- Online casino
- ProhibitedOnline play is prohibited; lotteries, state betting or land-based casinos exist.
- Regulator
- Not yet establishedStart of regime not yet established
- Legal basis
- Criminal Code Article 266 (online play explicitly covered since January 2022); Public Welfare Lottery Issuance Act; Sports Lottery Issuance ActDesk 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 | State monopoly | 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 | Prohibited | Reported | Research, Oct 2026 (2 sources) |
- Governing law
- Criminal Code Article 266 (online play explicitly covered since January 2022); Public Welfare Lottery Issuance Act; Sports Lottery Issuance ActDesk research, Oct 2026
No regulator in the knowledge base covers Taiwan 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 | Playing on online sites from Taiwan is a criminal offence under Article 266, with fines up to NT$50,000, whatever the server location. | Reported | Desk research, Oct 2026 |
| Site blocking | Not yet established. Research queued. | Unknown | None |
| Payment blocking | Not yet established. Research queued. | Unknown | None |
| 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 Taiwan, and offers marked as available there.
- Accept players from Taiwan49528.8%
- Exclude Taiwan in their terms45626.5%
- No declaration77044.7%
The brand list, licences and how access terms changed over time are in the enterprise dataset.
In progressThe Offshore Islands Development Act allows casinos on outlying islands after a local referendum; Matsu voted yes in 2012, but no casino management law has been passed.
- 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 markets| Market | Region | Accept players | Exclude | Focus market | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | Asia | 495 28.8% | 456 | 2 | 2 |
| Bangladesh | Asia | 538 31.3% | 420 | 53 | 53 |
| Bhutan | Asia | 544 31.6% | 400 | 3 | 0 |
| Cambodia | Asia | 476 27.7% | 487 | 9 | 1 |
| China mainland | Asia | 478 27.8% | 592 | 11 | 6 |
| India | Asia | 585 34.0% | 386 | 84 | 76 |
| Iraq | Asia | 278 16.2% | 771 | 5 | 4 |
This describes the law and its evidence. It does not tell anyone what they may do.
No operators are listed or promoted for Taiwan. Exposure data is published for research and compliance.
Unknown and conflicting items stay on the page until a primary source resolves them.
Sources
- Identifier
- CR-JUR-TW
- Research depth
- Baseline
- Desk research
- Oct 2026
- Knowledge base snapshot
- 2026-10-15
- Sources
- 2 cited, high confidence