Czechia licenses online casinos through the Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic (gambling regulation). Locally licensed casinos are listed first and marked; every entry shows its licence and whether it accepts players from Czechia.
The 185 casinos listed for Czechia hold mainly these licences: Kahnawà:ke Gaming Commission (54), Anjouan Offshore Finance Authority (gaming licences) (46), Malta Gaming Authority (35). For deposits and withdrawals, Visa (116), Mastercard (110), Bank Transfer (SEPA / SWIFT) (101), Skrill (101), Bitcoin (BTC) (88) appear most often in their banking pages. 165 of them offer a live casino and 107 accept cryptocurrency. The average rating of these casinos is 6.8 out of 10. 17 hold the local licence required in Czechia.
Legal situation in Czechia
Czechia has an open licensing system for online gambling under Act No. 186/2016 Coll. on Gambling, in force since 1 January 2017. Internet versions of technical games (slots), live games such as roulette and card games, bingo, lotteries and odds betting may be offered with a basic licence (základní povolení) from the Ministry of Finance. Only the state or a legal entity with its seat in Czechia, another EU member state or an EEA state may apply. It must have a transparent ownership structure, a supervisory body and own resources of at least EUR 2 million, and it must be debt-free and of good repute.
Players must be at least 18, and operators must verify age and identity. Licensed operators must check every player against the Register of Excluded Persons (RVO) run by the Ministry of Finance and must not let a registered person open or use an account. People can ask to be entered voluntarily, and others are entered automatically, for example people declared insolvent, people under a gambling ban or protective treatment for addiction, and recipients of certain social benefits. Since the introduction of the consolidated social benefit, recipients of its living-costs component and the members of their household are entered automatically, and the exclusion applies to online betting and gaming as well as gaming halls and casinos.
Online casino play is legal for adults in Czechia with operators holding a Ministry of Finance basic licence for internet technical and/or live games.
Check the operator in the Ministry of Finance list of licensed operators and look out for its entries in the list of unauthorised internet games. You can request entry in the Register of Excluded Persons through the Ministry of Finance.