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Operating in DR Congo: tax, ads and compliance
DR Congo runs gambling as a State monopoly: private operators may offer sports betting, lotto and virtual games online only as approved partners of the State lottery SONAL, with approval from the Minister of Finance, and online casino has no licence segment of its own. The Ministry's public list of approved operators was empty on 27 October 2026, and operators withhold 10% of your winnings.
Product by product
Every applicant must be a Congolese-law commercial company registered in the RCCM with at least 15% of its capital held by Congolese nationals, and its approval is tied to a partnership contract with SONAL.| Product | Status | Licensed by | Tax | Key restriction | Advertising |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sports betting (online) | Licensable | Minister of Finance by arrêté, file instructed by the CSJA; partnership contract with SONAL | USD 50,000 a year (digital/online and USSD); 10% on winnings | SONAL share of at least 20% of gross gaming product online; 5% on deposits and 5% on withdrawals; connection to the Central Monitoring System | No gambling advertising code exists; only promotional tombolas are regulated (notice to the Ministry three months ahead) |
| Lotto and lotteries (online) | State monopoly | SONAL directly, or approved partners under a SONAL contract | Lotto digital/online USD 50,000 a year; commercial lottery USD 20,000 once | Commercial lotteries are authorised for no more than three months | As for Sports betting (online) |
| Virtual games (online) | Licensable | Minister of Finance by arrêté; SONAL partnership contract | USD 80,000 a year (digital/online); 10% on winnings | Same SONAL share and 5% deposit and withdrawal charges as other online segments | As for Sports betting (online) |
| Online casino and slots | Grey market | No segment of its own in the tax annex | No online casino line; casinos and slot machines are priced as land-based gaming rooms | Operators sell it anyway. betPawa and Betika cite SONAL, and 1xBet and MelBet name no licence (operator statements). No Ministry statement on it is known | As for Sports betting (online) |
Decided30 Aug 2026End of the pilot phase (communiqué N°017)
What happens to operators now that the reform's pilot phase has ended?
The Ministry of Finance's communiqué of 10 July 2026 set 30 August 2026 as the end of the pilot phase. After that date, operators that have not started compliance steps face administrative measures and the sanctions in the existing texts, while operators integrated into the national platform get a derogation on the normalised invoice and are spared the sanctions of the reform. No fine amounts are published, and as of 27 October 2026 the gambling bill is still before Parliament.
Ministry communiqué N°017, 10 July 2026 ↗Ministry communiqué, 27 August 2026 ↗
Regulator and player protection in DR Congo
Regulator
Application authority and enforcement body
Self-exclusion scheme
You can ask the CSJA
How players exclude themselves; what it covers is in the player guide
Mandatory RG controls
No limit imposed on players
Deposit limits or reality checks the law requires operators to offer
Heads-up for operators
3 items · last change 9 Nov 2026
Pending, not law, as of 8 November 2026: (1) the government's framework bill on gambling, adopted by the Council of Ministers in April 2025, deposited by the Minister of Finance on 23 June 2025 and declared receivable by the National Assembly on 4 December 2025, then sent to its economic and financial committee; the Ministry's communiqué of 10 July 2026 says it is 'en cours d'examen au Parlement' (CSJA news item of 30 May 2026); it was heard in committee on 1 April 2026 and placed on the extraordinary session of 26 June 2026 under a new title (the tax, criminal and supervisory regime of gambling), and no vote is recorded as of 8 November 2026. (2) The draft 2027 finance law proposes a levy on gross gaming product (arts. 100-102; half earmarked for regulation and the prevention of excessive gambling) and the budget package plans an Autorité de Régulation des Jeux d'Argent (ARJA); neither exists in law. (3) A private member's bill reported by the press as filed on 11 February 2026 has no official text and is not listed on the National Assembly's website (unconfirmed).
Draft 2027 finance law: levy on gross gaming product
Arts. 100-102 propose a levy on gross gaming product (RJAH), half earmarked for regulation and the prevention of excessive gambling; the budget package also plans an Autorité de Régulation des Jeux d'Argent. A bill, not law.
