Zambia

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The Betting Control and Licensing Board licenses bookmakers under the Betting Control Act, Cap. 166, and betting operators offering online are licensed and taxed. No law sets up an online casino licence. A 10% excise duty on stakes applies from September 2025, and the Betting Levy Act 2025 added a levy from 1 January 2026.

Low confidence. This record rests on thin sourcing and is queued for a primary-source check.

Online casino
Not yet establishedOnline betting or poker is licensed; online casino is not.
Regulator
Betting Control and Licensing BoardStart of regime not yet established
Legal basis
Betting Control Act, Cap. 166; Betting Levy Act 2025 (Act 27 of 2025)Desk research, Oct 2026
Research coverage
33% 4 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 (4 sources)
Online poker Not yet established. Research queued. Unknown None
Lottery Not yet established. Research queued. Unknown None
Land-based casino Licensed Reported Research, Oct 2026 (4 sources)
Regulation
Governing law
Betting Control Act, Cap. 166; Betting Levy Act 2025 (Act 27 of 2025)Desk research, Oct 2026
Regulators covering Zambia

No regulator in the knowledge base covers Zambia 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 Zambia, 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 Zambia, of 1,721 brands tracked
  • Accept players from Zambia53331.0%
  • Exclude Zambia in their terms41524.1%
  • No declaration77344.9%
Hold a licence covering Zambia0brands
List Zambia as a focus market6brands
Offers marked available1welcome offers
Brands serving Zambia 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 Zambia dataset Search visibility by brand and affiliate Part of the Zambia dataset Offer benchmarks Part of the Zambia dataset
What would change this page

In progressA Lotteries and Gaming Bill would merge six laws into one Act, create a Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Authority and regulate online play. It was in consultation and had not been tabled as of October 2026.

  • 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 Zambia

No news about Zambia yet.

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Other partly licensed markets

MarketRegionAccept playersExcludeFocus marketOffers
Zambia Africa 533 31.0% 415 6 1
Burundi Africa 505 29.3% 456 2 1
Cameroon Africa 532 30.9% 417 5 1
Congo - Kinshasa Africa 513 29.8% 453 4 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
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. Betting Levy Act 2025 (ZambiaLII)zambialii.org
  2. Betting Control Act (ZambiaLII)zambialii.org
  3. Zambia edges closer to establishing one gaming and lotteries regulator (Gambling Insider)gamblinginsider.com
  4. Gambling laws in Zambia (CMS)cms.law
Identifier
CR-JUR-ZM
Research depth
Baseline
Desk research
Oct 2026
Knowledge base snapshot
2026-10-15
Sources
4 cited, low confidence

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