Dominican Republic: only seven operators are authorised for online gambling

The Dominican Republic’s Directorate General of Gambling (DGJA), led by Teófilo “Quico” Tabar, has clarified which online gambling platforms are legally recognised under the country’s new sector law. The short version: seven operators are on the official list, while about 81 are not. For PSPs, that is the market map, and the gap between those two numbers is the point.

1. According to the DGJA statement, after Law No. 86-26 was promulgated on 22 September 2026, only seven betting operators appear as authorised on the official portal of the Ministry of Finance: Game Technology International, Betcris, Juancito Sport, Gogo Sport, Orobet, Breeze Management and Drbets.
2. The DGJA said each of those seven operators has its own web domain included in the official list. Under the current legal framework, they are the only operators officially recognised to carry out this activity in Dominican territory.
3. At the same time, the authorities said there is a list of approximately 81 operators that do not have the required authorisation to manage bets or virtual games in the Dominican Republic. On the numbers in the statement, the authorised group represents less than one in ten of the platforms identified.
4. Article 95 of the new law says virtual gambling may only be operated by legal entities that hold a licence issued by the Council of Gambling. That licence is valid for five years, so the legal test is not just “licensed or not” but also whether the operator is a corporate entity and has a live licence on the books.
5. Here is the catch: the Council of Gambling has been created, but it has not yet held a session. That means the resolution setting fees, technical requirements and the specific conditions for new licences has not been approved or issued yet. In practice, the licensing path exists on paper, but the operating rules are still waiting to be written.

For PSPs, acquirers and bank partners, this is the part that matters operationally: the Dominican market is not “open” in the abstract. It is a very small authorised list, a much larger unauthorised universe, and a licensing framework whose detailed rules are still pending.