Gambling Regulators by Country
Regulatory bodies referenced in our coverage. For a full jurisdictional profile see the country hubs.
29 companies
Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli
ItalyThe Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli (ADM) is Italy's customs and monopolies agency and the regulator of gambling, granting online and land-based concessions, running the 2024 online concession tender, collecting gaming taxes, certifying systems through its central control platform, maintaining the national self-exclusion register and the blocklist of unlicensed sites, and enforcing the 2018 advertising ban alongside the communications regulator. It oversees the largest licensed market in Europe by number of concessions.
Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis
CanadaAlberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis (AGLC) is the Crown agency that regulates gaming, liquor and cannabis in the Canadian province of Alberta and operates the province's own online gambling site, Play Alberta, launched in 2020 with casino games, sports betting and lottery products. AGLC licenses and oversees Alberta's casinos, racing entertainment centres, video lottery and charitable gaming, and is the regulator designated to oversee the province's move to a competitive online gambling market under the iGaming Alberta Act passed in 2025, under which a new corporation will conduct and manage private operators in the Ontario model. It is headquartered in St. Albert.
Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario
Ontario (Canada)The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) regulates gaming, alcohol, cannabis retail and horse racing in Ontario, registering the private operators and suppliers in the province's online market alongside iGaming Ontario, and setting the Registrar's Standards for Internet Gaming that govern advertising (including the 2024 ban on athletes and celebrities appealing to minors), inducements, responsible gambling and technical requirements. It also regulates the province's land-based casinos and lottery under the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation.
Autorité Nationale des Jeux
FranceThe Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ) is France's gambling regulator, created in 2020 to succeed ARJEL with expanded powers, supervising licensed online sports betting, horse racing betting and poker operators, the state lottery and racing monopolies, and land-based casinos in cooperation with the interior ministry. It approves operators' annual promotional strategies and action plans on excessive gambling, restricts advertising volume and content, orders the blocking of unlicensed sites, and publishes market data and guidance.
Coljuegos
ColombiaColjuegos is Colombia's national gambling regulator, licensing online operators since 2017 as the first regulated online market in Latin America, together with land-based casinos, slot routes and lotteries at national level, collecting the exploitation rights that fund the country's health system, certifying platforms and games, maintaining a blocklist of unlicensed sites enforced with the communications regulator, and enforcing advertising and responsible-gambling rules. It is the reference regulator for Latin American markets that followed.
Curaçao Gaming Authority
CuracaoThe Curaçao Gaming Authority (CGA) is the regulator created under Curaçao's National Ordinance on Games of Chance (LOK), in force since 24 December 2024, which replaced the island's master and sub-licence system with direct B2C and B2B licensing. It assesses fit-and-proper status, requires local substance from licensees, supervises anti-money-laundering and responsible-gambling compliance, maintains a public register of licensees and can suspend and revoke licences, bringing supervision to a jurisdiction that previously had almost none.
Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego
SpainThe Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) is Spain's national online gambling regulator, part of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, licensing online operators under the 2011 Gambling Act, enforcing the 2020 advertising decree and the 2023 safer-gambling environments decree, maintaining the national self-exclusion register, certifying technical systems and acting against unlicensed operators. Land-based gambling is regulated by the autonomous regions.
Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland
IrelandThe Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland (GRAI) is Ireland's gambling regulator, established in March 2025 under the Gambling Regulation Act 2024 to replace a licensing patchwork dating from 1931 and 1956, with a licensing regime for betting, gaming and lotteries, online and land-based, phased in from 2026. Its remit includes a national exclusion register, a ban on gambling with credit cards, an advertising watershed, powers over advertising volume and content, a social impact fund financed by a levy, and B2B supplier licensing.
Gemeinsame Glücksspielbehörde der Länder
GermanyThe Gemeinsame Glücksspielbehörde der Länder (GGL) is the Joint Gambling Authority of the German federal states, based in Halle, which took full responsibility in January 2023 for licensing and supervising online slots, poker and sports betting under the 2021 Interstate Treaty on Gambling. It operates the LUGAS central system enforcing the cross-operator deposit limit, maintains the whitelist of licensees, enforces against unlicensed operators through payment and domain blocking, adjusted the online slot stake limit in July 2026, and is preparing the treaty's 2026 evaluation.
