Operating in Uzbekistan: 4% tax, ad Ban
Legal online under NAPP licences since 2025; the first four licences went to two companies on 31 July 2026. Land-based gambling is banned and gambling advertising is barred.
Product by product
Every licence goes to an Uzbek-resident legal entity that runs one domain on servers in Uzbekistan and takes every deposit, bet and payout through the Unified State Register of Bets and Players.| Product | Status | Licensed by | Tax | Key restriction | Advertising |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sports betting | Licensable | NAPP (bookmaking licence, BF) | 4% turnover tax | No bets on events held in Uzbekistan with Uzbek citizens taking part, except spectator games under federation rules and international-level events | Banned (Law on Advertising art. 46) |
| Online casino and slots | Licensable | NAPP (online risk-based games licence, ITO) | 4% turnover tax | Game software certified by one of 20 listed laboratories; platform on servers in Uzbekistan | Banned (Law on Advertising art. 46) |
| Live casino | Licensable | NAPP (online risk-based games licence, ITO) | 4% turnover tax | The platform must publish the date, time and language of live-model games | Banned (Law on Advertising art. 46) |
| Lottery | Licensable | NAPP (lottery organiser licence) | 4% turnover tax | At least 50% (paper) or 75% (electronic) of the money collected paid out as prizes; NAPP approves each lottery's terms | Allowed with a warning that minors may not take part |
| Land-based casino and slot halls | Banned | No licence exists | Not applicable | Prohibited except lottery-ticket points; illegal organisation carries up to seven years' imprisonment. How it is sold anyway: none found in primary sources | Banned |
How will the 4% turnover tax actually work?
Decree UP-95 of 19 May 2026 made the 4% turnover tax an experiment from 1 July 2026 for three years. The detailed mechanism, the filing frequency and whether corporate income tax and VAT also apply are not in the decrees. NAPP, the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Tax Committee must put a draft law amending the Tax Code before the Cabinet by 1 January 2027.
Regulator and player protection in Uzbekistan
Which casinos & betting sites are licensed in Uzbekistan?
See the full official list of licensed operators and their authorised domains.
Heads-up for operators
2 items · last change 12 Oct 2026
Decree UP-68, as restated by Decree UP-95 of 19 May 2026, makes the 4% turnover tax an experiment from 1 July 2026 for three years and requires a draft law amending the Tax Code, to set the tax mechanism, by 1 January 2027. The decree also called for a bill amending the Law on Advertising, but art. 46, which bars gambling advertising, has not been changed (latest edition 12 March 2025).
Draft Tax Code law due
NAPP, the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Tax Committee must put a draft law amending the Tax Code, setting the turnover-tax mechanism, before the Cabinet by 1 January 2027.
Source: 1
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: apply to the NAPP
Gambling tax: 4% of GGR
Organisers of lotteries, online risk-based games and bookmaking are payers of a 4% turnover tax on their aggregate income from the activity less all winnings paid and stakes returned (Decree UP-68 para 3). Decree UP-95 (in force 20 May 2026) made the regime an experiment from 1 July 2026 for three years, replacing the earlier 'from 1 January 2025 for 5 years'.
The detailed mechanism, the filing frequency and whether corporate income tax and VAT also apply are not set in the decrees: a draft law amending the Tax Code is due by 1 January 2027. Separately, 1% of what players put into bets and online games, and of each lottery ticket's price, goes to NAPP (Cabinet resolution 814, Annex 4).
Uzbekistan's gambling tax next to neighbours and nearby markets
Each bar is the headline operator tax as that country's own page states it, for Uzbekistan, the nearest other markets (marked “nearby”) that tax gross gaming revenue or sports-betting stakes. Hover or tap a bar to see what it is made of; a tax on stakes is drawn at its weight against revenue.
Which foreign licences Uzbekistan accepts
Uzbekistan recognises none of these 8 foreign licences.
