Who regulates gambling in Sint Maarten?

The Minister of TEATT grants and revokes casino, remote gaming and lottery licences; there is no independent regulator. The FIU supervises gambling operators for anti-money laundering compliance, and the tax authorities collect the licence duties.

How are casinos charged?

Through a fixed speelvergunningsrecht: NAf 600,000 a year in monthly instalments plus NAf 200,000 on grant or renewal, or NAf 120,000 a year and NAf 10,000 on grant for venues offering only slot machines and bingo. Casinos also reimburse the cost of government casino controllers per public entrance.

Is Sint Maarten creating a gaming authority?

Yes. Under the reform package agreed with the Netherlands it is drafting a National Ordinance on Games of Chance to create the Sint Maarten Gaming Authority, with rules for casinos, lotteries and internet gaming. The May 2026 implementation report targets completion in the fourth quarter of 2026; a project lead was recruited in the first quarter of 2026.

Is it an offence to play with an unlicensed operator?

Yes. Using a gambling opportunity offered without a statutory licence is punishable by a fine of NAf 500, or on a repeat within two years by detention of up to one month or a fine of NAf 5,000 (Criminal Code art. 3:55).

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Sint Maarten: gambling regulation and licensing

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Online casinoRegulated
Online sports bettingRegulated
Online pokerRegulated
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Land-based (reference)Regulated

Regulator: Ministry of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication
Headline tax: Not yet verified
Licence required: Yes
Last verified: 24 Sept 2026

Summary

Sint Maarten regulates gambling under ordinances it took over from the Netherlands Antilles in 2010, and the Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication (TEATT) is the licensing authority; there is no independent gaming regulator. The Landsverordening buitengaatse hazardspelen, a 1993 Antillean ordinance, lets the Minister license legal entities established in Sint Maarten to offer games of hazard on the international market by remote means. It has six articles: conditions are set licence by licence, the annual fee is left to a national decree that could not be found, and the Minister may revoke a licence for breach. The Ministry of TEATT counted three online gaming licences at the CFATF evaluation in September 2024. Land-based casinos are licensed under the Landsverordening hazardspelen, and the CFATF reported 15 of them. Each casino pays a fixed speelvergunningsrecht of NAf 600,000 a year plus NAf 200,000 on grant or renewal, less for slot and bingo only venues, and meets the cost of government controllers at its entrances. Commercial lotteries are licensed under the Loterijverordening with monthly duties of NAf 12,500 to NAf 30,000 per game. Offering games of hazard without a statutory licence is a crime under Criminal Code art. 2:215, and players can be fined NAf 500. The FIU supervises casinos, remote gaming licensees and lotteries for anti-money laundering compliance. Under the reform package agreed with the Netherlands, Sint Maarten is drafting a National Ordinance on Games of Chance to create a Sint Maarten Gaming Authority and set rules for casinos, lotteries and internet gaming; the May 2026 implementation report targets the fourth quarter of 2026.

Common pitfalls

Treating Sint Maarten remote licences as Curaçao licences: they are separate, granted by the Sint Maarten Minister of TEATT under Sint Maarten's own version of the 1993 Antillean ordinance, whose consolidated text has not changed since 10 October 2010. Assuming the Sint Maarten Gaming Authority exists: it is planned but not yet created by law. Reading the casino speelvergunningsrecht as a percentage tax: the decree in force sets fixed annual amounts. Statutory amounts are in Netherlands Antillean guilders; the CFATF notes that the Caribbean guilder replaced the NAf as legal tender on 31 March 2025, at the same USD peg of 1.79.

Key facts

Regulator: Ministry of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication (TEATT)
Regulator type: Government ministry
Headline tax: Not yet verified
Licence required: Yes
Minimum age: 18+
Tax base: Casinos pay a fixed speelvergunningsrecht rather than a tax on revenue: NAf 600,000 a year (NAf 120,000 for slot and bingo only venues) plus NAf 200,000 on grant or renewal (NAf 10,000). Commercial lotteries pay a fixed monthly licence duty per game type, and charitable lotteries 10% of gross ticket sales. The annual fee for remote gaming licences is to be set by national decree, which could not be found.

