Legal casino gambling age in Seychelles
Seychelles regulates gambling through a licensing system. Casinos, slot machine halls and online (“interactive”) gambling come under the Seychelles Gambling Act, 2014 (Act 29 of 2014), in force since 1 November 2015. The regulator is the Financial Services Authority (FSA), which the Act calls “the Authority”. Lotteries, lotto, bingo and similar games of chance are licensed separately under the Licences Act. Since January 2024, detailed Interactive Gambling Rules and much higher online licence fees have applied. In April 2025 the Cabinet approved a bill to replace the 2014 Act and create a Seychelles Gambling Commission.
Key points
- The Seychelles Gambling Act, 2014 (Act 29 of 2014) provides for three licences: casino, slot machine and interactive gambling. It came into force on 1 November 2015.
- The Financial Services Authority licenses and supervises these operators. Lotteries and other games of chance are licensed by the Seychelles Licensing Authority under separate regulations.
- The Seychelles Gambling (Interactive Gambling) Rules, 2024 created two types of online licence. Each carries a licence fee of SCR 1,500,000 and requires a locally incorporated company, a resident designated official and servers in Seychelles.
- The Act makes it an offence to gamble anywhere other than on licensed premises. We found no record of a player being prosecuted for using a foreign gambling website.
- In April 2025 the Cabinet approved a new Seychelles Gambling Bill to repeal the 2014 Act and create a Seychelles Gambling Commission. We could not confirm that it has been enacted.
Last reviewed: 8 October 2026.
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Historical development
Before 2015, gambling in Seychelles was regulated under several older instruments. Casinos and gaming machines were licensed under regulations made under the Licences Act. Online gaming was covered by a separate Interactive Gaming Act. Section 58 of the Seychelles Gambling Act, 2014 repealed the Interactive Gaming Act and three sets of regulations: the Licences (Gaming Machine) Regulations, the Licences (Non-Domestic) Gaming Regulations and the Licences (Casino) Regulations. Licences granted under those laws remained valid for nine months after the new Act came into force.
The 2014 Act received presidential assent on 31 December 2014 and was published in the Official Gazette on 19 January 2015. It took effect on a date set by ministerial notice. According to the Seychelles Nation (January 2016), that date was 1 November 2015. Oversight of casinos and gaming machines then moved from the Seychelles Licensing Authority (SLA) to the FSA. The newspaper added that the SLA “will remain the regulator for betting, games of chance and coin operated machines”. The FSA itself had been created by the Financial Services Authority Act, 2013. It also supervises non-bank financial services, the International Trade Zone and the companies and trusts registries.
Since then, the framework has mainly changed through secondary legislation. Fee regulations were made in 2018 and replaced in 2020. In 2022 a cap was placed on the number of casino and slot machine licences in each region. The detailed rules for online gambling followed in January 2024.
Legal framework
The Seychelles Gambling Act, 2014
The Act is the main statute. Section 2 defines “the Authority” as the Financial Services Authority, so the term “Seychelles Gambling Authority” that sometimes appears in official texts refers to the FSA acting under the Act, not to a separate body. Section 3 makes it an offence to carry on a gambling business without a licence. Section 4 provides for three licence types:
- Casino licence (section 11), for table games and gaming machines at a licensed casino;
- Slot machine operator’s licence (section 12), for gaming machine halls;
- Interactive gambling licence (section 13). The Act defines “interactive gambling” as placing a bet or other contingency on the outcome of a game or event by means of a computer or telecommunications device. A licensee must “at a minimum, maintain mirrored servers in Seychelles”.
Under the Act, applications are published so that the public can object, and the Authority must decide within 90 days. Licences run for one year and are renewed each year. Gaming machines must be linked to an electronic monitoring system, and operators must meet prescribed minimum return-to-player percentages. Gambling staff need a certificate of approval from the Authority and must be at least 21. Applicants are disqualified if, for example, they are under 18, a public servant or political office-holder, or have certain criminal convictions. The Act excludes lotteries from its definition of casino games.
The main offences are set out in sections 43 to 49. They cover running or allowing gambling on unlicensed premises, cheating, and gambling by under-18s. According to the consolidated text published by RegAlert, section 50 sets a maximum of five years’ imprisonment, a fine of up to SCR 500,000, or both. Section 52 provides that liability is not avoided simply because the gambling business is run wholly or partly outside Seychelles.
Secondary legislation
- Seychelles Gambling (Fees) Regulations, 2020 (S.I. 10 of 2020), in force from 1 February 2020. These replaced the 2018 fee regulations (S.I. 14 of 2018).
