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Sovereign state
Asia
ISO UZ
Uzbekistan: gambling regulation and licensing
- iLotteryRegulated
- Regulator
- National Agency of Perspective Projects
- Headline tax
- Not yet verified
- Licence required
- Not yet verified
- Last verified
- 30 Aug 2026
Summary
Uzbekistan regulates lotteries and games based on risk under Presidential Decree UP-68 of 19 April 2024, in force from 26 April 2024. The supervising body is the National Agency of Perspective Projects, whose governing regulation is annexed to the same decree. The most interesting feature is what else that agency does. The same decree carries a special regulatory regime for the circulation of crypto-assets, the regulatory sandbox, under the same agency. Uzbekistan has therefore put gambling and crypto-asset supervision in one authority, which is a combination almost no other jurisdiction has made deliberately and which matters for anyone assessing crypto-denominated gambling anywhere in Central Asia. The framing of the subject matter is also worth noting. Uzbek law speaks of games based on risk rather than of gambling, which is the drafting used across the post-Soviet space and which shapes what falls inside the regime. Uzbekistan spent much of the past two decades with an outright prohibition on such games, so a 2024 decree improving their regulation represents a change of direction rather than a routine update. This profile records the decree and the agency. Licence types, fees, tax treatment, advertising rules, player protection obligations and the position on remote play specifically have not yet been verified against primary sources and are left as honest gaps. Readers should verify the current position directly rather than relying on older accounts describing an unqualified prohibition.
Common pitfalls
Older guides describe Uzbekistan as an unqualified prohibition jurisdiction. Presidential Decree UP-68 of April 2024 regulates the organisation and conduct of lotteries and games based on risk and designates a supervising agency, so accounts predating it should not be relied on.
Key facts
- Regulator
- National Agency of Perspective Projects (NAPP)
- Regulator type
- Dedicated regulator
- Headline tax
- Not yet verified
- Licence required
- Not yet verified
- Minimum age
- Not yet verified
- Tax base
- Not yet verified
Legal framework
Primary statutes
Указ Президента Республики Узбекистан № УП-68 от 19.04.2024
- Year
- 2024
- In force
- Yes
- Summary
- Entered into force on 26 April 2024. Carries as annexes the regulation of the National Agency of Perspective Projects and a special regulatory regime for the circulation of crypto-assets, the regulatory sandbox.
Advertising
- Advertising permitted
- Not yet verified
- Affiliate rules
- Affiliates are not separately licensed. Only operators holding a licence from the national regulator may lawfully be promoted.
- Penalties for breach
- The National Agency of Perspective Projects supervises the sector as the framework is implemented.
Restrictions
- Uzbekistan has moved from prohibition towards a controlled framework under presidential decree, so the regime is being stood up rather than fully operational.
- Advertising rules form part of the framework as it develops, and the position should be expected to change.
- Only operators authorised under the new framework may lawfully be promoted.
Timeline
19 Apr 2024
Presidential Decree UP-68 adopted.
26 Apr 2024
The decree enters into force.
iGT coverage of Uzbekistan
Sources
- Указ Президента Республики Узбекистан № УП-68 от 19.04.2024 «О мерах по совершенствованию регулирования организации и проведения лотерей и игр, основанных на риске»
Lex.uz, Национальная база данных законодательства Республики Узбекистан
Tier 1Accessed 27 Aug 2026Published 19 Apr 2024