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Regulatory deep dives. By practitioners, for practitioners.
57 long-form analyses covering tier-1 and offshore gambling licensing, AML and responsible-gambling obligations, B2B critical-supply rules, payments integration, and jurisdictional comparisons. Each piece cites primary sources and is reviewed against the regulator's most recent guidance.
Jurisdictions St Kitts and Nevis · Nevis Online Gaming Authority · register read 12 October 2026
Nevis Gaming Licence 2026: What the Ordinance, the Gazetted Fees and the Register Show
Nevis has licensed online gaming since July 2025 under Ordinance No. 2 of 2025. The law has a private management company run the licensing authority and collect its fees. On 12 Oct…
Comparison Comparison · licensing costs
How Much Does a Gambling Licence Cost in 2026? Real Fees, Compared
Application fees run from EUR 4,592 in Curaçao to BRL 30,000,000 in Brazil, which banned betting in September 2026. The headline fee is rarely what you pay: application, annual and…
Comparison Tier 1 gambling licensing · 2026
MGA vs UKGC vs Gibraltar — Tier 1 Gambling Licence Comparison 2026
Tier 1 online gambling licences are Malta MGA, UK Gambling Commission, Gibraltar Gambling Commissioner, and Isle of Man GSC. Each has different cost, tax, substance bar, and market…
Jurisdictions United Kingdom · UKGC · application
UK Gambling Commission Licence — 2026 Application Guide
A UK Gambling Commission licence is mandatory to serve British customers, wherever you're based. This guide covers the operating and personal licences, the fee bands, the White Pap…
Jurisdictions United Kingdom · licence fees · read from SI 2026/828 on 10 October 2026
UK Gambling Licence Cost from 1 October 2026: The New UKGC Fee Bands
A remote casino operating licence now costs £8,185 to £165,069 to apply for and £7,000 to £1.45m a year. SI 2026/828 redrew the bands on 1 October 2026, so the 2021 table most guid…
Jurisdictions Union of the Comoros · Anjouan and Mwali · registers read 8 October 2026
Comoros Gambling Licence 2026: What the Union's Law, the Central Bank and the Two Island Registers Show
No Comoros gambling licence exists. Two island bodies, Anjouan's AOFA and Mwali's MISA, sell them; the Central Bank of the Comoros named both as fictitious structures on 15 June 20…
Jurisdictions Canada · Tobique Gaming Commission, New Brunswick · register read 7 October 2026
Tobique Gaming Licence 2026: What the Register, the Restricted List and Canadian Law Show
On 7 October 2026 the Tobique Gaming Commission listed 192 licences held by 185 companies; 70 entries show only a Costa Rican registry number. Its own restricted-country list rates…
Jurisdictions Denmark · Spillemyndigheden · fees and supplier register read 6 October 2026
Denmark Gambling Licence 2026: Fees, the Supplier Licence and What the 28% Duty Is Charged On
A Danish online casino licence costs DKK 343,300 to apply for in 2026, a combined casino and betting licence DKK 480,600. The annual fee jumps at each revenue band, game suppliers …
Jurisdictions Guernsey · Alderney AGCC · fees read 5 October 2026
Guernsey Gambling Licence 2026: What Guernsey Licenses and What the AGCC Charges
Guernsey's own gambling regulator licenses raffles, Crown and Anchor tables and betting offices, and its page says nothing about online play. Online licences come from the Alderney…
