Anjouan vs Nevis Gaming License

What are the differences that affect your decision?

The material differences are the required approval, company eligibility, territorial conditions and cost of operating the approved model. Compare these before relying on a provider's launch estimate.

Sources: Anjouan licence types, Nevis requirements v2 and Nevis homepage. The discrepancies below remain open, and this table does not settle them.

Are you comparing equivalent B2C and B2B routes?

A player operator, a software supplier and a white-label arrangement can require different approvals even when they use the same platform. Identify who contracts with players, holds balances, supplies games and controls each domain before comparing jurisdictions.

For Anjouan, distinguish a full B2B licence from the recognition route used for an existing supplier approval. The current register calls it a Recognition Letter; older programme and commercial materials may say Recognition Certificate. A recognition entry is not automatically a full operator licence. The Anjouan B2B licence and recognition comparison explains the evidence chain and terminology limits.

For Nevis, start from the category and white-label provisions in the current requirements document, then ask the authority to confirm the proposed contractual arrangement. Do not assume a platform's licence extends to every client brand.

Before accepting either proposal, create a responsibility schedule naming the legal entity accountable for player onboarding, withdrawals, complaints, regulatory reporting, domain changes and termination. Use the white-label responsibility checklist when those functions are split between businesses.

How do the published fees compare?

Anjouan lists €17,828 for issuance of either full B2C or full B2B and the same amount for annual renewal. Nevis lists €28,000 for each category, but its fees page and linked fee document describe the initial charge differently. Confirm the billing period and applicable categories before calculating a total.

Sources: Anjouan fees, Nevis fees page and its prescribed-fees PDF. These are published authority-side amounts, not MGL quotations or full launch budgets.

Reconcile the Nevis fee descriptions before payment

The Nevis fees page calls the category charge a one-time setup fee. Its linked PDF describes the category fee as annual and also lists renewal. Ask for a written invoice explanation stating whether the initial payment covers the first licensing year. Do not add an extra annual charge merely because both labels appear.

Check the fees page wording against the statutory fee schedule in force and any amendments. Before you pay, get the legal basis, category and billing period confirmed for each invoice line.

Compare a first year and a steady-state year

Request two budgets using the same activity, domains, staffing and payment assumptions. Each should separate authority fees, company maintenance, appointed officers, professional support, testing, hosting, player-fund arrangements and supplier charges. Take tax advice separately; a headline gaming-tax claim does not determine the group's total tax exposure.

MGL's Anjouan gaming licensing service covers the application stages, required documents and service packages.

Which Nevis source conflicts need resolving?

Published Nevis materials differ on applicant eligibility, document freshness and fee wording. Resolve the relevant conflict against the current legal instrument and application instructions before relying on the more permissive description.

Sources: Nevis homepage, requirements v2 and 2025 Regulations, Schedule 3. The later upload date of requirements v2 does not show that the Regulations were amended.

Keep the response, source version, date and named owner in the application file.

Can either licence support your target markets and payments?

Assess market eligibility and payment acceptance separately. The Nevis territorial document lists excluded markets, including the UK and USA, and adds dynamic restrictions. The Anjouan issuer's current statement says its licences carry no territorial restrictions under Anjouan law. The same statement leaves operators solely responsible for geo-blocking and local compliance.

These are different issuer statements, not competing promises of worldwide access. Read the Nevis restricted-territory document and Anjouan international-context statement, then get advice for each destination. The Anjouan market-review framework gives a practical record of that assessment, including unresolved legal-basis questions.

For payments, send the proposed legal entity, licence route, products, countries, expected volumes and currencies to the providers you intend to use. Request a documented preliminary position, outstanding onboarding conditions, reserves, settlement terms and prohibited markets. Approval remains subject to the provider's own assessment.

Do not move from Anjouan to Nevis on a promise of better banking alone. Banks and payment providers assess your company and traffic, whichever licence you hold.

What should be verified before filing or launching?

Build the submission plan around dependencies. Nobody can guarantee a number of weeks. Entity eligibility, valid documentation, resolved categories and operational readiness determine when the application is ready.

1. Classify the model. Record player-facing and supplier activities, the legal entities involved, domains and target markets.

2. Resolve eligibility and scope. Get the authority to confirm the category, company and arrangement; close the source conflicts that affect the application.

3. Prepare and submit. Assemble ownership and funding evidence, policies, business plan and supplier documentation against the current application checklist. Record outstanding requests and responsible people.

4. Validate the result. Check the issued instrument, its conditions and the public record before making a licensing claim on a website.

5. Release operations. Get sign-off from the suppliers you need, test controls, allocate complaints and reporting ownership, and record renewal and change-notification deadlines.

For Anjouan, follow the company, domain and status verification workflow. For Nevis, begin at the official licence register and reconcile any missing details with the authority. A public listing is not a solvency assessment or a guarantee of withdrawals, so verify the licensee and domain involved in your transaction.

Which scenarios justify assessing each route?

Shortlist a route only when its conditions match the project. A failed condition is a reason to pause or redesign, even if the headline fee is attractive.

Migration also needs a separate plan for player contracts, balances, data, supplier agreements and website disclosures.

Discuss a scope-matched comparison with MGL

Bring MGL your proposed activities, ownership structure, target countries, platform arrangements and first-year budget. Request an Anjouan and Nevis assessment to identify the route worth investigating and the evidence still required.

When comparing advisers, ask each for the same deliverables: category analysis, source-conflict resolution, itemised initial and recurring costs, named responsibilities, exclusions and post-licensing support. Ask who handles questions to the regulator and who carries each ongoing obligation. An adviser cannot promise licence issuance, market permission or acceptance by an independent bank.