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Market report · The Americas and the Caribbean · November 2026 edition

Uruguay: 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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Key findings

The market at a glance, from this edition.

  • Market model: Betting monopoly; Casino online prohibited; Poker online prohibited.
  • 6 of 18 payment and AML rules verified word for word; 0 confirmed as not set in the official texts.
  • FATF: on neither the grey nor the black list (statement of 19 Jun 2026).
  • 6 official sources read for this market every week.
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Market model

How each product is regulated, with its source.

  • Betting: Monopoly
  • Casino: Online prohibited
  • Poker: Online prohibited

Verifiedchecked 2 Nov 2026Ley N° 19.535, Rendición de Cuentas 2016 (impuesto a las apuestas en máquinas electrónicas, juego on line) · 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 · 1 verified
Payment methods in Uruguay: what the official text says of each rule, its value's place and its source
RuleWhat we foundValueSource
Permitted rails and instrument typesWhole marketNot covered yetResearched on requestOn requestResearch notes
Mandatory hubs and gatewaysWhole marketNot covered yetResearched on requestOn requestResearch notes
Instrument origin and currencyWhole marketNot covered yetResearched on requestOn requestResearch notes
Payment-blocking listsWhole marketVerifiedVerified word for wordchecked 2 Nov 2026Value in the full reportDecreto N° 366/017, juegos de azar y apuestas on linetier 1

Ownership & payouts

4 rules · 1 verified
Ownership & payouts in Uruguay: what the official text says of each rule, its value's place and its source
RuleWhat we foundValueSource
Holder and ownership rulesWhole marketNot covered yetResearched on requestOn requestResearch notes
Closed loop and payout routingLand-based · CasinoVerifiedVerified word for wordchecked 2 Nov 2026Value in the full reportDecreto N° 379/018, prevención del lavado de activos: sujetos obligados no financierostier 1
Payout time limitsWhole marketNot covered yetResearched on requestOn requestResearch notes
Withdrawal conditionsWhole marketNot covered yetResearched on requestOn requestResearch notes

AML thresholds & reporting

2 rules · 2 verified
AML thresholds & reporting in Uruguay: what the official text says of each rule, its value's place and its source
RuleWhat we foundValueSource
Check thresholds and aggregation windowsLand-based · CasinoVerifiedVerified word for wordchecked 2 Nov 2026Value in the full reportDecreto N° 379/018, prevención del lavado de activos: sujetos obligados no financierostier 1
Report triggers and deadlinesWhole marketVerifiedVerified word for wordchecked 2 Nov 2026Value in the full reportDecreto N° 379/018, prevención del lavado de activos: sujetos obligados no financierostier 1

Player funds protection

1 rule
Player funds protection in Uruguay: what the official text says of each rule, its value's place and its source
RuleWhat we foundValueSource
Player-funds protection and coverageWhole marketNot covered yetResearched on requestOn requestResearch notes

Taxes at payment

1 rule · 1 verified
Taxes at payment in Uruguay: what the official text says of each rule, its value's place and its source
RuleWhat we foundValueSource
Taxes at the point of paymentLand-based · CasinoVerifiedVerified word for wordchecked 2 Nov 2026Value in the full reportLey N° 19.535, Rendición de Cuentas 2016 (impuesto a las apuestas en máquinas electrónicas, juego on line)tier 1

Reporting & data

4 rules · 1 verified
Reporting & data in Uruguay: what the official text says of each rule, its value's place and its source
RuleWhat we foundValueSource
Submission mode and cadenceWhole marketNot covered yetResearched on requestOn requestResearch notes
Data vault and integrityWhole marketNot covered yetResearched on requestOn requestResearch notes
Data locationWhole marketNot covered yetResearched on requestOn requestResearch notes
RetentionWhole marketVerifiedVerified word for wordchecked 2 Nov 2026Value in the full reportDecreto N° 379/018, prevención del lavado de activos: sujetos obligados no financierostier 1

Player protection at payment

2 rules
Player protection at payment in Uruguay: what the official text says of each rule, its value's place and its source
RuleWhat we foundValueSource
Cross-operator limits and registersWhole marketNot covered yetResearched on requestOn requestResearch notes
Eligibility screening at paymentWhole marketNot covered yetResearched on requestOn requestResearch notes
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Regulatory guide

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

  • Licensing

    1 statement
    • Apostille Convention

    Statements, quotes and dates in the full report

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Enforcement

The regulator's decisions against companies, as published.

Decisions in 2026
0

Sanction ranges in the law

4 provisions set the fines and other measures: Decreto N° 366/017 (reglamentación de los arts. 244 y 245 de la Ley N° 19.535); Ley N° 19.535 (Rendición de Cuentas 2016), art. 245.

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. 6 official sources.

Texts the values are checked against
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Laws and regulations
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Publishers

  • IMPO (Dirección Nacional de Impresiones y Publicaciones Oficiales)
  • hcch.net
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Library of acts

The laws, regulations and guidance the report is built on. 6 acts and guidance documents.

  • HCCH | #12 - Status table
  • Ley N° 18.331, Ley de protección de datos personales
  • Ley N° 19.574, Ley integral contra el lavado de activos
  • Decreto N° 366/017, juegos de azar y apuestas on line
  • Decreto N° 379/018, prevención del lavado de activos: sujetos obligados no financieros
  • Ley N° 19.535, Rendición de Cuentas 2016 (impuesto a las apuestas en máquinas electrónicas, juego on line)
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