Kazakhstan licenses online bookmakers through the Ministry of Tourism and Sports and rewrote the rules in 2023: a minimum age of 21, a national self-exclusion list, mandatory identification and a tax withheld on winnings. Olimpbet leads a market where 1xBet holds a local licence and Fonbet’s Kazakh arm competes. Kaspi moves the money. Here are the three that scored best in our tests with a Kazakh account.
The 2023 amendments to the gambling law raised the minimum age to 21 for all gambling, created a register of persons excluded at their own or their families’ request, required bookmakers to verify identity against the state database and connected them to a monitoring system; unlicensed foreign sites are blocked by the telecoms authority, though mirrors persist. Licensed operators run .kz domains and publish their licence numbers.
Olimpbet, the market leader, 1xBet’s licensed Kazakh site, Fonbet, Tennisi and Bet.kz hold licences; prices on the Premier League, the Kazakh league and hockey sit around five to six percent margin. An individual income tax of 10 percent on winnings is withheld by the bookmaker at payout, with a small exemption, and appears on the slip.
Payments are Kaspi Gold, the card and app most Kazakhs use, other bank cards and transfers; Kaspi withdrawals arrived within hours in our tests.
Ranked by our test score. All three hold a Kazakh licence.
The largest Kazakh bookmaker, with betting points across the country, a fast app, deep football and hockey menus, live streaming and Kaspi withdrawals within hours in our test. Prices lead the licensed market.
1xbet.kz holds a Kazakh licence and applies the 2023 rules: the widest menu in the country, Kaspi and crypto on the payment page, withdrawals within hours in our test.
The Russian leader’s Kazakh arm, licensed locally, with a solid app, hockey coverage second to none and Kaspi withdrawals within hours; prices sit close to Olimpbet.
The other platforms accept Kazakhs through mirrors without a local licence; only 1xBet among our twenty-two is licensed.
Kaspi is the everyday method and the fastest withdrawal; cash at betting points for the local brands.
Yes, with licensed bookmakers on .kz domains; foreign sites are blocked.
21, since 2023.
A 10 percent income tax is withheld by the bookmaker at payout.
1xBet among our twenty-two; Fonbet in the wider market.
Rankings on this page come from our tests with a real account opened in the country. Some links are affiliate links; sponsored boxes are labelled and never affect the order.