The Republic of the Congo’s Law 37-2024 of 11 October 2024 distinguishes several gambling categories. This is a separate jurisdiction from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Check the game category
Article 7 places physical and online sports betting, online casinos and online virtual games in Category I. Category II, including horse betting, lottery and scratch games, is reserved to the national gaming company. Physical casinos also have a distinct category.
ARJHA gives an opinion on applications
Law No. 1-2025 of 29 March 2025 establishes ARJHA, based in Brazzaville. Article 7 gives it responsibilities that include advising on applications, monitoring online gambling activity and ordering temporary blocks of illegal sites.
Article 8 of Law 37-2024 assigns operator approvals to the competent administration after the regulator’s conformity opinion. The sources reviewed here did not link an approval in force to an exact casino domain.
Existing approvals keep their own expiry dates
Articles 61 and 62 require operators already in the market to apply under the new rules, except the national gaming company. Existing approvals remain valid until their expiry. Eligible holders can request up to 24 months to comply. The operator’s own approval and any decision on that request still need to be checked.
Sources
- Ministère des Finances — Loi 37-2024
Source read: · Source date: 2024-10-11
- Journal officiel — Loi 37-2024 relative aux jeux
Source read: · Source date: 2024-10-11
- Journal officiel — Loi n° 1-2025 instituant l’ARJHA
Source read: · Source date: 2025-03-29