{ "title": "Gambling regulator directory", "publisher": "Casino Capybara Research", "url": "https://casinocapybara.com/data/gambling-regulators/", "version": "2026-09-24", "licence": { "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" }, "citation": "Casino Capybara Research (2026). Gambling regulator directory [Data set]. Version 2026-09-24. https://casinocapybara.com/data/gambling-regulators/. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.", "methodology": "https://casinocapybara.com/research/methodology/", "columns": [ { "key": "regulator_id", "description": "Stable identifier, also used in the licence tracker." }, { "key": "name", "description": "Name as recorded in our sources." }, { "key": "short_name", "description": "Short form." }, { "key": "jurisdiction", "description": "Place the body licenses for." }, { "key": "type", "description": "National, provincial, offshore, or conduct-and-manage agency." }, { "key": "licensing_authority", "description": "\"no\" for a body that does not itself issue licences." }, { "key": "role", "description": "What the body does in the records we hold." }, { "key": "website", "description": "Official website, where our content cites one." }, { "key": "public_register", "description": "Official licence register or verification page, where our content cites one." } ], "records": [ { "regulator_id": "agco-igaming-ontario", "name": "AGCO / iGaming Ontario", "short_name": "AGCO / iGaming Ontario", "jurisdiction": "Ontario, Canada", "type": "Provincial regulator", "licensing_authority": "yes", "role": "AGCO registers and regulates operators in Ontario’s open iGaming market; iGaming Ontario conducts and manages the market and lists the operators it contracts with.", "website": "https://www.agco.ca/en", "public_register": "https://www.igamingontario.ca/en/operator/operators" }, { "regulator_id": "kahnawake-gaming-commission", "name": "Kahnawake Gaming Commission", "short_name": "Kahnawake Gaming Commission", "jurisdiction": "Kahnawà:ke Mohawk Territory, Quebec", "type": "Offshore licensing body", "licensing_authority": "yes", "role": "Issues interactive-gaming permits from Kahnawà:ke and publishes a permit-holder directory.", "website": "https://www.gamingcommission.ca/", "public_register": "https://gamingcommission.ca/interactive-gaming/permit-holders/" }, { "regulator_id": "malta-gaming-authority", "name": "Malta Gaming Authority", "short_name": "Malta Gaming Authority", "jurisdiction": "Malta", "type": "National regulator", "licensing_authority": "yes", "role": "Issues gaming licences (numbered MGA/B2C/… and MGA/CRP/…) and runs a public licence-verification service.", "website": "https://www.mga.org.mt/", "public_register": "https://www.mga.org.mt/support/online-gaming-licence-verification/" }, { "regulator_id": "gibraltar-gambling-commissioner", "name": "Gibraltar Gambling Commissioner", "short_name": "Gibraltar Gambling Commissioner", "jurisdiction": "Gibraltar", "type": "National regulator", "licensing_authority": "yes", "role": "Issues remote gambling licences in Gibraltar.", "website": null, "public_register": null }, { "regulator_id": "curacao-gaming-authority", "name": "Curaçao Gaming Authority", "short_name": "Curaçao Gaming Authority", "jurisdiction": "Curaçao", "type": "Offshore licensing body", "licensing_authority": "yes", "role": "Issues online gaming licences (OGL numbers) directly, replacing the former master-licence system.", "website": "https://www.gamingcontrolcuracao.org/", "public_register": null }, { "regulator_id": "curacao-gaming-control-board", "name": "Curaçao Gaming Control Board", "short_name": "Curaçao Gaming Control Board", "jurisdiction": "Curaçao", "type": "Offshore licensing body", "licensing_authority": "yes", "role": "Name recorded in operator disclosures for Curaçao licensing. Kept separate from other Curaçao names because the records do not show they are the same body.", "website": null, "public_register": null }, { "regulator_id": "government-of-curacao", "name": "Government of Curaçao", "short_name": "Government of Curaçao", "jurisdiction": "Curaçao", "type": "Offshore licensing body", "licensing_authority": "yes", "role": "Name recorded in operator disclosures for Curaçao licensing. Kept separate from other Curaçao names because the records do not show they are the same body.", "website": null, "public_register": null }, { "regulator_id": "alberta-igaming-corporation", "name": "Alberta iGaming Corporation", "short_name": "Alberta iGaming Corporation", "jurisdiction": "Alberta, Canada", "type": "Conduct-and-manage agency", "licensing_authority": "no", "role": "Conduct-and-manage entity for Alberta’s iGaming market. It holds the commercial agreements and publishes a registered-site directory; it does not issue licences.", "website": null, "public_register": null }, { "regulator_id": "aglc", "name": "AGLC", "short_name": "AGLC", "jurisdiction": "Alberta, Canada", "type": "Provincial regulator", "licensing_authority": "yes", "role": "Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis registers gaming operators for Alberta’s open iGaming market, which launched on 13 July 2026.", "website": "https://aglc.ca/igaming", "public_register": "https://aglc.ca/gaming-registrants" }, { "regulator_id": "anjouan-igaming", "name": "Anjouan iGaming", "short_name": "Anjouan iGaming", "jurisdiction": "Anjouan, Comoros", "type": "Offshore licensing body", "licensing_authority": "yes", "role": "Issues online gaming