Legal framework

Primary statutes

National Ordinance on Offshore Games of Hazard
Landsverordening buitengaatse hazardspelen
Year
1993
In force
Yes
Summary
Adopted by the Netherlands Antilles on 8 June 1993 (in force 17 July 1993) and continued by Sint Maarten from 10 October 2010, with the Minister of TEATT in place of the Governor (consolidated text AB 2013 GT no. 545). The Minister may license the operation of games of hazard on the international market by means of service line services, only to legal entities established in Sint Maarten. Conditions may cover how activities are carried out, the prize system, prize payment, government supervision and financial guarantees. Licences are not transferable, the annual fee is to be set by national decree, and a licence can be revoked in whole or temporarily for breach of its conditions.
National Ordinance on Games of Hazard
Landsverordening hazardspelen
In force
Yes
Summary
Consolidated text AB 2013 GT no. 115. The Minister of TEATT may license games of hazard in designated, specially equipped premises on conditions the Minister sets, may license dog races, cockfights and jai-alai at designated places, and may license associations serving a public interest to hold small games of chance (bingo, wheel of fortune) with prizes capped at NAf 5,000 per event. Licences are personal and non-transferable, a licensee who breaches conditions is deemed to act without a licence, and the Minister may declare a licence lapsed at any time. Entry needs an access card; under-18s and visibly drunk people are refused, and residents who visit more than six times in a month on different days are barred for a year.
National Ordinance on Games of Hazard II
Landsverordening hazardspelen II
In force
Yes
Summary
Consolidated text AB 2013 GT no. 768. The Minister of TEATT may license associations and foundations with a social or cultural purpose to organise games of hazard, on conditions and safeguards the Minister sets; licences are personal and can be withdrawn for breach.
Lottery Ordinance
Loterijverordening
In force
Yes
Summary
Consolidated text as amended by AB 2015 no. 9. Only licensed lotteries may be held, and selling or openly promoting shares in unlicensed lotteries or lotteries held outside Sint Maarten is prohibited. The Minister of TEATT may license charitable and public-interest lotteries with non-cash prizes, sports prediction lotteries run by sports bodies, and number lotteries, lotto, sweepstakes and scratch lotteries run by Sint Maarten legal entities, possibly exclusively. Licences run for up to five years, renewable. Licence duty is 10% of gross ticket sales for charitable lotteries and a monthly amount set by decree for the others. Breaches carry up to six months' imprisonment or a second category fine.
Gaming Licence Duty Ordinance
Landsverordening speelvergunningsrecht hazardspelen
In force
Yes
Summary
Consolidated text as amended by AB 2015 no. 9. Levies a duty for the Treasury on holders of a casino licence under the Landsverordening hazardspelen, per financial year and per casino, at a tariff set by national decree, and requires books from which gross receipts are beyond dispute. Breaches carry detention of up to one year or a third category fine, and directors are jointly liable for a legal entity's duty.
Criminal Code of Sint Maarten
Wetboek van Strafrecht
Year
2012
In force
Yes
Summary
Consolidated text AB 2019 no. 41. Art. 2:215 punishes offering games of hazard to the public, running such an opportunity as a business or taking part in gambling as a business without a licence granted on a statutory basis, with up to two years' imprisonment or a fourth category fine (NAf 25,000). Art. 3:55 fines anyone who uses an unlawful gambling opportunity.
National Ordinance on Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
Landsverordening bestrijding witwassen en terrorismefinanciering
Year
2019
In force
Yes
Summary
AB 2019 no. 25, in force 31 July 2019. Designates offering games of chance under the Landsverordening hazardspelen, the Landsverordening buitengaatse hazardspelen and the Loterijverordening as a non-financial service, requires customer due diligence for gaming transactions above NAf 5,000, and makes the FIU the AML/CFT supervisor of non-financial service providers, with administrative fines of up to NAf 4,000,000 (art. 31).

