Egypt maintains a near-total prohibition on gambling rooted in the 1937 Penal Code (Articles 271 and 352) and the Civil Code (Article 739 voiding gambling contracts), with a narrow foreigner-only hotel-casino exception permitted under Law No. 8 of 2022 Article 24. This cycle marks the first primary-legislation movement specifically targeting online gambling: a drafted Digital Anti-Gambling bill from Parliament's Communications and Information Technology Committee, mid-2026 Cybercrime Law amendments introducing life imprisonment for serious-case online offences, and an active platform-blocking campaign against offshore betting sites and apps running since February 2026. The underlying prohibition is unchanged and durable, but enforcement posture and legislative attention on the online vector are both intensifying materially this cycle.
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Egypt · Question 01 of 11
Overview: What kind of market is this?
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Key section parameters
| Jurisdiction | Egypt (EG) |
|---|---|
| Regulator | Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (Casino Licensing) / Ministry of Interior (Enforcement) |
| Favourability | Unfavourable |
| Confidence | Confirmed |
| Review status | AI-generated |
| Last collected | 18 Oct 2026 |
Summary answer
Egypt maintains a near-total prohibition on gambling rooted in the 1937 Penal Code (Articles 271 and 352) and the Civil Code (Article 739 voiding gambling contracts), with a narrow foreigner-only hotel-casino exception permitted under Law No. 8 of 2022 Article 24. This cycle marks the first primary-…
Key headwinds & conditions
- Criminal prohibition for residents
- Constitutional Sharia entrenchment blocking liberalisation
- Active website/app and payment blocking
- No legal private-operator entry pathway