Licences
iGaming licences by jurisdiction
A gambling licence is tied to the market whose players you serve, not to where your company sits. Each page here takes one jurisdiction and separates what the regulator states (fees, decision times, licence types, register entries) from what licence sellers claim. Great Britain is live; Malta, Curaçao, the Isle of Man, Sweden, the Netherlands, Estonia and Romania are published and in legal review; the rest open one by one as their official sources are added to the source registry.
| Jurisdiction | Regulator | Model | Official source | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Britain | UK Gambling Commission | Market | Public register of gambling businesses | Live |
| Malta | Malta Gaming Authority | Hub | Licensee Hub | In legal review |
| Curaçao | Curaçao Gaming Authority | Hub | LOK fees and charges |
In legal review |
| Isle of Man | Gambling Supervision Commission | Hub | Online gambling licence | In legal review |
| Gibraltar | Gibraltar Gambling Division | Hub | Regulatory environment | In preparation |
| Ontario | AGCO / iGaming Ontario | Market | To be confirmed | In preparation |
| Sweden | Spelinspektionen | Market | Licence register | In legal review |
| Netherlands | Kansspelautoriteit (Ksa) | Market | Kansspelwijzer (register of licensed operators) | In legal review |
| Romania | National Gambling Office (ONJN) | Market | OUG 77/2009 on gambling, consolidated text |
In legal review |
| Estonia | Estonian Tax and Customs Board (EMTA) | Market | List of legal gambling operators | In legal review |
| Anjouan | Anjouan licensing authority | Contested claim | To be confirmed |
In preparation |
| Kahnawake | Kahnawake Gaming Commission | Hub | To be confirmed | In preparation |
What every licence page will show
- Who needs the licence and which products it covers, in the regulator's words.
- Regulator fees, kept apart from taxes, capital and reserves: they are different costs and never added into one "price".
- Decision time with its source type: the regulator's own figure, or a market estimate marked as such.
- How to verify a licence in the official register, and what that register does not tell you.
- The official sources and the date we read them.
Market licence, hub licence or contested claim?
- Market licence. Issued by the country whose consumers you serve, such as Great Britain, Sweden, the Netherlands, Estonia or Romania. It is required for that market whatever else you hold.
- Hub licence. Lets you operate from a jurisdiction such as Malta, Curaçao or the Isle of Man. It does not open regulated markets that license gambling themselves.
- Contested claim. A permit whose legal basis or supervision is disputed. These get a separate legitimacy check before any page is published, and never a "get this licence" button.
The comparison puts the live and in-review regimes side by side on the same sourced fields.