Slovakian Online Gaming

Online gaming is permitted and regulated under the 2019 Gambling Act, which opened the market to private and foreign operators (from the EU/EEA and OECD) for the first time, subject to local licensing. Operators can obtain separate licenses for internet casinos and for online fixed-odds betting, must meet technical requirements (including server access for the regulator) and pay monthly contributions of 22% of GGR for online casino games and 22% of GGR for online fixed-odds betting.

In December 2018, Slovakia’s National Council passed a new gambling act, opening its online gambling market to international operators across the European Union for the first time. The legislation, drafted by the Ministry of Finance, will end the regime of the state-owned national lottery operator, Tipos. However, under the new regulations it will continue to run its online monopoly on certain types of lotteries and bingo.

Tipos was granted credit protection again creditors by the Bratislava 1 District Court in May 2011. Tipos had steadily been losing business to foreign-based online competition and facing a EUR 66 million judgment for lottery trademark infringement awarded by the Slovakian Supreme Court.

Since 2017, the regulator has actively enforced licensing rules by maintaining a blacklist of unlicensed online operators, seeking court orders to block access to blacklisted domains and directing payment service providers and banks to stop processing payments for illegal sites. By early 2025, over 800 unlicensed websites had been added to the blacklist, as URHH intensified inspections and digital enforcement against illegal online gambling.

Online Gaming Properties Operating in Slovakia