Casino gambling is legal and regulated in Swaziland under the Casino Act of 1963. The Ministry of Tourism, Environmental Affairs and Communication is the legal body overseeing and regulating the industry and issuing licenses to operators.

In 1998, the Swazi government extended the license of a land based casino, Pigg’s Peak operating between the country’s borders to launch an online casino platform. The company offered it’s services on many other African markets. This resulted in a legal conflict with the South African authorities. In 2007, the South African Pretoria High Court banned all Swaziland based sites from accepting wagers from South African residents. The ruling also forbids the advertisement of Swaziland based internet gambling sites in South Africa.

Another online casino licensed in Swaziland is the Volcano Gold Casino.

Although, there is no info on whether players are prosecuted related to online gambling, it is safe to assume that Swazi players face no penalties if they gamble online from the safety of their homes. There is also no reported internet censoring in place in the country.

The online casinos below accept players from Swaziland.

Casinos in Swaziland are allowed to offer bingo games to their players and many does so – the Royal Swazi Casino and the Royal Swazi Sun Valley Casino are reported to have bingo halls.

There is no indication anywhere of a Swaziland based bingo site, but it is extremely unlikely that a Swazi player would face prosecution for playing on foreign bingo sites from his home.

The following bingo websites accept players from Swaziland:

Land based poker is legal and regulated in Swaziland and nearly all of the land based casinos in the country offer some kind of poker games to their players.

Online poker operators are also eligible for a license in Swaziland. In 1998, Pigg Peak received a licence for operating online poker games as well as casino games and sports betting.

There is no info on whether players of foreign poker sites are prosecuted in the country, but gaming laws in Swaziland are generally quite liberal and there is no internet censoring system in place, so it’s safe to assume that Swazi players who frequent foreign online gambling sites do not face any penalties.

The following online poker sites accept players from Swaziland.

Land based betting is legal and regulated in Swaziland under the Bookmakers’ and Taxation Act of 1970. Land based betting shops are eligible for a licence in the country.

However, there is no indication anywhere that a legal, Swaziland based online bookmaker is in operation in the country currently, although it is reported, that Pigg Peak would be allowed to conduct online sports betting under the extension of its casino license, if it wanted to.

The online sportsbooks below accept registrations from Swaziland.

Conducting a state lottery is definitely allowed in Swaziland, however, there is no indication of a currently up and running state lottery in the country. Some unofficial sources suggest, that it was shut down in 2005 due to financial difficulties.

Even though there seems to be no state lottery, let alone an online version of it currently, Swazi players who try their luck on foreign lottery sites are not prosecuted in the country.

The following websites allow people from Swaziland to purchase lottery tickets online:

There are not many countries in the world with specifically laws on Bitcoin gambling. This is one of the reason that there are almost no Bitcoin casinos either, operating under a legit license from any jurisdiction. However, it’s safe to assume that in Swaziland, players who gamble on foreign Bitcoin gambling platforms are not prosecuted, given the overall liberal nature of the gambling regulations in the country.

The bitcoin casinos below accept players from Eswatini.