Sports and betting

Mongolia is a country of strong sports traditions: wrestling, horse racing and archery are the core of the Naadam holiday, football and martial arts are growing.

Since 2025, any bets - offline and online - are prohibited: there are no licensed bookmakers, sweepstakes, lotteries or pools; there is no advertising and payment infrastructure for betting.

Attempts to accept bets or participate in them relate to the illegal segment and are prosecuted.

The practical effect is that sports develop as a cultural and mass phenomenon without monetization through excitement, and the demand for betting is either suppressed or goes abroad without forming a domestic market.