licences (ALSI numbers) and publishes a public register.", "website": null, "public_register": "https://anjouangaming.com/public-register/" }, { "regulator_id": "anjouan-gaming-control-board", "name": "Autonomous Island of Anjouan Gaming Control Board", "short_name": "Anjouan Gaming Control Board", "jurisdiction": "Anjouan, Comoros", "type": "Offshore licensing body", "licensing_authority": "yes", "role": "Name recorded in operator disclosures for Anjouan licensing.", "website": null, "public_register": null }, { "regulator_id": "government-of-anjouan", "name": "Government of the Autonomous Island of Anjouan", "short_name": "Government of Anjouan", "jurisdiction": "Anjouan, Comoros", "type": "Offshore licensing body", "licensing_authority": "yes", "role": "Name recorded in operator disclosures for Anjouan licensing.", "website": null, "public_register": null }, { "regulator_id": "anjouan-offshore-finance-authority", "name": "Anjouan Offshore Finance Authority", "short_name": "Anjouan Offshore Finance Authority", "jurisdiction": "Anjouan, Comoros", "type": "Offshore licensing body", "licensing_authority": "yes", "role": "Name recorded in operator disclosures for Anjouan licensing.", "website": null, "public_register": null }, { "regulator_id": "coljuegos", "name": "Coljuegos", "short_name": "Coljuegos", "jurisdiction": "Colombia", "type": "National regulator", "licensing_authority": "yes", "role": "Grants online gaming concession contracts in Colombia and publishes the list of authorised operators.", "website": "https://www.coljuegos.gov.co/", "public_register": "https://www.coljuegos.gov.co/publicaciones/306824/es-usuario-de-apuestas-en-linea-conozca-los-15-operadores-autorizados-por-coljuegos/" }, { "regulator_id": "lotba", "name": "Lotería de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires S.E. (LOTBA)", "short_name": "LOTBA", "jurisdiction": "Buenos Aires City, Argentina", "type": "Provincial regulator", "licensing_authority": "yes", "role": "Licenses online gaming in the City of Buenos Aires (CABA).", "website": "https://www.loteriadelaciudad.gob.ar/site/?page=juego-seguro-legal", "public_register": null }, { "regulator_id": "iplyc-pba", "name": "Instituto Provincial de Lotería y Casinos de PBA", "short_name": "IPLyC PBA", "jurisdiction": "Buenos Aires Province, Argentina", "type": "Provincial regulator", "licensing_authority": "yes", "role": "Licenses online gaming in the Province of Buenos Aires.", "website": null, "public_register": null }, { "regulator_id": "ipjyc-mendoza", "name": "IPJyC Mendoza", "short_name": "IPJyC Mendoza", "jurisdiction": "Mendoza, Argentina", "type": "Provincial regulator", "licensing_authority": "yes", "role": "Licenses online gaming in the Province of Mendoza.", "website": null, "public_register": null }, { "regulator_id": "loteria-de-cordoba", "name": "Lotería de Córdoba", "short_name": "Lotería de Córdoba", "jurisdiction": "Córdoba, Argentina", "type": "Provincial regulator", "licensing_authority": "yes", "role": "Licenses online gaming in the Province of Córdoba.", "website": null, "public_register": null }, { "regulator_id": "segob-dgjs", "name": "SEGOB / Dirección General de Juegos y Sorteos (DGJS)", "short_name": "SEGOB / DGJS", "jurisdiction": "Mexico", "type": "National regulator", "licensing_authority": "yes", "role": "The Interior Ministry’s games and lotteries directorate issues the federal permits under which online casinos operate.", "website": "https://www.gob.mx/segob", "public_register": null }, { "regulator_id": "spa-mf", "name": "Secretaria de Prêmios e Apostas (SPA), Ministério da Fazenda", "short_name": "SPA/MF", "jurisdiction": "Brazil", "type": "National regulator", "licensing_authority": "yes", "role": "Federal regulator created under Lei 14.790/2023. Authorises betting operators by Portaria and publishes the list of authorised companies; licensed sites use .bet.br domains.", "website": "https://www.gov.br/fazenda/pt-br/composicao/orgaos/secretaria-de-premios-e-apostas", "public_register": "https://www.gov.br/fazenda/pt-br/composicao/orgaos/secretaria-de-premios-e-apostas/lista-de-empresas" }, { "regulator_id": "mincetur", "name": "Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo (MINCETUR)", "short_name": "MINCETUR", "jurisdiction": "Peru", "type": "National regulator", "licensing_authority": "yes", "role": "Authorises remote gaming and sports betting platforms through its gaming directorate (DGJCMT) under Ley N.º 31557, and publishes the list of authorised providers.", "website": null, "public_register": "https://apuestasdeportivas.mincetur.gob.pe/proveedores_online.html" }, { "regulator_id": "emta", "name": "Estonian Tax and Customs Board (EMTA)", "short_name": "EMTA", "jurisdiction": "Estonia", "type": "National regulator", "licensing_authority": "yes", "role": "Issues Estonian gambling licences (HKL/HKT numbers). Named in Finnish-market records because EEA-licensed winnings are tax-free for Finnish players.", "website": null, "public_register": null }, { "regulator_id": "ukgc", "name": "Gambling Commission (Great Britain)", "short_name": "UKGC", "jurisdiction": "Great Britain", "type": "National regulator", "licensing_authority": "yes", "role": "Licenses gambling in Great Britain and publishes a public register of licensees.", "website": "https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/", "public_register": "https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/public-register/businesses" } ] }