The 188 casinos listed for Guatemala hold mainly these licences: Kahnawà:ke Gaming Commission (55), Anjouan Offshore Finance Authority (gaming licences) (47), Malta Gaming Authority (45). For deposits and withdrawals, Visa (123), Mastercard (117), Skrill (109), Neteller (96), Bank Transfer (SEPA / SWIFT) (95) appear most often in their banking pages. A live casino is available at 172 of these sites; 116 take crypto payments. Their average score in our ratings is 6.9 out of 10.

Legal situation in Guatemala

Guatemala has no law that regulates online gambling and no authority that licenses online casinos or online betting. The main rules are in the Penal Code (Decree 17-73). Article 477 punishes the owners and managers of houses of games of chance with one to five years in prison and a fine of Q1,000 to Q10,000; Article 478 fines people who play in such houses; and Article 479 fines organisers and sellers of unauthorised lotteries and raffles. The Code does not define games of chance further and does not mention the internet.

Lotteries and similar games are legal with a licence from the Ministry of the Interior (Ministerio de Gobernación) under a regulation amended by Government Agreement 54-2015, and raffles are authorised by departmental governors. The regulation bans foreign lotteries and allows licensed games to run by electronic or computerised means. The police and the Public Ministry periodically seize illegal slot machines.

No operator is licensed in Guatemala for online casino; foreign-licensed sites are used in an unregulated grey market.

Be wary of any online casino that claims to be authorised in Guatemala, since no such licence exists. Check the operator's foreign licence and complaints route before depositing.

Full legal overview for Guatemala