Gibraltar replaced its 2005 gambling framework with the Gambling Act 2025, in force from 1 April 2026, structurally splitting licensing from enforcement: the Authority now grants, varies and cancels licences, while the Commissioner, backed by a new Gambling Division, supervises and enforces. This is a probable, durable change at T3 sourcing confidence. Separately, the Prediction Market Regulations 2026 (Legal Notice 176) entered force 13 July 2026, establishing Gibraltar's first dedicated authorisation regime and prohibited-listing rules for prediction markets, reported as the first framework of its kind worldwide. Cost pressure this cycle comes chiefly from the UK's Remote Gaming Duty rising from 21% to 40% from 1 April 2026, affecting UK-facing Gibraltar-domiciled operators. Together these developments mark an active modernisation cycle for a jurisdiction whose regime was previously settled and stable.
Gibraltar · Question 01 of 11
Overview: What kind of market is this?
Favourable · Confirmed · Not reviewed · 1 post-review update · Not reviewed · Back to full Gibraltar report →
Key section parameters
| Jurisdiction | Gibraltar (GI) |
|---|---|
| Regulator | Gibraltar Gambling Commissioner (GGC) — Gambling Division, HM Government of Gibraltar |
| Favourability | Favourable |
| Confidence | Confirmed |
| Review status | Not reviewed · 1 post-review update · Not reviewed |
| Last collected | 18 Oct 2026 |
Summary answer
Gibraltar replaced its 2005 gambling framework with the Gambling Act 2025, in force from 1 April 2026, structurally splitting licensing from enforcement: the Authority now grants, varies and cancels licences, while the Commissioner, backed by a new Gambling Division, supervises and enforces. This is…
Key headwinds & conditions
- Substance requirements under the 2025 Act eliminate 'brass plate' setups; higher compliance/staffing cost
- Loss of EU passporting post-Brexit
- Higher annual licence fees under the new regime
- Tight local labour market for compliance staff
Gibraltar's gambling regulatory architecture underwent its most substantial reform in two decades this cycle. The Gambling Act 2025 came into force on 1 April 2026, replacing the 2005 Act and restructuring the regulatory model into separate licensing and supervisory functions, a British Overseas Territory framework historically aligned with UK-style gambling regulation but operating under its own enabling statute. Related fee regulations under the new Act and a linked digital-property law, the Property (Digital Assets etc) Act 2026, dated 23 March 2026, also took effect. The reform establishes a materially different institutional model from the single-authority approach that preceded it, and sets the baseline against which every other category in this brief should be read this cycle.