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Market report · Europe · November 2026 edition

Montenegro: the gambling regulation report

Payment and AML rules, licence registers, enforcement, consultations and official figures, read from the official sources and checked every week. This free preview shows what each part of the report holds. The full report adds every value with its verbatim quote, its source and the date it was checked.

Checked 9 Nov 2026 · updated every week · every line traced to an official source

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Rules confirmed not set
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Key findings

The market at a glance, from this edition.

  • Market model: Betting regulated; Casino regulated.
  • 16 of 18 payment and AML rules verified word for word; 2 confirmed as not set in the official texts.
  • FATF: on neither the grey nor the black list (statement of 19 Jun 2026).
  • 19 official sources read for this market every week.
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Market model

How each product is regulated, with its source.

  • Betting: Regulated
  • Casino: Regulated

Verifiedchecked 5 Nov 2026Zakon o igrama na sreću (2025), Registar prečišćenih tekstova · tier 1

FATF lists

On neither list

FATF statement of 19 Jun 2026, as the HM Treasury advisory notice of 22 Jun 2026 lists it

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Payment and AML rules

Each rule we track, what the official text says about it and when we checked. Values and quotes are in the full report.

Payment methods

4 rules · 4 verified
Payment methods in Montenegro: what the official text says of each rule, its value's place and its source
RuleWhat we foundValueSource
Permitted rails and instrument typesWhole marketVerifiedVerified word for wordchecked 5 Nov 2026Value in the full reportZakon o igrama na sreću (2025), Registar prečišćenih tekstovatier 1
Mandatory hubs and gatewaysWhole marketVerifiedVerified word for wordchecked 5 Nov 2026Value in the full reportZakon o igrama na sreću (2025), Registar prečišćenih tekstovatier 1
Instrument origin and currencyWhole marketVerifiedVerified word for wordchecked 5 Nov 2026Value in the full reportZakon o igrama na sreću (2025), Registar prečišćenih tekstovatier 1
Payment-blocking listsWhole marketVerifiedVerified word for wordchecked 5 Nov 2026Value in the full reportZakon o igrama na sreću (2025), Registar prečišćenih tekstovatier 1

Ownership & payouts

4 rules · 3 verified · 1 confirmed not set
Ownership & payouts in Montenegro: what the official text says of each rule, its value's place and its source
RuleWhat we foundValueSource
Holder and ownership rulesLand-basedVerifiedVerified word for wordchecked 5 Nov 2026Value in the full reportZakon o igrama na sreću (2025), Registar prečišćenih tekstovatier 1
Closed loop and payout routingWhole marketNot foundNot set in the official textschecked 5 Nov 2026None setZakon o igrama na sreću (2025), Registar prečišćenih tekstovatier 1
Payout time limitsBettingVerifiedVerified word for wordchecked 5 Nov 2026Value in the full reportZakon o igrama na sreću (2025), Registar prečišćenih tekstovatier 1
Withdrawal conditionsOnlineVerifiedVerified word for wordchecked 5 Nov 2026Value in the full reportZakon o igrama na sreću (2025), Registar prečišćenih tekstovatier 1

AML thresholds & reporting

2 rules · 2 verified
AML thresholds & reporting in Montenegro: what the official text says of each rule, its value's place and its source
RuleWhat we foundValueSource
Check thresholds and aggregation windowsWhole marketVerifiedVerified word for wordchecked 5 Nov 2026Value in the full reportZakon o sprječavanju pranja novca i finansiranja terorizma (neslužbeni prečišćeni tekst, Sl. list CG 59/26)tier 1
Report triggers and deadlinesWhole marketVerifiedVerified word for wordchecked 5 Nov 2026Value in the full reportZakon o sprječavanju pranja novca i finansiranja terorizma (neslužbeni prečišćeni tekst, Sl. list CG 59/26)tier 1

Player funds protection

1 rule · 1 verified
Player funds protection in Montenegro: what the official text says of each rule, its value's place and its source
RuleWhat we foundValueSource
Player-funds protection and coverageWhole marketVerifiedVerified word for wordchecked 5 Nov 2026Value in the full reportZakon o igrama na sreću (2025), Registar prečišćenih tekstovatier 1

Taxes at payment

1 rule · 1 verified
Taxes at payment in Montenegro: what the official text says of each rule, its value's place and its source
RuleWhat we foundValueSource
Taxes at the point of paymentWhole marketVerifiedVerified word for wordchecked 5 Nov 2026Value in the full reportZakon o izmjenama Zakona o porezu na dohodak fizičkih lica (Službeni list Crne Gore 70/2026)tier 1