Secondary instruments

National decree on the rate of the gaming licence duty
Landsbesluit ter uitvoering van artikel 3 van de Landsverordening speelvergunningsrecht hazardspelen
In force
Yes
Summary
AB 2013 GT no. 92. A one-off NAf 200,000 on grant or renewal of a casino licence and NAf 600,000 a year in 12 monthly instalments; for venues offering only slot machines and bingo, NAf 10,000 on grant and NAf 120,000 a year. Payment can be suspended where the licence could not be used.
National decree on casino controls and returns (1960)
Landsbesluit ter uitvoering van de artikelen 4 en 5 van de Landsverordening speelvergunningsrecht hazardspelen
Year
1960
In force
Yes
Summary
AB 2013 GT no. 760. Minimum controls: chips sold only at the table, double-locked drop boxes and slot machines, daily counts of tables and weekly counts of slot machines by three officials, count reports to the Tax Inspector by each Tuesday, and an annual return before 1 February.
National decree on casino controllers
Landsbesluit ter uitvoering van de artikelen 4 en 5 van de Landsverordening speelvergunningsrecht hazardspelen
In force
Yes
Summary
As amended by AB 2016 no. 30. Casino controllers are appointed to control casinos and may not be employed by one; casinos pay their salary and social costs, assessed monthly and collectable by writ, with a 10% surcharge for each month of late payment of the monthly fixed duty.
Ministerial regulation on casino controller fees and casino entrances
Regeling betaling loonkosten en sociale voorzieningen casinocontroleurs
Year
2015
In force
Yes
Summary
AB 2016 no. 1, in force 1 February 2016. Casinos pay controller costs per public entrance, NAf 16,984.54 a month for 2015 and rising 5% a year; a casino may open no more than three public entrances and needs the Minister's written consent, once a year, to open or close one.
National decree on licensed lotteries (sports, lotto, sweepstakes, number and scratch)
Landsbesluit ter uitvoering van de artikelen 3bis en 4 van de Loterijverordening
In force
Yes
Summary
AB 2013 GT no. 97. Licence conditions include no sales to under-18s, a bank guarantee of at least NAf 50,000 for prizes, public draws before a committee, and records open to inspection. Monthly licence duty: NAf 30,000 for sports prediction or lotto, NAf 20,000 for a sweepstake, NAf 12,500 for a number lottery and NAf 12,500 for a scratch lottery.
National decree on lottery draws
Landsbesluit ter uitvoering van artikel 5 van de Loterijverordening
In force
Yes
Summary
AB 2013 GT no. 363. Draws of lotteries licensed under Loterijverordening art. 3 with prizes worth more than NAf 500 are held in public before the Attorney General, with security for prizes. The total nominal value of tickets in any lottery that needs ministerial consent may not exceed NAf 100,000, and at least 40% of it must be paid out in prizes (art. 2).
Unusual transaction indicators
Ministeriële regeling indicatoren ongebruikelijke transacties
Year
2016
In force
Yes
Summary
As amended by AB 2016 no. 12, in force 1 May 2016. Casinos, internet casinos and lotteries must report every transaction by or for a customer of NAf 5,000 or more to the FIU (art. 2(3)).

Key amendments

10 Oct 2010Sint Maarten becomes a country within the Kingdom and continues the Antillean gambling ordinances, with licensing powers vested in the Minister of TEATT.
30 May 2015AB 2015 no. 9 brings in the new Criminal Code and converts penalties in the Loterijverordening and the gaming licence duty ordinance to fine categories.
1 Feb 2016Ministerial regulation sets casino controller fees per public entrance and caps casinos at three public entrances (AB 2016 no. 1).
1 May 2016Reporting indicator of NAf 5,000 for casinos, internet casinos and lotteries takes effect (AB 2016 no. 12).
31 Jul 2019National Ordinance on Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing enters into force, covering land-based casinos, remote gaming licensees and lotteries (AB 2019 no. 25).

