Legal casino gambling age in Tunisia
Tunisia has no modern gambling statute and no independent gambling regulator. Its framework rests on two decree-laws of October 1974, one on lotteries and games and one on casinos, and lawful gambling is concentrated in state hands: the state company Promosport holds the only lawful channel for sports betting, and a small number of authorised casinos in tourist zones are open to foreign visitors only. There is no licensing route for private online casinos or bookmakers. Offshore betting sites are nonetheless widely used, criminal investigations have targeted local betting networks, and in 2026 a private members’ bill to prohibit online gambling outright reached Parliament. The government is preparing a separate bill of its own. This guide sets out what we could verify and states plainly where we could not.
Key points
- The basic texts are Decree-Law No. 74-20 of 24 October 1974 on fairground installations, parlour games and lotteries, ratified by Law No. 74-96, and Decree-Law No. 74-21 of the same date on casinos, ratified by Law No. 74-97 of 11 December 1974 (Official Journal order of 2004; Kapitalis).
- Promosport, a state company created in 1984 and supervised by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, is the only lawful sports betting operator. Casinos are reserved for foreign visitors; Tunisian residents are not admitted.
- No licence exists for private online casinos or bookmakers. Winnings from games and betting are subject to a 25% withholding tax.
- Bill No. 2026/009, filed on 20 January 2026, would ban all online gambling and oblige internet and payment providers to prevent it. It was still at committee stage on the ARP website at the date of review.
- The government has said since November 2024 that it is drafting a new law on gambling and sports betting. Its text has not been published.
Last reviewed: 7 October 2026.
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Historical development
State control of betting in Tunisia predates the current legislation. According to a response from Promosport’s chief executive published with an African Manager article in November 2022, the system goes back to Decree-Law No. 60-1 of 1960, which created a special Treasury fund, the National Fund for the Promotion of Sport. Promosport itself was created in 1984 by Law No. 84-63. Its best-known product is a grid of national and international football matches on which players predict the results. The same report states that Promosport’s turnover between 1982 and 2021 was close to TND 1.1 billion, of which, according to the company, about TND 600 million went to the state, about TND 400 million was paid out as winnings and about TND 100 million was retained to run the company.
The modern legal framework dates from October 1974, when the government issued two decree-laws on the same day. A decree-law (décret-loi, in Arabic marsoum) is an instrument made by the executive with the force of law, which Parliament later ratifies. Decree-Law No. 74-20 governs fairground installations, parlour games and lotteries; Decree-Law No. 74-21 governs casinos. Their ratifying laws, Nos. 74-96 and 74-97, were adopted on 11 December 1974 (Order of 10 September 2004, as published; Kapitalis, April 2018). Decree No. 76-114 of 14 February 1976 later set general rules on the operation of games, according to the same official order of 2018 summarised by Kapitalis.
Promosport later faced competition from foreign betting websites. In March 2016 the then Minister of Youth and Sports said that the company had been threatened with bankruptcy, and Promosport signed a TND 23.9 million contract for a new electronic betting management system, which Webdo presented as a step towards online betting (Webdo, March 2016). A civil-society body, the Observatory of Transparency and Good Governance, described in July 2022 an “unprecedented spread” of gambling since 2011 and called Decree No. 20 of 1974 outdated, with penalties too weak for the problem (Kapitalis).
Legal framework
Decree-Law No. 74-20 of 1974: lotteries and games
Decree-Law No. 74-20 of 24 October 1974 is titled, in French, relatif aux installations foraines, aux jeux de salon et aux loteries: it concerns fairground installations, parlour games and lotteries. It was ratified by Law No. 74-96 of 11 December 1974. Both references appear in the visas of an order of the Minister of the Interior of 10 September 2004, published in the Official Journal (JORT), which approved the specifications (cahier des charges) for operating public gaming rooms (Webmanagercenter, reproducing the JORT text). The Assembly of the Representatives of the People (ARP) uses the Arabic title of the same text in its record of Bill No. 2026/009 (ARP).
We could not retrieve a consolidated official text of the decree-law, so we do not quote its articles or penalties. Two points are nonetheless clear. First, it predates the internet and does not address online gambling expressly; deputies describe a vide juridique, a legal vacuum, in this area (Business News, January 2026). Second, it remains the reference text: the 2026 bill is framed as an amendment of it rather than as a new code.