Source: 1
Government gambling bill: adopted, deposited, receivable
Adopted by the Council of Ministers in April 2025, deposited on 23 June 2025, declared receivable by the National Assembly on 4 December 2025 and sent to its economic and financial committee; before Parliament as of 10 July 2026. A bill, not law.
Source: 2
Not yet in force: drafts, laws adopted without a start date, and sections of the law still to be commenced. An item moves to the timeline below on the day it takes effect.
Getting licensed in DR Congo
The licence, its cost and the steps are in the licence guide
5 licence types: Approval (agrément): sports betting, online and USSD; Approval (agrément): lotto, online and USSD; Approval (agrément): virtual games, online; and others. Year-1 budget From USD 50k. Fees, requirements, documents, certification and the step-by-step route are set out there.Read the licence guide
Gambling tax and fees in DR Congo
Detail
As of 27 October 2026 the charges that reach an online operator are: (1) an annual authorisation tax fixed in US dollars per segment and mode and payable in Congolese francs at the official rate: USD 50,000 for online or USSD sports betting or lotto, USD 80,000 for online virtual games, USD 20,000 once for a commercial lottery (Arrêté 024/2024 annex II.A), payable by 31 January under Arrêté 004/2024 art. 6, a date Arrêté 024/2024 does not repeat (operators can confirm it with the CSJA); (2) a 10% tax on players' winnings, withheld by the operator and paid to the Treasury account monthly by the 15th of the following month (annex II.B, art. 5);
(3) a monitoring-platform charge of 5% of each deposit and 5% of each withdrawal, of which 3% is the monitoring fee and 2% goes to the telecom operator (Arrêté 005/2024 art. 37); (4) under the SONAL partnership, at least 20% of gross gaming product online (15% physical) after the monitoring fee, a contract payment and not a tax (Arrêté 008bis/2024 arts. 4-5).
The professional tax on profits is 30% (Code des impôts art. 83); gambling services bear 16% VAT, and players' winnings are exempt from VAT (arts. 8, 18(4), 35). No gross-gaming-revenue or turnover tax is in force: a levy on gross gaming product is only proposed in the draft 2027 finance law (arts. 100-102), which is a bill.
Bonus rules in DR Congo
Inducement ads: Allowed
No DR Congo rule on bonuses, free bets, free spins or wagering requirements appears in Arrêté 005/2024 or Circular 2023/001 (as of 27 October 2026). The only promotion rule is for promotional tombolas that businesses run for their own products.
What the player can claim
No rule on welcome bonuses, free bets, free spins or wagering requirements appears in Arrêté 005/2024 or the Circular (as of 27 October 2026).
What the operator can advertise
- Penalties
No fine schedule for gambling operators appears in the 2024 instruments; the sanction in Arrêté 005/2024 is withdrawal of the approval (arts. 44-46), and tax defaults go to the penalties of Ordonnance-loi 13/003 without amounts.
An approval can be withdrawn by arrêté of the Minister of Finance after a reasoned opinion of the gambling unit (Arrêté 005/2024 art. 46); tombola tickets issued without prior authorisation lead to withdrawal (art. 45).
No bonus or advertising enforcement is published as of 27 October 2026. Promotional tombolas are notified to the Ministry three months ahead, last at most three months, and the Ministry has one month to object (Arrêté 005/2024 arts. 38-39). The penal texts reach advertising of unauthorised lotteries (Decree of 17 August 1927 art. 3) and pronostic contests (Ordonnance-loi 11-141 art. 1, 2°).
How DR Congo enforces against unlicensed operators
As of 27 October 2026 the Ministry of Finance has published deadlines and warnings but no fine, suspension, withdrawal or blocking order against a named operator. The 2024 arrêtés set one sanction, withdrawal of the approval, and send tax defaults to the penalties of Ordonnance-loi 13/003 without stating amounts; the penal texts set small fines in francs and prison terms for organisers, sellers and intermediaries.
- Communiqué N°004 of 5 March 2026: companies operating without an approval to identify themselves by 31 March 2026; unpaid taxes to be sanctioned under art. 8 of Ordonnance-loi 18/003, no amount stated.
- Communiqué N°017 of 10 July 2026: a pilot phase ending 30 August 2026, after which operators that have not started compliance steps face the sanctions in force; operators integrated into the national platform are spared them.
