Which online casinos are licensed in Uruguay?
The register records Uruguay 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
- Dirección Nacional de Loterías y Quinielas (DNLQ, MEF) and Dirección General de Casinos (DGC)
- Legal age
- 18+
- Licence regime
- No private online licence; Ley 19.535 (2017) and Decreto 366/017: any online gambling not expressly authorised by the State is prohibited
- Key facts
- The chamber of private casinos (Cuoasec) submitted to the MEF at the end of August 2026 a preliminary draft law (online reserved for authorised land-based casinos, exclusive domain •••, gambling-addiction fund) — not yet tabled in Parliament as at 31 August 2026. The State may block sites, payments and advertising of unauthorised operators.
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 Uruguay: Illegal: online gambling not authorised by the State is prohibited (Ley 19.535), with possible blocking of sites and payments; no legal private casino operator.
Licences valid in Uruguay
Nothing to play is listed here: state monopoly.