🇧🇩 Betting Companies in Bangladesh (2026)
A factual index of the betting brands observed serving the Bangladesh market — licence jurisdictions, corporate owners, deposit rails and current access status.
This index is published as market and compliance intelligence for industry professionals — recording which companies operate where, under which licence, and with what access status. It contains no ratings, no bonus information, no sign-up links and no play recommendations.
No betting company is licensed in Bangladesh. Bangladesh issues no gambling licences, and the Gambling Prevention Act 2026 — gazetted 3 July 2026 — criminalises online betting, crypto gambling and VPN-enabled play. The brands recorded in this index are all licensed offshore and operate in breach of Bangladeshi law.
How the Bangladesh market is structured
Bangladesh has never operated a gambling licensing regime. There is no regulator, no application process and no route to lawful operation — which means every betting company reaching Bangladeshi users does so from an offshore licence, without domestic authorisation of any kind.
That produces three distinguishing features: licence arbitrage through Curaçao and Anjouan; mobile financial services as the deposit layer, because card acquiring is unavailable to gambling merchants; and affiliate-driven acquisition, which is the exact layer the 2026 Act now targets.
Operator index
Brands observed serving Bangladesh users, with licence jurisdiction, corporate owner, launch year, deposit rails and current access status. Sort any column; search to filter.
| Brand | Licence | Launched | Access status |
|---|
Access status reflects observed reachability at last verification and is not a statement of any company's legal position.
Licence jurisdictions
Where the brands serving this market are licensed — a counterparty-risk signal for suppliers, since jurisdiction determines what oversight and recourse exist.
Deposit rails
Payment access, not product, generally determines which brands hold share in this market.
Legal position
| Party | Maximum imprisonment | Maximum fine |
|---|---|---|
| Organised gambling with money laundering | Up to 10 years | ৳5 crore (≈US$405,000) |
| Platform operator | Up to 7 years | ৳5 crore |
| Participant / player | Up to 5 years | ৳1 crore (≈US$81,000) |
| Advertiser, affiliate marketer or referral promoter | Up to 3 years | ৳50 lakh (≈US$40,500) |
How this index is compiled
Entries are built from observable, verifiable signals rather than operator marketing claims: licence registers published by issuing jurisdictions, corporate records where filings are public, brand-stated ownership disclosures, and periodic reachability checks. Every record carries a last-verified date.
We record what exists; we do not rank, score or recommend operators, and we hold no commercial relationship with any brand listed on this page. Corrections with supporting evidence are applied within five working days.
Frequently asked questions
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Sources
Published for industry information. Not legal advice, and not an inducement to gamble. Verify all regulatory figures against primary sources.