Licensing and regulation: Can we get a licence?

Licensing authority rests with the Gambling Commission under the Gambling (Gaming and Betting) Control Act, 2021 (Act No. 8 of 2021), with a future remote gambling licence created under section 30(2)(l). The Remote Gambling Order, 2026, made by the Minister of Finance under section 76(2), was affirmed by the House of Representatives and then unanimously by the Senate on 2 October 2026, removing the Act's prohibition on international remote gambling offerings for that licence class. The Act commences by Proclamation and only Parts I, II and X are currently in force; the licensing, regulation, compliance and enforcement Parts remain unproclaimed, so the Commission has no present power to accept applications or issue the licence the Order presupposes. Government has targeted 1 January 2027 for the remaining Parts to be operative and for licensing to begin, but no section 87 licensing regulations or fee schedule have been published.