Decree-Law No. 74-21 of 1974: casinos
Casinos are governed by a separate text. A joint order of the Ministers of the Interior, Finance and Tourism, reported by Kapitalis in April 2018, on the obligations of the managers of gaming clubs to detect and report suspicious transactions, cites in its visas Decree-Law No. 21 of 24 October 1974 on gaming clubs, its ratifying Law No. 97 of 11 December 1974, Decree No. 114 of 14 February 1976 and the 2015 anti-terrorism and anti-money laundering law (Kapitalis, April 2018). The CMS expert guide (2023) states that under the casino law “casino games are subject to a prior authorization granted by a joint order of the Ministers of the Interior and National Economy”.
Access is restricted. Kapitalis reported in September 2026 that access to casinos “is reserved to foreigners, on presentation of a passport” and that “Tunisian residents are not admitted”; it names casinos in Djerba, Yasmine Hammamet and Port El-Kantaoui, and states that casinos may be established only in tourist zones near large hotel complexes (Kapitalis). Trade press describes the same foreigners-only rule (iGaming Expert, January 2026). We could not read the article of the 1974 casino decree-law that lays down the exclusion, so we report the rule as described by these sources.
The Penal Code
We checked the consolidated Penal Code published by Jurisite Tunisie. Its table of contents contains no section on games of chance, gaming houses or lotteries. Articles 283 to 290 deal with extortion, usurpation and fraudulent bankruptcy (Articles 283 to 290), and the general provisions on contraventions in Book III that we read (Articles 313 and 314) contain no gambling provision (Book III). On the material we reviewed, gambling offences are found in the 1974 special legislation rather than in the Penal Code. Prosecutors have nonetheless used general offences, especially money laundering, against betting networks (see below).
Regulator and licensing model
Tunisia follows a monopoly model. In a monopoly, the state reserves a form of gambling to a single operator, usually one it owns, instead of issuing licences to competing private companies. There is no independent gambling authority and no published procedure by which a private operator could obtain a gambling licence.
Oversight is divided according to the type of gambling:
- Sports betting. Promosport is the only lawful sports betting channel (iGaming Business). It reports to the Ministry of Youth and Sports, whose minister, Sadok Mourali, reported to a parliamentary committee in November 2025 on Promosport’s revenue (Tuniscope). A National Fund for the Promotion of Sport and Youth, managed jointly by the finance and sports ministries, receives a share of betting revenue (African Manager).
- Horse-race betting. Pari-mutuel betting, in which all stakes are pooled and shared among winners after deductions, is managed by the Agence Tunisienne de Solidarité, a public agency (iGaming Business).
- Casinos. Authorisation is granted by joint order of the ministers concerned under the 1974 casino decree-law (CMS). Casinos are subject to anti-money laundering reporting duties under the 2018 order.
- Gaming rooms. Public gaming rooms are operated under specifications (cahier des charges) approved by the Minister of the Interior in 2004 (Webmanagercenter).
iGaming Business reports that in November 2024 the Ministry of Youth and Sports sent its draft gambling and sports betting bill to 26 public institutions, including the central bank, the Competition Council and the financial intelligence authority (iGaming Business). Whether the future law will create a regulator, license private operators or modernise the monopoly is not known, because the draft has not been published.
Online gambling: what is permitted and how it is enforced
There is no licensing framework for private online gambling in Tunisia. iGaming Business stated in September 2026 that neither of the two legislative approaches under discussion “has produced a licensing framework” (iGaming Business). No online casino, poker site or private bookmaker holds a Tunisian licence, because none can be issued. In November 2025 the Minister of Youth and Sports told Parliament that the planned law would “digitise” sports betting in order to combat illegal “parallel” betting, protect the integrity of sport and prevent match-fixing (Tuniscope).
The offshore and parallel market
Offshore operators, meaning sites based and licensed, if at all, outside Tunisia, are used widely. In July 2026 Business News reported that international betting platforms were accessible on smartphones without a VPN, and that intermediaries in shops and cafés in the Tunis suburbs collected stakes in dinars and credited accounts on foreign sites, sometimes keeping 40 to 50% of winnings. A 2022 press estimate put the market at about 500,000 bettors and over TND 160 million, figures the author considered too low (Managers). There is no official estimate. Deputy Yasser Gourari, a sponsor of the 2026 bill, has described online betting as a “social scourge” that has driven some players into debt and despair (Business News).
