The 169 casinos listed for Libya hold mainly these licences: Kahnawà:ke Gaming Commission (54), Anjouan Offshore Finance Authority (gaming licences) (42), Malta Gaming Authority (40). The payment methods they name most often are Visa (113), Mastercard (107), Skrill (103), Neteller (90), Bank Transfer (SEPA / SWIFT) (87). A live casino is available at 156 of these sites; 103 take crypto payments. On our scale they average 6.9/10.

Legal situation in Libya

Libya has no legal gambling market. Gambling is prohibited under Articles 492 to 495 of the Libyan Penal Code, and Libyan law contains no licensing regime for games of chance or betting. According to the 2023 edition of the CMS expert guide to gambling laws in Africa, no form of gambling is lawful: casino games, sports and other betting, card games, lotteries and arcades are all excluded, and no authority issues gambling licences. Taking part in gambling is itself an offence, with the guide reporting penalties for players of one to six months' imprisonment and fines of LYD 10 to 50.

Online gambling is covered by a separate and harsher rule. Law No. 5 of 2022 on combating cybercrime, issued on 27 September 2022, makes running or managing online gambling activities a crime under Article 31, punishable by at least two years in prison and a fine of LYD 10,000 to 20,000. The same law gives the National Authority for Information Security and Safety powers to block websites that violate public order or public morals, although no published list of blocked gambling sites was found.

Online casino play is illegal for residents, and no operator, local or foreign, may lawfully offer it in Libya.

There is no legal online casino or betting site in Libya, and playing is an offence under the Penal Code. Treat any site that claims a Libyan gambling licence as fraudulent.

Full legal overview for Libya