Get your online gambling license in Curaçao, Malta or beyond.

A regulator’s permission for a company to offer games of chance or betting for money online. Gaming license, gambling license and iGaming license mean the same thing. Operators that deal with players hold a B2C license; game studios and platforms hold a B2B license where the regulator requires one.

The one that fits your markets and budget. Curaçao is the usual first license for markets without their own licensing, and Nevis is a newer option. Kahnawake suits operators who want a regulator that has licensed online gaming since 1999. Malta asks for share capital and the Isle of Man for local directors, and both expect a fuller compliance set-up. We compare them for your case in the free legal opinion.

Government fees start at €4,592 to apply in Curaçao, then €47,450 a year for B2C. Nevis charges €28,000 a year, Malta €5,000 to apply and €25,000 a year plus share capital from €40,000, the Isle of Man £5,250 and £36,750 a year, and Kahnawake US$35,000 to apply and US$20,000 a year. Company, staff, testing and audit costs come on top, and our own fee is fixed in writing after the free legal opinion.

In Curaçao the CGA has 8 weeks for each of two review phases, extendable by 4 weeks, and may grant a provisional license of up to 6 months during the second. The Isle of Man GSC aims to decide in 10–16 weeks, the KGC estimates 4–8 weeks for its application phase and Nevis states 4–6 weeks. The MGA publishes no deadline. Preparing the company and the file usually takes another 1–2 months.

A B2C license lets you offer games to players. A B2B license lets you supply games, software or platforms to licensed operators: the supplier license in Curaçao, the critical gaming supply license in Malta, the Casino Software Provider Authorization in Kahnawake and the software supplier license in the Isle of Man. In Curaçao one company cannot hold both.

Usually not. In Curaçao one B2C application can cover casino games, betting, live dealer games, lotteries, bingo and poker. In Malta casino games and lotteries are Type 1, fixed-odds betting Type 2, and poker between players, bingo and betting exchanges Type 3, and one license can hold several types. One Isle of Man full license covers poker, bingo, sportsbook, casino and esports.

No. The LOK ended the master licenses and their sublicenses, and the CGA now licenses every operator directly. A license cannot be transferred or lent. If you need to go live sooner, your brand can run on PRIF, our casino platform, as a domain of our Curaçao-licensed company while your own license is in progress.

The Kahnawake Gaming Commission’s license for online operators. The Commission was set up in 1996 under the Kahnawake Gaming Law (MCR No. 26/1996-97) and grants it under the Regulations concerning Interactive Gaming, first made in July 1999 and last amended in March 2026. A new authorisation runs for an initial 6 months and can then be renewed for up to 5 years. Operators must be hosted at Mohawk Internet Technologies in Kahnawà:ke. The fee is US$35,000 to apply plus US$5,000 per key person, rising to US$40,000 and US$6,000 on 1 January 2027.

Both the FIAU and the MGA. The FIAU sets the AML/CFT rules and imposes penalties, and the MGA, acting for the FIAU, monitors licensees and runs AML examinations. We set up your AML/CFT programme to FIAU rules and prepare you for both.

Nevis licenses B2C and B2B online gaming for international markets through the Nevis Online Gaming Authority, under the Nevis Online Gaming Ordinance, 2025, in force since 1 May 2025. The license costs €28,000 and €28,000 a year, and the authority states 4–6 weeks. The Tobique Gaming Commission issues remote gambling licenses to foreign operators under the Tobique Gaming Act 2023, a First Nation law. It is not a federal or provincial Canadian license, and its fees are not published.

In the UAE and the Philippines, only for players in those countries. The UAE’s General Commercial Gaming Regulatory Authority (GCGRA) licenses lottery, internet gaming and sports wagering for the UAE market under Federal Decree-Law No. 30 of 2022, by invitation and with no published fees, and licenses foreign suppliers as gaming-related vendors. PAGCOR licenses online gaming for players in the Philippines only, and offshore gaming was banned by law in 2025. Brazil banned fixed-odds betting by provisional measure on 25 September 2026 and stopped issuing authorisations.

Clients ask for it because it costs less than Curaçao: the issuer publishes €17,828 to issue and €17,828 a year. It is issued by an island body under the laws of Anjouan, not by the Union of the Comoros. In a communiqué on bank licensing, published by the Comoros Ministry of Finance in December 2025, the central bank lists the Anjouan Offshore Finance Authority, which the issuer says it operates under, among structures it calls fictitious. In our experience, banks and payment providers rarely accept it. If you still want it, we explain the limits in writing and show alternatives.

We found no online gaming law or government regulator in Tuvalu’s official legislation; the license sold as Tuvalu’s comes through a private agent, and we review any such offer before you pay. Costa Rica issues no online gambling license: sportsbook back offices there work under a municipal license and pay a yearly tax under Law 9050.

No. A license works only in markets where your games are legal. The UK, EU member states and US states each set their own rules for their players, and the EU has no passport for gambling licenses: a member state may ban online games licensed in Malta, as the EU Court of Justice ruled in April 2026. We check your target markets in the legal opinion.

Sometimes. Licensed operators do come up for sale, and buying one can be faster than a new application, but the regulator vets the new owners. A Curaçao license itself cannot be transferred, so the deal is for the company that holds it. We work with sellers of licensed companies and run the change-of-control filing; we are not a dealer and keep no public list.

No. The regulator decides on every license, and banks and payment providers decide on every account. We prepare a complete file, answer the regulator’s questions and tell you up front if your project is unlikely to pass.