MGA B2B Critical Gaming Supply Licence

Definition

The MGA Critical Gaming Supply Licence is the Malta B2B authorisation for entities providing critical technical or operational services to B2C operators. A 2024 MGA Directive is widely described as widening that scope to aggregator wallets, game-server-side logic providers and certain payment-routing layers; our Malta jurisdiction page records that no source for that specific list could be found, so treat it as adviser-reported rather than established. The Gaming Act (Chapter 583) creates two licences — a gaming service licence and a critical gaming supply licence — so there is no Material Supply Licence, despite the term appearing widely in adviser material. Material gaming supply is a separate tier with its own instrument: under art. 25(1) of Directive 3 of 2018 a provider may apply for a material supply certificate, and under art. 27(3) a licensee must ensure its provider holds one or that the supply is approved case by case. For which suppliers the 2024 change pulls in, see the full guide below.