Online gambling law and regulation in Portugal

Is online gambling permitted?Yes1
Licence available for…BettingYes
SportsYes2
Card GamesYes
CasinoYes
LotteryNo3 (monopoly)
Footnotes and Notes
  1. Only state-owned actors and locally licensed operators are permitted to provide online gambling services in Portugal.
  2. Fixed-odds sports betting is permitted but pari-mutuel sports betting is reserved to the state monopoly. 
  3. Lottery is reserved to the state monopoly.

Last updated: April 2023

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