- Licence required
- Yes
- Application window
- Rolling
- Local establishment required
- Not yet verified
- Local server required
- No
- Local domain required
- .pl
- Active licences
- 19 (as of 31 Dec 2024)
- Typical time to licence
- The Act gives the minister 6 months from the application to decide (art. 40(1)).
- Bank guarantee or bond
- Financial security of PLN 480,000 for betting over the internet (art. 63(2a)); PLN 40,000 for betting shops and PLN 1,200,000 for casinos, multiplied by bands of outlets (art. 63(1) and (2)). It may be a bank or insurance guarantee or a cash deposit (art. 63(3)).
- Notable licensees
- E-TOTO Zaklady Bukmacherskie Sp. z o.o. (etoto.pl), FORTUNA Online Zaklady Bukmacherskie Sp. z o.o. (efortuna.pl), STS S.A. (sts.pl), Traf Zaklady Wzajemne Sp. z o.o. (trafonline.pl), LV BET Zaklady Bukmacherskie Sp. z o.o. (lvbet.pl), SUPERBET Zaklady Bukmacherskie Sp. z o.o. (superbet.pl), TOTALBET Zaklady Bukmacherskie Sp. z o.o. (totalbet.pl), forBET Zaklady Bukmacherskie Sp. z o.o. (iforbet.pl), Cherry Online Polska Sp. z o.o. (pzbuk.pl, comeon.pl), BEM Operations Limited, through its representative Gaming in Poland Sp. z o.o. (betclic.pl), BetFan Sp. z o.o. (betfan.pl), Betsport Zaklady Bukmacherskie Sp. z o.o. (betsport.pl), Bukmacherska Sp. z o.o. (fuksiarz.pl), FUN PROJECT Sp. z o.o. (lebull.pl), Silesia Entertainment Sp. z o.o. (betters.pl), Wett Arena Polska Sp. z o.o. (wettarena.pl), NOVOBET Sp. z o.o. (admiralbet.pl)
- Certification requirements
- Online operators must archive all game, transaction and player identification data in real time on a device in Poland or another EU or EEA state and give KAS remote access (art. 15d(3) to (5)); a responsible gaming policy must be approved by the minister (art. 15i(2)). Gaming machines and devices are tested by bodies authorised by the minister (art. 23f).
- Barriers to entry
- Only betting and promotional lotteries are open to private operators online. A betting operator must be a Polish joint-stock or limited liability company with share capital of at least PLN 2,000,000 (arts. 6(5) and 10(1)), or an EU or EEA company acting through a Polish representative or branch (art. 7a). Members of the management and supervisory boards of a Polish company must be nationals of the EU, EEA or an OECD state (art. 11(1)(2)), betting on sports results needs the consent of the national organiser (art. 31(2)), and the 12% tax falls on stakes, not revenue. The ministry held 19 online betting permits at the end of 2024 and listed 17 lawful online bookmakers on 24 August 2026.