No liberalisation is foreseeable. Prohibition is multi-layered across the Penal, Civil and Family Codes plus Law 18-05, and the published position is that no legislative reforms are contemplated and that the government is strengthening prohibitions. Algeria's FATF grey listing (October 2024 – 19 June 2026) created pressure for AML improvement rather than gambling liberalisation while it was in force; Algeria was removed from the grey list at the 19 June 2026 plenary and is not grey-listed as of 28 August 2026. The 2025 crypto/VPN criminalisation signals a continued tightening trajectory on the gambling-prohibition side, independent of the FATF delisting.
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Algeria · Question 11 of 11
Outlook: What is coming?
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Key section parameters
| Jurisdiction | Algeria (DZ) |
|---|---|
| Regulator | Recorded in register |
| Favourability | Unfavourable |
| Confidence | Confirmed |
| Review status | AI-generated |
| Last collected | 18 Oct 2026 |
Summary answer
No liberalisation is foreseeable. Prohibition is multi-layered across the Penal, Civil and Family Codes plus Law 18-05, and the published position is that no legislative reforms are contemplated and that the government is strengthening prohibitions. Algeria's FATF grey listing (October 2024 – 19 Jun…