- Seychelles Gambling (Capping of Slot Machine and Casino Licenses) Regulations, 2022 (S.I. 119 of 2022).
- Seychelles Gambling (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations, 2024 (S.I. 1 of 2024).
- Seychelles Gambling (Interactive Gambling) Rules, 2024 (S.I. 2 of 2024). Both 2024 instruments were made on 29 December 2023 and published on 8 January 2024.
Lotteries and similar games sit outside the 2014 Act. The Licences (Game of Chance) Regulations (S.I. 60 of 1994, as amended), made under the Licences Act, cover bingo, lotto, scratch cards and lotteries. Only a company incorporated in Seychelles may hold such a licence. The annual fee is SCR 1,000,000, and the applicant must post a security deposit of up to the same amount. A police officer must attend each draw, and draw machines must be certified by the Seychelles Bureau of Standards.
Regulator and licensing model
Seychelles uses a licensing model. Private operators may run casinos, slot halls and online gambling if they hold a licence, rather than the state reserving gambling to a monopoly operator. The FSA’s gambling supervision function grants and renews licences. It approves changes to licensed equipment and games and inspects premises. Its circulars show how this works in practice. Circular No. 1 of 2021 reminds licensees that any change in the number of slot machines or tables, the games offered or return-to-player settings needs prior written approval under section 15 of the Act. In March 2025, Circular No. 5 of 2025 revised the approval process for key employees.
Licence fees
Under the 2020 Fees Regulations, the application fee is SCR 25,000 for a casino licence, SCR 15,000 for a slot machine licence and SCR 50,000 for an interactive gambling licence. The annual fees are:
| Licence | Annual fee |
|---|---|
| Casino | SCR 1,000,000 base fee, plus SCR 3,500 per table and SCR 2,500 per slot machine |
| Slot machine operator | Base fee from SCR 125,000 (up to 10 machines) to SCR 1,000,000 (more than 200 machines), plus SCR 2,500 per machine |
| Interactive gambling, Type 1 or Type 2 | SCR 1,500,000 (raised from SCR 300,000 by S.I. 1 of 2024) |
The 2024 amendment also raised a fee in the application-fee regulation from SCR 50,000 to SCR 100,000. Under the 2020 Regulations only the interactive gambling application fee was SCR 50,000, so this appears to be that fee. Renewal fees equal the annual licence fee.
Caps on land-based licences
The 2022 Capping Regulations, signed by the Minister of Finance on 28 October 2022, limit the number of casino and slot machine licences in each region. The limits are set out in the regulations’ schedules. The cap does not apply to licences for “tourist establishments and enterprises”, defined as hotels with 51 or more rooms and marinas. Where a regional limit has not been reached, the Authority must invite applications publicly.
Licensees
The FSA publishes a list of regulated gambling entities, divided into casino, slot machine and interactive gambling categories. When we checked it (page last modified July 2026), it named twelve licensees; the page did not show how they divide between the three categories. In its 2018 mutual evaluation, the regional anti-money-laundering body (see below) recorded five licensed casinos, of which three were active, and described the casino industry as relatively small.
Online gambling: what is permitted and how it is enforced
Online gambling is lawful in Seychelles only for an operator holding an FSA interactive gambling licence. Rule 4(1) of the 2024 Interactive Gambling Rules states that “only persons who are licensed by the Authority shall conduct interactive gambling in or from within Seychelles”.
Why the 2024 Rules were introduced
The Cabinet approved the new rules in November 2023. Vice-President Ahmed Afif said the existing law had gaps that allowed online gaming without proper supervision. He said licensees had been able to carry on online activity that their licences did not clearly govern, and he said such activity is often linked to money laundering. This was reported by Yogonet and the Public Gaming Research Institute. The rules were designed to define the categories of interactive licence and to give the FSA more effective control over licensees.
Main requirements
The 2024 Rules create two licence types. A Type 1 licensee develops its own games and software and offers them on its own websites. A Type 2 licensee uses games supplied by other developers under contract. The other main requirements are:
- Local company and staff: the licensee must be a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1972. It must employ at least one individual resident in Seychelles as its “designated official”, approved in advance by the Authority.
- Capital: paid-up capital of at least SCR 1,000,000 and a cash reserve of at least SCR 3,000,000, both held at all times with a bank licensed in Seychelles.
- Servers: player registration servers must be in Seychelles. Game servers may be hosted abroad with approval, but a mirrored server must be kept in Seychelles.