Pending legislation

National Ordinance on Games of Chance and Sint Maarten Gaming Authority (Landspakket measure H.2)
Stage
Draft ordinance completed; comments from the Dutch Ministry of the Interior received in Q4 2025 were being worked into it; the prioritised draft on casinos and lotteries was due to go to the Legal Affairs department in April 2026, then to the Social and Economic Council and the Council of Advice; target Q4 2026
What it changes
Would create the Sint Maarten Gaming Authority as an independent regulator with licensing, supervision and enforcement powers, and set implementing rules for lotteries, casinos and internet games of chance. In answers on the 2026 budget the Ministry of TEATT said licence fees, penalties and the Authority's funding cannot be confirmed until Parliament passes the law.

Case law

Atlantis casino v. the Government (het Land), Court of First Instance
16 Jan 2007
The court held that casino controller fees could not be collected by administrative writ because no legal rule set their rate, leaving collection to civil proceedings. The 2015 ministerial regulation set the rates per casino entrance in response.

Licensing

Licence required: Yes
Application window: Not yet verified
Local establishment required: Yes
Local server required: Not yet verified
Active licences: 3 (as of 30 Sept 2024)
Bank guarantee or bond: Remote gaming licence conditions may require financial guarantees (Landsverordening buitengaatse hazardspelen art. 2(2)(e)). Sports prediction and lotto licence holders need a bank guarantee of at least NAf 50,000 for prizes.
Barriers to entry: The count of 3 is the online gaming licences held with the Ministry of TEATT at the CFATF on-site visit (September 2024); licensee names are not published and the Ministry of TEATT treated them as sensitive. Remote and lottery licences go only to legal entities established in Sint Maarten. The 2011 casino policy caps stand-alone casinos at five in Philipsburg and five in Simpson Bay, limits hotel casinos to hotels of at least 200 rooms, and requires background and source of funds checks on directors and shareholders; a moratorium holds lottery licences at seven.

Licence types

Offshore games of hazard licence (remote gaming)
Scope
Operating games of hazard on the international market by means of service line services, for legal entities established in Sint Maarten.
Term
Five years, according to the Ministry of TEATT as reported by the Ministry of VSA in 2023
Fee basis
An annual fee set by national decree (Landsverordening buitengaatse hazardspelen art. 3(2)). No such decree was found, and the Ministry of VSA could not locate it either.
Renewal terms
Not transferable; revocable in whole or temporarily for breach of licence conditions (arts. 3 and 4).
Casino licence
Scope
Games of hazard in premises designated and equipped for the purpose. Venues with a single game type, such as slot machines only, also need a casino licence under the 2011 casino policy.
Term
Five years, renewable on payment of a fee, according to the CFATF and the Ministry of VSA
Application fee
ANG 200,000 as of 24 Sept 2026
Annual fee
ANG 600,000 as of 24 Sept 2026
Fee basis
Speelvergunningsrecht of NAf 200,000 on grant or renewal and NAf 600,000 a year in monthly instalments; NAf 10,000 on grant and NAf 120,000 a year for venues offering only slot machines and bingo. Casinos also reimburse casino controller costs per public entrance.
Renewal terms
Personal and non-transferable; the Minister may declare the licence lapsed at any time if conditions are not met (Landsverordening hazardspelen arts. 2 and 4).
Lottery licence (number lottery, lotto, sweepstake, scratch lottery, sports prediction)
Scope
Commercial lotteries run by legal entities established in Sint Maarten; the Minister may grant a lottery type to a single licence holder.
Term
Up to five years, renewable for up to five years at a time (Loterijverordening art. 3(3))
Fee basis
Monthly licence duty per game: NAf 30,000 for sports prediction or lotto, NAf 20,000 for a sweepstake, NAf 12,500 for a number lottery and NAf 12,500 for a scratch lottery; an exclusive licence holder may also owe a financial contribution set by the Minister.
Renewal terms
Revocable for breach of rules or conditions, false information, public order or three months of arrears on the licence duty (art. 6ter).
Charitable or public-interest lottery licence
Scope
Lotteries with non-cash prizes for charitable, cultural, scientific, artistic, sporting, nature or other public-interest purposes.
Term
Up to five years, renewable
Fee basis
Licence duty of 10% of gross ticket sales (Loterijverordening art. 4(1)).

