Seven legal operators and 81 without permits in the Dominican Republic
Seven operators are authorized to offer online betting in the Dominican Republic. The Dirección General de Juegos de Azar, the agency led by Teófilo Tabar, published the full list and, in the same statement, warned that it has detected around 81 sites and operators offering betting in the country without the required state authorization.
Placed side by side, these two figures illustrate the market better than any estimate. For every licensed platform, there are nearly twelve operating outside the law, with the seven authorized operators accounting for just 8 percent of the 88 platforms identified by the regulator itself. For now, the legal Dominican market represents the minority share of its own industry.
The authorized operators, along with their corporate names and domains, are Game Technology International with superbets.do, Betcris Banca de Apuesta with betcris.do, Juancito Sport with juancitosport.do, Gogo Sport with gogobanca.com, Orobet with orobet.do, Breeze Management with vip987.do, and Drbets with appuesta.do.
One detail regarding this list is worth noting. Six of the seven operate under the dot-do domain, the Dominican country code extension, while one uses dot-com. Consequently, the domain extension cannot serve as an indicator to distinguish an authorized platform from an unlicensed one. For players looking to verify, the regulator's list is the only reliable resource.
The reason the list is so short lies not in enforcement, but in the institutional timeline. The DGJA clarified that the Regulatory Board has yet to hold its first formal session, as it is a recently established body. As a result, the regulatory resolution that must define the technical requirements, licensing costs, and administrative procedures for market entry remains pending.
This sequence of events leaves the market in a peculiar situation. There is currently no pathway for a new company to become licensed, as the process that would allow it does not yet exist, even while the regulator counts 81 active platforms. Any operator wishing to comply today has no means of doing so until the Board convenes and approves the regulations.
In the meantime, the authority described its current stage as one of research and coordination with various state agencies, aimed at evaluating industry activity, investigating infractions by unauthorized platforms, and determining the appropriate legal or administrative actions. It also called on the public and the media to submit complaints to help identify and penalize those operating outside the law.
The call for public complaints is, in itself, an indicator of capacity. A newly formed regulator that has already identified 81 illegal platforms by relying in part on external reports is signaling that its detection capabilities do not yet stem from its own monitoring infrastructure.
The Dirección General de Juegos de Azar was created by Law 86-26, enacted in October 2026, which restructured the Dominican gambling framework and established a single body with supervisory powers for the sector. Prior to this legislation, oversight was divided among various departments and online betting lacked its own licensing framework, which explains why the registry of authorized operators remains so limited and licensing regulations are still being drafted.
Tags: República Dominicana, DGJA, Law 86-26, illegal gambling