Online gambling in Georgia: regulation, licence and market guide

Is online gambling legal in Georgia?

Gambling has been legal in Georgia since the 2005 Law on Organising Lotteries, Games of Chance and Other Prize Games, and online casino, slot and betting operations run in 'system-electronic form' under permits issued by the Revenue Service, with technical certification by Random Systems Georgia. The domestic market is tightly controlled: Georgian citizens under 25, public servants and people on the electronic register of prohibited persons may not gamble, gambling advertising is banned outside operators' own channels, GGR from Georgian players is taxed at 20% since 1 January 2025 and 5% is withheld from their withdrawals. A domestic online casino permit costs GEL 5 million a year. Amendments adopted on 25 June 2026 and in force from 3 July 2026 add international permits for online casino, slots and betting aimed exclusively at foreign citizens, at GEL 100,000 a year and 5% GGR, with Georgian citizens blocked.

Regulated: Private operators can hold a local licence for online casino and/or betting.

Who regulates gambling in Georgia?

• Revenue Service of Georgia (Ministry of Finance) (RS) — Issues, amends and revokes permits for casinos, betting houses, slot clubs, lotto and bingo, including online (system-electronic) permits, and administers gambling taxes and fees
• Random Systems Georgia LLC (RSG) — Company appointed by the Revenue Service to certify gambling systems and games and to operate the national monitoring and control system that permit holders connect to

Georgia gambling licence: how it works

Permits are issued by the Revenue Service under the Gambling Law and the Law on Licences and Permits to companies registered in Georgia, for five years. Online casino and slot permits may be granted to holders of land-based permits or to new applicants, and online betting is licensed as an extension of a betting house permit. Applicants submit operating rules covering the website, player registration, deposits and balances, obtain an authorization certificate from Random Systems Georgia confirming technical compliance and connection to the state monitoring system, and pay the annual permit fee in advance plus quarterly gambling business fees. From 3 July 2026 a separate international permit exists for each of online casino, slots and betting offered exclusively to foreign citizens and stateless persons aged 18 or over: five-year term, GEL 100,000 a year in advance, one domain per permit, Georgian-language legal information on the site and mandatory exclusion of Georgian citizens.

What an applicant needs

• Company registered in Georgia applying to the Revenue Service with operating rules for each game and website
• Authorization certificate from Random Systems Georgia and live connection to the national monitoring system
• Annual permit fee paid in advance (GEL 5 million online casino, GEL 1 million online slots, GEL 100,000 per international permit)
• Player registration against the electronic register of prohibited persons: no Georgian citizens under 25, public servants or self-excluded persons
• Withholding of 5% personal income tax on Georgian players' withdrawals and monthly GGR tax filing
• For international permits: technical exclusion of Georgian citizens, one domain per permit and foreign players aged 18 or over only
• AML program under Georgian law with reporting to the Financial Monitoring Service

Gambling taxes in Georgia

• Operators: Profit tax on GGR from Georgian players at 20% for online casino, online slots and slot salons since 1 January 2025 (15% before), under Law 134-IMS-XIMP of 29 December 2024; GGR from foreign citizens playing online is taxed at 5% since 1 December 2024, and international permit holders pay 5% on all GGR. Betting houses follow separate rules that law-firm summaries describe as a levy on stakes from Georgian players and 5% of GGR from foreign players.
• Players: Georgian citizens pay 5% personal income tax withheld by the operator on withdrawals from online casino and slot accounts; foreign players are exempt. Lottery prizes above GEL 1,000 are taxable.
• Also: Gambling business fees are payable quarterly and permit fees annually in advance. Fines for permit breaches rose on 1 June 2026 to GEL 20,000 for online casino and betting providers and GEL 10,000 for slot halls.

Advertising, player protection, KYC and payments

Advertising

Gambling advertising has been banned since 2022 on television, radio, outdoor media and the internet, other than on permit holders' own websites and venues and within narrow sponsorship rules; international permit holders may not market to Georgian citizens. Websites must display Georgian-language information on the operator, its permit, the rules and the age limits.

Responsible gaming

Georgian citizens under 25 (foreigners 18 and over), public-sector employees, people facing criminal charges, recipients of social assistance and anyone who has self-excluded are entered on the Ministry of Finance's electronic register of prohibited persons, which held about 1.5 million names when it was expanded in 2024; operators must check it at registration and block listed players. Self-exclusion is available through the register.

Identity and age verification

Players register with identity documents and are matched against the register of prohibited persons; citizenship determines the applicable age limit, tax rate and, for international permits, eligibility. Operators are AML-obliged entities reporting to the Financial Monitoring Service, and all game and account data flows to the national monitoring system.

Payments

Deposits and withdrawals run through Georgian bank cards, bank transfers and licensed payment providers; operators withhold 5% tax on Georgian players' withdrawals. Play in internet cafes and similar premises is prohibited. Unlicensed sites are blocked at the Revenue Service's request.

