Nevis Gambling License in 2026: NOGA Licensing, Costs and Requirements

St Kitts and Nevis now has a dedicated online gaming regime. The Nevis Online Gaming Ordinance 2025, signed in June 2025, created the Nevis Online Gaming Authority (NOGA), and its regulations took effect on 1 July 2025. The result is a simple, published fee — a flat €28,000 a year for B2C or B2B — and a process that does not require owners or directors to move to the island.

This guide replaces our earlier St Kitts and Nevis page, which described arrangements that no longer apply. For other options, see our gambling license services.

Nevis gambling license: key facts for 2026

License types

• B2C operator license — for online casinos, sportsbooks and other operators contracting with players. RNG certification is required.
• B2B supplier license — for platforms, game studios and aggregators supplying operators. Supply agreements and game certificates form part of the file.

Both licenses cost the same €28,000 a year.

Year-1 budget

These estimates exclude the Compliance Officer’s fee, technical certification and professional fees. Changes of ownership carry their own NOGA fees (€1,000 for due diligence on a new director, shareholder or UBO; €5,000 for a material change in ownership).

Requirements

• A Nevis IBC or LLC as license holder;
• A registered agent and registered office in Nevis;
• For B2C, a Reporting Officer resident in Nevis and registered with the Financial Services Regulatory Commission (FSRC);
• For B2C, an independent Compliance Officer — not a director, shareholder or beneficial owner, with relevant experience or qualifications (can be outsourced to a provider that names a qualified individual);
• AML/CFT policies under the St Kitts and Nevis framework, including sanctions, PEP and crypto checks where relevant;
• RNG and platform certification for B2C, and game certificates for B2B suppliers.

Our company formation service sets up the Nevis entity and registered agent.

The application process

1. Structure and incorporation: form the Nevis IBC or LLC and appoint the registered agent.
2. Appointments: Reporting Officer and Compliance Officer (B2C).
3. File preparation: corporate documents, beneficial-owner and key-person due diligence, AML and responsible gaming policies, technical certificates and domain list.
4. NOGA review and due diligence.
5. Ministerial approval and issue; the license is published in the NOGA register.

On a complete file the process takes about 8–12 weeks.

Tax

Under the published regime, foreign-sourced gross gaming revenue can benefit from a 0% local rate, subject to the applicable conditions. That does not rule out tax elsewhere: the place of effective management, a permanent establishment or controlled foreign company rules can create obligations in other countries.

Market access and banking

A Nevis license authorizes activity under Nevis law. It does not make gambling lawful in markets that require their own license, and operators must block restricted jurisdictions. St Kitts and Nevis was not on the FATF increased-monitoring list at the date of review, which helps in compliance reviews, but bank and payment-provider acceptance still depends on each institution — see our banking preparation service.

Nevis or another jurisdiction?

• Curaçao requires a local company, managing director and office, with higher annual fees for B2C.
• Kahnawake requires hosting with Mohawk Internet Technologies.
• Malta is an EU regulator with higher costs and capital requirements.

How Gambling Consulting Expert can help

We form the Nevis company, arrange the registered agent and officer appointments, prepare the NOGA application and manage due diligence through to issue. Request a Nevis licensing assessment.