Welcome
Switzerland offers a wide range of attractive legal gambling opportunities – among them lotteries, sports betting and skill-based games. The purpose of the Swiss Gambling Supervisory Authority (Gespa) is to ensure that participation in such gambling is safe for everyone.
Our website provides comprehensive information on gambling in Switzerland, on its regulation in general and on Gespa, the supervisory and enforcement authority. Since illegal gambling persists on the most diverse channels, you will also find a number of cautionary notes on illicit offers.
Topics in overview
Types of gambling
Fighting illegal gambling
Prevention of problem gambling
Regulation and licensing
News
05.06.2025:
Private betting
Betting games (e.g. at an EM or WM final round tournament) are permissible if they fulfil the definition of a private game according to the Gambling Ordinance (Art. 1).
News
29.04.2025:
Competition manipulation – national platform report 2024
An overview of the reports received and the functioning of the reporting office is published in form of an annual report. Gespa published the report on the year 2024 in April 2025.
News
12.11.2024:
Evaluation report: effectiveness of the measures to protect gamblers 2023
Like every year, Gespa has prepared an evaluation report on the effectiveness of the measures to protect gamblers from excessive gambling.
News
31.10.2024:
Gambling behaviour in Switzerland: new study published
On behalf of the Swiss gambling authorities Gespa and ESBK, the Swiss Institute for Addiction and Health Research (ISGF) has evaluated data on gambling behaviour in Switzerland for the year 2022. The data comes from the Swiss Health Survey 2022 conducted by the Federal Statistical Office.
News
22.10.2024:
Report on the use of net revenues 2023
Based on the Federal Act on Gambling, Gespa is mandated to prepare an annual report on the use of net revenues from lotteries and sports betting by the cantons.
News
10.09.2024:
Sports betting - controls in relation to the protection of minors
Over the course of 2025, Gespa will carry out controls in the terrestrial sales outlets of the two lottery companies regarding the implementation of measures to protect minors in sports betting.
Do you have a question?
We are happy to help you
If you have any questions regarding the legality of a specific gambling activity, or if you know of potentially illegal cases of lotteries, sports betting, skill games or sales-promotion games, you may contact us anytime using the online reporting form. We will follow up any plausible information, even if provided anonymously.
Contact
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Switzerland
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