Criminal enforcement
Enforcement has relied mainly on financial crime law rather than on the gambling texts. Reported cases include:
- November 2022. An investigating judge of the economic and financial judicial pole issued an arrest warrant against the owner of an online sports betting site. National Guard investigators had traced large financial flows, offices in Sousse and Tunis were searched, more than TND 10 million in local and foreign currency was seized and 25 people were placed under investigation, chiefly for money laundering (Kapitalis).
- December 2025. The economic and financial judicial pole placed three suspects in detention and charged four others in a case involving an international online betting and money laundering network; four Tunisians living in Europe were listed as wanted, and bank accounts, vehicles, property and jewellery were seized (African Manager).
- July 2026. Business News reported that a gambling and money laundering network had been dismantled, with three arrests and seizures of large sums, electronic devices and accounting documents (Business News).
The CMS guide also notes that Promosport has brought legal action against online betting providers (CMS). We found no outcome of such cases.
Blocking, payments and advertising
Blocking means an instruction to internet service providers to prevent access to particular websites, or to payment institutions to refuse transactions with particular merchants. We found no statute, regulation or court order that currently requires Tunisian internet or payment providers to block gambling sites, and press reports in 2026 describe foreign betting sites as freely accessible. The 2026 bill would create such a duty: its Article 4 requires internet service providers and electronic payment providers to take “the necessary measures” to prevent prohibited gambling, and its Article 5 penalises those who provide technical support, financing or promotion, including sellers of electronic top-ups (La Presse). The bill would also prohibit the advertising of any unauthorised game of chance; general advertising rules are set by Law No. 98-40 (CMS).
Position of players
Whether it is currently an offence for a Tunisian resident to bet with a foreign website depends on the wording of the 1974 decree-laws, which we could not read in full. We found no published prosecution or fine of an ordinary player for gambling online. The criminal cases reported concern organisers, intermediaries and money laundering, not individual bettors. This should not be read as meaning that offshore play is lawful. Residents are in any case excluded from casinos.
The 2026 bill would change the position if adopted. Its Article 2 states that “the organisation, management, participation in, promotion of or advertising of any type of game of chance, whether traditional or digital, is prohibited”, subject only to exceptional authorisation by the competent authority under strict conditions to combat addiction and protect minors (ARP, bill text). By naming “participation”, the text would expressly cover players. Article 3 declares gambling over the internet, through applications or digital platforms unlawful.
The bill text contains five articles and does not itself set penalty amounts. According to Deputy Gourari, speaking to Diwan FM as reported by Business News, the sponsors envisage fines of TND 10,000 to TND 500,000 and one to five years’ imprisonment, with heavier penalties for repeat offences, the involvement of minors and suspected money laundering. It is not clear which penalties would apply to players. These are proposals, not law.
In practice, a player who uses an unauthorised foreign site has no Tunisian authority to complain to and no regulatory route to recover unpaid winnings. Payments abroad may also raise questions under Tunisia’s foreign exchange rules, which we have not analysed here.
Taxation
Players’ winnings are taxed at source. Article 19 of the Finance Law for 2016 introduced, from 1 January 2016, a 25% withholding tax on winnings from games of chance, including lotteries, Promosport and games offered over the internet, by telephone or by SMS; the person paying the winnings must deduct the tax and pay it to the Treasury (Webdo). The Finance Law for 2023 (Article 41) changed the regime for online sports betting: according to Managers, operators previously subject to a 15% final withholding became liable to ordinary business taxes and VAT, while bettors’ winnings are subject to the 25% withholding. The CMS guide likewise refers to a 25% withholding tax on gambling and online gambling (CMS). We could not read the finance laws themselves.
Much of the public benefit from lawful betting comes through the state operator. The National Fund for the Promotion of Sport and Youth receives 50% of mutual betting revenue and 70% of revenue from other games, according to African Manager (2022). The Minister of Youth and Sports said in November 2025 that Promosport’s 2025 revenue had risen by nearly 100% compared with 2024 (Tuniscope); absolute figures were not given. We could not verify the specific tax regime of casinos.
