Overview: What kind of market is this?

Law 86-26, promulgated 22 September 2026 and gazetted 2 October 2026 as Gaceta Oficial No. 11263, replaces the framework built on the 1964 Law 351 and consolidates casinos, lottery banks, horse-racing agencies, slot halls, bingo and internet betting under one statute. The new regulator, the Dirección General de Juegos de Azar, is an autonomous authority under the Ministry of Finance and Economy, overseen by a newly created multi-sectoral Council of Games of Chance, replacing the former Dirección de Casinos y Juegos de Azar. The market is in a structural transition: the primary statute is fully in force, but the implementing regulations that would make its licensing, fee and certification provisions operational have not yet been published. As a civil-law jurisdiction, the Dominican Republic's gambling regime now rests on the classic statutory stack of an enabling Act awaiting its implementing decree, with the Council's own internal regulations forming a further layer.