Is online gambling legal in Romania?

1. 1ONJN — Class I licensed operators (B2C)
2. 2OUG 77/2009 — consolidated text published by ONJN
3. 3ONJN — lista neagră, blacklist of unauthorised sites

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

Gambling with crypto: Restricted.

• Minimum age: 18. Minors are barred ↗

You must be 18 to gamble online in Romania, for online casino, sports betting and lottery alike.

The operator withholds the tax as a final tax on each gross payment and remits it by the 25th of the next month. Scale: 4% up to 10,000 lei; 400 lei + 20% of the excess up to 66,750 lei; 11,750 lei + 40% above. Winnings from casino games, poker clubs, slot machines and scratch cards are non-taxable up to 66,750 lei a payout, and above it 11,750 lei is taken off the scale result; sports-betting winnings are taxed from the first leu. For online play the tax falls when money moves from the game account to a bank account, not when you win. The 4% band applies to income paid from 1 August 2025 (3% before).

28 online · about 355 B2B suppliers in Romania, as of 4 Nov 2026.

Always verify a casino holds a valid Oficiul Național pentru Jocuri de Noroc (ONJN) licence before depositing. Check the official register before signing up.

The official register of licensed sitesOficiul Național pentru Jocuri de Noroc (ONJN)'s website

Prominent operators in Romania

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 Class I register

  ONJN lists the 28 licensed operators and their 92 domains.

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  Licence number and ONJN logo

  Licensed advertising must show the 18+ symbol, the licence series and number and the ONJN logo.

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  Not on the blacklist

  ONJN’s lista neagră names the sites internet providers must block; playing on one is fined.

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  Verify within 30 days

  A licensed site lets you deposit up to €200 before your identity is verified, and pays out only after.

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  Money back to your own account

  Winnings return only to the account the deposit came from, through an ONJN-licensed payment processor.

Official guidance, court decisions and changes to the list of blocked gambling sites in Romania, newest first, each linked to the official text.

Our daily watch reads the official publishers we follow; each item is listed once a person has checked it against the official text, and every sentence is taken from that text. Dates are the official dates where the text gives one, else the day it was published.

• Before ID check: €200 deposit cap. Withdrawals are blocked until your identity is verified. You have 30 days, or the account is closed and the funds go to the state budget ↗
• Deposit limit: None required. No mandatory deposit limit once you are verified ↗
• Self-exclusion: Site by site online. The national ONJN register covers physical gambling only; online it is operator by operator ↗
• Fine for unlicensed play: 5,000 to 10,000 lei. For a person on Romanian territory playing on a site ONJN has not authorised ↗

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   1. Complain to the operator

   It must resolve the complaint within a reasonable time and no later than 14 days.

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   2. Write to ONJN

   Possible if the complaint is refused, but ONJN states it has no competence to intervene in the contract between player and operator.

   ONJN petition guidance
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   3. Go to court

   No gambling ADR body exists; the courts decide disputes.

• Myth

  Every winning is taxed from the first leu.
  Reality

  Sports-betting winnings are. Casino-game, poker-club and slot winnings are tax-free up to 66,750 lei a payout, and online the tax falls when you withdraw, not when you win.

• Myth

  Playing on a foreign site is my own business.
  Reality

  Romania fines the player: 5,000 to 10,000 lei for playing on a site ONJN has not authorised.

• Myth

  One self-exclusion covers every site.
  Reality

  Not online: ONJN’s national register covers land-based venues; online you exclude yourself with each operator.