The Gambling Act 2025 splits licensing authority from supervision and enforcement, a structural departure from the single Licensing Authority model under the 2005 Act. Licensing now sits with the Authority while investigation, sanction and enforcement functions vest in the Commissioner. A tiered B2B licensing framework replaces the prior approach, allowing suppliers to apply for licences calibrated to the scale of their operations rather than a one-size-fits-all category. Sections 55 to 77 of the Act, covering the regulated-individuals regime, were expressly excluded from the 1 April 2026 commencement, and no commencement notice for those sections has yet been located. Operators should treat the personal-licensing sub-regime as not yet in effect pending that notice.
Gibraltar · Question 02 of 11
Licensing and regulation: Can we get a licence?
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
The Gambling Act 2025 splits licensing authority from supervision and enforcement, a structural departure from the single Licensing Authority model under the 2005 Act. Licensing now sits with the Authority while investigation, sanction and enforcement functions vest in the Commissioner. A tiered B2B…
The Gambling Act 2025 (Act 2026-04) is the governing instrument for licensing in Gibraltar. Schedule 8 of the Act established a six-month transitional licence for businesses newly brought into the licensing perimeter by the GOSS activity category (affiliate and marketing services; holding or managing customer funds connected to gambling), running from the Act's 1 April 2026 commencement. That transitional window closed on 1 October 2026 as a matter of the statute's own fixed term. A business that became newly licensable under this category and did not file a full licence application before the deadline no longer holds transitional protection and must proceed, if it continues the activity, through the full application process, which is now the only route available for this category. No development was evidenced this cycle regarding licensing conditions for the established gambling activity classes.