Haiti sets up ANJHA as the new national gambling regulator, with all sector payments routed through DGI

Haiti has created the Autorité nationale des jeux de hasard et d’argent (ANJHA) to oversee casinos, betting, borlette banks and other gambling activity nationwide. For operators and payment providers, the key point is simple: licensing, tax and other sector payments now have to go through the Direction générale des impôts (DGI), not around it.

1. The Ministry of Economy and Finance announced ANJHA in a public notice dated 5 October. Its mandate covers regulating, monitoring and supervising gambling activities across Haiti, including casinos, betting and borlette banks, which is Haiti’s lottery system.
2. The legal base comes from three decrees published in Haiti’s official journal, Le Moniteur, on 21 August. Those decrees establish the regulator, set operating rules and create a tax regime specific to the gambling sector.
3. The new framework covers licensing, operators’ obligations, protections for minors and players, anti-money-laundering measures and penalties for breaches. The ministry said the reform is meant to combat money laundering, illicit financial flows and terrorist financing, while bringing “more order, transparency and security” to the sector.
4. ANJHA will be based in Port-au-Prince, with the option to open offices elsewhere. Its responsibilities include publishing a list of authorised operators, running responsible gaming awareness efforts and ensuring compliance.
5. Operators have been instructed to make tax, licensing and other payments exclusively through the DGI, which is the only administration authorised to collect taxes, duties, fees and other sums due under the new rules. Payments, including those for licences and authorisations, must go through official DGI channels and be backed by a receipt.

The government had already discussed a national gambling authority and dedicated tax rules at a Council of Ministers meeting on 11 August, before the decrees were published. For PSPs, acquirers and banks touching Haiti’s gambling flow, the practical change is that the sector now has a named regulator and a single collection point for state payments.