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Portugal gambling law updates

Official changes to Portugal’s gambling rules and its regulators’ enforcement decisions, by official date, newest first, each checked against the official document. Last change listed 5 Oct 2026.

Country: Portugal

5 updates

April 2026

  1. Law change🇵🇹 Portugal
    Gambling sponsorship ban rejected

    Parliament rejected Projeto de Lei 220/XVII.

    AdoptedAssembleia da RepúblicaOfficial text

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  2. Law change🇵🇹 Portugal
    Central self-exclusion

    An exclusion made through SRIJ's form applies to every licensed online operator.

    In force since 8 Apr 2026SRIJOfficial text

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March 2026

  1. Law change🇵🇹 Portugal
    Fees indexed for 2026

    SRIJ's table under Portaria 211/2015: homologation EUR 21,721.65 + 2,413.52 per item; licence EUR 14,481.10.

    In force since 1 Mar 2026SRIJOfficial text

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April 2020

  1. Law change🇵🇹 Portugal
    IEJO rates fixed by the 2020 State Budget

    Lei 2/2020 art. 378: sports betting 8% of stakes, games of chance 25% of gross revenue, the progressive sports-betting scale repealed.

    In force since 1 Apr 2020Diário da RepúblicaOfficial text

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June 2015

  1. Law change🇵🇹 Portugal
    RJO in force

    The online regime applies; the first licences were issued in 2016.

    In force since 28 Jun 2015Diário da RepúblicaOfficial text

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Law change: laws, regulations and regulator decisions that have been adopted (5 in 1 country). Proposed: drafts and consultations on the way (0 in 0 countries). Each item links to the official document and to the country page.

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Dates are the official dates, not the day we found the change or the decision. Informational only, not legal advice. Every country's full rules are on its page; start from the country list.