- Communiqué of 27 August 2026: an approval or payment note from an authority without competence has no legal effect; the DGRAD is to cancel irregular payment notes and send their authors' files to the competent authorities.
- Arrêté 005/2024 arts. 44-46: withdrawal of the approval by the Minister of Finance after a reasoned opinion; none is published as of 27 October 2026.
- Note circulaire of 15 April 2025: asks the telecom regulator ARPTC to block illegal operators after a week's notice; no blocking list is published and no instrument gives an express blocking power; it was published in the Journal officiel on 24 April 2025, but the press reported in December 2025 that its effects had been cancelled, and no cancelling act is published.
- Penal texts: 1927 Decree 50-3,000 francs and 8 days to 3 months for lotteries; Ordonnance-loi 1951 20,000 francs and two months for pronostic contests; players are punished only for playing in public places (1901 arrêté).
Enforcement cases in DR Congo: 5 recent
Material regulator actions, court rulings, and high-profile fines from 2016–2026 against operators serving DR Congo. Each entry includes the technical failure and a one-line read-across for other operators in the market.
- August 2026
Authorities issuing approvals or payment notes
LicensingApprovals or payment notes from an authority without competence declared without legal effectThe Ministry of Finance's communiqué of 27 August 2026 says any approval, authorisation or payment note issued by an authority or service without competence has no legal effect, and that the DGRAD was instructed to identify and cancel any payment note irregularly issued.
Read-across: Operators holding a Sports and Leisure authorisation or paying that Ministry should confirm their position with the Ministry of Finance.
- July 2026
All Gambling Operators
LicensingRegistration deadline of 31 July 2026 and end of the pilot phase on 30 August 2026The Ministry's communiqué N°017 of 10 July 2026 told all companies operating gambling to fill in the Ministry's identification form and email it by 31 July 2026, and said that after the pilot phase ends on 30 August 2026 operators that have not started compliance steps face the administrative measures and sanctions provided by the texts in force; operators integrated into the national platform are spared the sanctions of the reform.
Read-across: Sets the compliance clock for the 2026 reform; the communiqué names no amounts and no later deadline is published as of 27 October 2026.
- March 2026
Companies operating without an approval
LicensingMinistry of Finance deadline to identify (31 March 2026) and warning on unpaid taxesThe Ministry of Finance's communiqué N°004 of 5 March 2026 told companies operating gambling without an approval to identify themselves to the Direction de la Réglementation Financière or a provincial Finance Division by 31 March 2026, and warned that operators who do not pay the authorisation tax and the tax on winnings will be sanctioned under art. 8 of Ordonnance-loi 18/003 (no amount stated).
Read-across: The first dated deadline of 2026 for unapproved operators; the communiqué states no penalty amount and no sanction against a named operator is published as of 27 October 2026.
- January 2024
All Gambling Operators
LicensingApproval must be renewed every year; a missing renewal can lead to withdrawalArrêté 005/2024 of 26 January 2024 obliges every operator to renew its approval each year, with a tax-clearance certificate (art. 33); a missing renewal act 'peut entraîner' withdrawal (art. 44), and the Minister withdraws an approval by arrêté after the reasoned opinion of the gambling unit (art. 46).
Read-across: Non-renewal is a ground for withdrawal on the face of the arrêté; no withdrawal is published as of 27 October 2026.
- December 2023
All Gambling Operators
TaxAuthorisation tax and winnings tax moved to the Ministry of Finance's annexLoi de finances 23/056 of 10 December 2023, art. 46, moved the authorisation tax and the tax on winnings from the Sports and Leisure annex to the Finance annex of the nomenclature of central-government levies; it sets no rate (Arrêté 024/2024 later fixed the rates, 30 July 2024). The PLF 2024 revenue annex records a collection conflict between Finance and Sports and Leisure.
Read-across: Tax collection sits with the Ministry of Finance; a payment note from another authority has no legal effect (communiqué of 27 August 2026).
Licensed operators in DR Congo
Notable licensed operators
1xBet
Winner.bet
Betika
BetPawa
Traps operators hit in DR Congo
Specific operational risks that have caught new entrants in this market. Each item is country-specific. Generic gambling-ops issues (KYC, RG tools) are not included unless they have a local twist.
