Land based casinos can receive licenses from the National Lotteries and Gaming Board. Although perfectly legal, casino gambling is not the most popular for of gambling in Uganda, as its associated with a lavish lifestyle which not many in the poor African country can afford. There are only a few brick and mortar casinos in the capitol, Kampala.

Although the government does issue licenses to online casinos, Uganda is not an attractive market for online casinos. Nevertheless, people are accepted on the majority of online casinos.

The online casinos below accept players from Uganda.

Licenses for operating a Bingo hall are issued by the National Lotteries and Gaming Board as well and these too are overseen and controlled by the Lotteries and Gaming Bill of 2013. Two of the largest land based casinos in Kampala, Simba and Mayfair offer Bingo games to their players.

There is no trace of an Uganda based online Bingo site, but Ugandans are free to play on foreign licensed platforms.

The following bingo websites accept players from Uganda:

Land based Poker is legal and licensed by the National Lotteries and Gaming Board. Most major casinos have Poker tables, and there are some standalone Poker clubs as well in the capitol, Kampala.

There are no Uganda based online Poker platforms, but players from Uganda are free to register and play at foreign sites, although the authorities do issue licenses for Poker operators.

The following online poker sites accept players from Uganda.

Sport betting is by far the most popular form of gambling in Uganda, just like in most of the poor African developing countries. Betting on domestic and international sporting events is almost a sort of national pastime.

Due to the very low internet penetration (an estimated 23% on June 30, 2014*) most of the bets are placed with land based operators, but internet betting and mobile betting is gaining more and more ground. The number of smartphones is relatively low, but mobile internet used by an estimated 200 million people over the continent. That is the reason Offside Gaming, in partnership with the African gaming operator Worldstar Betting launched a betting platform optimised for the Opera – Mini browser in 2014 for the African market.

Online betting platforms are being licensed in Uganda, and unlicensed firms are illegal. However, the state does not strictly enforce the regulation and unlicensed operators are not blocked, and players are not prosecuted currently.

The online sportsbooks below accept registrations from Uganda.

Lottery in Uganda is a state monopoly – lotteries are not mentioned in the section of the Lotteries and Gaming Bill describing the types of games being licensed. The National Lottery was established in 2004 November in its current form. Before that time, lotteries had a very bad reputation – they were perceived as a kind of scam.

The government put great effort into restoring public confidence. Since 2004 the lottery has gained great popularity in Uganda. There is currently no platform available to play the Uganda National Lottery online.

Although the lottery is technically a state monopoly in Uganda, foreign platforms are not blocked and residents are able to purchase lottery tickets on these sites.

Apart from the national lottery the following websites allow people from Uganda to purchase lottery tickets online (it has the US Powerball too, which usually has a jackpot of hundreds of millions $, significantly higher than the local lottery):

Bitcoin penetration in Uganda is almost non existent and therefore the laws don’t specifically mention anything Bitcoin casinos. That being said, we can assume, that they are in the same category with all other sorts of online casinos, legally. People are accepted on foreign platforms too, tho.

The bitcoin casinos below accept players from Uganda.