Jurisdictions Panama · Kunaisa and the Wargandí Gaming Commission · register read 3 October 2026
Kunaisa Gaming Licence 2026: What the Wargandí Register and Panama's Law Show
Kunaisa sells iGaming, forex and VASP licences from the Kuna de Wargandí comarca in Panama. On 3 October 2026 its public register held eight licences and none was for gaming. Panam…
Jurisdictions El Salvador · LNB licensing · checked against the statute 2 October 2026
El Salvador Gambling Licence 2026: LNB Canon, the .sv Domain Rule and 12 Operators
El Salvador licenses online gambling through its state lottery, the LNB. The canon is USD 100,000 to 250,000 up front, then up to 25% of gross income less prizes from year two. Lic…
Jurisdictions Brazil · SPA · Law 14.790 · banned 25 September 2026
Brazil Online Gambling Licence Under Law 14.790: The SPA Regime from 2025 to the 2026 Ban
Brazil regulated online gambling under Law 14.790/2023 from 1 January 2025 and banned it on 25 September 2026. This is the record of the regime: BRL 30m for a five-year, three-bran…
Operational Brazil · SPA · PIX · betting banned 25 September 2026
Brazil PIX and Gambling: How SPA Operators Were Required to Pay, and the 2026 Ban
Under Law 14.790 Brazil required PIX for player deposits and withdrawals at SPA-licensed operators. Since 25 September 2026 Provisional Measure 1,394 bars every payment arrangement…
Jurisdictions Brazil · MP 1,394 · read against the text in the Diário Oficial, 28 September 2026
Brazil Bans Online Betting: What MP 1,394 Does to Licences, Player Funds and Ads, and Where Operators Go Next
Provisional Measure 1,394 of 25 September 2026 prohibits fixed-odds betting and online casino games in Brazil, including from abroad. Sites go dark on 6 October, authorisations end…
Operational Curaçao · LOK · substance · checked against the statute 23 September 2026
Curaçao LOK Substance: The Three Key Persons Rule Is in the Statute, and It Starts in December 2028
Article 5.12 of the LOK requires one full-time Key Person on the Curaçao Population Register besides the managing director now, three from the fifth year, and premises used only fo…
Jurisdictions Curaçao · cost and fees · checked against the statute 23 September 2026
Curaçao Gaming Licence Cost 2026: Every Fee in the LOK, and When It Is Due
EUR 4,592 to apply plus EUR 150 per beneficial owner, then EUR 47,450 a year for B2C, paid as two invoices, or EUR 24,490 for B2B. Every fee comes from Articles 5.18 and 5.19 of th…
Jurisdictions Malta · cost and fees · checked against legislation.mt, September 2026
Malta Gaming Licence Cost 2026: MGA Fees, the Compliance Contribution and the October Tax Change
EUR 5,000 to apply and EUR 25,000 a year, then a compliance contribution that depends on the game type: on EUR 10 million of revenue a sportsbook pays EUR 305,000 and a casino EUR …
Operational Malta · MGA B2B · Critical Gaming Supply
MGA B2B Critical Gaming Supply Licence — Post-2024 Scope Guide
Malta's B2B Critical Gaming Supply Licence expanded in 2024 to capture aggregator wallets, game-server-side logic providers, and certain payment-routing layers. Software providers …
Comparison Offshore · Curaçao vs Anjouan
Curaçao vs Anjouan — Which Offshore Gambling Licence in 2026?
