--- title: "Guernsey gambling licensing, cost and supervision | advennt.io" canonical: https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/guernsey/ source_html: /jurisdictions/gg/index.html description: "Guernsey gambling regulation by game: 5 open · 1 restricted · 14 not yet assessed." generated_at: 2026-11-07T14:55:18Z content_sha256: fcd7e04ac66271340d064c509d992db9c4bd0e15bdbbfd9b196a6d3c03715aeb generator: "fe-fleet/md-twin@1.0" --- # Guernsey gambling licensing, cost and supervision | advennt.io [Jurisdictions](/jurisdictions/) › Guernsey # Guernsey Online Gambling Regulation, Licensing & Tax Regime Guernsey's gambling market is defined by a hard legal division between two regimes. [5 open · 1 restricted · 14 not yet assessed → 20 classes](#products) Collected 25 Oct 2026 · Published 25 Oct 2026 · Changed 3 Oct 2026 [PDF](report.pdf) [Sign in for PDF](https://advennt.io/auth/) [Compare](/compare/?j=guernsey) Jurisdiction scope: Guernsey (Federal) [Guernsey](/jurisdictions/alderney/) Regulatory Dimension Guernsey Standing Position Jurisdiction Guernsey (GG) Primary Gambling Regulator See Licensing & Regulation section Product Access Summary 5 open · 1 restricted · 14 not yet assessed Permitted (Open) Verticals Casino, Poker, Bingo, Sports betting, Software / B2B Restricted / Monopoly Verticals Lottery Primary Instruments Referenced GG-GOV-GAMBLING-PAGE; AGCC-FAQ; GOVGG-BOOKMAKERS-POLICY-PDF Verification & Currency AI research, not expert reviewed · Published 25 Oct 2026 (collected 25 Oct 2026) ## Can we offer our product? Every product class, in fixed taxonomy order. The band is what you can do; where the recorded legal status says something the band does not, it is shown beside the product. ### Player products - CasinoOOpen - PokerOOpen - BingoOOpen - LotteryRRestricted - Sports bettingOOpen - Other event betting–Not yet assessed - Horse and greyhound racing betting–Not yet assessed - Esports betting–Not yet assessed - Exchange betting–Not yet assessed - Pool betting–Not yet assessed - Virtual event betting–Not yet assessed - Fantasy sports–Not yet assessed - Skill games–Not yet assessed - Prediction markets–Not yet assessed - Sweepstakes–Not yet assessed - Free play–Not yet assessed ### Supply roles - Software / B2BOOpen - Affiliate marketing–Not yet assessed - Payments for gambling–Not yet assessed ### Settlement rail - Crypto gambling–Not yet assessed No class-level certainty grade is recorded for this jurisdiction yet; confidence is carried per section below. ## Board briefing Guernsey proper offers no online gambling licence; the Bailiwick's eGambling hub is a distinct regime (AGCC/Alderney) with a 0%-tax profile and a historically decisive enforcement posture. #### What has changed - This is a baseline-discovery run; no prior baseline exists for comparison. The most recent concrete development identified is a 2024 Amendment Ordinance adding Schedule 5 information-gathering powers to the AGCC's regulatory toolkit. #### What to do now - Any counterparty or entry-planning diligence referencing a 'Guernsey' gambling licence must be re-scoped to confirm whether the Alderney/AGCC regime (for online) or the Guernsey-proper Committee for Home Affairs regime (for land-based) is actually in scope. #### What to watch - Primary-source confirmation of current AGCC fee schedules, AML/CFT obligations, and any enforcement action within the current 18-month window — all flagged as coverage gaps this cycle. ## 11 answers, each dated and graded The weather grades favourability for an operator, not legality: legality is the product table above. The left rule is our confidence: solid confirmed, dashed probable, dotted uncertain. ### Guernsey Gambling — Overview Guernsey's gambling market is defined by a hard legal division between two regimes. Guernsey proper operates a land-based-only framework under the Gambling (Guernsey) Law, 1971, with no remote or online gambling pathway provided under that statute. Online eGambling conducted from the Bailiwick is li… Full analysis · 126 words Guernsey's gambling market is defined by a hard legal division between two