The future of the industry

Until 2030, Samoa is likely to maintain a cautious course: point licenses for offline sites at resorts, unification of KYC/AML requirements and transition to e-KYC, electronic reporting and transaction monitoring.

Pilots of limited distance products (for example, sports pools/sweepstakes) are possible under strict rules of advertising, limits and self-exclusion.

The regulatory focus is social responsibility (age 18 +, affordability checks), sports integrity and partnerships with regional providers for compliance and anti-fraud.

Drivers - tourism, availability of mobile payments and digital infrastructure; risks - small market size and sensitivity to external shocks.

The expected trajectory is "slow growth with high control," where the priorities of the state are transparency of turnover and protection of players, and not aggressive expansion of the assortment.