Online casino

The online segment in Burundi remains small and largely informal: local rules for remote casinos are being clarified, with general 18 +, KYC/AML and limited advertising requirements.

The main traffic goes through mobile devices: light web versions and USSD/" light "applications with low traffic consumption.

Payments mainly through mobile money and vouchers, the average check is small, fast slots and live roulette are popular, as well as hybrid products from bookmakers ("casino inside sportsbook").

Key challenges - competition of offshore sites, protection of players and the fight against fraud; market response - increased verification by national ID, deposit limits, self-exclusion tools and localization of the interface to Kinyarwanda.

For monitoring, metrics are important: the number of licensed/permitted online operators, the share of mobile wallets in circulation, GGR by product, the share of illegal traffic and conversion from retail to online.