Venezuela: gambling regulation and licensing

Venezuela's gambling authority is the Comisión Nacional de Lotería, CONALOT, which publishes a structured legal framework section covering the constitution, organic laws, special laws, regulations, administrative rulings and decrees that govern the sector. That layered presentation is genuinely useful, because it shows a reader which instrument sits above which rather than presenting a single statute in isolation. CONALOT operates a registration system known as SITCON, and publishes step-by-step registration guidance for it, alongside channels for complaints and for applications, and a responsible gambling section. A registration system of that kind is the closest thing the jurisdiction publishes to a licence register. The practical caution for anyone assessing Venezuela is that the country's economic conditions, exchange controls and payment isolation shape the gambling market far more than the regulatory framework does, and none of that is visible from the commission's published material. This profile records the commission and leaves the substantive detail as honest gaps. Vertical status beyond lottery, licence types, fees, tax treatment, advertising rules and compliance obligations have not yet been verified against primary sources. The position on remote gambling is not asserted here and should not be inferred from the presence of a national lottery commission.

Regulator

Comisión Nacional de Lotería (CONALOT)

Regulator type

Dedicated regulator

Headline tax

Not yet verified

Licence required

Not yet verified

Minimum age

Not yet verified

Tax base

Not yet verified

Advertising permitted

Not yet verified

1. Comisión Nacional de Lotería

   Gobierno Bolivariano de Venezuela

   Tier 1Accessed 27 Aug 2026
2. Comisión Nacional de Lotería

   Comisión Nacional de Lotería

   Tier 1Accessed 29 Aug 2026