The established mid-tier license, rebuilt: direct CGA licensing with real banking recognition. The Curaçao gaming license has been rebuilt from the ground up. Under the National Ordinance on Games of Chance (LOK), the old master and sub-license system is gone: the Curaçao Gaming Authority now licenses every operator directly, maintains a public register, and enforces real compliance. The result is a more expensive but far more credible license - the jurisdiction of choice for serious operators including the largest crypto casinos in the world.
Curaçao's licensing regime underwent the most significant overhaul in its three-decade history. The National Ordinance on Games of Chance (LOK) came into force on 24 December 2024, abolishing the master license model; all legacy sub-licenses expired in January 2025. Every operator now holds a direct license from the Curaçao Gaming Authority (CGA), is listed in a public register, and displays a CGA digital seal on licensed domains.\n\nThe CGA issues two primary license types: a B2C Gaming License covering all player-facing verticals - casino, sportsbook, poker, live dealer, crash games, and crypto gambling - under a single authorization, and a B2B Supplier License for platforms, game studios, and payment-adjacent providers. Crypto operations are fully permitted, subject to strict AML requirements including wallet disclosures and on-chain transaction monitoring; the largest licensed crypto operators in the industry hold CGA paper.\n\nThe published fee schedule sets the application fee at approximately €4,600 and annual CGA fees from roughly €24,600. A realistic year-one budget, including company formation, local substance, and the AML/compliance build, lands around €50,000 and up. Curaçao maintains 0% tax on gross gaming revenue, with a low profit-tax regime at the corporate level.\n\nThe LOK regime introduces genuine substance requirements. From January 2026, licensees must maintain a physical presence in Curaçao - a registered office and resident managing director or local management entity - and at least one full-time local key person must be hired by 1 April 2027, scaling to three by year five. The application itself is a two-phase assessment covering corporate integrity, UBO investigation down to 10% equity holders, source of wealth, a three-year financial forecast, and the operational compliance framework.\n\nWhat operators buy for this cost is recognition. Curaçao remains the most established name in offshore iGaming, widely accepted by acquirers, PSPs, and banks - which is precisely why operators who have outgrown entry-level licenses tolerate the higher bar. A clean, well-prepared file typically completes in 2 to 4 months; complex structures can extend toward 6.
USA, Netherlands, France, Germany, Australia, UK, Curaçao itself, and all FATF high-risk jurisdictions (list updated quarterly).
We form the Curaçao entity, arrange the registered office and local management, and plan the key-person hiring timeline.
Corporate and personal disclosures: UBO files, police certificates, source of wealth, and the three-year financial forecast.
AML/CFT program, responsible gaming framework, platform and domain verification, and compliance documentation.
CGA license issued and registered publicly, digital seal deployed, and the ongoing reporting cadence established.
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