Croatia's Tax Administration publishes a list of gambling websites it has ordered blocked for operating without the required approval. If Croatian visitors cannot open your site, check that list and compare access through their internet providers. A listed address can fail before a visitor reaches your server, even when the site opens from elsewhere.
Sources: Tax Administration, checked 14 November 2026 · OONI measurement, 7 November 2026
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The page is opened through home and mobile connections of Hrvatski Telekom, A1 and Telemach, the way their customers would open it, and the answer comes provider by provider.
Who orders gambling websites blocked in Croatia?
The Tax Administration issues the order. Article 44 of the General Tax Act allows it to stop an online business that avoids the rules for its activity and thereby gains tax advantages it is not entitled to or causes harm to the community that is hard to repair. Internet providers carry out the block through the network regulator. These provisions took effect on 1 January 2019.
Source: Official Gazette, General Tax Act amendment, Articles 7 and 49, 30 November 2018
The implementing rules give the regulator 48 hours after receiving an order to forward it to providers. Providers then have seven days to carry it out. The Tax Administration's public list gives site owners a separate reference point: it says listed addresses will be blocked within 15 days of the order date.
Sources: Official Gazette, implementing rules, Article 19, 3 May 2019 · Tax Administration, checked 14 November 2026
What does a blocked visitor see?
The rules say providers should redirect visitors to a tax authority page explaining the block. A secure web address can produce a different symptom. In an OONI test on Hrvatski Telekom on 7 November 2026, DNS, the system that turns a website name into a server address, returned a Ministry of Finance address for www.casino.com. The connection then failed because the server's certificate, its digital proof of identity, was invalid for the visit. The test's comparison connection received the site's page successfully.
Sources: Official Gazette, implementing rules, Article 20 · OONI measurement, 7 November 2026
This is evidence from one connection at one time. It does not establish what every Croatian visitor sees. It illustrates why a working check outside the customer's network can miss a provider block.
How do I check the list and resolve an entry?
Open the spreadsheet linked from the Tax Administration's page and search for your web address. The page invites the owner or user of a blocked domain to contact igre.na.srecu@porezna-uprava.hr to address the reasons for the ban. It gives a 30-day contact period starting on the fifteenth day after the order date shown in the list.
Source: Tax Administration, checked 14 November 2026
Under Article 21 of the implementing rules, the tax authority issues an order ending the ban when its legal basis no longer exists. The web address is removed from the published list on the fifteenth day after that order.
Could a customer's security settings affect access?
Customer settings are also worth checking. In September 2023, Hrvatski Telekom announced an internet security option in its new fixed-service packages, with parental controls and internet time limits managed in the Moj Telekom app. Ask the affected visitor which settings are active when comparing their result with another connection.
Which providers should I check in Croatia?
Hrvatski Telekom, A1 and Telemach offer both home broadband and mobile service. When collecting a visitor's report, record the provider and whether they used home broadband or mobile data, so you can compare the same connection type.
Sources: Hrvatski Telekom, 30 October 2026 · A1, checked 14 November 2026 · Telemach, checked 14 November 2026
What does linkspect check in Croatia?
The API checks your URL through home broadband and mobile connections of Hrvatski Telekom, A1 and Telemach customers, with a separate answer for each provider and connection type. Results may be incomplete. The providers' DNS server addresses have not yet been verified, so DNS blocking is reported as "likely" at most. A page that opened can still show grey "Not verified" when the main check for Croatia could not be completed; see the verdict reference.
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Facts checked on 14 November 2026.
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