Our documentation rests on primary sources: the legal instruments that establish each licensing regime, the registers maintained by the authorities that administer them, and the official portals through which licences are verified.
This page lists them. Where we cite a figure, a date or a licence number, it comes from one of these — and readers should be able to check it without going through us.
Curaçao
- Curaçao Gaming Authority — cga.cw
- The authority that issues and supervises licences under the framework in force since December 2024. Publishes licence records, enforcement notices and public warnings.
- Licence portal — portal.gamingcontrolcuracao.org
- The verification portal. The authority advises checking licences exclusively here rather than relying on seals displayed on operator sites.
- National Ordinance on Games of Chance (LOK)
- The legal instrument itself. Passed by parliament on 17 December 2024, in force from 24 December 2024. Replaced the 1993 framework.
- AML, CFT and CFP regulations
- Published May 2024, in force 20 May 2024 with full compliance required from 1 September 2024. Aligned with FATF recommendations.
What the framework requires in full is documented on our Curaçao licence page.
Anjouan
- Anjouan Gaming — anjouangaming.com
- The official administration platform, operated by Anjouan Licensing Services Inc. since May 2023. The primary interface for applicants and licensees.
- Computer Gaming Licensing Act No. 007 of 2005
- The legal basis for the regime.
- Anjouan Offshore Finance Authority (AOFA)
- Financial regulatory supervision: fit-and-proper standards and AML/CFT compliance.
- Anjouan Betting and Gaming Board (ABGB)
- Sector-specific gambling oversight.
Secondary sources describing the Anjouan regime attribute licence issuance variously to AOFA, ABGB, and to an "Anjouan Gambling Authority" that does not appear in the primary framework. We treat the division above as the working description and flag the ambiguity rather than resolving it silently.
The regime itself is set out on our Anjouan licence page.
International standards
- Financial Action Task Force (FATF) — fatf-gafi.org
- Both regimes align their AML obligations with FATF recommendations, and both exclude FATF-blacklisted territories. The current lists are maintained here.
National regulators referenced
- Spillemyndigheden (Denmark) — spillemyndigheden.dk
- Danish gambling authority. Operates ROFUS, the national self-exclusion register.
- Spelinspektionen (Sweden) — spelinspektionen.se
- Kansspelautoriteit (Netherlands) — kansspelautoriteit.nl
- Relevant to the Curaçao framework: the Dutch government required the reform of Curaçao's gaming legislation as a condition of pandemic financial assistance.
How we use sources
Figures, dates and licence numbers come from primary sources or are marked as industry estimates. Where sources disagree, we say so rather than picking the more convenient one.
Where a figure has no primary source, it is left out. Our Curaçao page does not state current licence fees or the gross gaming revenue rate for exactly this reason: we have not verified them against the authority's own publications.
The steps a reader can take independently are set out in our licence verification checklist, and our methodology explains how sources are weighed.
Corrections are welcome and are acted on. If you find an error, write to us — tell us what it is and where the correct information can be verified.
What this page is not
This is not a directory of operators, affiliates or licence brokers, and we do not list them. The sources above are the authorities and instruments that govern the sector, not the businesses operating within it.
Page last reviewed: 2 August 2026