Republic of Congo Plans to Introduce a 10% Gambling Levy on Stake
The Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) has planned to impose a 10% levy on gambling stakes paid using electronic money. In addition, operators should collect all stakes electronically and connect to a national gambling supervision platform.
Meanwhile, the State would use the Agency for the Regulation of Posts and Electronic Communications (ARPCE) to put this online monitoring system into place and it is scheduled to go live on 1st March, 2027. Before that, operators are recommended to update their IT systems and modify their financial processes.
The gambling proposals are included in a broader 2027 Draft Finance Bill that addresses funding for local authorities, taxes, customs charges, telecommunications, electronic communications, and special economic zones.
On October 30, 2026, the Ministry of Finance posted the draft on its website following its presentation to the National Assembly and Senate on the 29th of October by Finance Minister Christian Yoka.
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Article 8 sets March 1, 2027 as the deadline for compliance, while Article 4 mandates that all gambling operators operating in the nation connect to the national gambling oversight platform. Article 7 sets the proposed levy at 10 per cent of electronic money stakes and Article 3 also requires operators to use exclusively electronic money as the means of collecting stakes.
In accordance with Article 2, the national platform would gather, centralize and process financial and statistical data in addition to overseeing gambling operations. The platform would be implemented by Agency for Regulation of Posts and Electronic Communications (ARPCE).
Article 5 implies that six participant will be involved; Authority for Regulation of Games of Chance and Gambling (ARJHA), ARPCE, gambling operators, electronic-money businesses, Public Treasury services and the Tourism Development Fund (FDT).
Article 6 stipulates revenue from the proposed levy would be distributed with 50 per cent allocated to the Public Treasury, 20 per cent to ARJHA, 20 per cent to ARPCE and the remaining 10 per cent to the Tourism Development Fund.
