Georgian is spoken by close to four million people, nearly all of them in or from Georgia, and it uses an alphabet no other language shares. That makes it easy to judge in a casino lobby: either the site renders Mkhedruli properly and someone fluent wrote the terms, or it falls apart within two clicks.
Georgia also licenses online gambling, and since 2022 it has tightened the rules hard: a minimum age of 25 for citizens, a national ban list past a million and a half names, and a tax that now reaches the player’s withdrawals. Here we explain those rules, why so few international casinos bother with Georgian, and what Georgians abroad should check instead.
Further down sits every casino we track that offers a Georgian version, and that list looks the same wherever you connect from. A place on it says nothing about whether a casino may accept you, so read the licensing rules of the country you live in before registering.
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Can I play at an online casino in Georgian?
Yes, though your address decides which sites. In Georgia, play only at sites holding a Revenue Service permit: Georgian citizens must be 25, foreigners 18, and anyone on the national ban list is refused. Georgian speakers abroad follow the licensing law of their host country, for example Greece or Germany. Only a handful of international casinos offer Georgian, and the ones we track are listed on this page.
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Mkhedruli as a Localisation Test
Kartuli, as Georgians call their language (ქართული), belongs to the small Kartvelian family and has no close relatives among Europe’s big languages. Nearly all speakers live in Georgia, where it is the official language, or in a diaspora that runs from Russia to Greece and the United States.
What sets it apart on a screen is the script. Modern Georgian is written in Mkhedruli, a 33 letter alphabet, and everyday writing has no capital letters. A capital form called Mtavruli exists, but it is used for headings set entirely in capitals or to emphasise a word, never to start a sentence or a name. In 2016 UNESCO put the three Georgian scripts on its list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
For a casino, Georgian cannot simply be bolted onto a Latin template. Fonts and capitalisation need real attention, and that is where cheap translations get caught.
Georgia is no grey market. Online gambling needs a Revenue Service permit, and each permit covers one website on one domain. An online casino permit costs GEL 5,000,000 a year (about EUR 1.7 million), or GEL 100,000 (about EUR 34,000) for an operator already holding a land-based casino permit.
Parliament passed the big restriction package by 82 votes to one. From 1 March 2022 Georgian citizens under 25 were barred from gambling online and in venues, while foreigners can still play from 18. Adverts vanished from television, billboards and Georgian websites, leaving only sponsorship, and the sector’s total tax burden rose by 65 to 70 percent.
Since 1 January 2024 operators pay 15 percent on bets minus winnings, and the player pays too: 5 percent of every withdrawal from a gaming account is withheld at source. Cash out GEL 1,000 (about EUR 344) and GEL 50 (about EUR 17) goes to the tax office. Foreign players at licensed sites have been exempt since December 2024, so the cost falls on locals.
The same package also made the Revenue Service keep lists of people who may not gamble, and outsiders tend to underestimate their reach. Public servants, staff of the National Bank of Georgia and people who receive state social assistance are barred as whole groups. Courts can add a person at the family’s request, and anyone can put their own name down.
In December 2025 the register held 1,577,247 people. Only around 36,000 of them had excluded themselves, and 62 were added by court order. The bulk comes from the groups the law bars, and next to a language community of about four million that is a remarkable share.
If you are on that register, every licensed Georgian site is closed to you, and an offshore lobby that lets you in anyway is ignoring the law, not offering a loophole.
Online play in Georgia belongs to local brands with very international owners. The big European groups did not translate their own sites; they bought the companies Georgians already used.
Betsson bought Europe-Bet in 2015, reportedly becoming number two with around 30 percent of the market. In 2019 Paddy Power Betfair, now Flutter, took 51 percent of Adjarabet for EUR 101 million, when Adjarabet held roughly 40 percent of the market by customer deposits. Those brands were built for Georgians under Georgian permits, and no machine translated offshore menu competes with that.
