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  • July 18, 2025
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Gambling in Albania: Legal Status & Regulations 2025

One of the points that sparked the most debate in the first bill was that of taxing players at 15% when they win money from online betting. Advertising will be allowed in electronic media, football activity spaces and sports programs from 22.00 in the evening to 08.00 in the morning.

  • Our clients include corporates from all commercial and industrial sectors, governments, regulators, trade bodies and non-profit organisations.
  • According to the Gambling Law, sports betting will be now allowed but only in online form, based on the license issued by the Gaming Authority to companies with substantial experience in the field of sports betting.

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While she considered the reform to close the games of chance to be a failure, the deputy of the Democratic Party, Jorida Tabaku, raised the concern of the monopolization of the activity of sports betting. The draft law that restores online sports betting, filed since July in the Parliament, has begun to be examined in the Committee for Economy and Finance, where changes have been made. The draft law foresees the creation of a guarantee fund by the state and by the organizer of the games of chance, where 120 million lek will be blocked in the state and 50 million lek in the company, to be used in cases where the owner of a point refuses to pay the player the amount that he has won. “Paska and a sports betting association when in the meantime they were not allowed. How https://albanianfreepress.al/ can an association exist for an activity that is not allowed? I am afraid that everything will be a monopoly”, said Tabaku.

  • Advertising will be allowed in electronic media, football activity spaces and sports programs from 22.00 in the evening to 08.00 in the morning.
  • The draft law foresees the creation of a guarantee fund by the state and by the organizer of the games of chance, where 120 million lek will be blocked in the state and 50 million lek in the company, to be used in cases where the owner of a point refuses to pay the player the amount that he has won.

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Our clients include corporates from all commercial and industrial sectors, governments, regulators, trade bodies and non-profit organisations. We provide extensive experience and insight gained from working on some of the largest projects and transactions in the region. Vjero explained that the account will be opened at Albanian Post offices, commercial banks or financial institutions. The outlets that are opened under the authorization of the licensed company, will be called ‘financial agents’ who will carry out the transactions for the player. They open accounts for players which are then filled by them according to the value to be played with ID number. Presented by the Deputy Minister of Finance and Economy, Vasilika Vjero, the new document has changes from the one published the first two times, starting with taxation.