Which online casinos are licensed in Hong Kong?
The register records Hong Kong as a state monopoly. Nothing to play is listed here, per the register read 2 Oct 2026. Online casino games in this market are reserved to the state operator. Legal age: 18+.
Source: Third-party source · read 2 Oct 2026
- Status
- State monopoly
- Regulator
- Home and Youth Affairs Bureau (licences); Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC), exclusive operator
- Legal age
- 18+
- Licence regime
- HKJC monopoly: horse-race betting, football betting (since 2003), Mark Six lottery, including online. No casino, either land-based or online
- Key facts
- The Betting Duty (Amendment) Bill 2025, passed on 11 September 2025, opened betting on basketball (exclusive HKJC licence, 50% tax on net proceeds) with a launch planned for September 2026; on 13 April 2026, the government suspended this launch (concern about US prediction markets, declared illegal in Hong Kong). Gambling Ordinance (Cap. 148): unauthorised gambling = offence, including betting with an unauthorised bookmaker or online.
What a player risks
Online casino games in this market are reserved to the state operator. No other site is licensed to offer them, and a licence issued elsewhere, offshore or foreign, does not make play legal where the offer is reserved to a monopoly. A site outside the monopoly is not supervised by the local regulator: its players have no access to that regulator's protection or dispute resolution, and deposits, payments or winnings may be blocked or confiscated. Depending on local law, using such a site may also lead to fines or prosecution. The register records for Hong Kong: Illegal and penalised: betting on an offshore casino or betting site is a criminal offence for the player (Gambling Ordinance, Cap. 148: fine and imprisonment; amounts not reviewed online today); the police conduct regular operations.
Licences valid in Hong Kong
Nothing to play is listed here: state monopoly.