BannedMalta (MGA) · United Kingdom (UKGC) · Gibraltar (GRA) · Isle of Man (GSC) · Curaçao · Kahnawake (KGC) · Anjouan (AGB) · Alderney (AGCC)
Not recognised: only a NAPP licence held by an Uzbek-resident legal entity permits the activity. NAPP may fine a foreign legal entity serving Uzbek residents 25,000 BCU for operating without a licence and 10,000 BCU for taking deposits, and gambling sites are put on the register of banned Internet resources on NAPP's request.
Bonus rules: welcome bonuses allowed
No instrument bans or caps bonuses. NAPP's online-games Regulation defines a bonus (an offer in any form to attract, retain or encourage a player) and requires the bonus terms in the game catalogue. Advertising a bonus is caught by the general advertising ban in art. 46 of the Law on Advertising.
- Welcome bonus
- Allowed
No wagering cap and no rule on VIP, loyalty or cashback schemes was found; an operator may not give players credit.
- Channels off-limits
- television
- radio
- public OOH
- online advertising
- social media
- Telegram
- Messages ads may not give
- Event forecasts that urge players to bet with promises or guarantees of profit (bookmaking Regulation para 16)
- Penalties
NAPP fines a licensee 0.8% of the minimum charter capital for breaching advertising requirements (1% on repetition within a year) and a foreign legal entity 10,000 BCU. Advertising a product whose advertising is prohibited is fined 100 BCU under the Law on Advertising (art. 47), and a citizen 5-7 BCU under the Administrative Code (art. 178-1).
A breach of the licence conditions, advertising requirements included, can lead to suspension; two or more breaches in a year let a court revoke the licence.
The visible enforcement is the Competition Committee's, against sites and bloggers promoting bookmakers; no action against a licensee's own-site bonus banners was found.
| Date | Operator | Violation | Penalty | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | N/A | The Competition Committee's first-half 2026 report counts 82 cases of totaliser and bookmaker advertising in 165 monitoring checks. | 76 blocking requests, more than 50 sites blocked | Competition Committee, 25 August 2026: advertising-market work in the first half of 2026 |
| May 2026 | N/A | A banner for a mixed-martial-arts event in Bukhara carried a bookmaker logo. | Banner removed; customer, producer, distributor and organisers examined | Competition Committee, 1 May 2026: bookmaker-logo advertisement in Bukhara removed |
| February 2026 | N/A | Bloggers promoted bookmaker services. | Administrative record; file sent to court | Competition Committee, 19 February 2026: measures against bloggers advertising bookmaker services |
| August 2025 | Melbet | Bloggers promoted bookmaker services using the Melbet trademark. | Administrative liability; file sent to court | Competition Committee, 12 August 2025: measures against bloggers advertising bookmaker services |
| November 2024 | N/A | Websites promoted bookmaker services. | About 30 of 42 proposed sites blocked | Competition Committee, 27 November 2024: about 30 websites promoting bookmakers blocked |
Advertising: banned or near-banned
Gambling advertising is barred in Uzbekistan. Art. 46 of the Law on Advertising says advertising of gambling and other risk-based games, including games over the Internet, is not permitted, with no exception for operators licensed by NAPP; lottery advertising is allowed if it warns that minors may not take part. The ban applies to sportsbook and casino alike. The Competition Committee enforces it, and NAPP fines licensees for breaching advertising requirements.
