US gaming affiliate licensing.
Where a state licenses or registers gaming affiliates, we handle the filing. In states with no gaming-affiliate regime there is no affiliate licence to obtain; where you need a presence we foreign-qualify your entity (register it to do business there and appoint a registered agent). Each state you want to earn in is filed and rolled out in the right order.
Registration or licence? It depends how you're paid.
The single biggest factor is your compensation model. Flat-fee and revenue-share are treated very differently — and getting the classification right saves months and real money:
Two examples.
Flat-fee affiliates register as a vendor (free, but a casino partner initiates it). Revenue-share affiliates need an ACSIE licence — more disclosure and a $2,000 non-refundable application fee. Registration is with the DGE.
Affiliates are Gaming Service Providers: registered for flat-fee, certified for revenue-share (a deeper, costlier background investigation, including fingerprinting). Marketing materials must be pre-approved.
The other regulated states, their fees and the two that ban revenue share are covered in our US affiliate licence guide, state by state.
What we do.
Questions, answered.
Do gambling affiliates really need a licence in the US?
In regulated states, yes — to be paid for promoting licensed operators you must be registered or licensed. Flat-fee (CPA) models usually need a lighter registration; revenue-share models require a full licence (e.g. New Jersey's ACSIE or Pennsylvania's certified Gaming Service Provider).
What's the difference between registration and a licence?
Registration is lighter and faster but typically limits you to flat-fee deals. A full licence allows revenue-share but requires deeper background checks, financial disclosures, fees and — in some states — fingerprinting. We classify each state correctly for your model.
Is it one filing or many?
Many. There's no single federal gaming-affiliate licence — each regulated state (NJ, PA, MI, Ohio and others) has its own regime. We build a sequenced multi-state plan so you're licensed where the revenue is.
What about states with no affiliate licence?
Many states don't have a specific gaming-affiliate licensing regime, so there is no affiliate licence to obtain there. Where you need a presence in such a state, we foreign-qualify your entity (register it to do business there and appoint a registered agent). Whether a particular promotion is lawful in that state is a separate question for your counsel.
What does Vantegris handle?
State-by-state classification, the applications and disclosures, background and (where required) fingerprinting logistics, marketing pre-approval, and the multi-state rollout. Not legal advice — we work alongside your counsel.
Related services.
Operators and suppliers looking at this usually need one of these next.
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The ownership route — your licence, your banking, and the budget the platform quote omits.
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Platform, odds feeds and trading priced honestly, plus the betting permit underneath.
Rates, rolling reserves and the 1.5% VAMP threshold that landed in April 2026.
Every gaming jurisdiction we run, compared side by side.
Earning from US gambling markets?
Tell us your model and target states — we'll map the registrations and licences you need. NDA on request.
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