Consumer protection and responsible gambling
Tunisia has no gambling regulator to set consumer protection rules, and we found no national self-exclusion register and no dedicated national helpline for gambling problems. Self-exclusion means a scheme under which a person can ask to be barred from gambling for a set period. We could not confirm a statutory minimum gambling age or Promosport’s own age and responsible play rules from an official source; the exclusion of residents from casinos operates as the main access restriction in land-based gambling.
The 2026 bill makes harm prevention part of the legal test for any future exception: under Article 2, gambling could be authorised only under “strict conditions” to combat addiction and protect minors, and its sponsors have proposed heavier penalties where minors are involved.
People in Tunisia who are worried about their own or someone else’s gambling can seek help from general health services. Our responsible gambling guide explains how to set limits and recognise warning signs.
Recent and upcoming developments
- Government consultation (November 2024). Minister Sadok Mourali said a gambling and sports betting bill had been sent for consultation to 26 public institutions (iGaming Business).
- Revised government draft (November 2025). Presenting his ministry’s 2026 budget, the minister said the draft had been comprehensively revised to reflect international standards on sports manipulation and money laundering, and that the law would digitise sports betting (Mosaïque FM; Tuniscope). No government bill had been filed with the ARP by the date of review, as far as we could establish.
- Private members’ bill No. 2026/009 (January to February 2026). The “proposed law to combat gambling and games of chance amending and supplementing Decree No. 20 of 1974” was filed on 20 January 2026. The ARP page lists 23 signatories, the figure also given in press reports (iGaming Expert). The ARP Bureau referred it to the General Legislation Committee on 29 January 2026, and the committee took it up on 3 February 2026 (ARP; ARP committee agenda).
- Status at the date of review. The ARP website still listed the bill as before the committee. Business News reported in July 2026 that it had not been examined after more than five months, being regarded as non-priority and sensitive (Business News), and iGaming Business reported in September 2026 that no further action had been taken (iGaming Business). Its progress should be rechecked.
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Sources and further reading
- Assembly of the Representatives of the People (ARP), Bill No. 2026/009: proposed law to combat gambling and games of chance amending and supplementing Decree No. 20 of 1974 (accessed 7 October 2026).
- Assembly of the Representatives of the People (ARP), Text of proposed law No. 2026/009 (Arabic) (2026).
- Assembly of the Representatives of the People (ARP), General Legislation Committee, meeting of 3 February 2026 (2026).
- Webmanagercenter, Cahier des charges relatif à l’exploitation des salles de jeux destinées au public (order of 10 September 2004, JORT) (30 October 2004).
- Kapitalis, New order on the managers of gaming clubs (order of 19 April 2018, Arabic) (24 April 2018).
- Jurisite Tunisie, Code pénal: table of contents (accessed 7 October 2026).
- Jurisite Tunisie, Code pénal, Articles 283 to 290 (accessed 7 October 2026).
- Jurisite Tunisie, Code pénal, Book III: contraventions (accessed 7 October 2026).
- CMS, CMS Expert Guide to Gambling Laws in Africa: Tunisia (2023).
- iGaming Business, Lottomatica/Cirsa tie-up shines spotlight on North Africa’s online betting licensing gap (11 September 2026).
- iGaming Expert, Tunisia MPs seek new architecture to combat illegal gambling (26 January 2026).
- Business News, Jeux d’argent en ligne: vers la criminalisation avec peines de prison et sanctions financières sévères (24 January 2026).
- Business News, Paris sportifs: immersion dans un marché parallèle (3 July 2026).
- La Presse, Proposed law on games of chance referred to the General Legislation Committee (31 January 2026).
- Tuniscope, Promosport revenue growth and forthcoming betting law (Arabic) (12 November 2025).
- Mosaïque FM, La loi sur les jeux de hasard et les paris sportifs révisée (November 2025).
- African Manager, Où va donc l’argent de « Promosport » ? (4 November 2022).
- African Manager, Un réseau de pari électronique et de blanchiment d’argent démantelé (15 December 2025).
- Kapitalis, Tunisie : du nouveau dans l’affaire de la société de paris en ligne (27 November 2022).
- Kapitalis, Les casinos en Tunisie (3 September 2026).
- Kapitalis, Statement of the Observatory of Transparency and Good Governance on gambling (Arabic) (11 July 2022).
- Webdo, Jeux de hasard : vos gains seront désormais amputés de 25% (2016).
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