Anjouan Gaming Licence: Costs, Requirements & Application Guide

Fees, documents and conditions checked against published sources on 15 October 2026. Produced in partnership with MGL Solutions, a licensing adviser.

An Anjouan gaming licence is an internet gaming licence with two categories: B2C for operators and B2B for suppliers. Its issuer, Anjouan Gaming, says it grants these licences under the laws of the Autonomous Island of Anjouan. The Central Bank of the Comoros rejects that authority, so read who issues the licence before you pay. The licence fits a project only when four conditions hold. Your role matches the category. Your target markets let you serve players on this licence. Your payment providers and game suppliers accept it. And the full first-year budget works, beyond the issuer’s fee.

Licensing and launch are separate projects. Licensing ends when the licence is issued. Launch depends on others: payment partners, platform and content suppliers, approved domains and controls that work on the live site.

What is an Anjouan gaming licence?

The licence lets one named company offer internet gaming in one category, B2C or B2B, on domains approved for it. Activity on unapproved domains is prohibited under the published licence conditions.

The International Cooperation page names the Anjouan Offshore Financial Authority (AOFA) as the competent authority. It names Anjouan Licensing Services Inc. (ALSI) as licence administrator, and register numbers carry the ALSI prefix. The current conditions, forms and invoices come from ANJ Management Ltd. The site does not explain how ALSI and ANJ Management relate, so check who signs your licence and your invoice.

That authority is disputed. The issuer relies on the 2001 Constitution of the Comoros, Anjouan acts from 2005 and a legal opinion from a law firm it does not name. In a communiqué of 8 December 2025 the Central Bank of the Comoros says AOFA is not recognised in the Union. It adds that no online gaming licence has been issued and that any claim to operate under a Comorian approval it did not grant is fraudulent. No court has ruled yet. 

Keep five items apart:

• Licence: the authorisation itself.
• Category: B2C or B2B.
• Certificate: the document recording the licence.
• Interactive seal: the website validator linked to the live record.
• Register entry: the public record of status.

Is Anjouan suitable for your business?

Pass three filters before you pay any fee. First, the law of each target market lets you serve its players on this licence. Second, your main payment service providers (PSPs) and suppliers confirm in writing that they accept an Anjouan licensee in your model. Third, owners and directors can pass due diligence on ownership and source of funds. If one filter fails, fix it before anything else.

Each benefit below holds only under a condition you need to check first.

B2C and B2B licensing explained

Anjouan Gaming publishes two licence categories. B2C covers operators that offer gaming directly to consumers. B2B covers critical service suppliers of platform, software or technical services. The application guidance is explicit: a B2C licence does not automatically authorise supplying platforms or content to unrelated operators.

The licence conditions require an operator’s platform and content suppliers to hold an Anjouan B2B licence or a recognition certificate. Recognition holders sit on a separate Recognition Letter Register. The criteria for recognition are not published. Get the issuer’s written confirmation of what a letter covers before you treat it as a B2B licence.

For white-label set-ups, settle three questions before you file: which company takes player funds, which signs the player terms and which answers for compliance. The Anjouan Code of Conduct prohibits sublicensing. In July 2026 a B2C licence was revoked with the published reason “Illegal sublicensing”.

Market restrictions and cross-border limitations

An Anjouan licence opens no country by itself. Run three checks: the Anjouan licence conditions, the law of each player’s country, and the rules of each payment provider, bank and content supplier. A country missing from the Anjouan exclusion list is not proof that you may operate there.

The October 2026 licence conditions (version 5) exclude, on a non-exhaustive basis, Australia, Austria, the Comoros, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States, plus sanctioned jurisdictions, countries under a Financial Action Task Force (FATF) call for action and any jurisdiction AOFA designates. The same document says absence from the list does not make gaming there lawful. It also says effective GEO-IP blocking (blocking by IP location) should be implemented. The International Cooperation page still says Anjouan licences “do not contain territorial restrictions under Anjouan law”. The conditions you sign are what bind you. Check them again at each renewal.

Great Britain shows why the local check comes first. The Gambling Commission says a business needs its licence to provide remote gambling to consumers in Great Britain, even when the business is based abroad.

A working sequence:

1. List target countries and products.

2. Check each country’s local licensing rules with qualified local counsel. The licence conditions expect legal opinions where necessary.

3. Compare the list against the current Anjouan excluded territories and any AOFA designations.

4. Check PSP, bank and supplier contracts for their own country restrictions.

5. Configure GEO-IP blocking and registration country checks, then record test results and monitor traffic.

Anjouan gaming licence costs

The issuer’s fee is €17,828 for issuance and €17,828 for each annual renewal, for both B2C and B2B. That is the Anjouan Gaming fee schedule as checked on 15 October 2026. Each extra domain under a B2C licence costs €500 per licensing cycle. These are issuer fees only.

The page says application fees are non-refundable and must accompany the submission, but gives no separate application fee. It does not say how many domains the base fee includes either. Ask both questions before you pay.

Every project pays the issuance fee and funds one company, a compliance function and an ADR provider. Extra domains, technical testing and crypto controls depend on the model. Incorporation, corporate maintenance and policy preparation may sit inside an adviser package, so check the breakdown.

For year one, add the issuance fee, any extra fees, one company and its upkeep, preparation and checks, and the services you choose. Renewal belongs to the next licence period, so list it separately. Ask any package provider for an itemised breakdown that shows whether the issuer fee, extra domains and due diligence or key person checks are included. Without it, an all-in figure is a guess.

Requirements and application documents

An Anjouan application needs corporate records, personal records for directors, owners and key persons, financial evidence, operational policies and technical evidence. The Required Documents page lists the first three groups; the October 2026 application guidance on the Forms & Downloads page adds the rest.