Curaçao and Anjouan are the two go-to offshore gambling licences, at different points on the cost-versus-credibility curve. Curaçao's LOK, in force since 24 December 2024, adds rea…
Jurisdictions Anjouan · licence categories · verified 17 September 2026
Anjouan B2C vs B2B Licence: Which One You Need, and Why Holding Both Costs Double
B2C and B2B are separate categories at the same price. A B2C licence may cover casino, betting, poker, bingo, prediction markets and crypto-enabled gaming, but it confers no suppli…
Jurisdictions Anjouan · licence check · verified 17 September 2026
Anjouan Licence Check: How to Verify the Register, and What a Result Does Not Prove
Search the register by licence number, company name or domain. It returns the holder, the number, the type and the status. The Authority says verification is not an endorsement, an…
Jurisdictions Anjouan · cost and fees · verified 17 September 2026
Anjouan Gambling Licence Cost 2026: The Official Fees, and Why Renewal Is Not EUR 15,000
The Authority publishes EUR 17,828 to issue and EUR 17,828 to renew each year, the same figure, plus EUR 500 per extra domain. Most guides print a lower renewal, and this page did …
Jurisdictions Anjouan · market access · verified 17 September 2026
Where Can an Anjouan-Licensed Operator Accept Players? There Is No Restricted-Country List
The Authority publishes no blacklist and states that licences carry no territorial restrictions under Anjouan law. Geo-blocking and local compliance rest entirely with the operator…
Jurisdictions Anjouan · requirements and process · verified 17 September 2026
Anjouan Licence Requirements and Application Process: Documents, Stages and the Timeline Nobody Publishes
The Authority lists corporate documents, identity and source-of-funds evidence, and runs a four-stage process ending in the public register. It publishes no processing time at all.…
Jurisdictions Anjouan · legitimacy and enforcement · verified 17 September 2026
Is the Anjouan Gambling Licence Legitimate? The Legal Chain, the Empty Enforcement Record, and the Scam Claim
Four different questions hide inside this one. The licence has a legal basis and a public register. It has no published enforcement record, no recognition arrangements, and no mark…
Jurisdictions Colombia · Coljuegos · verified 17 September 2026
Colombia Gambling Licence 2026: The Coljuegos Concession, and the Tax That Changed Four Times
No fixed licence fee. The state takes 15% of gross win, and a 16% consumption tax applies for 2026 only. The 19% deposit VAT most pages still quote was struck down in April 2026 wi…
Jurisdictions Peru · MINCETUR · verified 17 September 2026
Peru Gambling Licence 2026: Two Taxes, Two Bases, and Why One Blended Rate Is Always Wrong
The 12% is not a gross win tax. SUNAT adds bonuses into gross income and allows a 2% deduction, so it is 11.76% of net income. The separate 1% falls on every bet, which makes the r…
Jurisdictions Chile · no online regime · verified 17 September 2026
Chile Gambling Licence 2026: There Isn't One, and the Statute Says So in Terms
Ley 19.995 art. 5 provides that a casino operating permit shall in no case cover online games of chance. The bill that would create a regime has been in the Senate since 2023. Mean…
Jurisdictions Argentina · LOTBA and IPLyC · verified 17 September 2026
Argentina Gambling Licence 2026: The Federal Tax Falls on Deposits, and Both Buenos Aires Markets Are Shut
Decreto 293/2022 art. 4 sets the base as the net value of player deposits, not stakes and not gross win, so it is owed on money never staked. And the two jurisdictions worth having…
Jurisdictions Cyprus · NBA · Class B, the guarantee and the 15%
Cyprus Betting Licence 2026: Class B Fees, the 15% Rate Since December 2024, and Why Casino Is Off the Table
Cyprus licenses betting, not gambling. A Class B licence costs EUR 30,000 a year or EUR 45,000 for two on EUR 500,000 of capital and a EUR 550,000 guarantee, taxed at 15% of net re…
Jurisdictions Bulgaria · NRA · the fee stack and the affiliate licence
Bulgaria Online Gambling Licence 2026: BGN 400,000, 20% Not 25%, and the New Affiliate Regime
