Gambling Licensing, Delivered
A gambling licence is the authorisation you need to legally run a casino, sportsbook, poker room or gaming-software business. It sets which products you may offer, which markets you may serve, and which AML, player-protection and technical standards apply. We obtain it for you. We form the operating company, file the application, deal with the regulator directly and build the compliance programme the regime requires, then we hand you a live operation rather than a stack of forms.
We deliver gambling and iGaming licences in five jurisdictions: Anjouan, Curaçao, the Isle of Man, Kahnawake and Tobique. Between them they cover the practical decision set, from a fast, low-cost route to market through to a fully respected regime that opens premium banking and Tier-1 game-studio contracts. We will tell you plainly which one fits, including when a cheaper licence would cost you more in lost payment access than it saves in fees.
Gambling is also the hardest vertical to bank, so we treat banking as part of the job from day one rather than an afterthought once the licence lands. The team has delivered this work first-hand for operators in the toughest verticals, and we never offload your file to an unverified third party. You deal with one accountable firm from the first call to go-live.
Who Needs a Gambling Licence?
You need a gambling licence if you offer games of chance, fixed-odds or pool betting, lottery products, peer-to-peer poker, or you supply the platform, RNG or aggregator software that powers those activities. Operating without authorisation is a criminal offence in every regulated market and is enforced through domain blocking and payment-rail restrictions, so this is not a corner worth cutting.
The clearest case is the B2C operator. An online casino offering slots, table games and live dealer products needs a casino licence in every market where it accepts players. A sportsbook needs a betting licence, and a separate casino licence where it runs in-play casino-style markets. A poker room needs a poker authorisation. Mixed-vertical operators commonly hold several licences from one regulator, and we file them together.
B2B suppliers need their own authorisations even though they never face a retail customer, because regulators want certified, fit-and-proper providers in the supply chain. Platform providers, RNG developers, game studios, aggregators and, increasingly, marketing and CRM firms all qualify. We obtain the B2B authorisation alongside or instead of a B2C licence, depending on what you actually do.
Crypto-native operators sit in the same bucket as fiat operators. A crypto casino is still a gambling operator under the law of the markets it serves, and accepting crypto does not change the licence you need. What changes is the payment layer: you are usually not a crypto-asset service provider yourself, but your on and off-ramp partner is, so EU-targeting crypto rails must run through a properly authorised provider. We build the structure so that layer holds up.
Where We Get You Licensed
The right jurisdiction comes down to three things: the markets you target, the banking and payment credibility you need, and the budget and timeline you can absorb. We deliver in five jurisdictions that, between them, cover that whole range. We recommend one, and we are candid about the trade-offs.
Anjouan
Anjouan is the fast, low-cost route to market and the volume leader for crypto-native operators. A single eGaming licence covers casino and sportsbook activity, a B2B recognition certificate covers software suppliers, and grant typically runs in weeks rather than months. The trade-off is reach: the regulator enforces a binding geo-block list (the United States, France, Australia, the Netherlands, Singapore and others) and Tier-1 European banks rarely take an Anjouan-only structure directly. We solve the banking gap by pairing the licence with an EU or EEA payment-agent layer for fiat rails while crypto on and off-ramps remain straightforward. If speed and crypto are your priorities, this is usually the starting licence. Read the full Anjouan gambling licence guide →
Curaçao
Curaçao is the established workhorse for operators serving Latin America, Asia, Africa and the CIS who want a defensible licence without European substance cost. Its reformed regime, supervised by the Curaçao Gaming Authority, runs a direct two-tier structure: a B2C online gaming licence and a B2B supplier licence, both granted to a local company. The bar is real but proportionate, including a resident managing director, full beneficial-owner disclosure, on-island hosting and a genuine AML programme. We form the Curaçao company, put the substance in place and file the application. It accommodates crypto-denominated gaming, and it banks far better than the lighter offshore options. Read the full Curaçao gambling licence guide →
Isle of Man
