About Gespa

Supervision by the Swiss Gambling Supervisory Authority Gespa is aimed at ensuring that players in Switzerland may participate in lotteries, sports betting and skill-based games in a safe and socially responsible manner.

The Supervisory Board is Gespa’s executive body. It consists of five members including its president. Two commission members each are from French and German-speaking Switzerland, while one member is from Italian-speaking Switzerland (canton of Ticino).

The Supervisory Board is assisted by a permanent office that runs Gespa's operations. The office is headed by the Director.

If you have any questions regarding the legality of a specific gambling activity, or if you know of potentially illegal cases of lotteries, sports betting, skill games or sales-promotion games, you may contact us anytime using the online reporting form.

In its annual reports and in media releases, Gespa informs on its activities and on facts and topics from the large-scale games sector. Gespa publishes an annual report on how the cantons use the net revenues from lotteries and sports betting for the benefit of the public and compiles annual statistics on the large- and small-scale games run in accordance with the Gambling Act.