Middle East
Iran.
Prohibited Data profile. Full research not written yet.
Online gambling explicitly banned; offshore activity nonetheless occurs.
Market snapshot
- Online GGR 2026
- USD 1.4bn
- Regulated GGR
- USD 0m
- Offshore GGR
- USD 1.2bn
- Growth, year on year
- 13%
- CAGR
- 12%
- Channelisation
- 0%
- Mobile share
- 80%
The market
Iran is a prohibited market overseen by All gambling prohibited under Sharia. Online gross gaming revenue is running at USD 1.4bn for 2026, of which USD 0m is licensed. Roughly 0% of play sits with licensed operators.
Sanctions and prohibition; large offshore market.
This is the measured profile. A full research write-up, with the licensing route, the advertising rules, the player limits and cited sources, is not written for Iran yet. The figures above come from the market dataset rather than from a per-country source review, so treat them as a screen rather than as a basis for a launch decision.
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