Approval is not the end: you also need a SONAL partnership contract
Private companies exercise the State monopoly only in partnership with SONAL (Arrêté 005/2024 art. 5). Signing the approval authorises SONAL to conclude the contract for the segments named (art. 31); its duration is set in the contract (art. 32) and the statutory floor is at least 20% of online gross gaming product (Arrêté 008bis/2024 art. 5).
Online casino has no segment
Annex II.A prices lotto, sports betting (online and USSD) and virtual games online; casinos and slot machines are priced as land-based gaming rooms. betPawa, Betika, 1xBet and MelBet sell online casino on .cd sites (operator statements) and no Ministry statement on it is published. Get the CSJA's position in writing before offering it.
Only Finance approvals count
The Ministry of Finance's communiqué of 27 August 2026 says Ordonnance 25/293 no longer lists gambling among the powers of Sports and Leisure (the Ordonnance itself gives Finance only the registration of lottery gaming establishments, so which ministry is competent for betting and casinos is contested), and that an approval, authorisation or payment note from an authority without competence has no legal effect; the DGRAD was told to cancel irregular payment notes. The gazette still prints a Sports and Leisure authorisation of July 2024.
No public proof of approval
The CSJA's register of approved operators listed no operator on 27 October 2026, and no Finance approval after December 2023 is printed in the gazette. Operators state 'licensed by SONAL' on their own sites (operator statements); keep the approval arrêté and the SONAL contract on file.
Annual renewal and monthly payments
Approval is renewed every year with a tax-clearance certificate; a missing renewal can lead to withdrawal (Arrêté 005/2024 arts. 33, 44). The winnings tax is paid by the 15th of each month; the authorisation tax by 31 January under Arrêté 004/2024 art. 6, while Arrêté 024/2024 sets no date and the Ministry's communiqué of 5 March 2026 says only that it is annual and payable when due: confirm the date with the CSJA.
Payment rails and technical partners need approval
Payment integrators, game platform and telecom providers must be submitted for the Minister's prior approval and report monthly (Arrêté 005/2024 arts. 33-34); you need an account at a credit institution in the DRC (art. 27). The Note circulaire of 15 April 2025 asks the central bank to bar payment aggregators from serving gambling operators; it was published in the Journal officiel on 24 April 2025, but the press reported in December 2025 that its effects had been cancelled, and no cancelling act is published.
2026 identification and pilot-phase deadlines
Deadlines of 31 March and 31 July 2026 and a pilot phase ending 30 August 2026; after it, operators that have not started compliance steps face the administrative measures and sanctions in force. No later deadline is published as of 27 October 2026.
Timeline: rules in force
- 27 Aug 2026
Communiqué: approvals from other authorities have no effect
Cites Ordonnance 25/293 of 15 December 2025 (powers of the ministries); approvals or payment notes from an authority without competence have no legal effect.
Source: 9
- 10 Jul 2026
Communiqué N°017: registration and pilot phase
All operators to email the identification form by 31 July 2026; pilot phase ends 30 August 2026, after which sanctions in force apply to operators that have not started compliance steps.
Source: 8
- 5 Mar 2026
Communiqué N°004: taxes and identification
Companies operating without an approval to identify themselves by 31 March 2026; unpaid authorisation and winnings taxes to be sanctioned under art. 8 of Ordonnance-loi 18/003.
Source: 7
- March 2026
Ministry of Finance Issues Licensing Ultimatum
The Finance Minister ordered all unlicensed operators to regularize their status by March 31, 2026, signaling a move toward stricter enforcement.
Source: 17
- 29 Jan 2026
Arrêté 003 bis/2026 reorganises the CSJA
The Ministry's Cellule de Surveillance des Jeux d'Argent et de Hasard, first set up by Arrêté 078/2025 of 26 December 2025, is an internal cell, not an independent regulator; it instructs approvals and supervises operators; it creates no fee or levy on operators.
Source: 18
- 11 Apr 2025
Council of Ministers Deals With the Gambling Reform Bill
The Council of Ministers dealt with the gambling bill at its 39th meeting (11 April 2025), after its 21st meeting (8 November 2024); the bill was declared admissible on 4 December 2025 and no vote is recorded as of 8 November 2026.