- Testing and controls: all games and equipment must be independently tested and certified before going live, and the internal control system must be approved.
- Payments and AML: customer due diligence under the AML/CFT Act must be completed before an account is opened, or the person may not be registered. Cash may not be accepted. Player funds must be kept apart from the operator’s own funds. Gambling with virtual assets (cryptocurrencies) is prohibited for both licensees and players.
- Foreign markets: licensees must take legal advice before seeking players in another country. They may not solicit players from 16 listed jurisdictions, including the United Arab Emirates, Japan, Singapore, Cyprus, Poland, Russia and Malaysia. Their systems must detect a player’s location and block betting where interactive gambling is prohibited.
- Reporting: licensees must file monthly regulatory returns and audited annual accounts, and keep records in Seychelles for at least seven years.
Breaches not otherwise covered can lead to an administrative penalty of SCR 20,000 after the licensee has had a chance to reply in writing.
Enforcement against unlicensed operators
We found no evidence that Seychelles requires internet service providers to block gambling websites or banks to block payments to them. The FSA’s main public tool is the warning notice, issued under section 28 of the Financial Services Authority Act, 2013. In November 2022 and November 2023 it warned that named companies offering online casino, slot and betting services in or from Seychelles held no FSA licence. It added that customers of such companies are not protected by the Gambling Act.
Advertising
Section 23 of the Act restricts gambling advertising near schools and places used by under-18s. Under Rule 34 of the 2024 Rules, online advertising may not suggest that gambling brings social or financial success, may not target minors or vulnerable people, and may not overstate the chances of winning. Players must be able to opt out of marketing.
Position of players
The minimum age is 18. Section 45 of the Act bars under-18s from gambling or entering gaming areas, and Rule 25 of the 2024 Rules forbids them from opening online accounts. We found no rule barring Seychelles residents from land-based casinos, slot halls or locally licensed online services.
The Act also contains provisions that apply to players. Section 48(1) states that “no person shall gamble or make or place a bet at any place other than on licensed premises”, and section 48(3) makes a breach an offence. Section 43(2) forbids playing, or visiting with the aim of playing, at premises not licensed under the Act. These provisions were written mainly with physical premises in mind. Read literally, they could reach a resident who gambles with an operator that holds no Seychelles licence. However, the sources we reviewed contain no court ruling applying them to online play, and no record of a player being prosecuted or fined for using a foreign website.
The FSA’s position is that players who use unlicensed operators do so at their own risk. Its warning notices say such customers act at their own risk, that the Authority is not responsible if they continue, and that they lack the protection the Act gives in dealings with licensed operators.
Taxation
Operators
The Gambling Act does not impose a tax on gross gaming revenue (GGR, meaning stakes received minus winnings paid out). The state’s direct revenue from the Act comes through the licence fees described above. Licensees are also subject to general taxation. Casino owners used to have a special concessionary entry in the First Schedule of the Business Tax Act. The Business Tax (Amendment of Schedules) Regulations, 2021 removed that entry from 1 January 2022, according to a summary by the Seychelles firm Intercontinental Trust. Casino operators have since paid ordinary business tax on their annual taxable income. The Seychelles Revenue Commission’s rate table gives this as 15% on the first SCR 1,000,000 and 25% on the rest. The same table states that no tax was payable by casino operators before 2022.
Players
The Licences (Game of Chance) Regulations state that “no person is liable in respect of winnings from any game of chance to any taxation or duty imposed by law”. This covers lotteries, lotto, bingo and scratch cards. We found no official source that sets out how winnings from casinos or online gambling are taxed. The Revenue Commission is the authority to ask.
Consumer protection and responsible gambling
The 2014 Act sets out the basic protections. Section 16(1)(g) lets the Authority make licences conditional on measures against addictive and compulsive gambling. Section 24 limits the credit operators may extend to gamblers. Section 22 allows the Authority to keep a list of persons excluded from licensed premises, and lets a court bar a convicted person from them. Excluded persons may not enter gaming areas or enforce gambling debts. In Circular No. 13 of 2021, the FSA said it would write the responsible gambling condition expressly into each licence at renewal. It also required licensees to submit operating manuals showing how they would meet it.
For online play, Rule 27 of the 2024 Rules goes further. Licensees must:
- show a responsible gambling link prominently on every page;
- offer deposit, bet, loss and session-time limits, and exclusion for a set or indefinite period;
- apply a lower limit at once, and a higher one only after a written request and a seven-day cooling-off period;
- apply self-exclusion at once and return remaining funds;
- show “reality checks” (automatic prompts with time played and net result) where possible;
- run a programme to identify problem gamblers and keep an incident log.
