2023 Liechtenstein constitutional referendum

29 January 2023
Do you want to accept the initiators' draft of the amendment to the constitution of 5 October 1921 (casino ban)?
Referendum ballot with question
Results
Choice Votes % Yes 3,779 26.68% No 10,383 73.32% Valid votes 14,162 99.25% Invalid or blank votes 107 0.75% Total votes 14,269 100.00% Registered voters/turnout 20,720 68.87%
No   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%

A constitutional referendum was held in Liechtenstein on 29 January 2023. Voters voted on a proposal to ban casinos, with 73% voting against the proposal. If a ban had been approved, casinos in Liechtenstein would have been closed and banned by 2028.^[1]

Gambling was prohibited in Liechtenstein until 2010, when it was legalised.^[2] As of 2023, there are six casinos in the country, which doubled from three in 2019.^[2] The national casino association has conceded that it "sees no economic basis for so many casinos in the future".^[3] The industry generated CHF 28 million in gambling levies in 2022, which amounted to 3% of tax revenue in the year.^[2]

The group IG VolksMeinung collected more than 2,000 signatures in favour of a ban, from the population of 38,000. The Landtag of Liechtenstein voted against the ban, so it therefore had to be decided by referendum.^[4]