Middle East
United Arab Emirates.
Regulated Data profile. Full research not written yet.
Local licensing regime exists and is enforced.
Market snapshot
- Online GGR 2026
- USD 1.5bn
- Regulated GGR
- USD 50m
- Offshore GGR
- USD 700m
- Growth, year on year
- 100%
- CAGR
- 0%
- Channelisation
- 7%
- Mobile share
- 80%
The market
United Arab Emirates is a regulated market overseen by GCGRA. Online gross gaming revenue is running at USD 1.5bn for 2026, of which USD 50m is licensed. Roughly 7% of play sits with licensed operators.
Major opening: Federal Decree-Law 25/2025 effective 1 Jun 2026; Play971 first online licence Nov 2025; Wynn Al Marjan opens early 2027; Sportradar, Novomatic, EQL, Yolo all licensed as vendors.
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 United Arab Emirates 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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