Nevis gaming licence

€28,000. That is what NOGA charges to issue a B2C or B2B licence, and the same again for every annual renewal. There is no separate application fee and no tax on GGR on top. The fee covers the review, due diligence and the first year of the licence, and it is not refunded if the application is refused.

The rest depends on your project: a Nevis company, the Compliance Officer and Reporting Officer, an ADR provider and document preparation. We price this after a first call and fix it in a proposal, so no new invoices appear in month two. See the cost section.

In our practice, 5-9 weeks. NOGA cites 4-6: 5-7 days for the company, 1-2 days for payment, 10-14 days for the review and 10-15 days for issue. Our cases took 5, 6 and 9 weeks, longest where the regulator raised questions on documents.

The timeline almost always depends on the owners' documents. NOGA accepts copies certified no earlier than 60 days before filing, so you cannot certify early, but you should start collecting at once. The second common delay is source-of-funds questions, which are best answered in the business plan before filing.

Yes. The licence is issued by the Nevis Online Gaming Authority (NOGA), set up under the Nevis Online Gaming Ordinance, 2025 (No. 2 of 2025) and operating under the Nevis Island Administration. The details are set out in the Nevis Online Gaming Regulations 2025 (SRO No. 5 of 2025).

• The Nevis Island Assembly passed the law on 29 April 2025, and the regulations have applied since 1 July 2025.
• As of 22 October 2026, the public NOGA register lists 14 active licences held by 13 companies.
• On 6 October 2026, NOGA announced the official designation of Phil Jones as Regulator, Online Gaming.
• Neighbouring St Kitts has a separate gaming regime with its own regulator and fees in US dollars. Some online guides mix the two up.

The regime is young, and some providers are still forming a view of it. We raise this on the first call, not after payment.

Yes. NOGA only licenses companies incorporated in Nevis: a new one or an existing company redomiciled there. There are no nationality or residency requirements for directors and owners.

We usually incorporate a Nevis LLC while documents are being collected, which takes 5-7 days according to NOGA. If you already have a company elsewhere, we check whether it can be moved; otherwise a new one is simpler. See Nevis company registration.

Through the public register on the NOGA website. Each entry shows the company, licence number, status, expiry date and authorised domains, and you can search by name or number.

Check the domain first: under NOGA rules, the licence only covers the sites listed in the register. If the site is not there, or the status is not Active, we would not work with that operator or partner.

Many do: high-risk PSPs and EMIs, crypto processors and game providers. The regime has run since 2025, so some providers are still cautious and ask more questions. Banks rarely offer direct acquiring on this licence, so we connect cards through a payment agent in the EU.

The public register helps: in Tomas B.'s case, the partner dropped his objection after checking the entry himself. Each provider has its own country list, and we check it before onboarding. See the payments section.

The US, UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Austria, Australia and St Kitts and Nevis itself are closed, along with sanctioned countries and countries on the FATF blacklist. NOGA can add others.

For every other market, the operator checks the legal position, and NOGA says so explicitly. In practice the problem is rarely the list but the traffic: affiliates keep sending players from closed countries. See the restricted countries section.

Anjouan is cheaper, €17,828 against €28,000 in year one, and crypto is explicitly among its verticals. Nevis is chosen when the regulator's standing matters: the licence is issued by NOGA under the island administration, while the status of Anjouan licences is publicly disputed by the Comoros authorities (statements in December 2025 and October 2026).

If the budget is tight and the model is untested, we start with Anjouan and move to Nevis later, as in Roman K.'s case. If a partner or provider needs a clear government regulator, as with Tomas B., we go with Nevis. All 7 licences are compared in the section above.

Yes, if you supply games, a platform or a white label to operators. NOGA issues a separate B2B licence for the same €28,000 fee and does not publish a Recognition Certificate equivalent.

For a white label, NOGA requires both B2B and B2C licences with prior approval, and sublicensing is prohibited. For B2B we prepare a KYB policy, draft operator agreements and RNG certificates if the software is your own. We will tell you whether you need a second licence.

It is a mandatory role for every NOGA licensee: a person resident in Nevis who handles communication with the regulator and makes sure reports are filed on time. The second mandatory role, the Compliance Officer, is responsible for AML/CFT and internal controls and must be independent of the owners and directors.

Finding a Nevis resident on your own is hard, so we provide the Reporting Officer and Compliance Officer, priced as a separate line in the proposal. In Emre K.'s case, both roles were filled within a week.