Czech Republic Gambling — Payments and banking: Can we move player money?

## Safer Gambling Protections A person cannot complete registration with an operator and open a player account without individually setting or rejecting self-restrictive measures listed in the Gambling Act. A person included in the Register of excluded persons, maintained by the Ministry, cannot be permitted to participate in a gambling game. ## Payments Payments can be made to and from payment accounts, payment cards or other payment methods held at/issued by a person who is authorised to provide payment services in a European Member state or EEA member state. Payment flows tied to unlicensed operators face direct legal exposure. Under Section 82 of the Gambling Act, the payment accounts of operators added to the Blacklist of unauthorized internet games, including Polymarket following its 13 July 2026 addition, are themselves listed, and payment service providers are barred from executing credit or debit transactions to those accounts, extending accessory-liability exposure into the payment chain. Separately, and based on a single report, Sweden's April 2026 restriction on credit-card and loan-based gambling funding is reported to be prompting stricter geoblocking and payment-verification practice among operators that also target Czech players, a cross-border spillover in operator tooling rather than a Czech-domestic legal change. This spillover illustrates how payment-flow risk for Czech-facing operators is shaped as much by adjacent EU jurisdictions' funding restrictions as by domestic Blacklist mechanics.