Check a casino licence claim in Zambia

Read the casino provisions separately

Section 81(4) of the Tourism and Hospitality Act, No. 13 of 2015 preserves Part VI of the 2007 Act on casino licensing until Parliament enacts a law dealing with casinos. The 2015 Act therefore should not be read as simply deleting the earlier casino provisions.

This is the statutory text read for this guide. Later casino-specific instruments, operative conditions and individual website permissions have not been fully reconciled here.

An online checklist is an application resource

The Ministry’s one-page Online Checklist asks for a physical address, a business plan identifying the games offered, and a declaration of authorized games and rules. It does not name a successful applicant or an approved casino website.

The casino download index retained on 27 October 2026 contains six application or checklist resources. It is not a current list connecting licensed companies to approved online-casino domains.

The betting levy is a separate law

Zambia’s Betting Levy Act took effect on 1 January 2026. It sets a levy on deposits and withdrawals in betting accounts and exempts brick-and-mortar betting companies. It assumes the betting company already holds a licence under the applicable law. The levy itself does not authorize a casino game or website.

Compliance guidance is not a licence

The Financial Intelligence Centre’s August 2023 sector guidelines address anti-money-laundering controls and customer due diligence. They do not serve as an individual casino licence or a website authorization list.

No current approved online-casino domain is established here. Check the legal holder, permitted casino product, exact address, territory and validity against the applicable Ministry permission before relying on a casino-licence claim.