Vanuatu's gambling market continues to operate under four standing statutes — the Casino Control Act [Cap 223], Lotteries Act [Cap 205], Vanuatu Interactive Gaming Act [Cap 261] and Gaming Control Act [Cap 172] — none of which has been amended. The notable development is administrative rather than product-facing: the government has introduced the Tax Administration (Amendment) Bill No. of 2026, which would bring all four gambling statutes under the Tax Administration Act's Schedule 2 enforcement machinery, explicitly framed as closing gaps in Vanuatu's compliance with FATF standards. A separate Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (Amendment) Bill is scheduled for the same Parliament sitting, Vanuatu's First Extraordinary Session running 19 to 30 October 2026. The coordinated timing of the two Bills indicates a government posture of tightening the financial-integrity apparatus around the gambling sector rather than revisiting licensing policy itself.
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Vanuatu · Question 01 of 11
Overview: What kind of market is this?
Mixed · Probable · AI-generated · Back to full Vanuatu report →
Key section parameters
| Jurisdiction | Vanuatu (VU) |
|---|---|
| Regulator | Recorded in register |
| Favourability | Mixed |
| Confidence | Probable |
| Review status | AI-generated |
| Last collected | 18 Oct 2026 |
Summary answer
Vanuatu's gambling market continues to operate under four standing statutes — the Casino Control Act [Cap 223], Lotteries Act [Cap 205], Vanuatu Interactive Gaming Act [Cap 261] and Gaming Control Act [Cap 172] — none of which has been amended. The notable development is administrative rather than p…
Key headwinds & conditions
- Regulator-identity confusion in the wild (third-party VFSC attribution; non-.gov.vu 'vga.vu' site)
- No official instrument located for a reported 2024 interactive-licence relaunch
- Dead Act-text hyperlinks on the official Cap 172 licensing page