Source: 19
- 30 Jul 2024
Arrêté 024/2024: tax rates
Sets the authorisation tax by segment (USD 20,000 to 150,000) and the 10% tax on winnings, and repeals the 2023 study fees.
Source: 13
- 26 Jan 2024
Arrêtés 005/2024 (approval and registration) and 006bis/2024 (UGRJH)
Set the approval route, SONAL partnership, monitoring platform and its 5% charges, and created the Ministry's reform unit (UGRJH), whose approval-study tasks the CSJA appears to have taken over in January 2026.
Source: 3
- 10 Dec 2023
Loi de finances 23/056 moves the gambling taxes to Finance
Art. 46 moved the authorisation tax and the tax on winnings to the Finance annex of the nomenclature of central-government levies.
Source: 20
- Nov-Dec 2023
Four Finance approvals
Arrêtés 2023/044, 045, 046 and 053 grant four single-segment approvals valid one year from signature, published 15 February 2024; whether any was renewed is not published.
Source: 16
- 3 Feb 2023
First Ministry acts: study fees, reform Committee, Circular
Arrêtés 2023/002 (study fees, repealed by Arrêté 004/2024) and 2023/003 (reform Committee; contrary provisions repealed by Arrêté 006bis/2024) and Circular 2023/001 (approval procedure, not expressly repealed).
Source: 4
- 1984
SONAL founded
Ordonnances 84-155 and 84-156 of 4 July 1984 founded the Société Zaïroise de Loterie (now SONAL); art. 7 of 84-156 is the basis of the State monopoly SONAL exercises (Arrêté 005/2024 art. 4).
Source: 3
- 1927
Foundational Lottery Decree Enacted
The original legal basis for lotteries was established under a colonial-era decree, which remains part of the fragmented legal framework.
Source: 21
- 1901, 1927, 1951
Colonial penal texts on games of chance, lotteries and pronostic contests
The Arrêté of 19 January 1901, the Decree of 17 August 1927 and Ordonnance-loi 11-141 of 16 May 1951 remain the prohibition basis that Arrêté 005/2024 art. 1 names.
Source: 11
Operator myths vs reality in DR Congo
Common assumptions about gambling licensing that turn out to be wrong in practice.
- MythYou can get a standalone online gambling licence from the government.
- MythThe Ministry of Sports and Leisure can still authorise gambling.Reality
The gazette prints Sports and Leisure authorisations up to July 2024, but the Ministry of Finance says Ordonnance 25/293 no longer lists gambling among that Ministry's powers and that an approval or payment note from an authority without competence has no legal effect (communiqué of 27 August 2026). Ordonnance 25/293 of 15 December 2025 lists no gaming item for Sports and Leisure, so that Ministry has had no basis to authorise gambling since then; its earlier authorisations can be challenged but stand until withdrawn or annulled by the Conseil d'État.
- MythA 20% GGR tax, a 7% SONAL share or a USD 100,000 licence cap applies.Reality
Not in the texts. The charges in force are the annex II.A authorisation tax (USD 50,000 to 150,000 a year; a commercial lottery USD 20,000 once), the 10% winnings tax withheld from players, the 5%/5% monitoring charge and a SONAL share of at least 20% of online gross gaming product. No gross-gaming-revenue or turnover tax is in force; a levy is only proposed in the draft 2027 finance law.
- MythA SONAL licence number on a site proves the operator is approved.
Markets that work like DR Congo
Compared on what our records hold for each country: whether online casino, betting, poker and lottery are licensed, state-run or banned, the licensing model, what the operator tax is levied on and its band, how most advertising channels are treated, and how foreign licences are treated. A point we hold for only one of the two countries counts for nothing.
- IrelandReviewedMozambiqueResearchedZimbabweAI overview
Online casino unregulated; betting and lottery licensed; licensed market.
- ZambiaChecked
Online casino unregulated; betting licensed; licensed market.
- NigeriaReviewed
Betting and lottery licensed; poker limited; licensed market.