The Gambling Act charges a one-off BGN 400,000 plus 20% of stakes less prizes monthly and BGN 60,000 a year in responsibility contributions, on BGN 1.5m of capital. Several guides …
Jurisdictions Malta · L.N. 84 and 86 of 2026 · in force 1 October
Malta Gaming Tax From 1 October 2026: What Legal Notices 84 and 86 Actually Change
The single 5% gaming tax becomes 15% for Type 1 and 10% for Types 2, 3 and 4. The device levy goes. Most remote gaming loses its VAT exemption. Read from the legal notices, not the…
Jurisdictions Estonia · EMTA · fees and the 2026 tax
Estonia Gambling Licence 2026: EMTA State Fees, the Two-Month Tax Gap, and Why There Is No EU Passport
Estonia's licence runs on published state fees (EUR 47,940 activity licence, EUR 3,200 per permit), EUR 1m of locked capital and statutory decision deadlines. The 2026 tax went 6% …
Jurisdictions Spain · DGOJ · fees, tax and the missing call
Spain Online Gambling Licence 2026: DGOJ Fees, 20% Tax, and the Call That Closed in December 2018
Spain's state licence runs on statutory tasas, a EUR 2,000,000 guarantee per general licence and 20% tax on net income. General licences exist only inside a ministerial call, and t…
Jurisdictions Romania · ONJN · the cost stack after Law 141/2025
Romania Gambling Licence 2026: ONJN Class 1 and Class 2 Costs, the 30% Tax and the EUR 1.28m Annual Floor
Since 1 August 2025 a Romanian Class 1 licence costs EUR 300,000 licence tax, EUR 500,000 contribution and 30% of GGR with a EUR 480,000 floor, plus 2% of deposits. Class 2 supplie…
Jurisdictions Mexico · SEGOB · permits, the 2023 decree and the 2026 excise
Mexico Gambling Permit 2026: No Licence to Apply For, a 50% IEPS, and the Route That Still Works
Mexico has no online gambling licence. A SEGOB permit for an establishment, held by a Mexican company, is the only title; new ones are rarely granted, and the 2023 decree abolished…
Jurisdictions Alderney · AGCC · fees and hosting
Alderney Gambling Licence 2026: AGCC Fees, Renewal Bands and Hosting Rules
The AGCC charges no gaming duty; it charges a renewal fee banded by yield, from GBP 35,000 under GBP 500k to GBP 400,000 above GBP 30m, on a schedule in force since 1 April 2015. W…
Jurisdictions Costa Rica · no regulator · Law 9050
Costa Rica Gambling Licence Check 2026: What You Can Verify, and the Law 9050 Tax Nobody Prices
Costa Rica issues no gambling licence, so a "licence check" can only confirm that a company exists and holds a municipal data-processing patente. What most guides skip: Law 9050 ta…
Comparison Crypto gambling licensing · 2026
Crypto-Currency Gambling Licence — Best Jurisdictions 2026
Crypto-payment iGaming needs a dedicated crypto framework or regulator-approved crypto-deposit arrangements under a general licence: Isle of Man (virtual-currency deposits since 20…
Comparison Comparison · offshore licensing
What Is the Easiest Country to Get a Gambling Licence? (2026)
'Easiest' splits into three questions: Anjouan is reported fastest at one to two months though it publishes no deadline, Costa Rica has no gambling licence to get at all, and Curaç…
Jurisdictions Isle of Man · GSC · cost at yield
Isle of Man Gambling Licence: What It Costs at Your Yield — Fees, Duty, Substance (2026)
Since 6 July 2023 every Isle of Man licence costs GBP 5,250 to apply and a Full licence GBP 36,750 a year, plus Gambling Duty of 1.5% on yield up to GBP 20m. We run that against Al…
Operational Malta · MGA Sandbox · 2025
Malta MGA Sandbox 2025 — Blockchain-Asset Games Framework Guide
The Malta Gaming Authority's 2025 Sandbox Framework for Blockchain-Asset Games provides a controlled environment for operators testing crypto-native gambling products — NFT-based c…
Operational Sweden · Spelpaus · SIFS 2026:3
Sweden Spelpaus Self-Exclusion — Technical Integration Guide for 2026
Spelpaus is Sweden's mandatory central self-exclusion register that all Spelinspektionen-licensed operators integrate via real-time API. Self-exclusion at one operator applies acro…
Operational UK · UKGC · White Paper, 2026 status
