title: Uruguay — Overview: What kind of market is this? | advennt.io canonical: https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/uruguay/overview/ [Jurisdictions](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/) [Uruguay](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/uruguay/) Overview Uruguay · Question 01 of 11 # Overview: What kind of market is this? Mixed · Probable · AI-generated · [Back to full Uruguay report →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/uruguay/) Key section parameters | Jurisdiction | Uruguay (UY) | |---|---| | Regulator | Recorded in register | | Favourability | Mixed | | Confidence | Probable | | Review status | AI-generated | | Last collected | 18 Oct 2026 | Summary answer Uruguay retains a state-monopoly online-gambling regime under Law 19.535 (2017), with private online operation prohibited absent state authorisation. This cycle two distinct reform tracks advanced without producing enacted change: a Senate bill from Senator Carballo proposing a national online-gambl… ### Key headwinds & conditions - State monopoly on online sports betting — no private licence - Online casino/poker prohibited for international operators - Very small addressable market (~3.5M population) ## Full section analysis Uruguay retains a state-monopoly online-gambling regime under Law 19.535 (2017), with private online operation prohibited absent state authorisation. This cycle two distinct reform tracks advanced without producing enacted change: a Senate bill from Senator Carballo proposing a national online-gambling regulatory framework, and a broader Orsi/Frente Amplio administrative package that would split the Dirección General de Casinos into an operations-only body and a new regulatory-enforcement directorate. As a civil-law jurisdiction, Uruguay's framework is grounded in statute plus implementing resolution rather than case law, and the standing prohibition remains the operative baseline for any entrant assessing this market.