Notable restrictions

• Georgian citizens under 25, public servants and registered persons may not gamble
• Gambling advertising banned outside operators' own channels
• Online casino permit GEL 5 million a year; one domain per permit from 2026
• 5% withholding on Georgian players' withdrawals
• International permit holders must exclude Georgian citizens entirely
• National lottery reserved to the exclusive licensee

Georgia iGaming market: size, players and payments

No reliable public estimate of gross gaming revenue is published; the Revenue Service reports permit and fee income rather than GGR, and the 2024 to 2026 reforms were designed to shift growth toward foreign-facing revenue.

About 1.5 million citizens were on the register of persons prohibited from gambling in 2024, including everyone under 25 and all public-sector employees (Ministry of Finance), so the addressable domestic adult market is smaller than the population suggests.

Georgian operators are mobile-led, with the main brands running native apps; no official mobile share is published.

Crystalbet (Entain) and Adjarabet (Flutter) lead the domestic market alongside Europebet (Betsson), Betlive and Lider; Batumi and Tbilisi host land-based casinos serving visitors, and the June 2026 reform aims to attract internationally focused operators to register in Georgia.

Timeline: how Georgia got here

1. 2005Law on Organising Lotteries, Games of Chance and Other Prize Games adopted; permits issued by the Revenue Service
2. 2022Gambling advertising banned and Georgian citizens under 25 barred from gambling; electronic register of prohibited persons introduced
3. 2024-12Amendments taxing GGR from foreign online players at 5% and exempting their withdrawals take effect on 1 December
4. 2025-01Profit tax on GGR from Georgian players rises from 15% to 20% (Law 134-IMS-XIMP)
5. 2026-06Higher permit-breach fines from 1 June; Parliament adopts international online permits on 25 June
6. 2026-07International permits (GEL 100,000 a year, 5% GGR, foreign players only) in force from 3 July

Outlook

The Revenue Service is processing the first international permit applications under the July 2026 rules, and the key open question is what technical standard it will accept for excluding Georgian citizens. Existing dual-domain permits move to one domain per permit as they are renewed. Domestic policy remains restrictive, with the under-25 ban, advertising ban and 20% GGR tax unchanged, and further tightening of enforcement rather than liberalization is the trend.

Launching in Georgia with GameBridge

Turnkey (your licence, our platform). Georgian permits, domestic or international, are granted to a Georgian-registered company that the operator controls, so the operator holds the permit and runs on GameBridge technology; GameBridge does not hold a Georgian permit and does not guarantee approval.

A Georgian brand on GameBridge runs with Georgian, English and Russian-language content supplied by the operator, a GEL wallet, geo-controls admitting only the players the permit allows, and registration flows that verify citizenship and check the register of prohibited persons so that citizens under 25 and other barred groups cannot play. For a domestic permit the wallet withholds 5% on citizens' withdrawals and reports GGR by player nationality; for an international permit the geo and identity controls exclude Georgian citizens entirely and the site carries the Georgian-language legal notices. The catalog is curated to studios whose games can pass Random Systems Georgia certification, and GameBridge Studios and Originals releases ship with the certification package.

• GEL wallet with GGR reporting split by player nationality
• Citizenship-aware age gates (25 for citizens, 18 for foreigners) and prohibited-persons register check
• 5% withholding on Georgian citizens' withdrawals
• Geo and identity controls that exclude Georgian citizens for international permits
• Marketing module locked to own-channel communication
• Monitoring-system data feed for Random Systems Georgia
• Certification package for GameBridge Studios and Originals releases

Football betting and slots dominate Georgian play; GameBridge aggregates the studios already certified in Georgia and builds exclusive GameBridge Studios titles to the operator's brief for domestic or international brands.

Frequently asked questions

Sources and review

Reviewed against the sources below on 11 September 2026. Regulation changes; confirm the current position with local counsel before launch.

• Law of Georgia on Organising Lotteries, Games of Chance and Other Prize Games (English) — Legislative Herald of Georgia (Matsne), accessed 2026-09-11
• New Gambling Bill Introduces International Online Gambling Permits in Georgia — Andersen in Georgia, accessed 2026-09-11
• New Licensing Rules for Georgia's Gambling Industry: What International Operators Need to Know — Revera, accessed 2026-09-11
• Tax Newsletter January 2025 (Law 134-IMS-XIMP, 20% rate) — BDO Georgia, accessed 2026-09-11
• Georgia Introduces Favorable Tax Treatment for Online Gambling Operators Targeting Foreign Players — Georgia Today, accessed 2026-09-11
• Georgia: Gambling Law — Country Comparative Guides — The Legal 500, accessed 2026-09-11
• Parliament initiates new licensing framework and 5% tax for foreign online casinos — Georgian Business Consulting (GBC), accessed 2026-09-11

Regulatory summaries are provided for orientation only and are not legal advice. Licensing requirements change; we validate them with you during scoping.