Taxation

Headline GGR tax: Not yet verified
Effective date: Not yet verified
Withholding mechanism: The Head of Finance sends each casino a monthly assessment for the fixed duty, payable before the start of the month, with a 10% surcharge for each month of delay. Lottery licence duty is paid on a return filed with the Receiver within 15 days after each month, and for sports, lotto, sweepstake, number and scratch lotteries in advance of the period it covers, with a 50% surcharge if late.
Tax base: Casinos pay a fixed speelvergunningsrecht rather than a tax on revenue: NAf 600,000 a year (NAf 120,000 for slot and bingo only venues) plus NAf 200,000 on grant or renewal (NAf 10,000). Commercial lotteries pay a fixed monthly licence duty per game type, and charitable lotteries 10% of gross ticket sales. The annual fee for remote gaming licences is to be set by national decree, which could not be found.

Earmarked levies

Casino controller cost recovery: NAf 16,984.54 a month per public entrance for 2015, rising 5% a year (Government of Sint Maarten, to fund casino controllers)
Financial contribution by an exclusive lottery licence holder: Amount set by the Minister (Purposes of general social interest, as directed by the Minister)

Compliance

Minimum age: 18+
National self-exclusion: Not yet verified
AML regime: Landsverordening bestrijding witwassen en terrorismefinanciering (AB 2019 no. 25): offering games of chance under the casino, offshore gaming and lottery ordinances is a designated non-financial service; the FIU supervises compliance. The CFATF found in 2025 that only nine of 22 casinos were registered with the FIU and that casinos had no written AML policies; the FIU issued provisions and guidelines for casinos in December 2024.
AML supervisor: Financial Intelligence Unit Sint Maarten (MOT)
Source of funds thresholds: Casinos, internet casinos and lotteries must report every customer transaction of NAf 5,000 or more to the FIU (indicator regulation art. 2(3)).
KYC requirements: Customer due diligence is required for gaming transactions of more than NAf 5,000 in cash, electronically or by other payment systems, under the AML ordinance, which covers casinos, remote gaming licensees and lotteries. Casino entry is limited to holders of an access card issued by or for the Minister, available to non-residents and to residents accompanying named non-residents. There is no self-exclusion scheme; instead, residents who visit casinos more than six times in a month on different days are refused entry for one year (Landsverordening hazardspelen art. 1(4)), enforced by casino controllers at the entrances.
Stake limits: Not yet verified
Reporting obligations: Casino count reports for each table and for slot machines, signed by three officials, to the Tax Inspector by each Tuesday, and an annual return before 1 February (1960 decree arts. 2 and 3); monthly lottery licence duty returns; unusual transaction reports to the FIU.
Game content restrictions: The lottery draw decree caps the total nominal ticket value of any lottery that needs ministerial consent at NAf 100,000 and requires at least 40% of it to be paid out in prizes (art. 2); the 2011 casino policy allows the Minister to limit the number and types of games per casino licence.

Advertising

Advertising permitted: Not yet verified
Penalties for breach: Breach of Loterijverordening art. 2 or 6: imprisonment of up to six months or a second category fine (NAf 5,000) (art. 8); false suggestion of a licence: up to one year or a second category fine (art. 9).

Restrictions

No law in force sets general rules for gambling advertising.
Openly promoting participation in an unlicensed lottery or a lottery held outside Sint Maarten is prohibited (Loterijverordening art. 2(c)).
Lottery tickets must state the licence or exemption with its number and date, and licensed lottery tickets may not be sold or promoted without it (arts. 5 and 6(2)).
Falsely suggesting that a lottery licence or exemption has been granted is an offence (art. 9).