Reporting & data

4 rules · 3 verified · 1 confirmed not set
Reporting & data in Montenegro: what the official text says of each rule, its value's place and its source
RuleWhat we foundValueSource
Submission mode and cadenceWhole marketVerifiedVerified word for wordchecked 5 Nov 2026Value in the full reportZakon o igrama na sreću (2025), Registar prečišćenih tekstovatier 1
Data vault and integrityWhole marketVerifiedVerified word for wordchecked 5 Nov 2026Value in the full reportZakon o igrama na sreću (2025), Registar prečišćenih tekstovatier 1
Data locationWhole marketNot foundNot set in the official textschecked 5 Nov 2026None setZakon o igrama na sreću (2025), Registar prečišćenih tekstovatier 1
RetentionWhole marketVerifiedVerified word for wordchecked 5 Nov 2026Value in the full reportZakon o igrama na sreću (2025), Registar prečišćenih tekstovatier 1

Player protection at payment

2 rules · 2 verified
Player protection at payment in Montenegro: what the official text says of each rule, its value's place and its source
RuleWhat we foundValueSource
Cross-operator limits and registersWhole marketVerifiedVerified word for wordchecked 5 Nov 2026Value in the full reportZakon o igrama na sreću (2025), Registar prečišćenih tekstovatier 1
Eligibility screening at paymentWhole marketVerifiedVerified word for wordchecked 5 Nov 2026Value in the full reportZakon o igrama na sreću (2025), Registar prečišćenih tekstovatier 1
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Regulatory guide

Licensing, gambling tax, advertising, responsible gambling and technical standards: the statements we hold, by subject.

  • Licensing

    4 statements
    • Apostille Convention
    • Foreign documents
    • Translation
    • Document age

    Statements, quotes and dates in the full report

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Licence registers and official lists

The official lists we load every week for this market.

  • Games of Chance Administration of Montenegro (Uprava za igre na sreću)

    Licence list

    count in the full report

Every entry with its licence, brands and domains, and the week's additions and removals: in the product.

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Enforcement

The regulator's decisions against companies, as published.

Decisions in 2026
0

Sanction ranges in the law

7 provisions set the fines and other measures: Zakon o igrama na sreću (Službeni list Crne Gore, 2025; donesen 31. jula 2025).

References, breaches and the full list of the year: in the full report.

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Sources behind this report

The official sources our weekly run reads for this market, by kind and publisher. 19 official sources.

Texts the values are checked against
5
Regulator guidance
1
Laws and regulations
12
Licence registers and official lists
1

Publishers

  • Službeni list Crne Gore
  • Centralna banka Crne Gore
  • Games of Chance Administration of Montenegro (Uprava za igre na sreću)
  • hcch.net
  • Montenegro Official Gazette (Službeni list Crne Gore) - Ministry of Finance as licensing authority
  • sluzbenilist.me
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Library of acts

The laws, regulations and guidance the report is built on. 14 acts and guidance documents.

  • HCCH | #12 - Status table
  • Pravilnik o bližem načinu oglašavanja igara na sreću na spoljnim djelovima prostora za igre na sreću i spoljnjem izgledu prostora za igre na sreću
  • Pravilnik o bližem sadržaju i načinu vođenja evidencije isključenih lica
  • Pravilnik o bližim prostornim i tehničkim uslovima koje kazino treba da ispunjava i tehničkim uslovima u pogledu video nadzora u kazinu
  • Pravilnik o bližim prostornim i tehničkim uslovima za automat klub i priređivanje igara na sreću na automatima
  • Pravilnik o bližim prostornim i tehničkim uslovima za priređivanje igara klađenja
  • Pravilnik o izmjeni Pravilnika o obrascu mjesečne evidencije sa konačnim obračunom rezultata poslovanja za priređivače igara na sreću putem interneta
  • Pravilnik o obrascu mjesečne evidencije sa konačnim obračunom rezultata poslovanja za priređivanje igara na sreću putem interneta i dokazu o uplati mjesečne naknade
  • Zakon o igrama na sreću (2025), Registar prečišćenih tekstova
  • Zakon o sprječavanju pranja novca i finansiranja terorizma (neslužbeni prečišćeni tekst, Sl. list CG 59/26)
  • Zakon o izmjenama Zakona o porezu na dohodak fizičkih lica (Službeni list Crne Gore 70/2026)

and 3 more in the full report

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