regimes. Guernsey proper operates a land-based-only framework under the Gambling (Guernsey) Law, 1971, with no remote or online gambling pathway provided under that statute. Online eGambling conducted from the Bailiwick is licensed exclusively through a separate regulator, the Alderney Gambling Control Commission, operating under the Gambling (Alderney) Law 1999 and the Alderney eGambling Ordinance 2009. Commercial marketing materials frequently describe online licences as a 'Guernsey licence', though the operative regulator and legislation in every such case is Alderney's, not Guernsey proper's. For market-entry purposes the two regimes should be read as structurally and legally distinct rather than as a single jurisdiction-wide gambling framework, with the Alderney/AGCC regime carrying the entirety of the remote-gambling opportunity. - Guernsey proper has no standalone remote-gaming regime; operators seeking online licensing must route through the separate Alderney (AGCC) regime ### Guernsey Gambling — Licensing and regulation Guernsey's licensing architecture rests on two separate statutory bases. Guernsey proper licenses bookmakers and betting offices under the Gambling (Betting) Ordinance, 1973, made under the Gambling (Guernsey) Law, 1971. The Alderney regime is built on the Gambling (Alderney) Law 1999 and the Aldern… Full analysis · 154 words Guernsey's licensing architecture rests on two separate statutory bases. Guernsey proper licenses bookmakers and betting offices under the Gambling (Betting) Ordinance, 1973, made under the Gambling (Guernsey) Law, 1971. The Alderney regime is built on the Gambling (Alderney) Law 1999 and the Alderney eGambling Ordinance 2009, with the Alderney Gambling Control Commission as the exclusive regulator for remote eGambling conducted from the Bailiwick. Two licence types anchor entry to that regime: the Category 1 licence, covering business-to-consumer operation including all aspects of player management, and the Category 2 licence, covering business-to-business software and platform supply to the online sector. Both licence types are operational as live authorisation routes. The land-based and online frameworks are administered separately, by the Committee for Home Affairs and the AGCC respectively, and an applicant should expect to engage the correct regulator for the product it intends to offer rather than assume a single licensing contact point covers both regimes. ### Guernsey Gambling — Market entry in practice ### Guernsey Gambling — Licence fees ### Guernsey Gambling — Tax ### Guernsey Gambling — Payments and banking ### Guernsey Gambling — Marketing ### Guernsey Gambling — Technical compliance ### Guernsey Gambling — Distribution and platforms ### Guernsey Gambling — Enforcement AGCC's enforcement record shows a regulator prepared to use its strongest powers once an operator's financial integrity or ownership basis is called into question. On 29 September 2011, the AGCC revoked the licences held by the three entities trading as Full Tilt Poker — Vantage Limited, Filco Limit… Full analysis · 165 words AGCC's enforcement record shows a regulator prepared to use its strongest powers once an operator's financial integrity or ownership basis is called into question. On 29 September 2011, the AGCC revoked the licences held by the three entities trading as Full Tilt Poker — Vantage Limited, Filco Limited and Oxalic Limited — citing serious breaches including false reporting and the unauthorised provision of credit to players. On 11 September 2013, the AGCC suspended the licence of Bubble Group BV, trading as Sheriff Gaming, pending investigation into the basis on which the group and its sponsors had originally been approved. Commentary describes the Commission's enforcement approach as graduated: a rectification proposal, then a written caution if unresolved, then a hearing or fine, then suspension, then revocation. The Alderney eGambling Ordinance 2009 was amended in 2024 to add Schedule 5 information-gathering powers, broadening the basis on which the AGCC can compel information from licensees. No enforcement action beyond the