| Channel | Status | Vertical & Platform Split (2026) |
|---|---|---|
| Google Search Ads | Banned | Art. 46 names the Internet and has no exception for licensees, so search ads for betting or casino are caught. The Competition Committee has sites promoting bookmakers blocked: more than 50 of 76 requested in the first half of 2026.25 |
| App Store Publishing | Restricted | No instrument addresses apps. A licensee may offer its games only through the one domain printed in its licence (Licensing Regulation art. 9), and advertising an app is caught by art. 46.26 |
| Google/Apple App Store Ads | Banned | A promoted listing for a betting or casino app is advertising, which art. 46 bars online with no exception for licensees.2 |
| Meta (FB/IG) | Banned | Art. 46 covers social media. The Competition Committee monitors social networks and Telegram channels and has had bloggers who promoted bookmakers held administratively liable (cases published 12 August 2025 and 19 February 2026).2789 |
| TV & Radio | Banned | Art. 46 names no channel exception, so it covers television and radio; there is no watershed because the advertising itself is not allowed.2 |
| Sponsorships | Banned | No rule on sponsorship exists, but the Competition Committee treats a bookmaker logo on event material as advertising barred by art. 46 (Bukhara, 1 May 2026), so a logo on a kit or in a stadium is caught too.210 |
| Digital OOH | Banned | Outdoor gambling advertising is barred by art. 46; on 1 May 2026 the Competition Committee had a banner with a bookmaker logo removed in Bukhara.210 |
Channel rules for Uzbekistan reflect each platform's published policy and the sources numbered in each row (listed under Methodology & sources). Verify with the local regulator and your ad-platform account manager before launching.
How Uzbekistan enforces against unlicensed operators
Blocking and fines both exist, but no NAPP fine decision or blocking order is published. On NAPP's request the Agency for Information and Mass Communications puts gambling sites on the register of banned Internet resources, and banks may not make cross-border card transfers to gambling recipients (PP-381 para 5). NAPP may fine a foreign legal entity serving Uzbek residents 25,000 BCU for operating without a licence (Fines Regulation, Annex 2, in force 9 October 2025). Most of the visible enforcement is the Competition Committee's, against sites and bloggers promoting bookmakers.
- First half of 2026: the Competition Committee sent 76 blocking requests for sites promoting bookmakers, and more than 50 were blocked.
- 9 December 2025: about 70 of 86 sites promoting bookmaker services were blocked.
- Unlawful organisation of gambling carries up to seven years' imprisonment (Penal Code art. 278, not amended since 2019).
Enforcement cases in Uzbekistan: 5 recent
Material regulator actions, court rulings, and high-profile fines from 2016–2026 against operators serving Uzbekistan. Each entry includes the technical failure and a one-line read-across for other operators in the market.
- August 2026
Unlicensed bookmakers and their promoters
Advertising82 cases of totaliser and bookmaker advertising found in 165 monitoring checks; 76 blocking requests, more than 50 sites blockedThe Competition Committee's report on the first half of 2026 counts the bookmaker and totaliser advertising it found and the blocking requests it sent for sites promoting bookmakers.
Read-across: The ban outlasts the first licences of 31 July 2026: art. 46 of the Law on Advertising has no exception for NAPP licensees.
- May 2026
Bookmaker logo on an event banner, Bukhara
AdvertisingBanner removed; customer, producer, distributor and event organisers examinedA banner for a mixed-martial-arts event carried a bookmaker logo; the Competition Committee restated that gambling advertising cannot be allowed.
Read-across: A logo on event material is treated as advertising barred by art. 46.
- December 2025
Websites promoting bookmaker services
Grey-Market86 sites entered for blocking, about 70 blockedThe Competition Committee sends sites promoting bookmakers to the Agency for Information and Mass Communications for blocking.
Read-across: Sites that promote unlicensed betting to Uzbek players are blocked.
- August 2025
Bloggers promoting Melbet
AdvertisingAdministrative liability; the file sent to courtThe Competition Committee found bloggers promoting bookmaker services with the Melbet trademark.
Read-across: Influencer promotion of a bookmaker is pursued against the individuals who post it.
- November 2024
Websites promoting bookmaker services
Grey-Market42 blocking proposals, about 30 sites blockedThe Competition Committee proposed blocking sites that promote bookmaker services.
Read-across: Blocking of promotional sites predates the licensed market.
Licensed operators: 2
As of 12 Oct 2026, approximately 2 operators hold an active licence in Uzbekistan. Size your entry against this base before committing capital. Check them yourself on the official NAPP register, which lists each licensee and its authorised domains.