The Isle of Man, regulated by the Gambling Supervision Commission, is the premium choice. It is a respected, well-banked, English-language jurisdiction whose licence opens Tier-1 acquiring, top game-studio contracts and institutional payment relationships that lighter regimes cannot reach. It is the most demanding of the five on substance, fit-and-proper screening and ongoing compliance, and it takes the longest to grant. For operators building a serious, long-life brand who need the credibility, it is worth the work, and we run the whole application and the substance build for you. Read the full Isle of Man gambling licence guide →
Kahnawake and Tobique
Kahnawake (the Kahnawake Gaming Commission) and Tobique are Canadian First Nations regimes that have licensed online operators for years. They offer a long-standing, recognisable offshore licence with no local gaming tax, suited to operators targeting non-US, non-Canadian markets who want more standing than an emerging licence carries without European cost or substance. Kahnawake covers both B2C operators and B2B software providers, with hosting on its own infrastructure. We handle the company, the authorisation and the hosting arrangements, and we will tell you which of the two fits your product and market mix. Read the full Kahnawake guide → Read the full Tobique guide →
Markets that need their own local licence
Some markets cannot be served from any offshore licence and require a domestic one: the United Kingdom (UK Gambling Commission), Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Italy, Denmark and Brazil each license locally, and the United States regulates state by state. Malta, Gibraltar and Cyprus run their own EU-regulated regimes for operators who specifically need an EU-tier licence. If your strategy needs one of these, we will tell you plainly and scope the right structure with you; US persons are excluded as clients. For most operators reaching a global player base, one of our five jurisdictions plus geo-blocking is the practical answer, and that is what we deliver.
Key Requirements
Requirements vary by jurisdiction, but five things appear in almost every regime: corporate substance and fit-and-proper key persons, game and RNG certification, player-protection programmes, AML and KYC compliance, and segregation of player funds. We build each of these for you, calibrated to the licence you are applying for rather than to a generic checklist.
Corporate substance and key persons
The serious regimes require a locally incorporated company with a registered office and, in most cases, a resident director and a local compliance officer, plus fit-and-proper screening of every significant beneficial owner, director and key function holder. Owners connected to sanctioned jurisdictions are ineligible. Lighter regimes ask for less, but even there the screening is real. We form the company, arrange resident officers where needed and prepare the ownership and source-of-funds file that, in practice, decides whether an application clears quickly or stalls.
RNG and game certification
Most regulated jurisdictions require random number generators and individual games to be certified by an accredited independent testing lab before they go live, through bodies such as GLI, eCOGRA, iTech Labs and BMM Testlabs. The certification you need and the lead time depend on your games and the markets you serve. We manage the certification workstream alongside the licence application so your games are approved by the time the licence is granted, not three months after.
Player-protection programmes
Regulated regimes mandate deposit, loss and time limits, self-exclusion registers, reality checks, dispute-resolution access and vulnerable-customer policies, with the Isle of Man and Curaçao among the more demanding of our five. We draft the responsible-gambling policy, build the self-exclusion and limit workflows and register any dispute-resolution arrangements the regime requires, so the programme is operational from day one rather than a document filed and forgotten.
AML and KYC compliance
Anti-money-laundering rules are tightening fast across regulated gambling, and the EU’s incoming AML Regulation will make every gambling-service provider an obligated entity with customer due-diligence triggers and ongoing monitoring duties. Operators that have relied on light-touch compliance have the most work to do. We write the AML manual, set the KYC tooling and appoint the reporting officer, and we build it to the standard your markets demand rather than the minimum your licence states.
Player fund segregation and technical audit
Segregation of player funds is the line between a regulated operation and a grey one. The stronger regimes require ring-fenced player balances, evidence of liquidity to cover payouts and an independent system audit before go-live. We put the segregation arrangements in place and coordinate the technical audit so your launch is not held up at the final gate.
How We Deliver
We run gambling licensing as a single mandate. Formation, the licence application, the compliance build and banking all run in parallel rather than one after another, and you deal with one accountable firm throughout. We start by understanding your products, your target markets and your budget, recommend the jurisdiction that fits, then deliver it from formation through to go-live.
