Nevis Gaming Licence Cost in 2026: The Flat-Fee Breakdown

If you are pricing a Nevis gaming licence, the good news is that the headline number is honest in a way most offshore quotes are not: a flat €28,000 that covers both the application and your first licensed year in one figure. There is no percentage gaming tax bolted on, and no per-vertical fee stack. In our practice running new-regime files, that flat, predictable structure is exactly why operators shortlist Nevis over the noisier names.

The nuance is what sits around that fee. Because the Nevis Online Gaming Ordinance 2025 requires a Nevis company and a resident Reporting Officer, the realistic first-year all-in is around €34,400 — still low, but not €28,000 flat. This guide breaks every line down, contrasts it against Anjouan, and shows why the economics are so clean.

The flat €28,000 fee, and what it buys

The Nevis Online Gaming Authority (NOGA) prices its single licence at one figure: €28,000, and that fee bundles the application processing together with your first licensed year. You pay it once at the start rather than separating an application charge from a first-year charge, which makes budgeting the government side of the file simple.

What makes the fee good value is coverage. A single Nevis authorisation spans casino, sports betting, poker, lottery, bingo and eSports — you do not license each product line separately, and you do not stack per-vertical fees. For a multi-vertical operator that alone is a meaningful saving over regimes that price a sportsbook and a casino as two products. NOGA was established under the Nevis Online Gaming Ordinance 2025, so this is a purpose-built modern framework rather than a legacy regime retrofitted for online play — for the full picture of how the regime works, see our flagship Nevis gaming licence guide.

The non-refundable application fee

Separate from the €28,000 licence fee is a non-refundable application fee of $2,500–$3,000. This is the assessment charge NOGA levies to process and review your file, and — as the name states — it is not returned whether or not the licence issues. It is a small line in the total, but it is a real one, and an honest quote lists it separately rather than folding it silently into the headline figure.

Practically, the application fee is your incentive to file a clean, complete file the first time. A well-prepared submission — corporate documents, business plan, AML/KYC and responsible-gaming manuals, and RNG certification — moves through review without repeated queries. That is where an experienced provider earns their fee: getting the file right before it reaches the regulator so the non-refundable charge buys an approval, not a rejection.

Why the real budget is ≈€34,400

The €28,000 licence fee and the application fee together still do not put you live. Nevis, unlike the lightest offshore regimes, requires genuine local substance: a company incorporated in Nevis and a Reporting Officer who is a permanent resident of Nevis. Those are mandated by the ordinance, not optional structure, and they are the reason the all-in sits above the headline fee.

Here is how the year-one total is built, line by line.

That ≈€34,400 is the figure to budget against — it is the licence fee plus the company, the resident Reporting Officer and the compliance work that the ordinance requires. Two lines add cost beyond it depending on your model. The first is RNG certification: if you run only third-party games from studios that already hold their own certificates, this is minor; if you operate proprietary games or an in-house RNG, independent-lab testing from GLI, iTech Labs or an equivalent is unavoidable. The second is payments, covered below. For the full document and eligibility checklist behind the compliance line, see the Nevis gaming licence requirements.

The territorial 0% income-tax system

The reason Nevis reads so well on a spreadsheet is not just the flat fee — it is the tax posture behind it. There is 0% tax on gross gaming revenue, so no percentage of your winnings goes to the regulator. And under Nevis’s territorial tax system, there is 0% on foreign-sourced income — the revenue an internationally-facing operator earns from players outside Nevis, which for an offshore gaming business is effectively all of it.

Put together, the running economics are unusually clean: a fixed annual licence fee, no GGR tax, and no corporate income tax on foreign-sourced revenue at the licensed company. Your regulatory cost is a flat, predictable number, and it does not climb as you scale. That predictability — knowing your licence line will not balloon with revenue — is precisely why a flat-fee, 0%-tax regime appeals to operators who have been burned by GGR-taxed jurisdictions.

Nevis vs Anjouan on cost

The natural comparison is Anjouan, the offshore market’s cheapest lawful entry point. On the headline fee, Anjouan wins: €17,828 versus €28,000. Anjouan also needs no local company and no resident officer — its applicant company is set up remotely with no island presence — so it is both cheaper and faster (4–8 weeks against 2–3 months for Nevis). If pure cost and speed are the only variables, Anjouan is the leaner pick.

So what does the extra spend on Nevis buy? A newer, less-crowded name; genuine Caribbean substance in the shape of a real local company and resident officer; and a territorial tax system rather than an IBC one. For operators who value a fresh 2025 regime and a credible Caribbean structure over the absolute lowest fee, that premium is deliberate rather than wasteful. Our full Nevis vs Anjouan comparison walks the trade-off in detail, and if you are shortlisting more broadly, our roundup of the best gambling licences of 2026 sets Nevis against the wider field.

Payments: budget it before you apply

The licence is the straightforward part; the payment stack is where money and time actually go. Gambling is a high-risk category everywhere, and offshore gambling doubly so — which is why you do not use a mainstream processor. Wise, Stripe and PayPal all prohibit gambling; the right setup is an EMI or neobank account, and where settlement and PSP relationships need a dedicated home, a payment-agent company incorporated in Cyprus.

Sequence this before you file, not after. The most expensive mistake in offshore gaming is treating banking as a post-licence formality and ending up holding a valid Nevis permit you cannot take a deposit against. Plan which PSPs accept Nevis-licensed merchants, where any Cyprus settlement layer sits, and how crypto rails fit — before the application goes in. That planning is part of why the honest all-in is a figure worth budgeting properly rather than a headline to be surprised by later.

Budget it right the first time

The honest Nevis number is two numbers: €28,000 for the flat licence fee that covers your application and first year, and ≈€34,400 for the year-one structure around it once the Nevis company and resident Reporting Officer are counted. Add the non-refundable $2,500–$3,000 application fee, and — critically — 0% gaming tax and 0% on foreign-sourced income, and the running economics are as flat and predictable as offshore gaming gets.

We handle the full Nevis file end to end, itemised and transparent, from the local incorporation and Reporting Officer arrangement to a working payment stack. Want a real quote for your model rather than a headline figure? Book a free consultation or explore the Nevis gaming licence service.

This article is for general informational purposes only and is not legal, tax or financial advice. Consult a qualified professional before acting.