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Best online casinos in Iceland

Online gambling is restricted in Iceland. These casinos accept players from Iceland according to their terms; read the legal overview before you play.

Restricted market 18+ 185 casinos By the Gambling Hero editorial team · Checked October 25, 2026

Short answer

185 casinos in our database accept players from Iceland. The minimum age to gamble is 18; check the legal situation before you play.

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Licences and payments at a glance

Looking at the licences of the 185 casinos that accept Iceland: Kahnawà:ke Gaming Commission (55), Anjouan Offshore Finance Authority (gaming licences) (47), Malta Gaming Authority (43). The payment methods they name most often are Visa (120), Mastercard (115), Skrill (107), Neteller (94), Bitcoin (BTC) (94). 169 of them offer a live casino and 115 accept cryptocurrency. Their average score in our ratings is 6.9 out of 10.

Legal situation in Iceland

Iceland allows money gambling only where a specific act of parliament authorises it. Under the Lottery Act No. 38/2005 (Lög um happdrætti), lotteries need a licence from a district commissioner (sýslumaður). Licences may only go to EEA-based organisations that raise money for public-benefit purposes. Games where players wager money are prohibited unless a separate statute allows them. The Ministry of Justice lists the bodies with such statutory rights: the University of Iceland Lottery (Happdrætti Háskóla Íslands), the DAS lottery, the SÍBS lottery, Íslenskar getraunir (sports pools), Íslensk getspá (lotto) and the operators of collection-box machines. The ministry states that online lotteries and gambling follow the same rules, so online operation also needs specific legal authority. No private or foreign company can obtain an Icelandic online casino licence.

The Lottery Act sets a minimum age of at least 18 for licensed lotteries. Under Article 11, running lottery or betting activity in Iceland without a licence carries fines or up to six months' imprisonment, rising to one year for extensive or repeated offences. The same penalties apply to advertising or promoting an unlicensed lottery, whether it is run in Iceland or abroad. The act penalises operators and promoters, not players, and it contains no provisions on blocking websites or payments.

No operator is licensed to offer online casino games in Iceland; running or advertising unlicensed gambling is an offence, while players are not penalised under the Lottery Act.

Only the statutory Icelandic operators are licensed, and foreign online casinos offer no Icelandic consumer protection. Note that advertising unlicensed gambling, including on social media, is itself an offence.

Full legal overview for Iceland