Amendments adopted on 25 June 2026 and published on 3 July created international permits for online casino, slots and betting aimed only at players outside Georgia. Holders must show key information in Georgian and English, yet may not accept Georgian citizens. A Georgian flag no longer proves a site wants Georgian players.
Our database holds only a handful of open casinos with a Georgian version. Serving residents legally means a permit per website and a fee in millions of lari, the home brands already own the audience, and the law shuts out every citizen under 25 plus the whole register.
So when Georgian turns up on an international site, ask why. Sometimes it rides along on a platform that ships dozens of languages by default. Sometimes it targets Georgians abroad. And sometimes it targets residents of Georgia from a company with no Georgian permit, which puts it outside Georgian law however polished the translation.
Read the restricted countries and the licence first. The language only tells you who the marketing team had in mind.
The script itself sets traps for careless operators. Five things to check before a deposit:
Big Georgian communities live in Russia, Greece, the United States, Italy and Germany, with smaller ones in Spain. Abroad, your new country’s licensing system decides where you may play.
| Country | Who licenses online casinos | In practice |
|---|---|---|
| Greece | Hellenic Gaming Commission (HGC) | Look for a .gr address and an HGC permit |
| Italy | ADM, the customs and monopolies agency | Only ADM licensed sites are legal for residents |
| Spain | DGOJ | National licence required for any site serving Spain |
| Germany | GGL | Virtual slots capped by a EUR 1,000 monthly deposit limit across operators |
| Russia | No online casino licence exists | Online casinos are banned for residents |
A Georgian in Thessaloniki is covered by the rules in our Greek language casinos guide, and one in Valencia should start from the list of casinos with a Spanish licence. For Georgians in Russia the answer is the ban set out in our Russian language casinos guide, and no translation changes it.
Living in Georgia and old enough? Play at a site with a Revenue Service permit and accept the withdrawal tax; our Georgia country page covers the local market. If you are a citizen under 25, or on the register, no legal online casino is open to you.
If an international site keeps your balance in euros or dollars, a GEL 100 deposit becomes roughly EUR 34, and your bank may add a conversion fee. Check the account currency before depositing.
Abroad, begin with your host country’s licence and see Georgian as a pleasant extra. Mkhedruli done right in the terms and in live chat earns a little trust; a translated lobby alone earns none.
Georgian citizens must be 25, a rule in force since 1 March 2022 both online and in gambling venues. Foreign nationals and stateless persons can play from 18. On top of the age limit, public servants, National Bank staff, people on state social assistance and anyone on the Revenue Service register are refused by licensed operators.
Players at licensed online casinos pay through their withdrawals. Since January 2024, 5 percent of each amount withdrawn from a gaming account is withheld at source, so a GEL 1,000 cash out, about EUR 344, leaves you GEL 950. Foreign players at licensed sites have been exempt from this withdrawal tax since December 2024.
The Revenue Service register held 1,577,247 people in December 2025. Around 36,000 had excluded themselves and 62 were added by court order, so the great majority are there because they belong to a barred group, such as public servants or recipients of state social assistance. Anyone can also ask to be added.
Because the home market is licensed, expensive and already owned by local brands. An online casino permit costs GEL 5,000,000 a year, about EUR 1.7 million, and each website needs its own permit. Adjarabet and Europe-Bet, now controlled by Flutter and Betsson, built their audience long ago. Serving Georgia without a permit is outside the law.
No. The international permits created by the amendments published in July 2026 are meant for players outside Georgia, and the law expressly forbids holders from accepting Georgian citizens. Their websites still have to show key information in Georgian and English, so a Georgian version on such a site is not an invitation.
Look at the headings first: empty boxes where uppercase text should be mean the font lacks Mtavruli and nobody tested the page. Then open the bonus terms and the cashier, which should be in Mkhedruli rather than English or Latin transliteration, and ask live chat a withdrawal question in Georgian before you deposit.
Every guide we have written sits in the index below, with Georgian marked as the page you are reading now.
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