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Best online casinos in Malawi

Malawi licenses online casinos through the Malawi Gaming and Lotteries Authority. Locally licensed casinos are listed first and marked; every entry shows its licence and whether it accepts players from Malawi.

Regulated market 18+ 186 casinos By the Gambling Hero editorial team · Checked October 25, 2026

Short answer

186 casinos in our database accept players from Malawi, 0 of them with a local licence. The minimum age to gamble is 18.

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Casinos accepting Malawi: key figures

The 186 casinos listed for Malawi hold mainly these licences: Kahnawà:ke Gaming Commission (54), Anjouan Offshore Finance Authority (gaming licences) (47), Malta Gaming Authority (45). For deposits and withdrawals, Visa (121), Mastercard (115), Skrill (107), Bank Transfer (SEPA / SWIFT) (95), Neteller (94) appear most often in their banking pages. 170 of them offer a live casino and 115 accept cryptocurrency. Their average score in our ratings is 6.9 out of 10. Only 0 of them hold the licence that Malawi requires.

Legal situation in Malawi

Gambling in Malawi is governed by the Gaming and Lotteries Act, No. 34 of 2022, published on 14 October 2022. It replaced the old Gaming Act and Lotteries Act and created the Malawi Gaming and Lotteries Authority (MAGLA), which licenses and supervises casinos, gaming machines, lotteries and sports betting. Section 26 allows the Authority to grant an internet gaming licence to a company incorporated in Malawi, and states that no one may conduct internet gaming without such a licence. An operator counts as providing internet gaming in or from Malawi if at least one piece of its gaming equipment is located in the country, and the licence may require equipment to be based in Malawi. Section 27 sets up a separate sports betting licence.

MAGLA's published register lists licensed sports betting operators with websites, including Betway, Premier Bet and BetPawa, along with land-based casinos in Blantyre and Lilongwe, national lottery operators and gaming machine sites. The register has no separate internet gaming category, but the state news agency MANA reported that Jackpot City Casino, run by Golden Bay Limited (which also operates Betway in Malawi), launched an online casino platform licensed by MAGLA. Players should check the register for each brand.

Online casino play is legal only with an operator holding a MAGLA licence; the state news agency reports a MAGLA-licensed online casino, although the public register shows no separate internet gaming category.

Check every brand against MAGLA's licensed operators list at magla.org.mw before opening an account. MAGLA offers a self-exclusion form and a toll-free responsible gambling line, 4252.

Full legal overview for Malawi · Malawi Gaming and Lotteries Authority

Help and self-exclusion in Malawi

Free, confidential support: MAGLA responsible gambling toll-free line 4252

Self-exclusion: Self-exclusion via licensed operators and MAGLA