UK Gambling White Paper in 2026 — Financial Checks, Stake Limits, Levy and Bonus Rules in Force
Three years on, the 2023 White Paper delivered light-touch financial checks at GBP 150 net deposits a month (not the GBP 500 proposed), GBP 5 and GBP 2 slot stake limits, a 0.1-1.1…
Operational UK · RGD · 40% from April 2026
UK Remote Gaming Duty 40% from 1 April 2026 — Operational Tax Guide for iGaming
Remote Gaming Duty rose from 21% to 40% of UK-customer casino GGR on 1 April 2026, and a 25% remote-betting rate follows in April 2027. How the duty is calculated, what HMRC expect…
Jurisdictions Panama · JCJ · two fee schedules
Panama Gambling Licence 2026: JCJ Fees Under Two Resolutions, the 10% That Isn't Exempt, and Law 527
Most guides price a Panama licence at USD 40,000 plus USD 20,000 a year without saying those are 2002 figures. The 2020 resolution that opened online gaming inside Panama carries d…
Jurisdictions Anjouan · AOFA · offshore
Anjouan Gambling Licence — Restricted Countries and Payment Realities 2026
The Authority publishes no restricted-country list and says licences carry no territorial limits under Anjouan law. That puts the whole market-access burden on the operator. Issuan…
Comparison AML · certification · iGaming compliance
Best AML Certification for Gambling & iGaming Compliance Teams (2026)
This ranking scores AML certifications for gambling, iGaming and crypto-CASP compliance teams — weighted for sector fit and applied format over general-banking brand. AML Certifica…
Jurisdictions Curaçao · LOK · CGA
Curaçao Gambling Licence — LOK 2023 Reform Explained
Curaçao's LOK was adopted in 2023 and came into force on 24 December 2024, replacing the master/sub-licence model with direct Curaçao Gaming Authority (CGA) licensing under separat…
Operational Curaçao · CGA · licence verification
How to Verify a Curaçao Gambling Licence Is Real (2026)
Since the LOK took effect on 24 December 2024, every valid Curaçao licence is issued directly by the Curaçao Gaming Authority and sits in its public register. Three checks separate…
aml-travel-rule AML · responsible gambling
AML for Online Gambling Operators — FATF, KYC & SAR Guide 2026
Every gambling regulator now expects a real, FATF-aligned AML programme — customer due diligence, sanctions screening, suspicious-transaction reporting and a designated MLRO. This …
Jurisdictions Gibraltar · Gambling Commissioner
Gibraltar Gambling Licence — Substance, Tax & Guide 2026
Gibraltar is a tier-1 gambling jurisdiction with one of the strictest substance bars and a low gaming yield duty. This guide covers the Gambling Commissioner's expectations, the re…
Operational Licensing · step-by-step
How to Get a Gambling Licence — Step-by-Step Guide 2026
Getting a gambling licence comes down to six decisions and a sequence: pick the market, pick the jurisdiction, build substance and AML, incorporate, apply, and stand up payments. T…
Jurisdictions North America · KGC
Kahnawake Gaming Licence — Cost, CPA Route & Guide 2026
The Kahnawake Gaming Commission has licensed online gambling since 1999, making it one of the oldest interactive-gaming regulators. This guide covers the licence types, the fast Cl…
Jurisdictions Malta · MGA · B2C licence
Malta MGA B2C Gaming Licence — 2026 Application Guide
The MGA B2C Gaming Service Licence is the gold-standard EU online-gambling licence. This guide covers the four B2C game types, the substance the MGA expects, the cost and complianc…
Jurisdictions New Jersey · DGE · iGaming
New Jersey Online Gambling Licence — The Casino-Partner Route 2026
New Jersey runs the most mature regulated online-gambling market in the US — but you can't go live without an Atlantic City casino partner and servers inside the state. Here's how …
Jurisdictions Canada · AGCO · iGaming Ontario
Ontario iGaming Registration — AGCO & iGaming Ontario Guide 2026
Ontario was the first Canadian province to open a regulated commercial iGaming market. This guide covers AGCO operator registration, the iGaming Ontario operating agreement, the 20…
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