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Uzbekistan banned gambling in 2007 and is now opening a narrow, state-controlled online market. Presidential Decree UP-68 of 19 April 2024 permitted online games based on risk and bookmaking from 1 January 2025 and placed lotteries, online games and betting under licences from the National Agency of Perspective Projects (NAPP), which also regulates crypto-assets, capital markets and insurance. Casinos, slot halls and other land-based gaming venues remain prohibited, and illegal organisation of gambling carries up to ten years' imprisonment. Cabinet Resolution No. 814 and six NAPP acts registered in July 2025 set the rules: five-year licences for resident companies only, servers in Uzbekistan, a single .uz domain, certified software, and charter capital of 150,000 base calculation values (66 billion som) plus a reserve of 75,000 (33 billion som) for online games and betting. The state duty for those licences is 37,000 base calculation values a year, 16.28 billion som. Every deposit, stake and payout passes through the Unified State Register of Bets and Players run by UZINFOCOM, which also holds deposit limits and the self-exclusion list. Residents and non-residents aged 18 or over may play, apart from nine barred groups such as people on the Social Register, soldiers and police. Licensees pay a 4% turnover tax on revenue less winnings and returned stakes, a three-year experiment from 1 July 2026, and a 1% levy on stakes to NAPP; licensed winnings are free of personal income tax. Gambling advertising is still banned. NAPP issued the first four licences, two for online games and two for bookmaking, to two companies on 31 July 2026. A Tax Code bill for the sector is due by 1 January 2027.
Describing Uzbekistan as a total ban: licensed online games, bookmaking and lotteries have been lawful since 2025. Assuming, as in Kyrgyzstan, that only foreigners may play: Uzbek residents aged 18 or over may play unless they fall in a barred category or are on the dependent persons list. Assuming land-based casinos are coming: Resolution No. 814 bans gaming halls and casinos. Quoting a tax regime from 1 January 2025 for five years: Decree UP-95 replaced it with a three-year experiment from 1 July 2026. Treating the state duty as one-off: for online games and bookmaking it is due every year. Converting base calculation values at an old rate: the value rose from 412,000 to 440,000 som on 1 September 2026.
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The regulator is the National Agency of Perspective Projects of the Republic of Uzbekistan (NAPP).
We record 3 licence types for Uzbekistan.
For the Online games licence (games based on risk on the internet), the annual fee is UZS 16,280,000,000 (as of 1 Sept 2026).
| Licence type | Application fee | Annual fee | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online games licence (games based on risk on the internet)No fee for examining the application. State duty of 37,000 base calculation values a year, paid on grant and then no later than 30 days before 1 January of each following year, failing which the licence is suspended (Law on State Duty, annex item 30). At 440,000 som per base calculation value from 1 September 2026 that is 16.28 billion som. Amendment costs 50% of the duty and re-registration 500 base calculation values. | Not yet verified | UZS 16,280,000,000 (as of 1 Sept 2026) | 5 years |
| Bookmaking licenceState duty of 37,000 base calculation values a year (16.28 billion som from 1 September 2026), on the same terms as the online games licence. | Not yet verified | UZS 16,280,000,000 (as of 1 Sept 2026) | 5 years |
Built from the record on this page, last verified 23 Sept 2026. The Licensing and Taxation sections carry the full detail and sources.
