Prior to the current situation, online gambling in general was illegal, and only exceptions were granted to the canton lottery companies: Swisslos and Loterie Romande.

The Swiss online gambling legislation underwent a huge change in 2018, with the passing of the so called ‘Geldspielgesetz”, which directly translates to Money Gambling Act (but most commonly referred to as Federal Act on Games of Chance, passed in 2018, effective from 2019).Īccording to this new gambling act, for the first time ever in the history of the Swiss Confederation, online casino licenses are issued to private companies (only companies with an existing brick & mortar casino licence can apply for an online gambling extension, details can be found below, in the Switzerland casino section and in the online casino licensing section below). Online casinos are legal in Switzerland since 2019, according to the Federal Act on Games of Chance 1, which is also the main piece of the gambling legislation. Legal status of digital casinos in Switzerland: legal since 2019, operators require a licence

List of online casinos, which accept players from Switzerland.

Find out which are the best land-based casinos and licensed online casino sites in Switzerland, or learn more about the legal status of casino gambling in the country. Under the new regulations for Swiss players you are not allowed to bring your funds directly into the new Swiss license from your existing Stars Account.This is a guide to brick and mortar as well as online casinos in Switzerland (officially the Swiss Confederation, the richest country of Europe and one of the richest countries in the world, not a member of the EU, has a population of 8.6 million).

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