Online casino rules in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Gambling Act text linked from the Federation Ministry’s laws index defines casino games in article 3(5) as games played exclusively in casino premises. Article 109 addresses internet payments for classic lottery games, reserved to Lutrija BiH, and separately approved internet betting by companies that already hold a Federation betting approval. Article 109(3) excludes the recorded and computer-generated betting described in article 78 from internet organisation. The linked Act text gives no consolidation date.

Article 5 of the ministry’s internet-games regulation, published in Gazette issues 59/16 and 23/24, requires ministry approval. Articles 20 and 21 require the operator’s online rules to identify the company and describe the games. The operator must publish the rules on its website after obtaining ministry consent.

In the ministry’s 30 September 2026 list, seven of the nine bookmaker entries have an internet checkmark. They are the same seven companies named in the 19 January 2024 internet notice, which also mentions Lutrija BiH separately. The only premises in the casino category and all 25 machine-club entries are marked land-based only. The September list gives no domains or individual game approvals.

Republika Srpska

The official 2019 Gambling Act has a separate internet-games chapter. Article 85 concerns a Ministry licence; article 90 requires the operator’s website to show its business identity and licence number and date. Article 91 requires an internet domain.

Under article 10 of the 2019 internet-games regulation, operators publish their game rules after approval by the gambling authority. The rules must name the operator and describe the games. The 2020 amendment to the Act changes supervision and electronic payments, while the Ministry’s internet licence remains a separate check.

Use the operator’s rules to identify the product, then check the company, exact domain and licence status against an official decision. A current public register that links these details for Republika Srpska has yet to be verified here.

Brčko and the checker

Brčko District has its own Gambling Act, adopted in 2022. Articles 33(4) and 64(5) expressly include casino and machine games over the internet. Article 83 treats internet play as a way of offering the special and electronic games in article 19. The internet approval rules require a Tax Administration decision specifying game types and duration, tied to the underlying game approval. Article 93 requires the website to show the organiser’s identity and the internet approval number and date.

The Finance Directorate states that the implementing regulation in Gazette 36/22 took effect on 1 November 2022. Its technical-inspection notice concerns equipment inspection after certification. To verify a casino site, check the separate internet approval issued to the operator by the District Tax Administration.

The 2022 amendment changes the location requirements for the computer system and internet-games data from the District to the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This technical change does not itself establish nationwide permission for an operator or player.

The 2025 amendment sets 31 December 2025 for the conformity certificate and technical-inspection confirmation. For specified provisions tied to establishment of the Tax Administration’s information system, it sets an outer limit of 31 July 2027. These are not general licence expiry or renewal dates. Whether the system has been established and the full current amendment history remain unverified here.

No current online-casino authorisation for Brčko is established by the entity documents above. An approval in another territory is not proof for Brčko.

CheckYourCasino has no verified casino-domain list for these territorial regimes. This guide does not make a website eligible in the checker or verify any operator’s current licence.