two historical cases appears in the public record. ### Guernsey Gambling — Outlook Evidential record & source register 0 enforcement · 2 red flags · 14 sources · Expand full record ## What gets operators fined 2 red flags (1 high, 1 medium) and 0 controls that address them. - highHistorical precedent of licence revocation following misrepresentation of financial integrity to the regulator (Full Tilt Poker, 2011)Demonstrates that AGCC will revoke licences decisively where an operator misleads the Commission about liquid funds or operational integrity, a materially relevant precedent for counterparty financial-diligence questions.Source 8 · T3Source 9 · T3 - mediumMarketing material referring to a 'Guernsey gambling licence' for online/remote productsGuernsey proper has no standalone online-gaming regime; such marketing almost always actually refers to the distinct Alderney/AGCC licence, creating counterparty due-diligence risk if the distinction is not understood.Source 6 · T3 ## Worked scenarios 5 entry scenarios, each with the move we would make. #### A B2B software platform supplier wishes to incorporate in the Bailiwick and supply games to AGCC Category 1 licensees. The supplier should apply for an AGCC Category 2 (B2B) licence as a Bailiwick-incorporated company, subject to AGCC probity, financial-stability and source-of-funds review. Do this: Engage Bailiwick corporate-services and AGCC-specialist counsel before incorporation to ensure the Internal Control System pack meets AGCC expectations. Source 2 · T1 Source 6 · T3 #### An operator markets a 'Guernsey gambling licence' for an online casino product. No such standalone online licence exists under Guernsey-proper law; the operator necessarily holds (or should hold) an AGCC licence issued under Alderney legislation. Do this: Request the specific AGCC licence number and category from the operator and verify directly against the AGCC's own public register rather than relying on marketing claims. Source 6 · T3 #### A land-based bookmaker wishes to open a betting office in Guernsey (the island) only, with no online component. This falls under the Gambling (Betting) Ordinance, 1973, made under the Gambling (Guernsey) Law, 1971, and is licensed by the Committee for Home Affairs — entirely separate from the AGCC regime. Do this: Apply directly to the Committee for Home Affairs; no AGCC engagement is required for a purely retail, Guernsey-island-only operation. Source 1 · T1 Source 3 · T1 #### An AGCC Category 1 licensee is found to have misreported its liquid funds position to the Commission. Historical precedent (Full Tilt Poker, 2011) shows the AGCC will revoke licences decisively, with immediate effect, where it finds it has been fundamentally misled about an operator's financial integrity. Do this: Maintain scrupulously accurate real-time funds reporting; treat any material-event reporting obligation as a bright-line compliance priority. Source 8 · T3 Source 9 · T3 #### A foreign-incorporated operator does not wish to establish a Bailiwick company but wants to use the Alderney licensing framework. The AGCC Associate Certificate route allows a foreign-based company to operate in association with the AGCC framework without incorporating locally, subject to AGCC-standard probity review of the foreign entity and its sponsors. Do this: Budget for ongoing sponsor/associate-certificate compliance obligations, which carried enforcement exposure in the 2013 Bubble Group/Sheriff Gaming suspension. Source 13 · T3 Source 10 · T3 ## What we looked for and could not find Confirmed absence is a finding of its own. These are the questions we searched and could not answer from a citable source, with the searches we ran. Never behind the paywall. Aml cft regime. no FATF/MONEYVAL mutual evaluation report, statutory reporting threshold, or designated-reporting-entity confirmation located for Guernsey/Alderney gambling operators. - searched: Guernsey AML CFT gambling MONEYVAL report - searched: Alderney Gambling Control Commission AML reporting threshold - searched: Guernsey Criminal Justice Proceeds of Crime gambling designated