Traps operators hit in Uzbekistan
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.
Serving Uzbek players without a NAPP licence
Uzbekistan is the place of play when two of six criteria are met, among them an Uzbek player, an Uzbek IP address or phone code, an Uzbek bank card, or a game aimed at residents, including in the state language. NAPP may then fine a foreign legal entity 25,000 BCU for operating without a licence, 10,000 BCU for taking deposits and 15,000 BCU each for personal-data and AML breaches.
Hosting or a domain outside the licence
The platform must sit on servers in Uzbekistan and serve players only through the one domain printed in the licence. Hosting outside Uzbekistan is a gross breach, fined 1% of the minimum charter capital and a ground for revocation by a court; a domain change needs a licence amendment within three working days.
Taking money outside the betting register
Every registration, deposit, bet and payout must pass through the Unified State Register of Bets and Players, players are identified digitally before they play, and the organiser may not give players credit. Failing to pass bet data to the Register is a fined breach.
Timeline: rules in force
- July 2026
First four licences issued
On 31 July 2026 NAPP issued online-games and bookmaking licences to Olimpbet LLC and to Aurum Vale LLC, valid to 30 July 2031.
Source: 16
- May 2026
Turnover tax made a three-year experiment
Decree UP-95 of 19 May 2026 restated UP-68: the 4% turnover tax applies as an experiment from 1 July 2026 for three years.
Source: 17
- July 2025
NAPP's six orders in force
The licensing, betting-register, bookmaking, online-games and barred-categories Regulations took effect on 8 July 2025, and the fines Regulation on 9 October 2025.
Source: 6
- April 2025
Law ZRU-1057
Law ZRU-1057 of 17 April 2025 sets the State Duty for the three licences, adds them to the Licensing Law and rewrites the Civil Code chapter on gambling.
Source: 18
- January 2025
New Legal Framework Becomes Effective
The new regulatory regime officially commenced, moving Uzbekistan from a prohibited market to a licensed online-only model under the NAPP.
Source: 19
- December 2024
Cabinet resolution 814
Resolution 814 of 6 December 2024 sets the licence conditions, the prohibitions, digital identification of players and the levies.
Source: 14
- April 2024
Decree UP-68 signed
Decree UP-68 of 19 April 2024, in force 26 April 2024, permits online risk-based games and bookmaking from 1 January 2025, and lotteries, all on NAPP licences.
Source: 1
- in force
Penal Code art. 278 penalises organising unlicensed gambling
Penal Code art. 278 (Organisation and conduct of gambling and other risk-based games) makes organising such games outside the licensed regime a criminal offence.
Source: 20
Operator myths vs reality in Uzbekistan
Common assumptions about gambling licensing that turn out to be wrong in practice.
- MythOur MGA or Curaçao licence lets us take Uzbek players.
- MythWe can serve Uzbekistan from our existing servers.Reality
No. The licensed platform must sit on servers in Uzbekistan; hosting abroad is a gross breach and a ground for revocation by a court.
Sources6
- MythNo licences have been issued yet.Reality
Out of date. NAPP issued four licences on 31 July 2026: online games and bookmaking to Olimpbet LLC and to Aurum Vale LLC, valid to 30 July 2031.
Sources16
- MythOnce licensed, we can advertise.
Markets that work like Uzbekistan
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.
- Sri LankaAI overviewGreenlandAI overview
Online casino, betting and lottery licensed; licensed market; tax on GGR; most ad channels banned; foreign licences mostly banned.
- EstoniaCheckedIsle of ManChecked
Online casino, betting and lottery licensed; licensed market; GGR tax 0–10%.
- ItalyReviewed
Online casino, betting and lottery licensed; licensed market; tax on GGR; most ad channels banned.
