Offshore casino licences held by sites used in India

Offshore casino licences for the sites Indians use come from three issuers: Curaçao, Anjouan and Kahnawà:ke. Each issuer keeps a public register, and none of their licences is recognised in India.

Curaçao licence

The Curaçao Gaming Authority publishes its online gaming licence registry as a PDF table. Its heading says the licences in it were granted under the New Online Gaming Policy, in force since 15 November 2023, and every licence number in the main list starts with OGL.

For each licence the table gives the number, the licensee, whether it serves players (B2C) or other businesses (B2B), the company's registration number, the issue and expiry dates and a status, which is "Indefinite", "Assessment in progress" or "Expired". It lists companies rather than web addresses, so a site is matched to its licence by the number it shows.

Anjouan licence

Anjouan is one of the islands of the Union of the Comoros. Its licence register lists the company, the licence number starting with ALSI, the type, the issue and expiry dates and every domain the licence covers, so a site's web address can be matched straight to its entry.

Anjouan's authority does not hear player complaints. A player must go to the operator first, through the complaint link on the site's licence seal, and may turn to an approved independent dispute service if the operator has not settled the case within 30 days. Players from countries the operator excludes fall outside that process.

Kahnawà:ke permit

The Kahnawà:ke Gaming Commission, in the Mohawk Territory of Kahnawà:ke in Canada, issues interactive gaming permits. Its public list pairs each permit holder with a web address and was last updated on 28 September 2023. It shows no permit numbers or expiry dates.

Complaints about a site with a Kahnawà:ke permit go to the site first; after that the Commission accepts them by email or through its online form.

How the offshore casino licences compare

CuraçaoAnjouanKahnawà:ke
Web address in the registerNoYesYes
Licence numberYesYesNo
Expiry dateYes, or "Indefinite"YesNo

What a foreign licence does not do in India

The Online Gaming Act of 2025 covers online money gaming services run from outside India as well as those inside it. A licence from any of these issuers therefore gives a site no right to offer online money games to people in India.

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