Указ Президента Республики Узбекистан от 19 апреля 2024 года № УП-68 «О мерах по совершенствованию регулирования организации и проведения лотерей и игр, основанных на риске»
Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 814 of 6 December 2024 on implementing Decree UP-68
Вазирлар Маҳкамасининг 2024 йил 6 декабрдаги 814-сон қарори
Civil Code, chapter 56, articles 983 and 984 (as set by Law No. ZRU-1057 of 17 April 2025)
Гражданский кодекс Республики Узбекистан, глава 56 «Проведение азартных и других основанных на риске игр»
Criminal Code, article 278 (organisation and conduct of gambling and other games based on risk)
Уголовный кодекс Республики Узбекистан, статья 278
NAPP Regulation on licensing online games based on risk, lotteries and bookmaking (No. 3638)
Интернет бутунжаҳон ахборот тармоғида таваккалчиликка асосланган ўйинларни, лотерея ташкил этиш ва букмекерлик фаолиятини лицензиялаш тўғрисидаги низом
NAPP Regulation on the Unified State Register of Bets and Players (No. 3639)
Ставкалар ва ўйинчиларнинг ягона давлат регистри тўғрисидаги низом
NAPP Regulation on organising and carrying out bookmaking (No. 3640)
Букмекерлик фаолиятини ташкил этиш ва амалга ошириш тартиби тўғрисидаги низом
NAPP Regulation on organising and conducting games based on risk on the internet (No. 3641)
Интернет бутунжаҳон ахборот тармоғида таваккалчиликка асосланган ўйинларни ташкил этиш ва ўтказиш тартиби тўғрисидаги низом
Интернет тармоғидаги таваккалчиликка асосланган ўйинлар, лотерея ва букмекерлик гаровларида қатнашиши тақиқланган фуқароларнинг тоифалари рўйхати
Жарима қўллаш тартиби тўғрисидаги низом
Постановление Кабинета Министров Республики Узбекистан от 16 августа 2007 года № 176
Presidential Resolution No. PP-381 of 30 November 2023 on protecting consumers of digital products
Постановление Президента Республики Узбекистан от 30 ноября 2023 года № ПП-381
Bill amending the Tax Code on taxation of lotteries, online games and bookmaking
Bill amending the laws on state duty, on licensing, permitting and notification procedures, on advertising and other laws
Online games licence (games based on risk on the internet)
Bookmaking licence
Lottery licence
Figures on this record are drawn from official regulator data.
1 Sept 2007
Cabinet Resolution No. 176 bans the organisation of gambling and other games based on risk.
1 Dec 2023
Resolution PP-381 takes effect, moving lottery and bookmaking regulation to NAPP and providing for payment and website blocking.
26 Apr 2024
Decree UP-68 of 19 April 2024 enters into force, making NAPP the licensing body for lotteries, online games and bookmaking.
12 Dec 2024
Cabinet Resolution No. 814 enters into force with licence conditions, restrictions and the state register of bets and players.
1 Jan 2025
Online games based on risk and bookmaking become permitted under Decree UP-68.
17 Apr 2025
Law ZRU-1057 amends the Civil Code, the Law on State Duty and the Law on Licensing for the new licences.
8 Jul 2025
Five NAPP acts on licensing, the state register, bookmaking, online games and barred players take effect.
9 Oct 2025
The NAPP fines regime for licensees and unlicensed foreign operators takes effect.
20 May 2026
Decree UP-95 resets the 4% tax regime as a three-year experiment from 1 July 2026.
31 Jul 2026
NAPP issues the first licences: online games and bookmaking licences to Olimpbet LLC and Aurum Vale LLC.
The Tax Code bill on lotteries, online games and bookmaking must reach the Cabinet of Ministers by 1 January 2027; until it is enacted the 4% rate rests on a decree running as a three-year experiment from 1 July 2026. Decree UP-68, as reworded in May 2026, also calls for a bill amending the laws on state duty, licensing and advertising, which is the route by which the advertising ban could change; no text had been published on Lex.uz by 23 September 2026. The licence register held four licences for two companies and no lottery licence, so the pace of further licensing is the main thing to watch, along with the first published use of NAPP's fines on unlicensed foreign operators, available since October 2025.

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Lex.uz, National Database of Legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Ministry of Justice) (translated)
Lex.uz, National Database of Legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Ministry of Justice) (translated)
Lex.uz, National Database of Legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Ministry of Justice) (translated)
Lex.uz, National Database of Legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Ministry of Justice) (translated)
Lex.uz, National Database of Legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Ministry of Justice) (translated)
Lex.uz, National Database of Legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Ministry of Justice) (translated)
Lex.uz, National Database of Legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Ministry of Justice) (translated)
Lex.uz, National Database of Legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Ministry of Justice) (translated)
Lex.uz, National Database of Legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Ministry of Justice) (translated)
Lex.uz, National Database of Legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Ministry of Justice) (translated)
Lex.uz, National Database of Legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Ministry of Justice) (translated)
Lex.uz, National Database of Legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Ministry of Justice) (translated)
Lex.uz, National Database of Legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Ministry of Justice) (translated)
Lex.uz, National Database of Legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Ministry of Justice) (translated)
Lex.uz, National Database of Legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Ministry of Justice) (translated)
Lex.uz, National Database of Legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Ministry of Justice) (translated)
Lex.uz, National Database of Legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Ministry of Justice) (translated)
Lex.uz, National Database of Legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Ministry of Justice) (translated)
National Agency of Perspective Projects of the Republic of Uzbekistan (NAPP) (translated)
National Agency of Perspective Projects of the Republic of Uzbekistan (NAPP) (translated)