Methodology & sources
The research behind our Uzbekistan coverage
Counted across every Uzbekistan page, not this page alone.
compiled 19 Oct 2026
Across every Uzbekistan 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 50-page Uzbekistan report: every one of the 201 checklist questions, each answer cited to the instrument behind it.
Request the Uzbekistan reportOur Deep AI Scan took Uzbekistan through all 201 questions of our regulatory checklist, from 50 official documents, read on 19 Oct 2026. Our research team then traced every figure on this page to the document and sentence that states it. The full research report is due to go to our compliance team. 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
- 1Decree of the President UP-68 of 19 April 2024 (lex.uz, edition of 20 May 2026)
- 2Law on Advertising ZRU-776, art. 46 (lex.uz)
- 3NAPP Regulation on Internet risk-based games, reg. No. 3641 (lex.uz)
- 4NAPP Fines Regulation, reg. No. 3643 of 7 July 2025 (lex.uz)
- 5Competition Committee, 25 August 2026: advertising-market work in the first half of 2026
- 6NAPP Licensing Regulation, reg. No. 3638 of 7 July 2025 (lex.uz)
- 7Competition Committee, 9 June 2026: advertising bookmaker services is contrary to law
- 8Competition Committee, 12 August 2025: measures against bloggers advertising bookmaker services
- 9Competition Committee, 19 February 2026: measures against bloggers advertising bookmaker services
- 10Competition Committee, 1 May 2026: bookmaker-logo advertisement in Bukhara removed
- 11Resolution of the President PP-381 of 30 November 2023, para 5 (lex.uz)
- 12Competition Committee, 9 December 2025: about 70 websites promoting bookmakers blocked
- 13Penal Code of Uzbekistan, art. 278 (lex.uz)
- 14Cabinet of Ministers resolution No. 814 of 6 December 2024 (lex.uz)
- 15NAPP Regulation on the Unified State Register of Bets and Players, reg. No. 3639 (lex.uz)
- 16NAPP: Risk-based games, License Registry
- 17Decree of the President UP-95 of 19 May 2026 (lex.uz)
- 18Law ZRU-1057 of 17 April 2025 (lex.uz)
- 19Source
- 20Source
The 10 documents this page relies on most
- NAPP Director order No. 11 of 25.06.2025 approving the Regulation on licensing the organisation of Internet risk-based games, lotteries and bookmaking (Ministry of Justice reg. No. 3638 of 07.07.2025) (Uzbek, Cyrillic)Law
- NAPP Order No. 15 of 25.06.2025 (reg. No. 3641 of 07.07.2025): Regulation on organising and conducting risk-based games on the Internet (Uzbek, Latin script)Law
- NAPP Order No. 11 of 25.06.2025 (Ministry of Justice reg. No. 3638 of 07.07.2025): Regulation on licensing (Uzbek, Latin script)Law
- Decree of the President of Uzbekistan No. UP-68 of 19 April 2024 "On measures to improve the regulation of the organisation and conduct of lotteries and risk-based games" (Russian), edition of 20.05.2026Law
- NAPP Order No. 12 of 25.06.2025 (reg. No. 3639 of 07.07.2025): Regulation on the Unified State Register of Bets and Players (Uzbek, Latin script)Law
- Law of Uzbekistan No. ZRU-1057 of 17 April 2025 "On amendments to certain legislative acts" (Russian)Regulator
- Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 814 of 6 December 2024 on measures to ensure implementation of the Decree UP-68 (Uzbek, Cyrillic), edition of 16.12.2025Law
- Law of Uzbekistan No. ZRU-776 of 7 June 2022 "On advertising" (Russian), edition of 12.03.2025Regulator
- NAPP Order No. 14 of 25.06.2025 (reg. No. 3643 of 07.07.2025): Regulation on imposing fines on organisers and on foreign legal entities giving illegal services (Uzbek, Latin script)Law
- NAPP, "Risk-based games: License Registry", English pageRegulator
50 documents in all. Request the full research report for every source, answer by answer.