Is online gambling legal in Mauritius?

Legal overview

Gambling in Mauritius is governed by the Gambling Regulatory Authority Act 2007, which created the Gambling Regulatory Authority (GRA) as the licensing and supervisory body. The Act licenses a wide range of land-based activities, including casinos, hotel casinos, gaming houses, gaming and limited payout machines, horse racing and totalisator betting, bookmakers, pool betting and the Mauritius National Lottery. Recent amendments added digital games for casino and gaming house operators.

Online gambling is treated as interactive gambling. Section 91 of the Act states that no person may operate interactive gambling without the appropriate licence, and makes it an offence for an operator based outside Mauritius to let people physically present in Mauritius access its games. The GRA can direct internet service providers to block access to foreign interactive gambling sites and can direct financial institutions to stop payments to foreign operators. No interactive gambling licence has been issued so far: in September 2026 the GRA's chief executive described the market as mostly land-based with some remote sports betting, and said the interactive licence was still to be launched. For now, there is no legal online casino for residents.

This is set to change. The Finance Act 2026, which received assent in August 2026, amends the GRA Act to create B2C and B2B interactive gambling licences, open only to companies incorporated in Mauritius. Trade press reports an annual B2C fee of EUR 30,000 plus 3% of gross gambling yield, and new rules on server connection, software certification and self-exclusion, with most changes taking effect in 2027. The published reports do not say whether B2C licensees will be allowed to serve residents.