Malta IGaming Services Provider Authorisation

GAMING JURISDICTION:Largest in the EU REGULATOR:Malta Gaming Authority I-GAMING LICENCES:625+ licenses SYSTEMS:Cloud ready and Crypto Friendly CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS:13.9 million+ IGAMING LAW: 1st in the EU

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All gambling activities in Malta are regulated by the Gaming Act of 2018 which grants power to the Malta Gaming Authority to issue licenses for both land-based and remote gambling activities. The Act consolidated all previous laws and regulations and provided for an overhaul in the licensing system reducing the various classification of licences to two: Business-to-Consumer (B2C) and Business-to-Business (B2B). The attainment of a licence is principally regulated by the Gaming Authorisations Regulations, 2018 (subsidiary legislation 583.05) issued under the Malta Gaming Act which also provides for the approval of material gaming suppliers, that is, third party service providers providing a material gaming supply (as defined in the regulations – see next page) to Malta licensed operators. 

The Gaming Authorisations Regulations provide that any person offering a material gaming supply to Malta licenced operators may request a material gaming supply certificate from the MGA. Hence, the authorisation/recognition by the MGA of material gaming suppliers is optional and not mandatory. Having said that, the regulations impose an obligation on Maltese licenced operators to ensure that third party material suppliers they contract with: 

• are in possession of the material gaming supply certificate form the MGA; or 
• the material gaming supply is otherwise approved on a case-by-case basis by the MGA and subject to a risk-based approach. In such case the licensed operator has to assume full regulatory responsibility for the material supplies. 

Therefore, material gaming suppliers that have obtained the certificate facilitate the process of their approval as service providers of Malta licensed operators.

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• Service MGA Licensees
• Approved Key Persons
• Apply for registration with MGA
• Payment of Fees