Enforcement

ISP blocking: Not yet verified
DNS blocking: Not yet verified
Payment blocking: Not yet verified
App store takedowns: Not yet verified
Administrative penalties: The Minister may declare a casino licence lapsed at any time, and revoke or suspend a remote gaming licence, for breach of conditions; lottery licences can be revoked on the grounds in Loterijverordening art. 6ter. The FIU can impose orders subject to penalty and administrative fines of up to NAf 4,000,000 for AML/CFT breaches (AML ordinance art. 31(3)).
Criminal penalties: Offering games of hazard without a statutory licence: up to two years' imprisonment or a fourth category fine of NAf 25,000 (Wetboek van Strafrecht art. 2:215). Lottery offences: up to six months or NAf 5,000 (Loterijverordening art. 8). Breach of the gaming licence duty ordinance: detention of up to one year or a third category fine of NAf 10,000 (art. 6).
Operator liability: Offering games of hazard to the public, running such an opportunity as a business, or taking part in gambling as a business without a licence granted on a statutory basis is a crime (Wetboek van Strafrecht art. 2:215); a licensee who breaches its conditions is deemed to act without a licence (Landsverordening hazardspelen art. 3).
Player liability: Using a gambling opportunity offered in breach of art. 2:215 is punishable by a first category fine (NAf 500), or on a repeat within two years by detention of up to one month or a second category fine of NAf 5,000 (Wetboek van Strafrecht art. 3:55).

Market data

Figures on this record are drawn from official regulator data.

Online GGR: Not yet verified
Reporting year: 2024
Licensed operators: 3

Timeline

8 Jun 1993
Netherlands Antilles adopts the ordinance on games of hazard on the international market (in force 17 July 1993)
10 Oct 2010
Sint Maarten becomes a country and continues the Antillean gambling ordinances under the Minister of TEATT
1 Jun 2011
Government publishes its revised casino policy, Rules of the Game
1 Feb 2016
Casino controller fees per entrance and a three-entrance cap take effect
1 May 2016
NAf 5,000 unusual transaction indicator for casinos, internet casinos and lotteries takes effect
31 Jul 2019
New AML/CFT ordinance enters into force, covering all licensed gambling
25 May 2021
Sint Maarten Gaming Authority workgroup set up by ministerial decree under the reform package
30 Sept 2024
CFATF on-site visit ends; it later reports 15 land-based casinos, three TEATT online gaming licences and weak AML supervision of casinos
27 May 2026
Reform report targets completion of the new gambling ordinance in Q4 2026 after a project lead for the Gaming Authority is recruited

Outlook

The May 2026 implementation report under the reform package plans to complete the National Ordinance on Games of Chance in the fourth quarter of 2026: the prioritised draft on casinos and lotteries was to go to the Legal Affairs department in April 2026 and then to the Social and Economic Council and the Council of Advice before Parliament. A project lead for the Sint Maarten Gaming Authority was recruited in the first quarter of 2026, with a proposed start on 1 April 2026, to set up its governance, staffing and procedures, and the Authority's business case received conditional approval in January 2026. In answers on the 2026 budget the Ministry of TEATT said the new licence fees, penalties and the Authority's funding cannot be quantified until Parliament passes the law. No text of the draft ordinance has been published, so its terms for remote gaming are not yet known.

Frequently asked questions

Can an operator get an online gambling licence in Sint Maarten?: Yes, in principle. The Landsverordening buitengaatse hazardspelen lets the Minister of TEATT license legal entities established in Sint Maarten to offer games of hazard on the international market by remote means, on conditions set per licence. The Ministry counted three such licences in 2024, and no published application procedure, fee decree or licensee list was found.
Who regulates gambling in Sint Maarten?: The Minister of TEATT grants and revokes casino, remote gaming and lottery licences; there is no independent regulator. The FIU supervises gambling operators for anti-money laundering compliance, and the tax authorities collect the licence duties.
How are casinos charged?: Through a fixed speelvergunningsrecht: NAf 600,000 a year in monthly instalments plus NAf 200,000 on grant or renewal, or NAf 120,000 a year and NAf 10,000 on grant for venues offering only slot machines and bingo. Casinos also reimburse the cost of government casino controllers per public entrance.
Is Sint Maarten creating a gaming authority?: Yes. Under the reform package agreed with the Netherlands it is drafting a National Ordinance on Games of Chance to create the Sint Maarten Gaming Authority, with rules for casinos, lotteries and internet gaming. The May 2026 implementation report targets completion in the fourth quarter of 2026; a project lead was recruited in the first quarter of 2026.
Is it an offence to play with an unlicensed operator?: Yes. Using a gambling opportunity offered without a statutory licence is punishable by a fine of NAf 500, or on a repeat within two years by detention of up to one month or a fine of NAf 5,000 (Criminal Code art. 3:55).

