Is online gambling legal in Portugal?

1. 1Decreto-Lei n.º 66/2015, de 29 de abril — Regime Jurídico dos Jogos e Apostas Online (RJO), consolidated text
2. 2Regulamento n.º 828/2015 — rules of online slot-machine games
3. 3Código do Imposto do Selo (Lei 150/99), Tabela Geral item 11 — gambling

Using a VPN to reach gambling sites from Portugal: Restricted.

Gambling with crypto: Banned.

• Minimum age: 18. Your identity is checked at registration, and you cannot deposit or play before then ↗

You must be 18 to gamble online in Portugal, for online casino, sports betting and lottery alike. Casino gaming rooms are closed to under-18s; online play is closed to minors by the RJO.

Winnings from licensed online sites are tax-free. Only prizes from Santa Casa's State games carry 20% stamp duty on the part above €5,000, taken before you are paid.

Rate: Winnings from SRIJ-licensed online operators are not taxed. Santa Casa State social-game prizes: 20% stamp duty on the part above €5,000 (Tabela Geral item 11.4).

The regulator's register lists 18 online licence holders in Portugal (checked 5 Nov 2026, no change since 21 Oct 2026).

Always verify a casino holds a valid Serviço de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos (SRIJ) licence before depositing. Check the official register before signing up.

The official register of licensed sitesServiço de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos (SRIJ)'s website

Prominent operators in Portugal

If a site isn't on the regulator's licensee register, ask the regulator before you play: an unlisted site is usually not licensed here (a register can lag behind a new licence). An unlicensed site is outside the regulator's supervision, so you cannot complain to the regulator about it.

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  Check the brand on SRIJ’s register

  Every licensed brand, its .pt website, its company and its licences are listed on SRIJ’s Entidades licenciadas page; a site not on it is not licensed.

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  Only a .pt address

  A licensed operator runs one website under a .pt domain, and all access from Portugal is redirected to it.

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  Identity checked before any play

  A licensed site verifies your identity, by Cartão de Cidadão, Chave Móvel Digital or a check through SRIJ, before you can play.

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  Euros only, no crypto

  Licensed sites accept only electronic payment instruments in legal tender in Portugal from authorised providers.

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  Help: Linha 1414

  The free, anonymous and confidential support line of ICAD.

Official changes that affect players, newest first, each with the document it comes from. A change marked not yet in our report is confirmed in the official text but not yet worked into our research report and the answers on this page.

Our daily watch reads the official publishers we follow for Portugal. A change is listed once it has been checked against the official document, by a person or, where marked, by our automated check. Dates are the official dates, not the day we found the change.

• Deposit and stake limits: You set them. Daily, weekly and monthly limits are offered. A higher limit takes effect after at least 24 hours, a lower one at once ↗
• Self-exclusion: 3 months minimum. Until a date you set or indefinitely. Made through SRIJ it covers every licensed operator; ending it takes one month ↗
• Withdrawals: 48 hours. The operator orders the transfer within 48 hours of your request, unless it reports an exceptional reason to SRIJ first ↗
• Decision time in a game: 3 seconds. The time you have to take a decision may not be shorter ↗

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   1. Complain to the operator

   Every licensed operator must run accessible complaint mechanisms and publish them on its site as part of its responsible-gambling plan; SRIJ asks players to go to the operator first.

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   2. Report to SRIJ

   SRIJ receives reports and fines operators for, among others, not paying an announced prize or not transferring a balance on request; it does not itself order repayment.

   SRIJ: Reclamações e denúncias
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   3. Consumer arbitration or the courts

   Consumer arbitration centres, including CNIACC with residual national competence, or the civil courts.

   CNIACC

• Myth

  My winnings from online betting are taxed.
  Reality

  Not from SRIJ-licensed sites: the operator pays the IEJO and stamp duty on prizes does not reach those games. Only Santa Casa State social-game prizes above €5,000 pay 20% on the excess.

• Myth

  Self-excluding on one site excludes me everywhere.
  Reality

  Only if you use SRIJ’s platform: an exclusion made on an operator’s own site covers that site only.

• Myth

  A licensed site can hold my withdrawal for days.
  Reality

  SRIJ requires the transfer to be ordered within 48 hours of the request unless an exceptional reason is reported to SRIJ beforehand.