Gibraltar Licensed Casino Reviews

The Gambling Division is the operational regulator within HM Government of Gibraltar’s Ministry of Finance. It is the executive arm that supports two distinct decision making bodies created under the Gambling Act: the Gambling Commissioner, who is responsible for supervision, monitoring, and enforcement, and the Licensing Authority, which has historically been the Minister with responsibility for gambling and which has been further formalised under the Gambling Act 2025.

The current Gambling Commissioner is Andrew Lyman, appointed in January 2018, who previously served as Director of Regulatory Affairs at William Hill and Director of Monitoring and Enforcement at the Great Britain Gambling Commission. The Minister with responsibility for gambling is part of HM Government of Gibraltar’s elected cabinet.

Gibraltar has been an iGaming hub since the early 2000s. The industry contributes approximately 30 percent of Gibraltar’s GDP and supports around 3,400 jobs on the Rock, making the Gambling Division one of the most strategically significant regulators in the territory.

The legal framework — Gambling Act 2025 replaces the 2005 Act

The previous framework was the Gambling Act 2005 (Chapter 72), which had governed Gibraltar’s licensed gambling market for two decades. Under the 2005 Act, licences were issued on an entity basis and the regime was relatively prescriptive but increasingly out of step with modern remote gambling.

The Gambling Act 2025 received the Governor’s assent on 23 March 2026 and most of its provisions came into force on 1 April 2026. A six month transitional period runs through October 2026, during which existing licensees continue to operate under their current authorisations while preparing applications under the new activity based framework.

Key reforms in the 2025 Act

• Activity based licensing. Licences are issued by reference to specific regulated gambling activities rather than to an entity as a whole, aligning Gibraltar with the approach used by the UK Gambling Commission and the Malta Gaming Authority.
• Three licence categories. A B2C Gambling Operator’s Licence for operators serving consumers directly, a B2B Gambling Operator’s Licence for software and platform providers, and a new Gambling Operator Support Services (GOSS) Licence covering marketing, advertising, and Relevant Company ownership.
• Strengthened Commissioner powers. The Gambling Commissioner can now issue administrative fines, cease and desist orders, conduct inspections, and impose suspensions, replacing a more limited enforcement toolkit under the 2005 Act.
• Gambling Appeals Tribunal. A new independent tribunal hears appeals against decisions of the Licensing Authority or the Commissioner. It comprises up to six members appointed by the Minister, at least three of whom must be lawyers with at least ten years standing as a barrister or solicitor of the Supreme Court of Gibraltar. Appeals must be filed within 28 days of the decision notice.
• Broader marketing scope. The definition of regulated activity now expressly captures social media campaigns, affiliate content, influencer partnerships, and paid search advertising under the new GOSS licence regime.

Licence types and structure

Under the new Act there are three principal licence categories applicable to remote gambling:

• B2C Gambling Operator’s Licence. Required for any operator providing gambling services directly to consumers, including online casino, sportsbook, poker, bingo, and lottery products. A separate licence is required for each major vertical (betting, gaming, lottery).
• B2B Gambling Operator’s Licence. Required for software providers, platform providers, content suppliers, betting data providers, and aggregators serving Gibraltar licensed B2C operators.
• Gambling Operator Support Services (GOSS) Licence. Required for marketing, advertising, affiliation, and certain corporate ownership structures connected to licensed gambling. Affiliate marketers, holding entities, and customer fund management entities each fall under specific GOSS subtypes.

As of the current published register, Gibraltar has approximately 54 licensed remote gambling operators, comprising both B2C and B2B holders, with GOSS licences being issued under the new regime as the transitional period progresses.

Annual licence fees (tiered under the 2025 Act)

Licence fees moved from a uniform £100,000 model under the 2005 Act to a tiered structure based on annual gross gambling yield (GGY) within each vertical. B2C operators pay separately for each major vertical they offer:

• £50,000 per vertical per year for operators with GGY up to £20 million
• £100,000 per vertical per year for operators with GGY between £20 million and £300 million
• £200,000 per vertical per year for operators with GGY above £300 million
• £100,000 per year for a betting intermediary licence (exchanges and similar businesses), regardless of size

B2B fees include £85,000 for an aggregator’s basic licence (plus 1 percent of revenue from Gibraltar licensee operations), £15,000 per additional B2B vertical, and tiered software supplier fees ranging from £20,000 (tier three, smaller platforms) up to £85,000 (tier one). GOSS licences include £50,000 per year for marketing service providers and affiliates, and £50,000 for holding entities.

Gambling duty (tax)

Gibraltar’s gambling duty is one of the most operator friendly in any major regulated market. Under the Gambling Act 2025, the duty is 0.15 percent of gross profit on betting and gaming, with the first £100,000 of gross profit per period exempt. B2B operators are exempt from gambling duty.

Gibraltar uses the Gibraltar Pound (GIP), which is pegged 1:1 with the Pound Sterling (GBP), and government fees and duty are typically denominated in GBP. The combination of a 0.15 percent gambling duty, GBP currency, and proximity to the UK regulatory ecosystem is the principal reason the Rock has hosted some of the largest B2C operators in the world for two decades.

Player protection and AML

Although Gibraltar has historically taken a lighter touch approach than the UK or Sweden on player protection, the 2025 Act and accompanying regulations require licensed operators to maintain documented responsible gambling and anti money laundering programmes, including:

• Age and identity verification at registration, with continuing KYC checks for material transactions
• Customer due diligence and ongoing transaction monitoring under Gibraltar’s Proceeds of Crime Act 2015 AML regime
• Self exclusion at the operator level, with information about external support resources including GamCare and BeGambleAware
• Deposit limits, time outs, and reality checks as standard product features
• Segregation of player funds in accordance with licence conditions, with a published statement of fund protection

Many Gibraltar licensed operators also hold a UK Gambling Commission licence for their UK facing activity, in which case the stricter UK player protection rules (affordability checks, GAMSTOP, marketing restrictions) apply on top of Gibraltar’s framework.

Why this matters

Gamblers Connect maintains this Gibraltar section of our Casino Directory as a licence filtered industry reference. We do not rank operators or publish “best casino” lists. Operators reviewed above are independently assessed against the Gambling Division public register and, where applicable, undergo Proof of Play testing and scoring under our 12 criteria Responsible Gambling Index. Editorial assessments and RGI tiers cannot be purchased or influenced by commercial relationships. Negative findings are published.