Sources

Landsverordening buitengaatse hazardspelen (National Ordinance on Offshore Games of Hazard), AB 2013 GT no. 545, consolidated text in force from 10 October 2010
Government of Sint Maarten (consolidated text on the Dutch government regulations portal, overheid.nl) (translated)
Tier 1Accessed 24 Sept 2026Published 19 Apr 2013
Landsverordening van de 8ste juni 1993 houdende bepalingen betreffende het exploiteren van hazardspelen op de internationale markt middels servicelijndiensten (original Netherlands Antilles ordinance)
Netherlands Antilles legislation as held on the Dutch government regulations portal (overheid.nl) (translated)
Tier 1Accessed 24 Sept 2026Published 8 Jun 1993
Landsverordening hazardspelen (National Ordinance on Games of Hazard to promote tourism), AB 2013 GT no. 115, consolidated text
Government of Sint Maarten (consolidated text on the Dutch government regulations portal, overheid.nl) (translated)
Tier 1Accessed 24 Sept 2026Published 21 Feb 2013
Landsverordening hazardspelen II (games of hazard for social or cultural purposes), AB 2013 GT no. 768, consolidated text
Government of Sint Maarten (consolidated text on the Dutch government regulations portal, overheid.nl) (translated)
Tier 1Accessed 24 Sept 2026Published 3 May 2013
Landsverordening speelvergunningsrecht hazardspelen (gaming licence duty ordinance), consolidated text as amended by AB 2015 no. 9, in force from 30 May 2015
Government of Sint Maarten (consolidated text on the Dutch government regulations portal, overheid.nl) (translated)
Tier 1Accessed 24 Sept 2026Published 17 Apr 2015
Landsbesluit ter uitvoering van artikel 3 van de Landsverordening speelvergunningsrecht hazardspelen (rates of the gaming licence duty), AB 2013 GT no. 92
Government of Sint Maarten (consolidated text on the Dutch government regulations portal, overheid.nl) (translated)
The ordinance (art. 3) describes the duty as levied on gross receipts at a rate set by decree, and the 1960 collection decree still carries a return form based on 1.5% of gross receipts plus NAf 60,000. The decree in force sets fixed amounts (NAf 200,000 at grant or renewal and NAf 600,000 a year), and the register shows the 1973 decree that set NAf 60,000 plus 1.5% as lapsed on 10 October 2020. The record follows the decree in force, which the Ministry of VSA white paper of 2023 also applies.
Tier 1Accessed 24 Sept 2026Published 21 Feb 2013
Landsbesluit van 9 maart 1973 ter uitvoering van artikel 3 van de Landsverordening speelvergunningsrecht hazardspelen (NAf 60,000 plus 1.5% of gross receipts), shown as lapsed on 10 October 2020
Government of Sint Maarten (consolidated text on the Dutch government regulations portal, overheid.nl) (translated)
Tier 1Accessed 24 Sept 2026
Landsbesluit van 5 juli 1960 ter uitvoering van de artikelen 4 en 5 van de Landsverordening speelvergunningsrecht hazardspelen (casino counting, reporting and return rules), AB 2013 GT no. 760
Government of Sint Maarten (consolidated text on the Dutch government regulations portal, overheid.nl) (translated)
Tier 1Accessed 24 Sept 2026Published 3 May 2013
Landsbesluit ter uitvoering van de artikelen 4 en 5 van de Landsverordening speelvergunningsrecht hazardspelen (casino controllers), as amended by AB 2016 no. 30
Government of Sint Maarten (consolidated text on the Dutch government regulations portal, overheid.nl) (translated)
Tier 1Accessed 24 Sept 2026Published 30 Jun 2016
Ministeriële regeling van 16 december 2015 over de betaling van de loonkosten en sociale voorzieningen van casinocontroleurs door de casino's, AB 2016 no. 1, with explanatory memorandum
Government of Sint Maarten (consolidated text on the Dutch government regulations portal, overheid.nl) (translated)
