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Dominican Republic · 6 October 2026

Dominican Republic enacts new gambling law and creates a new regulator, the DGJA

President Luis Abinader has enacted Law 86-26 regulating games of chance and appointed Teófilo "Quico" Tabar Manzur as interim head of the new Directorate General of Games of Chance (DGJA).

What has changed

Law 86-26 was published in the Official Gazette (No. 11,263). Decree 684-26 then named Mr Tabar, previously coordinator of the gambling regularisation process, as Director General of the DGJA.

The decree keeps the existing advisory council (created by Decree 533-21) to support the new regulator.

What this means for the register

IRLG will review the Dominican Republic country page once the DGJA publishes its licensing rules and list of authorised operators.

Sources

  • La République dominicaine adopte une loi réglementant les jeux de hasard — Yogonet, 6 October 2026

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