business - checked: gov.gg Player protection. no self-exclusion scheme name, deposit-limit regime, reality-check requirement, or age-verification standard located for either the Guernsey land-based regime or the AGCC online regime. - searched: Guernsey gambling self-exclusion scheme - searched: AGCC responsible gambling deposit limits - searched: Alderney eGambling player protection age verification - checked: alderneygambling.com Technical compliance. no named approved test laboratory, RNG certification standard, or game-approval process could be sourced beyond a generic reference to 'RNG documentation' in the AGCC application pack. - searched: AGCC approved test laboratory RNG certification - searched: Alderney eGambling technical standards - searched: AGCC game approval process online casino - checked: vantegris.com Data protection. no gambling-specific data protection rule, supervisory authority citation, or KYC retention period located. - searched: Guernsey data protection gambling supervisory authority ODPA - searched: Alderney eGambling data protection KYC retention - searched: Guernsey Data Protection Bailiwick Law 2017 gambling - checked: gov.gg Consumer protection. no general consumer-law framework, ADR body, or complaint-escalation path located specific to gambling in Guernsey/Alderney. - searched: Guernsey consumer protection gambling ADR - searched: Alderney Gambling Control Commission player complaints - searched: Bailiwick of Guernsey unfair contract terms gambling - checked: alderneygambling.com Payments and money flow. no permitted funding method list, withdrawal-timeframe obligation, or capital-control data located. - searched: AGCC payment processing requirements operators - searched: Alderney eGambling withdrawal timeframe rules - searched: Guernsey gambling payment processor banking - checked: legarithm.io Competitive landscape. only a third-party (non-regulator) licence-count tracker was located; no T1/T2 operator count, market concentration, or unlicensed-share estimate found. - searched: AGCC licensed operator register count - searched: Alderney gambling market concentration operators - searched: Guernsey unlicensed gambling market share - checked: gamblinglicenseregister.com Extraterritorial reach. no FATF typology citation, MLAT activity data, or payment-rail/card-scheme disruption evidence located specific to GG/Alderney. - searched: Alderney gambling FATF typology advisory - searched: AGCC regulator cooperation MLAT - searched: Guernsey gambling payment blocking foreign jurisdiction - checked: en.wikipedia.org Market opportunity. no GGR estimate, market-size figure, or growth-trajectory data published or located for the Guernsey/Alderney gambling sector. - searched: Alderney eGambling market size GGR - searched: Guernsey gambling industry revenue statistics - searched: AGCC annual report market data - checked: en.wikipedia.org ## Source register Every source on a four-step tier scale. A claim is never shown at a stronger tier than the source it cites. 14 sources · 3 tier 1 · 11 tier 3 No. Source Tier Verification 1 GG-GOV-GAMBLING-PAGE T1 of 4 Source 1 · Open in drawer → 2 AGCC-FAQ T1 of 4 Source 2 · Open in drawer → 3 GOVGG-BOOKMAKERS-POLICY-PDF T1 of 4 Source 3 · Open in drawer → 4 WIKI-AGCC T3 of 4 Source 4 · Open in drawer → 5 LEGALBISON-ALDERNEY-2026 T3 of 4 Source 5 · Open in drawer → 6 VANTEGRIS-GG-2026 T3 of 4 Source 6 · Open in drawer → 7 LEGARITHM-GG T3 of 4 Source 7 · Open in drawer → 8 GAMBLINGINSIDER-FULLTILT-2011 T3 of 4 Source 8 · Open in drawer → 9 CASINOCITYTIMES-FULLTILT-2011 T3 of 4 Source 9 · Open in drawer → 10 LCB-SHERIFF-2013 T3 of 4 Source 10 · Open in drawer → 11 LEGALBISON-ENFORCEMENT-LADDER T3 of 4 Source 11 · Open in drawer → 12 LICREGISTER-ALDERNEY T3 of 4 Source 12 · Open in drawer → 13 PFSER-ALDERNEY T3 of 4 Source 13 · Open in drawer → 14 VANTEGRIS-GG-CORPORATE T3 of 4 Source 14 · Open in drawer → ## Sub-national units Entry happens unit by unit here; the parent layer does not give one national answer. - GG-ALD[Guernsey](/jurisdictions/alderney/) · 6 open · 14 not yet assessedAI research, not expert reviewed