Licensed operator
You are playing with a licensed gambling operator,
, which is authorized by the Czech Ministry of Finance and complies with applicable laws.
Warning! Illegal operator
If you gamble with an operator that does not have a license from the Czech Ministry of Finance, you risk:
- theft of personal data
- misuse of banking information
- losses of funds deposited in a user account
- Failure to Pay Out Winnings
Unknown operator
Check to make sure the name or web address is correct
Check to see if you're playing
with a licensed operator
At first glance, illegal websites look the same. But only until you lose everything.
Behind a fake logo may lie a real risk—the leak of personal and banking information. Money disappears from your account, winnings may not be paid out, and your data ends up who knows where.
Don’t be fooled. Verify where you’re playing and play only with legal operators.
With an illegal website, you risk:
theft of personal data
credit card fraud
loss of money from your account
non-payment of winnings
Enter the full URL or the operator’s brand name.
Do you know the basic rules that online gambling must follow?
Every legal gambling website must:
- be in the Czech language.
- include the basic license from the Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic, including the reference number for the operation of games of chance (only licenses issued by the Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic are recognized).
- include a “panic button” (a self-restriction measure for exclusion from the game).
- include information on the harmful effects of gambling and the prohibition on gambling by persons under the age of 18.
- include game rules for all games operated.
- include the identification and contact information of an institution dedicated to the prevention and treatment of problems related to pathological gambling.
Test Your Knowledge of Illegal Gambling
Take the quiz and find out how much you know about illegal gambling
So many illegal sites target Czech players. For every legal site, there are more than 40 illegal alternatives.
Czechs knowingly gamble on illegal websites. Another 400,000 do not know who they are gambling with. According to researchers, a significant portion of them gamble with illegal operators.
Illegal operators either failed to pay out winnings to players or took an unusually long time to do so.
The Black Book of Illegal Gambling
This publication presents the second comprehensive analysis of illegal gambling in the Czech Republic. It builds on the first edition from 2023 and summarizes current data on the scope, forms, and impacts of the black market for gambling, including the results of sociological and economic research.