The regulations portal labels this regulation as lapsed on 1 January 2010, a date before its own entry into force on 1 February 2016; no repealing instrument was found, so the record treats it as in force.
Tier 1Accessed 24 Sept 2026Published 6 Jan 2016
Loterijverordening (Lottery Ordinance), consolidated text as amended by AB 2015 no. 9, in force from 30 May 2015
Government of Sint Maarten (consolidated text on the Dutch government regulations portal, overheid.nl) (translated)
Tier 1Accessed 24 Sept 2026Published 17 Apr 2015
Landsbesluit ter uitvoering van artikel 5 van de Loterijverordening (draws, ticket value cap, payout and security), AB 2013 GT no. 363
Government of Sint Maarten (consolidated text on the Dutch government regulations portal, overheid.nl) (translated)
Tier 1Accessed 24 Sept 2026Published 27 Mar 2013
Landsbesluit ter uitvoering van de artikelen 3bis en 4 van de Loterijverordening (licence conditions and monthly licence duties for sports, lotto, sweepstake, number and scratch lotteries), AB 2013 GT no. 97
Government of Sint Maarten (consolidated text on the Dutch government regulations portal, overheid.nl) (translated)
Tier 1Accessed 24 Sept 2026Published 21 Feb 2013
Wetboek van Strafrecht (Criminal Code of Sint Maarten), consolidated text AB 2019 no. 41
Government of Sint Maarten (consolidated text on the Dutch government regulations portal, overheid.nl) (translated)
Tier 1Accessed 24 Sept 2026Published 15 Nov 2019
Landsverordening bestrijding witwassen en terrorismefinanciering (National Ordinance on Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing), AB 2019 no. 25, with explanatory memorandum
Government of Sint Maarten (consolidated text on the Dutch government regulations portal, overheid.nl) (translated)
Tier 1Accessed 24 Sept 2026Published 14 Jun 2019
Ministeriële regeling indicatoren ongebruikelijke transacties (unusual transaction indicators), as amended by AB 2016 no. 12
Government of Sint Maarten (consolidated text on the Dutch government regulations portal, overheid.nl) (translated)
Tier 1Accessed 24 Sept 2026Published 15 Feb 2016
Ministry of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication
Government of Sint Maarten
Tier 1Accessed 24 Sept 2026
Bureau Unusual Financial Transactions (MOT): FIU Sint Maarten, reporting and supervision of designated non-financial businesses and professions
Government of Sint Maarten
Tier 1Accessed 24 Sept 2026
Rules of the Game: Government's Casino Policy, revised, Philipsburg, June 2011
Government of Sint Maarten
Tier 1Accessed 24 Sept 2026Published 1 Jun 2011
Problem and Disordered Gambling: White Paper (2023), Department of Social Development, Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour (VSA)
Government of Sint Maarten
Tier 2Accessed 24 Sept 2026
Anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing measures: Sint Maarten, Fourth Round Mutual Evaluation Report (July 2025), adopted at the May 2025 CFATF Plenary
Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (published by the FATF)
The report states that Sint Maarten has four online casinos active, while its sector table shows three online gaming establishments licensed by the Ministry of TEATT; it also gives 14 casinos licensed by TEATT in the text and 13 in the table. The record uses the TEATT licence count of three online licences, which matches the 2023 Ministry of VSA white paper.
Tier 2Accessed 24 Sept 2026
Uitvoeringsagenda en Uitvoeringsrapportage Landspakket Sint Maarten, 1 April to 30 September 2026 (theme: rule of law, gambling sector)
Tijdelijke Werkorganisatie (Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations) (translated)
Tier 2Accessed 24 Sept 2026Published 27 May 2026
Gaming reform has produced zero new revenue as new gambling authority remains on paper (report on the Ministry of TEATT's answers on the 2026 budget)
St. Martin News Network
Tier 3Accessed 24 Sept 2026Published 16 Aug 2026