Is it legal to gamble online in Saudi Arabia?
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Legal position
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Saudi Arabia criminalizes using information networks or computers to create, publish or promote material relating to gambling. Online gambling activity is not treated as a lawful civilian activity under the anti-cyber crime law reviewed here.
Conditions
What would need to be true
Do not use online services for gambling activity in Saudi Arabia.
Exceptions
Known carve-outs or edge cases
No exceptions have been entered yet.
Penalties
Penalty snapshot
The anti-cyber crime law provides for imprisonment of up to 5 years and a fine of up to SAR 3,000,000, or either penalty.
Enforcement
How this may be enforced
The conduct is enforced under Saudi anti-cyber crime law.
More rules in Saudi Arabia
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bring electronics without declaring them
Saudi Arabia does not require every traveller item to be declared, but ZATCA says luggage or gifts in commercial quantities or quantities exceeding personal use and worth more than SAR 3,000 must be disclosed. Whether electronics can be brought without declaration therefore depends on their value and quantity.
bring tobacco over the allowance
Saudi customs rules allow a limited traveller tobacco quantity, but the ZATCA page says amounts above 200 cigarettes and below 2,400 cigarettes require customs duties and taxes and SFDA approval.
bringing duty free goods
Saudi Arabia allows travellers to bring in goods without customs duty when the official exemption conditions are met. ZATCA says the goods must be personal and non-commercial, not prohibited or restricted, and not exceed SAR 3,000 in value.
Compare this activity in other countries
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Argentina
Argentina does not have a single national law on online gambling. Official Justice guidance says 20 of the 24 jurisdictions already have regulated and operating online gambling, while illegal sites also operate outside state control.
Austria
Online gambling in Austria is only lawful when it is offered under the Austrian gambling regime. The Finance Ministry says internet games with centrally decided results are electronic lotteries and require permission.
Belgium
Online gambling is allowed in Belgium only through operators licensed by the Belgian Gaming Commission. Official Commission pages publish licence data and blocked illegal gambling sites.
Bolivia
Bolivia's gambling regulator says profit-making betting is prohibited nationally and warns that there are no legal online sports betting services in Bolivia. Online gambling should not be treated as lawful from the official source reviewed.
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