Gibraltar Gambling Commissioner
GibraltarThe Gibraltar Gambling Commissioner regulates online and land-based gambling in Gibraltar under the Gambling Act 2005 and the reforms enacted in 2025, licensing remote betting and gaming operators and B2B suppliers, many of which serve Britain and international markets from the territory. Gibraltar has been the base of several of the largest British-facing online operators since the late 1990s, and its regulator emphasises the reputation of licensees, anti-money-laundering supervision and cooperation with the Gambling Commission.
Hellenic Gaming Commission
GreeceThe Hellenic Gaming Commission (HGC) is Greece's independent gambling regulator, licensing online betting and casino operators under the 2020 online licensing regime, supervising OPAP's lottery and betting concessions and the country's land-based casinos, enforcing product rules including online slot stake and speed limits, running the national self-exclusion register and maintaining the blacklist of unlicensed sites. It levies a gaming tax of 35 per cent of gross gaming revenue on online licensees.
iGaming Ontario
Ontario (Canada)iGaming Ontario (iGO) is the provincial agency that conducts and manages Ontario's regulated online gambling market, opened in April 2022, entering operating agreements with private operators who are registered by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, which sets the standards on advertising, inducements, responsible gambling and technical requirements. iGO collects the province's share of revenue, publishes quarterly market reports and, under 2025 legislation, became independent of the regulator; the Ontario model is the one Alberta is adopting.
Isle of Man Gambling Supervision Commission
Isle of ManThe Isle of Man Gambling Supervision Commission is the regulator of online and land-based gambling in the Isle of Man, licensing operators, network services and software suppliers under the Online Gambling Regulation Act 2001 and related legislation, with a reputation for player-funds protection through segregation requirements, for accessible licensing of B2B suppliers and for a low tax structure. The island hosts many platform and content suppliers and several operators serving global markets.
Kahnawake Gaming Commission
CanadaThe Kahnawake Gaming Commission is the gambling regulator of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake, a First Nations territory near Montreal, which has licensed online gambling operators and hosted their servers since 1999 under its own regulations, making it one of the oldest online gambling jurisdictions. It licenses interactive gaming operators, client providers and key persons, has adapted its regime as Canadian provinces regulated online gambling, and its status is asserted under Mohawk sovereignty rather than Canadian federal or provincial law.
Kansspelautoriteit
NetherlandsThe Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) is the Netherlands Gambling Authority, established in 2012 and based in The Hague, which licenses and supervises online gambling under the Remote Gambling Act (KOA) that opened the Dutch market in October 2021, as well as land-based casinos, arcades and lotteries. It runs the Cruks national self-exclusion register, enforces the country's advertising restrictions and mandatory deposit limits, fines licensed and unlicensed operators, and publishes market monitoring including channelisation estimates that inform the KOA reform.
Kansspelcommissie
BelgiumThe Kansspelcommissie (Belgian Gaming Commission) regulates gambling in Belgium under the 1999 Gaming Act, licensing casinos, arcades, betting shops and the online operators that must hold a corresponding land-based licence, maintaining the EPIS exclusion register, enforcing the country's near-total advertising ban phased in from 2023, the minimum age of 21 from 2024 and default weekly deposit limits, and publishing a blacklist of unlicensed sites for blocking by internet providers.
Loterj
BrazilLoterj is the state lottery of Rio de Janeiro, which in 2023 began licensing online sports betting operators under state authority ahead of Brazil's federal regime and sought to permit its licensees to accept bets nationwide, a claim rejected by the Supreme Federal Court in 2025, which confined state lottery authorisations to bets placed within the state. It continues to run state lottery products and to license betting operators for Rio de Janeiro residents alongside the federal system.
Lotteri- og stiftelsestilsynet
NorwayLotteri- og stiftelsestilsynet (the Norwegian Gambling and Foundation Authority) is Norway's gambling regulator, based in Førde, supervising the state monopolies Norsk Tipping and Norsk Rikstoto under the 2023 Gambling Act and enforcing against unlicensed operators through payment blocking, DNS blocking introduced from 2024, orders and fines against foreign operators and action against affiliates and media carrying their advertising. It also regulates private lotteries and bingo and publishes market and channelisation data.
Malta Gaming Authority
MaltaThe Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) is the regulator of gaming in Malta, established in 2001 and operating under the Gaming Act of 2018, licensing B2C gaming service and B2B critical gaming supply licensees that serve markets across Europe and beyond from Malta. It assesses fit-and-proper status, approves key functions, audits systems, supervises anti-money-laundering compliance jointly with Malta's financial intelligence unit, runs the national self-exclusion register for its licensees and publishes enforcement actions. It is the largest EU gaming licensing authority by number of online licensees.
