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Overview: What kind of market is this?

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Key section parameters

JurisdictionComoros (KM-A)
RegulatorNone recognised by Union of the Comoros (Self-styled Anjouan Gaming Board unrecognised)
FavourabilityUnfavourable
ConfidenceConfirmed
Review statusAI-generated
Last collected18 Oct 2026

Summary answer

The Union of the Comoros maintains a confirmed national prohibition on gambling. GIABA's Second Round Mutual Evaluation Report, adopted at the May 2024 Plenary, records that activities related to casinos and gambling establishments are prohibited in the Union of the Comoros. The jurisdiction's overa…

Key headwinds & conditions

  • National prohibition of gambling confirmed by GIABA MER (May 2024)
  • Central Bank disavowal of the Anjouan Offshore Finance Authority and related claimant bodies (8 Dec 2025)
  • No designated supervisory authority for the casino/gambling DNFBP category in practice
  • Historical pattern of BCC legal action and international rogatory commission against Anjouan offshore financial claimants

Full section analysis

The Union of the Comoros maintains a confirmed national prohibition on gambling. GIABA's Second Round Mutual Evaluation Report, adopted at the May 2024 Plenary, records that activities related to casinos and gambling establishments are prohibited in the Union of the Comoros. The jurisdiction's overall regulation status is classified as unregulated-hostile, corroborated by two independent sources: the mutual evaluation itself and a Central Bank of the Comoros communique of 8 December 2025. That communique directly disavows the 'Anjouan Offshore Finance Authority' and associated gaming-claimant bodies, stating that no online gaming licence has been issued nationally. There is no dominant licensed operator base to describe, because no licensing regime exists; the market structure instead consists of a disavowed offshore claimant scheme operating outside any recognised national framework, against a regulator posture that has remained consistent for over a decade.