Licensing and corporate

Licensing and corporate services

The company, the licence and the bank account are the slowest parts of a launch. We run them in parallel with the platform build: entity incorporation, licence applications and renewals, payment acquiring and banking introductions, compliance documentation and ongoing regulatory reporting support, coordinated with licensed counsel in each jurisdiction.

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Entity incorporationLicence applicationsRenewalsAcquiring and bankingCompliance documentationRegulatory reporting

Licensing routes

11 routes we work with.

Which route fits depends on your target markets, business model, payment rails and appetite for timeline. We map the options in scoping and confirm them with counsel before anything is filed.

Europe and Crown Dependencies

Isle of ManUnited Kingdom (UKGC)Malta (MGA)GibraltarCyprus

Americas and Caribbean

CuraçaoKahnawakeCosta RicaBelize

Asia-Pacific and crypto-friendly

PAGCOR (Philippines)Anjouan

Anjouan is typically used for crypto-friendly setups, with the caveat that the Union of the Comoros disputes its licensing authority's standing and banking access is limited; we weigh it against Curaçao with counsel. Costa Rica is a corporate base with data-processing permits rather than a gaming licence, and Belize paused new online licences in June 2025 while its 2026 Act sets up a new commission. Regulatory summaries are orientation only; requirements change and we validate them with you and licensed counsel during scoping.

What we do

From incorporation to the first regulatory filing.

We handle the coordination, the documentation and the platform evidence. Licensed counsel in the jurisdiction gives the legal advice and signs where a lawyer must sign.

Entity and banking

Entity incorporation in the licensing jurisdiction or a structure counsel recommends
Banking introductions for the operating entity
Payment acquiring introductions matched to markets, verticals and business model
Corporate documentation kept aligned with what the regulator and acquirers ask for

Licence applications and renewals

Application dossiers assembled with counsel: business plan inputs, policies, platform description
Technical questionnaires answered from the platform: architecture, hosting, RNG, data protection
Correspondence and follow-up questions tracked to closure
Renewals calendar and change notifications when brands, rails or games change

Compliance documentation

Certification-ready RNG dossier and submission handbook for GLI-11/GLI-19, BMM and iTech Labs
Policy documentation for KYC and AML, responsible gaming, complaints and data protection, prepared with counsel
Evidence from the product: consent matrix, self-exclusion, limits, geo controls, Activity Log
Per-game PAR sheets and machine certificates for GameBridge Studios titles

Ongoing regulatory reporting support

Transactions, Game Rounds, Game Sessions, Player Sessions and Sport Bets reports
Advanced Report with custom columns and background CSV/XLSX exports, test accounts excluded
Responsible-gaming and suppression records available per player
Support in mapping platform reports to each regulator's return format

Platform evidence

Most of the technical questionnaire is already answered.

Regulators and acquirers ask the same questions about hosting, money, identity and player protection. The platform answers them with features that exist today, not roadmap promises.

Hosting and security

AWS with Cloudflare WAF, DDoS protection and CDN; PostgreSQL and Redis; admin 2FA; role-based permissions enforced server-side; Activity Log for every admin action.

Money handling

One double-entry ledger, exact to the cent math, retry-safe grants and payouts, verified payment callbacks, redeem queue with statuses and permissions.

Identity and geo

ID and selfie verification with liveness, device fingerprinting for fraud scoring at registration and login, MaxMind second opinion, country and state controls with GPS re-check.

Player protection

Deposit, loss, wager, single-bet and session limits, reality checks, cooling off and self-exclusion from one day to permanent, consent matrix and one-click unsubscribe.

Game fairness

Provably fair Originals with commit-reveal seeds and an in-browser verifier; GameBridge Studios PAR sheets and machine certificates bound to definition hash and engine version.

Business model controls

Sweepstakes, real-money or crypto-ready is a brand setting that gates AMOE and cashier mapping, so a second market does not mean a second platform.

How it runs

Route, entity, dossier, filing.

Licensing timelines are set by regulators and banks, not by us. We start in week zero so the platform is ready when the licence is.

Step 1

Route selection

Markets, business model, verticals and payment rails narrow the 11 routes to one or two. Counsel confirms fit and requirements.
Step 2

Entity and banking

Incorporation, directors and ownership documentation, bank and acquiring introductions run in parallel with platform configuration.
Step 3

Application dossier

Policies, platform description, RNG dossier, hosting and data-protection answers assembled with counsel and filed.
Step 4

Follow-up, approval, renewals

Regulator questions answered to closure. After approval, a renewals and change-notification calendar with reporting support from the platform.

Evaluator questions

What founders ask about licensing.

Is this legal advice?

No. We coordinate with licensed counsel in each jurisdiction, prepare documentation and supply platform evidence. Regulatory summaries on this site are orientation only; requirements change and are validated with you and counsel during scoping.

Which route should we choose?

It depends on where your players are, whether the brand is sweepstakes, real-money or crypto-ready, which payment rails you need and how quickly you want to be live. We narrow the 11 routes in scoping and confirm the shortlist with counsel.

Do you hold the licence for us?

Under white label, the brand operates under a licence route we arrange with an entity incorporated for the purpose. Under turnkey, you apply for and hold your own licence and we support the application. Either way, brand and players are yours.

Is the platform certified?

The platform ships with a certification-ready dossier and submission handbook prepared for GLI-11/GLI-19, BMM and iTech Labs. Lab certification is issued per submission under a licence; we prepare and support the submission as part of the application work.

How long does licensing take?

It varies by route and by how quickly banking and acquiring respond, and we do not quote timelines we cannot control. What we do control is starting entity, banking and dossier work in week zero, so the platform side is never the item you wait for.

Los resúmenes regulatorios se ofrecen solo como orientación y no constituyen asesoría legal. Los requisitos de licenciamiento cambian; los validamos con usted durante la definición del alcance.