Methodology & sources
The research behind our DR Congo coverage
Counted across every DR Congo page, not this page alone.
compiled 9 Nov 2026
19
official websites
regulators, legislatures, courts
64
pages cited
specific documents, not homepages
239
sourced data points
each traced to the instrument
Across every DR Congo page on this site: players, operators and the licence guide. The research report behind them cites official sources: the law, the regulator, the gazette, the courts and each platform’s own published advertising policy. Page sections not yet rewritten from the report may cite other sources.
The same research as a 79-page DR Congo report: every one of the 201 checklist questions, each answer cited to the instrument behind it.
Request the DR Congo reportOur Deep AI Scan took DR Congo through all 201 questions of our regulatory checklist, from 59 official documents, read on 9 Nov 2026. Our research team then traced every figure on this page to the document and sentence that states it. The full research report is reviewed by a named legal expert (9 Nov 2026). Where a fact rests on a press report or a law-firm summary rather than an official document, the page says so.
Documents cited on this page
- 1Projet de loi de finances 2027, Document n° 1, arts. 100-102 (a bill, not law)
- 2CSJA news item of 30 May 2026: state of the gambling bill (CSJA website)
- 3Arrêté 005/CAB/MIN.FINANCES/2024 of 26 January 2024 (approval and registration of operators), Journal officiel
- 4Circulaire CAB/MIN.FINANCES/2023/001 of 3 February 2023, Journal officiel (archive copy)
- 5Décret du 17 août 1927 sur les loteries (Leganet republication)
- 6Ordonnance-loi 11-141 of 16 May 1951 on pronostic contests (Leganet republication)
- 7Ministry of Finance, Communiqué officiel N°004 of 5 March 2026 (CSJA website)
- 8Ministry of Finance, Communiqué officiel N°017 of 10 July 2026 (CSJA website)
- 9Ministry of Finance, Communiqué officiel of 27 August 2026 (CSJA website)
- 10Note circulaire 001 and 002 of 15 April 2025 (integration of private operators into SONAL's digital platform), Journal officiel
- 11Arrêté du Gouverneur général du 19 janvier 1901 sur les jeux de hasard (Leganet republication)
- 12Arrêté 008bis/CAB/MIN/FINANCES/2024 of 14 February 2024 (monitoring fee and SONAL partnership shares), Journal officiel
- 13Arrêtés 004/2024 and 024/CAB/MIN/FINANCES/2024 (authorisation tax and 10% tax on winnings; 024 of 30 July 2024), Journal officiel
- 14Journal officiel, search "jeux de hasard" (titles)
- 15CSJA public register of approved operators (csja.finances.gouv.cd/operateurs)
- 16Approval arrêtés CAB/MIN.FINANCES/2023/044, 045, 046 and 053, Journal officiel of 15 February 2024
- 17Source
- 18Arrêté 003/CAB/MIN/FINANCES/2026 of 29 January 2026 setting up the CSJA (CSJA website)
- 19Source
- 20Loi de finances 23/056 of 10 December 2023, art. 46, Journal officiel
- 21Source
- 22Ordonnance n° 25/293 du 15 décembre 2025 fixant les attributions des Ministères (certified copy, FAOLEX)
- 23Expert legal review of the DR Congo report (edition of 27 October 2026), 8 November 2026
The 10 documents this page relies on most
- Arrêté ministériel n° 005/CAB/MIN.FINANCES/2024 du 26 janvier 2024 portant modalités d'agrément (autorisation) et d'enregistrement pour l'exploitation des jeux de hasard et pratiques assimilées en RDC (Journal officiel, first part, n° 14 of 14 July 2024 and an earlier issue of 20 May 2024)Regulator
- Arrêté ministériel CAB/MIN.FINANCES/2023/002 du 3 février 2023 (study fees and their split), Journal officiel, 1re partie, 64e année, n° 8, 15 avril 2023, col. 116-120 (Internet Archive copy of the official PDF)Regulator
- Arrêtés ministériels n° 004/CAB/MIN/FINANCES/2024 du 26 janvier 2024 and n° 024/CAB/MIN/FINANCES/2024 du 30 juillet 2024 portant fixation des taux des droits, taxes et redevances à percevoir à l'initiative du Ministère des Finances, with the annex of Arrêté 024 (Journal officiel)Regulator
