Online Casinos in Morocco

Two State Monopolies, Both With a Remote Channel

Morocco channels legal gambling through two state operators, and both of them sell at a distance.

The National Lottery was instituted by Law No. 23-71 on the National Lottery and authorised lotteries, and its management is carried out by the Société de Gestion de la Loterie Nationale under the conditions set by Decree No. 2-72-310 of 26 June 1972 fixing the conditions of management, organisation and control of the National Lottery. The company gives its own reason for existing: the National Lottery exists essentially to occupy the ground and to offer players a legal and regulated framework, and so to counter clandestine games that put players' physical, moral and financial health and their safety at risk. It describes its offer as a diversified and responsible range of games, available near you and at a distance.

La Marocaine des Jeux et des Sports, created in 1962, is a state lottery which states that it holds the monopoly on organising and operating, throughout the whole of the national territory, bets on all sporting competitions including virtual sporting competitions, with the exception of horse and greyhound races. It may also organise and operate sports-themed tombolas, lotteries and instant lotteries, and those may be organised in the form of so-called virtual games or any other innovative form. It describes its mission as including channelling demand for gambling towards a circuit controlled by the public authority.

What the Remote Channel Covers

The Société de Gestion de la Loterie Nationale states that a player can play online directly at eloterie.ma, that registering takes a national identity card, and that an account can be funded by bank card, by transfer from a bank account or through the amanty service. Its published online controls include a maximum stake of 40,000 dirhams per player per day, a player-set lower stake limit, self-exclusion for a period the player chooses, immediate closure of the player account on request, a daily withdrawal minimum of 100 dirhams and a maximum of 10,000 dirhams per operation, and collection in person from the Loterie Nationale for a win above 50,000 dirhams.

Neither monopoly covers casino games. The National Lottery's instrument is about lotteries; La Marocaine des Jeux et des Sports describes its monopoly as covering bets on sporting competitions and sports-themed tombolas, lotteries and instant lotteries. No Moroccan source that could be read licenses online casino play, and none prohibits it either, so no casino status is recorded here rather than inferred from the shape of the two monopolies. No operator is listed for this market.

Age and Harm

La Marocaine des Jeux et des Sports states on its responsible play page that gambling is forbidden to minors, under 18. The Société de Gestion de la Loterie Nationale states that it works continuously on the prevention of excessive play, the protection of minors and the wider circulation of messages reminding players that gambling should be entertainment and is not meant to be an alternative to work.