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Is online gambling legal in Portugal?

Portugal licenses online casino and sports betting and blocks unlicensed sites.

Online casinos
licensed market
Sports betting
licensed market
Regulator
Licensing
SRIJ licenses online casino games and fixed-odds sports betting, and notifies ISPs to block illegal operator sites.
Crypto payments
Not stated by the regulator.

Crypto casinos that accept players from Portugal (20)

Their own restricted-countries lists don't include Portugal.

RoobetAccepts playersBC.GameAccepts playersCloudbetAccepts playersRainbetAccepts playersBitcasino.ioAccepts players500 CasinoAccepts playersFortuneJackAccepts playersBetplayAccepts playersWinnaAccepts playersThrillAccepts playersDuelAccepts playersRazedAccepts playersMetaWinAccepts playersWhale.ioAccepts playersAcebetAccepts playersJackpotBetAccepts playersDiceyAccepts playersSpartansAccepts playersFlushAccepts playersWager.comAccepts players

Not listed as restricted, but check first (6)

These casinos don't name Portugal, but say their list isn't complete.

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Crypto casinos that restrict Portugal (15)

These casinos name Portugal in their own restricted-countries list.

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Regulated market

Who is licensed in Portugal

Read from Serviço de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos (SRIJ)’s own register. These hold a Portugal licence; the crypto casinos above do not, and most of them say so on their own restricted lists.

All 6 licensed brands, with logos, search and links →
Betclic
betclic.pt
Licence held by BEM OPERATIONS LIMITED
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Bwin
bwin.pt
Licence held by GOBET-ENTRETENIMENTO, S.A.
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Casino Portugal
casinoportugal.pt
Licence held by SFP ONLINE S.A.
CasinoSportsbookVisit site ↗
Casino Solverde
solverde.pt
Licence held by SOLVERDE - SOCIEDADE DE INVESTIMENTOS TURÍSTICOS DA COSTA VERDE, S.A.
CasinoSportsbookVisit site ↗
ESCOnline
estorilsolcasinos.pt
Licence held by ESTORIL SOL DIGITAL, ONLINE GAMING PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, S.A.
CasinoSportsbookVisit site ↗
Pokerstars
pokerstars.pt
Licence held by REEL EUROPE LIMITED

Licensed online sportsbooks (5)

srij.turismodeportugal.pt ↗ · 2026-10-05
Betclic
betclic.pt
Licence held by BEM OPERATIONS LIMITED
CasinoSportsbookVisit site ↗
Bwin
bwin.pt
Licence held by GOBET-ENTRETENIMENTO, S.A.
CasinoSportsbookVisit site ↗
Casino Portugal
casinoportugal.pt
Licence held by SFP ONLINE S.A.
CasinoSportsbookVisit site ↗
Casino Solverde
solverde.pt
Licence held by SOLVERDE - SOCIEDADE DE INVESTIMENTOS TURÍSTICOS DA COSTA VERDE, S.A.
CasinoSportsbookVisit site ↗
ESCOnline
estorilsolcasinos.pt
Licence held by ESTORIL SOL DIGITAL, ONLINE GAMING PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, S.A.
CasinoSportsbookVisit site ↗
How it works here

Portugal's Decree-Law 66/2015 created the online gambling regime run by the SRIJ, part of Turismo de Portugal. Licences are granted per game type, which is why one brand can appear under both lists.

Compare the best crypto casinos in PortugalThe casinos that accept Portugal players, with the coins, payout times and welcome offers each one publishes.See the list
Sources

This is general information taken from regulators' and governments' own published pages, not legal advice. Gambling law changes; check the regulator's current rules before you play.

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