- Arrêté ministériel n°003/CAB/MIN/FINANCES/2026 du 29 janvier 2026 portant mise en place de la Cellule de Surveillance des Jeux d'Argent et de Hasard (CSJA), as published by the CSJA (the Ministry's communiqué of 10 July 2026 calls it n°003 bis)Regulator
- Expert review of the DR Congo report by Salomon Mwilo (edition of 27 October 2026), dated 8 November 2026, received 9 November 2026Regulator
- Arrêté ministériel n° 037/CAB/MIN.FINANCES/2022 du 25 novembre 2022 modifiant et complétant l'Arrêté n° CAB/MIN.FINANCES/2021/020 du 14 décembre 2021 (Journal officiel)Regulator
- Arrêté ministériel n° 006 bis/CAB/MIN.FINANCES/2024 du 26 janvier 2024 portant création, organisation et fonctionnement de l'Unité de gestion du processus de la réforme du secteur de jeux de hasard et pratiques assimilées en RDC (UGRJH) (signé 26 janvier 2024, published in the Journal officiel 20 May 2024)Regulator
- Arrêté ministériel n° 008bis/CAB/MIN/FINANCES/2024 du 14 février 2024 fixant les modalités de perception et de répartition de la redevance de monitoring et des revenus des contrats de partenariat (Journal officiel)Regulator
- Loi n° 22/068 of 27 Dec 2022 on AML/CFT/CPF (CENAREF-hosted PDF)Regulator
- Note circulaire n° 001 et n° 002 du 15 avril 2025 relative à l'intégration obligatoire à la plateforme digitale de tous les opérateurs privés intervenant dans les transactions des jeux d'argent (Journal officiel of 24 April 2025)Regulator
Also cited on this page
- Journal officiel search, finds: Loi de finances n° 23/056 du 10 décembre 2023 pour l'exercice 2024 (Journal officiel of 5 January 2024)
- Code des impôts, mis à jour au 10 juillet 2023 (DGI, Ministère des Finances), PDF
- Ministry of Finance, Communiqué officiel N°004 of 5 March 2026: taxes on gambling, duty to pay and to identify operators (CSJA website)
- CSJA public register of approved operators (page 'Opérateurs agréés')
- CSJA self-exclusion request form (page 'Faire une demande d'auto-exclusion')
- Loi n° 25/048 du 1er juillet 2025 modifiant et complétant la Loi n° 22/068 du 27 décembre 2022 portant lutte contre le blanchiment de capitaux, le financement du terrorisme et de la prolifération des armes de destruction massive (CENAREF-hosted PDF)
- CENAREF: Casinos, Ligne directrice (PDF; file dated July 2024)
- Draft bill, not law: Projet de loi de finances 2027 (Document n° 1), Ministry of the Budget, arts. 100-102: proposed "Redevance du secteur des jeux d'argent et de hasard" (RJAH)
- Décret du 17 août 1927 sur les loteries (republication; no official online copy found)
- Arrêté du Gouverneur général du 19 janvier 1901 sur les jeux de hasard (republication; no official online copy found)
- Ordonnance-loi 11-141 du 16 mai 1951 portant interdiction des concours de pronostics sportifs ou autres (republication; no official online copy found)
- Loi organique n° 11/001 du 10 janvier 2011 portant composition, attribution et fonctionnement du Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel et de la communication (republication; no official online copy found)
- Loi organique n° 16/027 du 15 octobre 2016 portant organisation, compétence et fonctionnement des juridictions de l'ordre administratif (republication; no official online copy found)
- Décret n° 23/30 du 12 août 2023 (CENAREF, regulatory and control authority of designated non-financial businesses) (Journal officiel, special issue of 18 September 2023)
59 documents in all. Request the full research report for every source, answer by answer.
Looking for the player guide?
For consumer-facing information about gambling in DR Congo (tax on winnings, where to play legally, self-exclusion options), see the DR Congo player guide.
Disclaimer. This page reflects the law as we understood it on 9 Nov 2026. Rules change: always check the current position with Ministry of Finance (the Minister grants the approval by arrêté; its Cellule de Surveillance des Jeux d'Argent et de Hasard (CSJA), an internal cell of the Ministry and not an independent regulator, instructs applications and supervises operators); partnership contract with the State lottery SONAL. We are not a legal adviser.