Malta is in the EU
What is most important for international operations is that if a company based in a country inside the European Union has a gambling license, its services can be aimed at participants throughout the EU – a potential market of over half a billion people. This comes about through the EU Freedom of Establishment law and from judgments of the European Court of Justice (see especially European Court of Justice ruling of 9th September 2010 – C316/07).
Because of this, with a license from Malta, gaming services can be offered throughout the EU without restriction, as any local limits or barriers on gambling would breach the freedom to provide services.
Malta is widely regarded as the most advantageous jurisdiction in Europe in which to establish a gaming operation. The iGaming industry in Malta benefits from a government approach that limits bureaucracy and keeps in step with global trends and developments. Malta already has the largest base of operators, and is continuing to build on its success.
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The online Malta license requirements are defined in the regulations of the Malta Gaming Authority. The Gaming Authorisations Regulations provide that gambling operations cannot be operated, promoted or sold by any person in Malta unless it is authorized to be operated through a licensed entity.
As a member of the European Union, Malta applies a ‘recognition’ regime in terms of which a gaming operator licensed in another EU or EEA member state or in an approved territory is permitted to offer its games in Malta or from Malta. This means that if you already hold a license from some other EU country, you don’t need a Malta gaming license in order to offer gaming facilities from here.
Malta licenses for gambling, online casino and gaming
Under the Malta law, holders of gambling licenses are permitted to offer both online and land-based gambling, such as casino gaming, sports betting, gaming devices, remote gaming, a National Lottery or other lotteries, and others.
Under the Gaming Act, there are two classes of remote gaming licenses.
- Critical Gaming Supply license (aka B2B license): a business-to-business license to supply a gaming service for a separate corporate entity;`
- Gaming Service license (aka B2C license): a business to consumer license offering a service to end customers. Under a B2C class license, there are 4 types of games:
- Type 1 – Games of chance played against the house, the outcome of which is determined by a random generator, including roulette, blackjack, baccarat, poker played against the house, lotteries, secondary lotteries and virtual sports games;
- Type 2 – Games of chance played against the house but not based on random events, such as sports betting and horse race wagers.
- Type 3 – Games of chance not played against the house and where the operator takes a commission or other charge based on the stakes or the prize, as in player-versus-player games such as poker;
- Type 4 – Controlled skill games as per regulation 8 of the Gaming Authorisations Regulations.
The main relevance of the different gaming types is in determining the level of the gaming tax collected by the state.
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