The Ministry of Taxes and Duties explains new identity and payment checks from 11 March 2026. Account registration requires a video session or a visit to a land-based venue belonging to the same operator.
Identity, payments and one account
The Ministry of Taxes and Duties explains that the reforms under Decree 226 require operators to check identity-document validity and ownership of payment cards, wallets and accounts. New account registration requires a video session or a visit to a land-based venue belonging to the same operator. Duplicate accounts at one virtual gaming establishment are blocked.
Transfers to foreign online casinos
The ministry says issuing banks must reject Belarusian citizens’ transfers for participation in foreign online casinos. This does not establish that a Belarusian licence permits an operator to serve other countries.
The testing-protocol deadline
The ministry separately describes a transition until 1 July 2027 for obtaining a testing protocol covering modifications to virtual establishments. That technical-document deadline is not an automatic extension of an individual operating licence.
This page reports the ministry’s explanation. It does not renew the validity checks for individual licences, and the source-reading date is not a licence-validity date.
Sources
- Министерство по налогам и сборам — изменения в сфере азартных игр с 11 марта 2026 года
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