Portugal

Licensed

Decree-Law 66/2015 opened online casino, poker and sports betting to licensed operators from 2016, and SRIJ lists 19 licensed entities as of October 2026, three of them with poker. Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa holds the lottery monopoly.

Online casino
LicensedOnline casino is open to licensed operators.
Regulator
SRIJCurrent regime since 2016
Legal basis
Decree-Law 66/2015Desk research, Oct 2026
Research coverage
67% 8 of 12 applicable fields. How it is scored

Legal status by product

Baseline research contract v1.1
ProductFindingStateSource
Online casino Licensed Reported Research, Oct 2026 (2 sources)
Sports betting Licensed Reported Research, Oct 2026 (2 sources)
Online poker Licensed Reported Research, Oct 2026 (2 sources)
Lottery State monopoly Reported Research, Oct 2026 (2 sources)
Land-based casino Licensed Reported Research, Oct 2026 (2 sources)
Regulation
Governing law
Decree-Law 66/2015Desk research, Oct 2026
Current regime since
2016Desk research, Oct 2026
Regulators covering Portugal
  • Serviço de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos Portugal3 licensed brands

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 Portugal, 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 Portugal, of 1,721 brands tracked
  • Accept players from Portugal39322.8%
  • Exclude Portugal in their terms65337.9%
  • No declaration67539.2%
Hold a licence covering Portugal3brands
List Portugal as a focus market108brands
Offers marked available19welcome offers
Brands serving Portugal 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.

Market data

Enterprise
What would change this page
  • 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 Portugal

No news about Portugal yet.

All news

Other licensed markets

MarketRegionAccept playersExcludeFocus marketOffers
Portugal Europe 393 22.8% 653 108 19
Belarus Europe 337 19.6% 688 8 0
Belgium Europe 14 0.8% 515 21 1
Bulgaria Europe 365 21.2% 652 18 10
Croatia Europe 557 32.4% 409 19 5
Czechia Europe 24 1.4% 538 27 7
Denmark Europe 92 5.3% 441 89 41
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. SRIJ: Entidades licenciadassrij.turismodeportugal.pt
  2. SRIJ: Enquadramento legal do jogo onlinesrij.turismodeportugal.pt
Identifier
CR-JUR-PT
Research depth
Baseline
Desk research
Oct 2026
Knowledge base snapshot
2026-10-15
Sources
2 cited, high confidence

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