Full Licence

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This is the most popular licence and will allow you to perform B2C activities such as offering the game, striking the bet and registering players as well as well as B2B activities such as offering Software/Game Provision, Sub-Licences and White Labels to other operators. One licence covers all gaming verticals, poker, bingo, sportsbook, slots, casino, mah-jong, Esports etc. as well as new ideas and unique games.

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A Full Licence costs £36,750 per annum plus an application fee of £5,250

 

Network Licence

 

The Network Licence carries the same privileges as the Full Licence but in addition, you may use the Network Licence to accept players from global operators (Network Partners) on to your gameplay and back office servers without registering them. This is useful for pooling liquidity as well as operating networks and progressive jackpots.

 

A Network Licence costs £52,500 per annum plus an application fee of £5,250

 

Sub-Licence​

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Sub-Licence holders must have an exclusive relationship with a Full Licence holder in which they only offer the products the Full Licensee they ‘sub’ under is licensed to offer. If a Sub-Licence holder wishes to offer further products from a different supplier they need to upgrade to a Full Licence. Therefore the Sub-Licence is more suited to smaller operators who have no requirement to use various sources of content.  

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A Sub-Licence costs £5,250 per annum plus an application fee of £5,250

 

Software Supplier Licence

 

Isle of Man legislation operates two regimes for software licensing:

 

• the basic regime (no licence required); and

• the licensed regime, which streamlines the process of deploying software.

 

In the basic regime, no licence is required before supplying software to an Isle of Man operator. However, before that Isle of Man operator can deploy the software to an Isle of Man licensee, it must supply test house certification to the GSC and it remains responsible for that software.

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In the licensed regime, the GSC maintains a register of software providers and their products. Isle of Man operators may use any product from this register immediately without notifying the GSC. In order to be named in this register and have its software products listed, it is necessary for a software supplier to obtain an Isle of Man relevant certification.

 

Once licensed, the software supplier provides the test house certification directly to the GSC and is responsible for the software. The application process for software suppliers checks the integrity and competence of owners and controllers and licensed software suppliers are permitted to use the licence as part of their diligence process with domestic and international business partners.

 

This licence has been issued in respect of the following types of software supply:

 

• RNG/casino games;

• back-office platforms;

• live-dealer casino;

• betting platforms; and

• operators who act as re-sellers for these products.

 

A Software Supplier Licence costs from £36,750 per annum plus an application fee of £5,250

 

Token / Blockchain-Based Software Supplier Licence

 

This licence is for the supply of software products that involve cryptocurrency and/or blockchain products for the gaming sector. As with the Software Supplier Licence, this licence is elective, it is possible to offer these products to Isle of Man licensees without licensing them with the Gambling Supervision Commission.

 

A Token/Blockchain based software supplier licence costs £52,500 per annum plus an application fee of £5,250