Required means the Required Documents page lists the group as required. Guidance means the October 2026 application guidance asks for the item “as required by the current checklist”. GLI-19 or GLI-33 testing applies only where the product requires it. The issuer may ask for more during review.

The pages reviewed set no validity period for address evidence, no minimum share capital and no local company requirement. Ownership changes carry two deadlines. AOFA must hear of a change of 10% or more within 10 business days. The UBO Declaration also commits the signatory to tell ANJ Management Ltd. of any ownership or control change within 14 days. AOFA may ask any beneficial owner for source of wealth evidence, whatever the stake. Check certification, apostille, translation and hosting rules against the current forms.

How to apply and what affects the timeline

The Application Process page sets out four formal stages: submission, review for completeness, regulatory due diligence and licence issuance. The October 2026 application guidance estimates about six weeks on average for due diligence and assessment, from receipt of a complete application and payment until the assessment ends. It gives no time for the decision that follows. The guidance calls the six weeks an estimate, not a guarantee. Preparation before submission and launch checks after issuance come on top.

Stages 4 to 6 are the issuer’s process; the rest is project work. Complex structures, missing documents or adverse findings can extend the estimate. Three example dependencies (illustrations, with no claim about frequency):

• Unclear ownership chain: extra document requests pause the review. Prepare the full chart with supporting registers before submission.
• Assumed PSP acceptance: the licence is issued but payments do not go live. Get the provider’s written assessment before paying for the route.
• Undeclared game product: the scope needs clarifying. Agree the list of activities and suppliers before you file.

A licence on paper is not a working business. Issuance does not make payment providers, the platform or suppliers ready.

Compliance and launch readiness

Obligations start on the day of issuance. The licence conditions require approved domains only and the unmodified interactive seal in every site footer. They also require a Key Person, a Compliance Officer, AML controls, an approved ADR provider named in the player terms and notice of ownership changes. Renewal is not automatic, the guidance adds.

Published deadlines:

• Self-exclusion requests blocked within 1 working day.
• Player identity, age and residence verified at the earliest of €3,000 in lifetime deposits, the first withdrawal request, suspicious activity, a single transaction or linked series reaching €3,000, or doubt about identity information.
• Suspicious activity reports filed no later than 24 hours after suspicion arises; transaction reports for movements of USD 10,000 or equivalent on a weekly cycle; records kept for at least five years.
• Serious incidents reported within 3 working days; material cybersecurity incidents within 24 hours.

The licence conditions call the KYC and AML Code of 13 October 2026 in effect, but the Code and the guidance say it applies from a date set by AOFA notice. Confirm in writing which edition governs your launch.

The matrix below is a working tool; the binding rules sit in the licence conditions and the Code.

For crypto, check custody, blockchain tracing, sanctions screening and high-risk transaction handling.

Before go-live, confirm three things separately: the domains are approved, the validator shows the correct status and no dependency is still open.

How to verify an Anjouan licence

Verify in the issuer’s public register, not by the seal image. The Verify a Licence page accepts a licence number, company name or operational domain and returns the registered name, licence number, licence type and current status.

1. Open the register directly on the issuer’s site, anjouangaming.com.

2. Search by licence number, legal name or domain.

3. Match the registered name, number, category and status to the company you contract with.

4. Confirm the domain you are checking is linked to that record and the site seal is the interactive validator for it. If the register shows no licence period, ask the operator for the certificate.

5. Check the published suspended and revoked licence lists.

6. If anything differs, ask the operator and the issuer in writing.

The issuer says verification confirms whether an entity holds a licence and its current status, is not an endorsement and uses periodically updated data. The register is the issuer’s own record. A valid entry does not show that the operator may serve a given market, that a PSP accepts it, or that its service is sound.

When to consider another licensing route

Consider another route when a core requirement of your project cannot be met under Anjouan, whatever the fee.

Compare like with like: the same B2C or B2B scope, the same period and the same included services. A full fee and timeline comparison across jurisdictions is outside this guide, so check each alternative against its own dated primary sources.

How MGL Solutions can help with an Anjouan licence application

Once your model and target markets are settled, the remaining work is the corporate structure, the documents and the submission. MGL Solutions is a licensing adviser that offers Anjouan support for these tasks. It advises and does not issue licences. Depending on the package, its published scope includes:

• Initial consultation: a call about business goals and target markets, with a project viability and risk assessment in the VIP package. Bring your role, player countries and assumptions; agree what the assessment covers.
• Company and application: holding company incorporation and help with forms and the company chart. Agree the company jurisdiction, what the client supplies and the contents of the application package.
• Compliance documents: preparation of AML, KYC and related policies. The proposal should name the policies in scope and the source data the client provides.
• Licensing coordination: preparing and submitting the application. Ask for the stages, the owner of each and any extra costs.
• Banking and partners: an introduction to partner firms and, depending on the package, support with one or two bank accounts. Confirm whether this means preparation, introduction or ongoing support; banks and PSPs make their own decisions.

Operators who want help with company formation, application documents and licensing coordination can review Anjouan licensing support from MGL Solutions. Before engaging any adviser, ask for a proposal listing the application package, the policies to be prepared, the support stages and an itemised cost breakdown.

Prepare your project for a licensing assessment

Before requesting support, prepare a one-page brief covering:

• your role: B2C, B2B or both;
• products and player countries;
• the ownership chart and any existing company;
• platform and game suppliers, with their licence status;
• currencies and payment methods;
• planned domains;
• any written feedback from payment providers and suppliers;
• budget and target launch date.

Then ask for a project assessment and an itemised quote. It should show what is included, what is excluded and which dependencies stay with you or with third parties, such as banks, payment providers and game suppliers.