Curaçao gambling regulator confirms deadline for supplier licensing transition period
All domestic suppliers delivering essential goods or services to licensed operators must obtain a CGA supplier licence before the deadline passes.
Curaçao.- The Curaçao Gaming Authority (CGA) has issued a formal notice confirming that new supplier licensing and registration rules will take full effect on December 24. The deadline marks the end of a two‑year transition period under the National Ordinance on Games of Chance (LOK).
From that date, all domestic suppliers delivering essential goods or services to licensed operators must obtain a CGA supplier licence and register with the authority before the deadline elapses. Foreign suppliers, while exempt from licensing, must still complete registration by the December deadline if they provide critical inputs to CGA‑licensed operators.
Operators themselves face clear obligations. Article 5.16(4) of the LOK prohibits licence holders from working with unregistered suppliers, while Article 5.16(1) requires the CGA to maintain a public register of approved providers.
The CGA defines “critical services and goods” broadly, covering RNG game developers, live dealer studios, poker and peer‑to‑peer platforms, lottery providers, sportsbook software, bet capture and settlement systems, odds compilers, and game aggregators. The authority emphasised that this list is illustrative and may be updated.
To meet deadlines, locally established suppliers without licences are urged to file applications via the CGA Online Gaming Portal by September 1, to ensure sufficient time for review before the transition ends. Registration for both domestic and foreign suppliers is scheduled to open in October 2026.
The end of the transition will mark a major milestone for Curaçao’s B2B gaming sector. The December 2026 cutoff ends the period in which suppliers could operate without formal CGA recognition, placing equal responsibility on operators to confirm the registration status of their technology and service partners.
Meanwhile, the CGA has presented a framework governing the use of cryptocurrency for gambling by Curaçao business‑to‑consumer online gambling licensees. The new policy, which will be introduced in phases over the next 12 months, covers the crypto transaction chain, from player deposits and wagers to withdrawals and treasury management.
In other actions, the regulator has issued a warning over a gambling website that it claims has been falsely presenting itself as licensed by the CGA. It warned that it has not authorised EZZ.CASINO and alleged that the site is using the logo and detail of CGA and its Digital Authorisation Seal without permission.
