Congo - Kinshasa

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SONAL holds the lottery monopoly under Ordinance 84/156 of 1984. Betting and casinos are licensed by the ministries, and operators pay authorisation and winnings taxes under Finance Law 23/056. Since 2026 the Ministry of Finance has required operators to connect to a central monitoring platform.

Online casino
Not yet establishedOnline betting or poker is licensed; online casino is not.
Regulator
Ministry of Finance (Cellule de Surveillance des Jeux d'Argent et de Hasard)Start of regime not yet established
Legal basis
Ordinance 84/156 of 4 July 1984; Finance Law 23/056 of 10 December 2023Desk research, Oct 2026
Research coverage
42% 5 of 12 applicable fields. How it is scored

Legal status by product

Baseline research contract v1.1
ProductFindingStateSource
Online casino Not yet established. Research queued. Unknown None
Sports betting Licensed Reported Research, Oct 2026 (3 sources)
Online poker Not yet established. Research queued. Unknown None
Lottery State monopoly Reported Research, Oct 2026 (3 sources)
Land-based casino Licensed Reported Research, Oct 2026 (3 sources)
Regulation
Governing law
Ordinance 84/156 of 4 July 1984; Finance Law 23/056 of 10 December 2023Desk research, Oct 2026
Regulators covering Congo - Kinshasa

No regulator in the knowledge base covers Congo - Kinshasa yet.

Brands in the knowledge base holding each regulator's licence, as of 2026-10-15.

Licensed and offshore brands

Knowledge base, as of 2026-10-15

How many brands hold a licence that covers Congo - Kinshasa, and how many say they accept players from it. A brand saying it accepts players is a declaration in its own terms, not proof of traffic or of a local licence.

Brand access declarations for Congo - Kinshasa, of 1,721 brands tracked
  • Accept players from Congo - Kinshasa51329.8%
  • Exclude Congo - Kinshasa in their terms45326.3%
  • No declaration75543.9%
Hold a licence covering Congo - Kinshasa0brands
List Congo - Kinshasa as a focus market4brands
Offers marked available1welcome offers
Brands serving Congo - Kinshasa Licence status, access terms and offer history per brand

The brand list, licences and how access terms changed over time are in the enterprise dataset.

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Market data

Enterprise
Market share by brand Part of the Congo - Kinshasa dataset Search visibility by brand and affiliate Part of the Congo - Kinshasa dataset Offer benchmarks Part of the Congo - Kinshasa dataset
What would change this page

In progressA law on games of chance is before Parliament and would create a regulator, the Autorité de Régulation des Jeux d'Argent (ARJA).

  • Licences granted, suspended or revoked by the regulator
  • Changes to stake, deposit, bonus or advertising rules
  • Tax changes for operators or players
  • A change in brand access declarations of more than 5% in a month
Latest on Congo - Kinshasa

No news about Congo - Kinshasa yet.

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Other partly licensed markets

MarketRegionAccept playersExcludeFocus marketOffers
Congo - Kinshasa Africa 513 29.8% 453 4 1
Burundi Africa 505 29.3% 456 2 1
Cameroon Africa 532 30.9% 417 5 1
Eswatini Africa 573 33.3% 360 2 1
Mayotte Africa 0 0.0% 454 2 0
Réunion Africa 0 0.0% 441 2 0
South Africa Africa 549 31.9% 420 15 28
Not legal advice

This describes the law and its evidence. It does not tell anyone what they may do.

Independent of placement

No brand pays to appear in this data. Research coverage is decided separately from commercial activity.

Gaps stay visible

Unknown and conflicting items stay on the page until a primary source resolves them.

Sources

  1. Actualite.cd: compliance deadline of 30 August for operatorsactualite.cd
  2. CMS Expert Guide to gambling laws in Africa: DRCcms.law
  3. SiGMA: DRC finance ministry gaming regulationsigma.world
Identifier
CR-JUR-CD
Research depth
Baseline
Desk research
Oct 2026
Knowledge base snapshot
2026-10-15
Sources
3 cited, medium confidence

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