The Central American country of Costa Rica boasts one of the world's longest running online gambling industries, as its first online casino was launched back in the 1990s. But even though Costa Rica's online gambling industry has grown exponentially since then due to a lack of online gambling regulations, many online gambling firms operating from Costa Rica have earned less than savoury reputations over the years.
List of 181 Costa Rican Online Casinos
| Supported Languages | Costa Rica's official language is Spanish. |
| Currencies | Costa Rica's official currency is the Costa Rican Colon (CRC). |
Gambling In Costa Rica
Gambling is very popular in Costa Rica and is a big business, with literally hundreds of gambling operations dotted around the country, including casinos, sports betting facilities and lotteries. Horse race betting is also very popular in Costa Rica, even though the country no longer has any racecourses of its own.
Costa Rica currently has no less than 30 major land casinos, although they are mainly aimed at tourists, while the locals gravitate more to lotteries and sports betting. A big reason gambling is so prevalent in Costa Rica is because of the country's traditionally lax gambling laws. However, in recent years the Costa Rican government has added new regulations, such as a law dictating that all casinos must have a hotel attached.
Online Gambling In Costa Rica
Many gambling experts have compared Costa Rica's online gambling industry to the Wild West, due to the fact that just about anything goes. With its origins in the mid-1990s, Costa Rica's online gambling industry grew quickly, not least because of a notable lack of online gambling laws and regulations.
Today Cost Rica hosts over 200 online gambling firms - some more reputable than others. Although only foreign players can play at Costa Rican online casinos, Costa Ricans are welcome at many foreign online casinos, using deposit methods like Skrill, credit cards, debit cards, prepaid cards, Click2Pay, Entropay and Neteller.
As one of the world's biggest online gambling hubs, Costa Rica is a popular venue for many leading online gambling conferences, seminars and symposiums.