Exclusion under the Rules is operator by operator. We found no national self-exclusion register covering all licensees, and no dedicated national gambling helpline. People affected by gambling harm should contact their doctor or local health services, or see our responsible gambling guide.
Anti-money laundering
Casinos are treated as designated non-financial businesses and professions (DNFBPs) under Seychelles’ anti-money-laundering regime. In its 2018 mutual evaluation, the Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG) called weak supervision of designated non-financial businesses, “in particular” motor vehicle dealers, real estate and casinos, “a major ML concern”. It rated Recommendation 28, on supervising these businesses, as only partially compliant. The report also stated that online gambling was not allowed at the time, which sits uneasily with the interactive licence in the 2014 Act. A 2023 follow-up report upgraded Recommendation 28 to largely compliant. In October 2025, the FSA’s Circular No. 12 of 2025 brought casino “junket” and tournament events under its control. Only licensed casinos with FSA approval may host them. Applications must be filed four weeks in advance with AML/CFT risk assessments and due diligence on participants.
Recent and upcoming developments
- Online gambling rules (January 2024). The Interactive Gambling Rules and the fivefold increase in the interactive licence fee, to SCR 1,500,000, were published in the Official Gazette on 8 January 2024.
- New Gambling Bill (April 2025). At its meeting on 30 April 2025, according to a State House communiqué of 1 May, the Cabinet approved a new Seychelles Gambling Bill to “repeal the current Seychelles Gambling Act, 2014”. It would create a Seychelles Gambling Commission as a single authority for licensing and supervision, covering online gambling and junket operations. It would also introduce perpetual licences, stronger standards for gambling devices, fit-and-proper checks and formal complaint procedures. As of 8 October 2026 we could not find the Bill’s text or any evidence that the National Assembly has passed it. Until a new Act is in force, the 2014 Act and the FSA remain in place.
- Tighter supervision (2025). The FSA revised the approval process for key employees (March 2025) and introduced prior approval for junkets and tournaments (October 2025).
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Sources and further reading
- Seychelles Legal Information Institute (SeyLII), Seychelles Gambling Act, 2014 (Act 29 of 2014) (2015).
- RegAlert, Seychelles Gambling Act, 2014: unofficial text (accessed 8 October 2026).
- Government of Seychelles, Official Gazette, S.I. 2 of 2024: Seychelles Gambling (Interactive Gambling) Rules, 2024 (2024).
- Government of Seychelles, Official Gazette, S.I. 1 of 2024: Seychelles Gambling (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations, 2024 (2024).
- Government of Seychelles, Official Gazette, S.I. 10 of 2020: Seychelles Gambling (Fees) Regulations, 2020 (2020).
- Government of Seychelles, Official Gazette, S.I. 119 of 2022: Seychelles Gambling (Capping of Slot Machine and Casino Licenses) Regulations, 2022 (2022).
- SeyLII, Licences (Game of Chance) Regulations (S.I. 60 of 1994, as amended) (consolidated 2017).
- Financial Services Authority, Regulated Entities: Gambling (accessed 8 October 2026).
- Financial Services Authority, Unlicensed Interactive Gambling Activity (2022).
- Financial Services Authority, Unlicensed Interactive Gambling Activity (2023).
- Financial Services Authority (via RegAlert), Circular No. 1 of 2021: Adherence to Section 15 of the Seychelles Gambling Act, 2014 (2021).
- Financial Services Authority (via RegAlert), Circular No. 13 of 2021: Responsible Gambling (2021).
- Financial Services Authority (via RegAlert), Circular No. 5 of 2025: Certificate of Approval of Employees (2025).
- Financial Services Authority (via RegAlert), Circular No. 12 of 2025: Junket and Tournament Events (2025).
- State House, Seychelles, Cabinet Business: Thursday 1st May 2025 (2025).
- Seychelles Nation, FSA new regulator of casino and gaming machine business in Seychelles (2016).
- ESAAMLG / FATF, Anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing measures: Seychelles, Mutual Evaluation Report (2018).
- FATF, Seychelles’ progress in strengthening measures to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing (2023).
- Seychelles Revenue Commission, Business Tax Rates (2023).
- Intercontinental Trust, Seychelles News: Removal of Business Tax Concessions (2022).
- Yogonet, Seychelles introduces new regulations for online gaming and betting (2023).
- Public Gaming Research Institute, Seychelles to introduce new regulation targeting online gaming and gambling (2023).