The first decision is which licence. A B2C casino chasing a Latin American audience on a tight timeline needs a different answer from a B2B platform supplier building for the long term. We do not recommend a jurisdiction before we have mapped what you actually do, where you sell and how you need to take payment, because banking disqualifies more options than anything else. Then we form the operating company at the depth the licence requires, working through our company formation service and our controlled network of vetted in-country lawyers and accountants. Some of this work is done in-house and the rest by specialists we work with directly and have personally vetted. We never offload your file to an unverified third party.
We file the application and deal with the regulator directly. We draft the AML manual, build the player-protection workflows, appoint the required officers and manage game and RNG certification, all sequenced so that the day the licence is granted you can trade, not begin a three-month integration. After launch we stay on the file for ongoing compliance reporting, renewals, key-person changes and the periodic reviews each regime requires.
Banking is part of the mandate, not an afterthought, because gambling is the hardest vertical of all to bank. We arrange accounts and card acquiring with licensed EU EMIs and credit institutions that run an active gambling programme, working through our high-risk business accounts service so the licence arrives with a working place to put the money.
We price each mandate once we understand it, and we will give you a clear figure for the route we recommend before any work begins. Book a free consultation and we will tell you which licence fits and what it takes to get there.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which gambling licences do you deliver?
We obtain gambling and iGaming licences in Anjouan, Curaçao, the Isle of Man, Kahnawake and Tobique. We form the operating company, file the application, deal with the regulator directly and build the AML and player-protection programmes the regime requires. We recommend the jurisdiction that fits your markets, products and budget, then we deliver it end to end.
Is there an EU gambling licence that works everywhere?
No. Gambling sits outside EU single-market harmonisation, and national gambling licences do not passport across the European Union. Operators serving several regulated markets need either multiple national licences or a credible base licence with geo-blocking for markets they are not authorised in. We help you pick the licence that matches the markets you actually target.
How long does a gambling licence take?
It depends on the jurisdiction and on how clean your ownership and source-of-funds documentation is. Lighter regimes such as Anjouan can be measured in weeks; Curaçao and the Canadian First Nations regimes run a few months from formation to grant; the Isle of Man is the most demanding and takes longest. Running formation, banking and the licence application in parallel rather than in sequence is what saves the most time, and we sequence them for you.
What does a gambling licence cost?
Cost depends entirely on the jurisdiction, the products you offer and how many markets you serve. Rather than publish a misleading headline number, we price each mandate once we understand your model. Book a free consultation and we will give you a clear figure for the route we recommend.
Can I accept cryptocurrency under a gambling licence?
In most of the jurisdictions we serve, yes, subject to AML and wallet-monitoring conditions. Anjouan and Curaçao are well established for crypto-denominated gaming. The operator itself is usually not a crypto-asset service provider, but its on and off-ramp partner is, so EU-targeting crypto rails must run through a properly authorised provider, including under EU MiCA. We build the structure so the payment layer holds up.
Does my B2B gaming software business need its own licence?
In most regimes, yes. Platform, RNG, aggregator and back-office suppliers usually need their own B2B authorisation even though they never face a retail customer, because regulators want certified, fit-and-proper providers in the supply chain. We obtain the B2B authorisation alongside or instead of a B2C licence, depending on what you do.
Will my gambling licence give me access to banking?
Not automatically. Gambling is the hardest vertical to bank, and payment acceptance turns on the credibility of the licence as much as its validity. We arrange banking as part of the mandate, working with licensed EU EMIs and credit institutions that run an active gambling programme, so the licence arrives with a place to put the money rather than a certificate on the wall.
Start your gambling licence
Tell us your products, target markets and budget. We will recommend the licence that fits across Anjouan, Curaçao, the Isle of Man, Kahnawake and Tobique, form the company, file the application and arrange banking, and we stand behind the outcome.
Banking & Payments
A company and a licence still need a bank account
Banking is one of our three core services. We help high-risk and regulated businesses open the bank and payment accounts that others refuse: we work directly with EU EMIs, payment institutions and crypto-aware banks, confirm appetite before you apply, and make the introduction. Take it with your company and licence, or on its own.
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- High-Risk Business Banking: Banking for gambling operators
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