Michigan Gaming Control Board
Michigan (USA)The Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) regulates Detroit's commercial casinos, tribal gaming compacts, online casino and sports betting launched in January 2021, and fantasy contests, licensing operators and suppliers, certifying platforms and games, and publishing monthly revenue reports. It has been among the more active state regulators in enforcement against unlicensed offshore operators, sweepstakes casinos and prediction markets, issuing cease-and-desist orders and pursuing payment intermediaries.
Nevada Gaming Control Board
Nevada (USA)The Nevada Gaming Control Board and the Nevada Gaming Commission together regulate gaming in Nevada, the oldest and most established gambling regulatory system in the United States, licensing casinos, sportsbooks, suppliers, key employees and online poker, conducting suitability investigations, enforcing the Gaming Control Act and publishing monthly revenue data. Nevada's regulators are the model for suitability investigation across the American states and have taken a leading role in the state challenge to federally regulated sports event contracts.
New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement
New Jersey (USA)The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) is the investigative and regulatory arm of the state's gambling oversight, within the Attorney General's office, which with the Casino Control Commission licenses Atlantic City casinos and the online casino and sports betting operators tethered to them. Regulating online casino since 2013 and sports betting since 2018, it is the most experienced online gambling regulator in the United States; its technical standards, testing, geolocation, KYC and responsible-gambling rules became the template other states copied, and it publishes monthly revenue by operator.
Oficiul Național pentru Jocuri de Noroc
RomaniaThe Oficiul Național pentru Jocuri de Noroc (ONJN) is Romania's national gambling office, licensing online and land-based operators under class I licences and suppliers, affiliates, payment processors and other service providers under class II licences, one of the few European regimes licensing the whole supply chain. It certifies technical systems, enforces advertising and responsible-gambling rules that were tightened in 2024, maintains the blacklist of unlicensed sites and collects licence fees and taxes.
PAGCOR
PhilippinesPAGCOR is the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation, which both operates and regulates gaming in the Philippines. It oversees the domestic PIGO framework following the ban on offshore operators.
Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board
Pennsylvania (USA)The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) regulates casino gaming, online casino, sports betting, video gaming terminals and fantasy contests in Pennsylvania, licensing operators, suppliers and individuals, certifying platforms and games, enforcing responsible-gambling requirements and publishing monthly revenue reports. Online casino and sports betting launched under its rules in 2019, and Pennsylvania has become the largest online casino market in the United States by revenue under its supervision.
Secretaria de Prêmios e Apostas
BrazilThe Secretaria de Prêmios e Apostas (SPA) is the secretariat within Brazil's Ministry of Finance that regulates fixed-odds betting and online gaming under the 2023 law that legalised them, issuing the ordinances that set licensing, technical, payment, anti-money-laundering, advertising and responsible-gambling rules for the market that opened on 1 January 2025. It grants federal authorisations to operators, maintains the list of licensed brands, orders the blocking of unlicensed domains and enforces the prohibition on sign-up bonuses and the 2026 advertising ordinances.
Spelinspektionen
SwedenSpelinspektionen is the Swedish Gambling Authority, based in Strängnäs, which licenses and supervises gambling under the Gambling Act that opened the Swedish market on 1 January 2019, covering online casino and betting, land-based casinos, lotteries and B2B suppliers licensed since 2023. It operates the Spelpaus national self-exclusion register, enforces the one-bonus rule, the duty of care and, from April 2026, the ban on gambling with credit, fines licensees for breaches and blocks unlicensed operators.
Spillemyndigheden
DenmarkSpillemyndigheden is the Danish Gambling Authority, based in Odense, which licenses and supervises online betting and casino operators under the Gambling Act that opened the Danish market in 2012, together with land-based casinos, gaming machines, lotteries and B2B suppliers. It runs the ROFUS national self-exclusion register, obtains court orders to block unlicensed sites, publishes detailed market statistics and technical standards, and is regarded as one of Europe's most stable and transparent regulators, with channelisation above 90 per cent.
UK Gambling Commission
United KingdomThe Gambling Commission is the statutory regulator of commercial gambling in Great Britain and of the National Lottery, established under the Gambling Act 2005 and based in Birmingham. It licenses operators, key personnel and suppliers, sets the Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice, investigates and sanctions licensees through published regulatory settlements, fines and licence action, advises government on policy including the 2023 White Paper reforms, publishes industry statistics from regulatory returns, and acts against unlicensed operators serving British consumers. Its enforcement decisions are read across the industry as the reference for regulatory expectations.