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 4 Jun 2025
Council of Ministers No. 12 of 2 April 2026, official record (appointments to the LONAB board of directors)
Présidence du Faso (translated)
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 2 Apr 2026
ARCEP letter No. 2025-000503/ARCEP/SE/DIRS/ZN/SOM of 19 February 2025 to telecoms operators and internet service providers: closure of online games of chance sites (signed scan reproduced by Wakat Séra, 23 February 2025)
Autorité de Régulation des Communications Electroniques et des Postes (ARCEP), via Wakat Séra (translated)
The letter is not published on arcep.bf; the record relies on the signed and stamped scan reproduced by Wakat Séra. Its content (blocking ordered by Ministry of Economy and Finance letter No. 2025-00293-MEF/CAB of 3 February 2025) is consistent with the March 2026 Council of Ministers record, which names unauthorised online operators as a problem.
Tier 2Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 19 Feb 2025
Law No. 029-2022/ALT of 24 December 2022, finance law for the 2023 budget
Assemblée législative de Transition (Assemblée nationale du Burkina Faso) (translated)
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 24 Dec 2022
Law No. 042-2024/ALT of 23 December 2024, finance law for the 2025 budget
Assemblée législative de Transition (Assemblée nationale du Burkina Faso) (translated)
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 23 Dec 2024
Explanatory memorandum to the draft finance law for the 2025 budget
Assemblée législative de Transition (Assemblée nationale du Burkina Faso) (translated)
The memorandum proposed amending CGI article 348 and repealing article 517 so that all games of chance pay the 5% gambling tax. The enacted Law 042-2024/ALT amends neither article (its tax articles run from 307 to 334 and then 392-11), so the record treats the proposal as not adopted in the 2025 law.
Tier 2Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published Dec 2024
Booklet on the new tax measures of the 2023 finance law
Ministère de l'Economie et des Finances (translated)
The booklet cites the winnings withholding as CGI article 223; the finance law itself (Law 029-2022/ALT article 41) amends article 225. The record follows the law.
Tier 2Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 2023
Law No. 046-2024/ALT of 30 December 2024 on combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism and of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
Assemblée législative de Transition (Assemblée nationale du Burkina Faso) (translated)
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 30 Dec 2024
LONAB: Présentation
Loterie Nationale Burkinabè (LONAB) (translated)
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026
LONAB: Le jeu responsable
Loterie Nationale Burkinabè (LONAB) (translated)
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026
LONAB: PMU'B rules (Règlement)
Loterie Nationale Burkinabè (LONAB) (translated)
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026
Pari sportif, LONAB's new online game, officially launched (26 December 2023)
Loterie Nationale Burkinabè (LONAB) (translated)
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 26 Dec 2023
Ministère de l'Economie et des Finances (website)
Ministère de l'Economie et des Finances
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026
LONAB communiqué: a new policy to promote responsible gaming in Burkina Faso (13 August 2026)
Burkina24
Tier 3Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 13 Aug 2026