Gambling Licensing and Compliance
Class II Gaming
Class II gaming under IGRA generally covers bingo and certain related games (including some electronic aids) authorized for tribes under federal/tribal frameworks.
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Class III Gaming
Class III gaming under IGRA covers casino-style games (such as house-banked card games and slots) generally requiring a tribal-state compact.
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Curacao Gaming License
A Curaçao gaming license refers to remote-gambling authorizations historically associated with Curaçao’s licensing regime—often misunderstood in marketing.
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Fit and Proper Test
A fit and proper test is a suitability assessment of people and controllers behind a gambling licence application or ongoing licence.
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Gambling Act 2005
The Gambling Act 2005 is the primary UK statute that established modern licensing and regulation of commercial gambling in Great Britain.
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Gambling Advertising Code
A gambling advertising code is a set of rules restricting how gambling products may be marketed, often including age and harm safeguards.
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Gambling Compliance Program
A gambling compliance program is the operator’s system of policies, controls, and assurance to meet licensing, AML, and consumer-protection duties.
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Gambling License
A gambling license is a jurisdiction-specific authorization allowing a person or company to offer defined gambling activities under local law.
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Gambling Tax and Duty
Gambling tax and duty are government levies on betting or gaming gross profits, stakes, or related bases under local fiscal law.
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Gaming Laboratories International
Gaming Laboratories International (GLI) is an independent testing laboratory that publishes GLI Standards and tests gambling equipment and systems for many jurisdictions.
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Geo-Blocking
Geo-blocking in gambling restricts site or app access based on the user’s detected location to enforce licensed market boundaries.
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Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) is the US federal statute that frames Class I, II, and III gaming on Indian lands and related oversight.
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Key Event Reporting
Key event reporting is the duty of licensed gambling operators to notify the regulator of specified significant compliance or operational events.
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Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice
Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP) are the UK Gambling Commission’s binding licence conditions and social-responsibility / ordinary codes for licensees.
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License Revocation
License revocation is the permanent withdrawal of a gambling licence by the issuing authority.
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License Suspension
License suspension is a temporary regulatory halt or restriction of licensed gambling activities pending remediation or investigation.
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Malta Gaming Authority
The Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) is Malta’s national regulator for gaming and betting licensed under Maltese law.
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Nevada Gaming Control Board
The Nevada Gaming Control Board is a primary state regulator of Nevada’s commercial gaming industry.
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New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement
The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) regulates casino gaming and related online offerings authorized under New Jersey law.
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Operating License
An operating license is the primary authorization for a business to offer gambling activities to customers in a regulated market.
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Payment Blocking for Unlawful Gambling
Payment blocking for unlawful gambling is the practice of restricting card, bank, or wallet transactions linked to illegal remote gambling.
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Personal Management License
A personal management license (PML) is a UKGC personal licence for individuals performing specified management functions for a licensed gambling business.
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Player Fund Segregation
Player fund segregation keeps customer gambling balances separate from the operator’s working capital, where local rules require it.
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Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act
PASPA was a US federal law that largely barred states from authorizing sports betting until the Supreme Court struck it down in 2018.
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Public Licence Register
A public licence register is the regulator’s searchable list of licensed gambling businesses and status information.
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Regulatory Settlement
A regulatory settlement is an agreed resolution between a gambling regulator and a licensee addressing failings without a full contested hearing.
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Remote Gambling and Software Technical Standards
Remote Gambling and Software Technical Standards (RTS) are UKGC technical requirements for remote gambling systems and related software.
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Remote Gambling License
A remote gambling license authorizes offering gambling over the internet or other remote communication under a named regulator’s rules.
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Safer Gambling Interaction
A safer gambling interaction is operator outreach when markers of harm or risk thresholds suggest a player may need support or limits.
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Self-Exclusion Compliance
Self-exclusion compliance is the operator duty to honour player self-exclusion schemes and prevent marketing or play during exclusion.
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Social Responsibility Code
A social responsibility code is a regulator-set standard requiring gambling operators to reduce gambling-related harm and protect consumers.
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Source of Funds Check
A source of funds check asks a player to evidence where deposit money came from, often under AML or affordability rules.
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Supplier License
A supplier license (B2B / gaming-supply licence) authorizes providing gambling software, platforms, or critical services to licensed operators.
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UK Gambling Commission
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) is the statutory regulator that licenses and supervises most commercial gambling in Great Britain.
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Unauthorized Operator
An unauthorized operator offers gambling without the licence or permission required for the market where it targets players.
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Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) is a US federal law that restricts certain payment processing for unlawful internet gambling.
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White-Label Gambling Operator
A white-label gambling operator brands a front-end while relying on another party’s platform and, sometimes, licence structure.
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