Sri Lanka

Licensing opening
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The Gambling Regulatory Authority Act No. 17 of 2025 came into force on 1 December 2025 and creates one regulator for casinos, betting and digital games of chance. Online licences need regulations that were still unpublished in mid 2026, so no online operator is licensed yet. Six land-based casinos operate in Colombo, and the National Lotteries Board and Development Lotteries Board run the state lotteries.

Online casino
Licensing openingA licensing regime is adopted but not yet in force.
Regulator
Gambling Regulatory AuthorityStart of regime not yet established
Legal basis
Gambling Regulatory Authority Act No. 17 of 2025Desk research, Oct 2026
Research coverage
58% 7 of 12 applicable fields. How it is scored

Legal status by product

Baseline research contract v1.1
ProductFindingStateSource
Online casino Licensing opening Reported Research, Oct 2026 (4 sources)
Sports betting Licensing opening Reported Research, Oct 2026 (4 sources)
Online poker Licensing opening Reported Research, Oct 2026 (4 sources)
Lottery State monopoly Reported Research, Oct 2026 (4 sources)
Land-based casino Licensed Reported Research, Oct 2026 (4 sources)
Regulation
Governing law
Gambling Regulatory Authority Act No. 17 of 2025Desk research, Oct 2026
Regulators covering Sri Lanka

No regulator in the knowledge base covers Sri Lanka 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 Sri Lanka, 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 Sri Lanka, of 1,721 brands tracked
  • Accept players from Sri Lanka50929.6%
  • Exclude Sri Lanka in their terms45326.3%
  • No declaration75944.1%
Hold a licence covering Sri Lanka0brands
List Sri Lanka as a focus market8brands
Offers marked available3welcome offers
Brands serving Sri Lanka 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

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Market share by brand Part of the Sri Lanka dataset Search visibility by brand and affiliate Part of the Sri Lanka dataset Offer benchmarks Part of the Sri Lanka dataset
What would change this page

In progressLicensing regulations and the appointment of a permanent Director General, both delayed past the June 2026 target.

  • 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
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Other licensing opening markets

MarketRegionAccept playersExcludeFocus marketOffers
Sri Lanka Asia 509 29.6% 453 8 3
Albania Europe 432 25.1% 546 6 2
British Virgin Islands Americas 520 30.2% 436 2 0
Congo - Brazzaville Africa 0 0.0% 457 1 0
Finland Europe 736 42.8% 343 198 235
Ireland Europe 667 38.8% 365 200 155
Mauritius Africa 478 27.8% 477 2 1
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. Gambling Regulatory Authority Act No 17 of 2025 coming into operation on 1 December 2025 (D. L. & F. De Saram)desaram.com
  2. Gambling Regulatory Authority Bill comes into effect (Daily FT)ft.lk
  3. Sri Lanka regulations delayed after June deadline (AGB)agbrief.com
  4. Sri Lanka blocks 24 unlicensed online sites (Counterpoint)counterpoint.lk
Identifier
CR-JUR-LK
Research depth
Baseline
Desk research
Oct 2026
Knowledge base snapshot
2026-10-15
Sources
4 cited, medium confidence

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