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Madagascar

Ministry of the Interior and Decentralization (Ministère de l'Intérieur et de la Décentralisation)

Regulations & Licensing

Casino

Regulated

Online Casino

Mixed

Betting

Regulated

Online Betting

Mixed

Lottery

Regulated

Bingo

Mixed

Gambling regulations of 1972 (general framework for gaming establishments, amended over time)
Décret n°86-369 of 31 October 1986 (authorizing exploitation of the national lottery)
Arrêté Interministériel n°8295/98 of 2 October 1998 (national lottery operating rules)
2016 Ministry of Interior moratorium suspending new gambling-establishment and online-casino authorizationsOnline
2022 administrative update permitting licensed land-based casino operators to extend into online gamingOnline

Allowed

Online gaming offered by already-licensed land-based casino operators (since 2022)
Access to offshore/foreign gambling sites (tolerated in practice, not formally licensed)

Prohibited

Establishing a standalone online-only gambling company on Malagasy territory
Issuance of new independent online casino licenses (moratorium in place since 2016)

Taxation

Lottery/tombola levy10% of proceeds allocated to lottery/tombola organization

License validity: No standalone online license class exists; online offering is an extension of an existing land-based casino license

Allowed

Land-based casinos (Ministry of Interior and Decentralization license required)
Betting shops and horse-race betting (PMU monopoly on horse racing betting since 1996)
National lottery and tombolas (Loterie Nationale Malagasy, LNM)

Prohibited

New gambling-establishment licenses since the 2016 moratorium pending legislative modernization

Taxation

Lottery/tombola levy10% of proceeds

Licence feesSet case-by-case by the Ministry of Interior and Decentralization

License validity: Casino and gaming-establishment licenses granted by the Ministry of Interior and Decentralization; new issuance frozen since 2016

Regulation data is editorial and for information only — not legal advice.