- Online casino
- ProhibitedOnline play is prohibited; lotteries, state betting or land-based casinos exist.
- Regulator
- Ethiopian Lottery ServiceCurrent regime since 2025
- Legal basis
- Proclamation No. 535/2007; Sports Betting Directive No. 172/2021Desk research, Oct 2026
- Research coverage
- 64% 7 of 11 applicable fields. How it is scored
Legal status by product
Baseline research contract v1.1| Product | Finding | State | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online casino | Prohibited | Reported | Research, Oct 2026 (2 sources) |
| Sports betting | Prohibited | Reported | Research, Oct 2026 (2 sources) |
| Online poker | Prohibited | Reported | Research, Oct 2026 (2 sources) |
| Lottery | State monopoly | Reported | Research, Oct 2026 (2 sources) |
| Land-based casino | Not yet established. Research queued. | Unknown | None |
- Governing law
- Proclamation No. 535/2007; Sports Betting Directive No. 172/2021Desk research, Oct 2026
- Current regime since
- 2025Desk research, Oct 2026
No regulator in the knowledge base covers Ethiopia yet.
Brands in the knowledge base holding each regulator's licence, as of 2026-10-15.
Enforcement and controls
How the prohibition is applied| Control | Finding | State | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Player liability | Not yet established. Research queued. | Unknown | None |
| Site blocking | Not yet established. Research queued. | Unknown | None |
| Payment blocking | Banks and payment gateways were ordered to stop processing betting transactions. | Reported | Desk research, Oct 2026 |
| Advertising | Not yet established. Research queued. | Unknown | None |
Offshore exposure
Knowledge base, as of 2026-10-15Online play is prohibited, so these figures describe offshore activity: brands that say they accept players from Ethiopia, and offers marked as available there.
- Accept players from Ethiopia42824.9%
- Exclude Ethiopia in their terms54231.5%
- No declaration75143.6%
The brand list, licences and how access terms changed over time are in the enterprise dataset.
In progressOfficials are preparing a new framework for sports betting and digital lottery, with no date set.
- A bill to license online casino or betting
- New blocking, payment or advertising enforcement against offshore sites
- Changes to the state lottery or betting monopoly
- A change in brand access declarations of more than 5% in a month
Other online prohibited markets
All restricted marketsThis describes the law and its evidence. It does not tell anyone what they may do.
No operators are listed or promoted for Ethiopia. Exposure data is published for research and compliance.
Unknown and conflicting items stay on the page until a primary source resolves them.
Sources
- iGaming Business: Ethiopia betting ban and regulatory uncertaintyigamingbusiness.com
- Shega: Ethiopia shuts down betting industryshega.co
- Identifier
- CR-JUR-ET
- Research depth
- Baseline
- Desk research
- Oct 2026
- Knowledge base snapshot
- 2026-10-15
- Sources
- 2 cited, medium confidence