Before opening an online project, every operator primarily asks the question: what market to choose? Where can I operate freely, and where do I need to go through the licensing procedure?

Slotegrator examined this question. Our experts prepared a list of countries where online gambling operation is legal.

Based on the last introduced Gambling Act amendments with respect to Relevant Products offered in digital form, all online games, except for betting and special offer lotteries are covered by the state monopoly. Poland's gambling laws regulate sports betting and gambling. Sports betting is allowed in land-based establishments and online, but only at licensed operators. The Gambling Act from 2011 basically forbids all forms of online gambling, with the exception of sports betting. Poland’s online gambling blacklist has been upheld by a local court as permissible under the country’s gambling laws. Last week, Polish media outlet Gazeta Prawna reported that the Provincial. The amendment to the law on gambling has just been published in the Journal of Laws (Dz.U. Journal of Laws item 1201). According to the amendment the joint-stock companies and the limited liability companies based in one of the European Union Countries or the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) will be able to carry out their specific gambling activity in Poland via the branch established. The opening of the Polish online gambling market is progressing as a draft amendment to Poland’s gambling law was adopted by the country’s Parliamentary Senate last week. DLA Piper reports a Polish Government representative indicating two additional amendments in the pipeline concerning a change in the regulation of poker and the.

To make it even more convenient, we sorted them by continents. It includes not only those countries subject to certain requirements and where online gambling is regulated by law. There are also those countries where online gambling is neither regulated nor prohibited.

Online gambling availability in the World 2020

Depending on different approaches to gambling regulation in the world, all countries are divided into 4 groups.

Countries where foreign online casinos are not blocked:

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Africa	Asia	Europe	North America	South America	Oceania
Eritrea Nigeria	Azerbaijan Brunei Hong Kong Japan Kyrgyz Republic Laos Malaysia Qatar Singapore Uzbekistan Yemen	Cyprus Bosnia and Herzegovina Czech Republic Iceland Luxembourg Serbia Slovakia	Cayman Islands Salvador Mexico	Brazil	American Samoa Australia Guam New Zealand

The local regulators do not apply any legislative requirements in these countries. Foreign gambling sites can be licensed in any jurisdiction or generally operate without it.

However, it should be noted that gambling is not necessarily legal in these countries.

For example, the Cayman Islands completely prohibit gambling, while the local residents are liable for participation in gambling. The fact that foreign online casinos are not blocked now can only be explained by the inability of regulator to do this. And if the online gambling is not legalized, blocking of foreign sites is just a matter of time.

Countries where gambling websites must be licensed by the local regulator:

Africa	Asia	Europe	North America	South America	Oceania
Ethiopia Mayotte Reunion Island	Georgia Sri Lanka	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Italy Netherlands Poland Romania Spain UK	Antigua and Barbuda Guadeloupe Martinique Panama Saint-Barthélemy Saint-Martin Virgin Islands (USA)	Falkland Islands French Guiana	French Polynesia New Caledonia Wallis and Futuna Islands

These countries use the most competent approach to online gambling regulation. Each operator (whether it is local or foreign) must acquire a license and fulfill certain legal requirements. Conditions are equal for all. Everyone is obliged to pay taxes to the budget. Only in this case, the operator has the right to work legally. Otherwise, the online resource will be blocked.

The following countries require a license of the local regulator only for the local gaming sites. Foreign platforms can work without it:

Africa	Asia	Europe	North America	South America	Oceania
Comoros Gambia Guinea Mauritius Rwanda Seychelles	Armenia	Greece Hungary Ireland Latvia Lithuania Macedonia Moldova Monaco Norway Montenegro Portugal San Marino Slovenia Sweden Switzerland	Aruba Belize Canada Curacao Dominica Dominican Republic Greenland	-	Fiji Vanuatu

As in the first group, these countries do not apply any legal requirements to foreign sites. A foreign operator may be licensed in any jurisdiction and, in some countries operate without it at all. However, all local casino owners are required to undergo the licensing procedure of the local regulator and to pay taxes to the local treasury.

The following countries have no restrictions for the gambling sites at all:

Africa	Asia	Europe	North America	South America	Oceania
Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Congo DR Congo Egypt Equatorial Guinea Gabon Ghana Guinea-Bissau Côte d'Ivoire Kenya Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Sierra Leone South Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Western Sahara Zambia Zimbabwe	Bangladesh Macau India Mongolia Myanmar Tajikistan	Albania Andorra Belarus Faroe Islands Gibraltar Isle of Man Kosovo Liechtenstein Malta	Bahamas Barbados Bermuda Costa Rica Djibouti Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Nicaragua Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Turks and Caicos	Argentina Bolivia Chile Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Uruguay Venezuela	Cook Islands Kiribati Micronesia Nauru Northern Mariana Islands Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands East Timor Tonga

This is the largest group of countries. Many of them do not regulate gambling activities at all.

Online gambling laws around the world

Today almost every country has its own rules regulating the land-based gambling. However, the situation with online gambling is more ambiguous. As can be seen, the attitude towards local and foreign operators differs fundamentally from country to country.

In the European Union, for example, the operators of the foreign gambling sites are subject to the requirements of the EU law. However, not all countries agree that foreign operators don’t

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