How Much Does a Curaçao Gaming Licence Cost? LOK Fees, Dated

A Curaçao gaming licence costs €4,592 to apply for, then €47,450 a year for a B2C operator licence or €24,490 a year for a B2B supplier licence, according to Point Legal, which says it checked those figures against the Curaçao Gaming Authority’s LOK fee schedule v2.0 of 15 October 2025. Setup and compliance push real budgets well higher.

That is the short answer to how much a Curaçao gaming licence costs. The longer one is that the pages ranking for the question print figures that disagree by an order of magnitude, because they describe two different legal regimes, and that the regulator’s own fee schedule could not be opened on the day this desk checked, because the regulator’s portal is offline.

What does a Curaçao gaming licence cost under the LOK?

The Landsverordening op de kansspelen (LOK), the National Ordinance on Games of Chance, came into effect on 24 December 2024, per the Curaçao Gaming Authority’s online-gaming page, which this desk read on 3 October 2026. The CGA says the phased reform behind it began in November 2023, and that the Gaming Control Board (GCB) is now referred to as the Curaçao Gaming Authority.

Under the LOK, Point Legal says, licences are issued directly by the CGA, in two categories that cannot be combined: B2C for operators and B2B for suppliers. Its guide, marked “Last updated: June 2026” and read by this desk on 3 October 2026, sets out the government-side fees as follows:

• Application fee: €4,592, one-off and non-refundable, for B2C and B2B alike.
• Annual B2C fee: €47,450, which it splits into €24,490 for the National Treasury and €22,960 for CGA supervision.
• Annual B2B fee: €24,490.
• Per ultimate beneficial owner or qualified interest holder: €150 for due diligence.
• Each additional domain: €250.
• Certificate application: €383.

Point Legal adds that annual fees are payable by 15 January, that the licence term is indefinite with no renewal application, and that there is no tax on gross gaming revenue, so the fee is fixed regardless of turnover.

Every one of those euro figures is Point Legal’s reading of the schedule, not a number this desk read from a CGA document. The distinction matters, and the next sections explain why it cannot be closed today.

Why do Curaçao licence cost figures differ so much?

Because they are not describing the same thing. This desk read three of the pages that rank for the question on 3 October 2026, all of them consultancy pages selling the licence. Set side by side, each figure belongs to a regime, and only one regime is current.

The VigoLex page describes the system the LOK replaced: sublicences obtained from what it calls monopoly companies, a licence “issued for the period of 5 years”, and annual costs it puts at €4,500 to €12,500. That was a price list for a sublicence from a private licence holder. It is not a CGA fee and it is not the current route, though the CGA notes the old offshore ordinance remains relevant under the LOK’s transitional provisions.

GBO Licensing’s 120,000 ANG row is harder to place. The page attributes the fee to a “Gaming Commission Board (GCB)” rather than the Curaçao Gaming Authority, cites no fee document and says a precise fee table is available on request. This desk does not say the figure is wrong; it says the page gives a reader no way to check it, and that its regulator naming predates the LOK.

A fourth ranking page, from HostingB2B, returned a 403 to the research run and was not read, so nothing is claimed about it.

What is a government fee and what is a consultancy estimate?

The government-side fees, as Point Legal reports them, total €52,192 in year one for a B2C applicant with one owner: €4,592 to apply, €47,450 in annual fees and €150 for the owner check, before any extra domains. That sum is this desk’s arithmetic on the firm’s figures, not a number any page prints.

Point Legal’s €70,000 to €110,000 year-one range adds company incorporation, a resident director and a compliance stack. It describes that range as “realistic”; it is also the budget of a firm that sells the service. GBO’s €8,900 package is likewise a service price. Neither is a fee the regulator charges, and a reader comparing quotes should keep the two columns apart.

Can you read the CGA’s own fee schedule?

Not as of 3 October 2026. Point Legal’s link to the schedule points at a file on the CGA’s licensing portal, and when this run’s research tried that link on 3 October 2026 it was redirected to the CGA homepage. That homepage carries a notice that “the CGA online gaming portal is offline.” The CGA’s online-gaming page, read the same day, sets out the legal history and does not, in the text returned, carry a fee table.

So the only LOK fee figures among the pages this desk read rest on one firm’s reading of a document that a reader cannot currently open. That is not evidence the figures are wrong. It is a reason to quote them with the firm’s name attached, as this post does.

Why is the CGA online gaming portal offline?

On 17 September 2026 the CGA said in a press release that it had identified unauthorized access to its online gaming portal. It said the access had been contained and its source identified, that its provider’s forensic investigation was ongoing and had not established the full scope, and that it was assessing whether and which information was accessed. Affected applicants, licensees and stakeholders, it said, would be notified directly.

A follow-up the CGA published, file-dated 23 September 2026, says access came through the customer-facing part of the licensing portal using an account registered under a false identity, and that the CGA treats it as a serious breach to be reported to the relevant authorities. The extent of any data taken is, on the CGA’s own account, not established, and this post makes no claim about it.

The CGA’s announcement on the portal, file-dated 2 October 2026 and read by this desk on 3 October 2026, says the portal is offline, asks that portal submissions not be sent to its egl-applications email address because they cannot be processed through other channels, and postpones portal submission deadlines until the portal is available again. It says the outage does not affect the validity of existing licences and that revised timelines will follow.

None of the three incumbent pages this desk read mentions the portal incident; Point Legal’s guide predates it.

What the fee does and does not prove

A fee schedule proves what a regulator charges. It does not prove that any particular site holds a licence, which is a question for the CGA’s register, and it says nothing about whether a Curaçao licence carries weight in a player’s own jurisdiction. We put those questions to the LOK reform and crypto operators, weighed Anjouan vs Curaçao as evidence, and priced the Kahnawake licence from the regulator’s own notice, which is the standard the Curaçao figures will meet once the schedule can be read again.

Frequently asked questions

How much does a Curaçao gaming licence cost in 2026?

Per Point Legal, which says it checked the figures against the Curaçao Gaming Authority’s LOK fee schedule v2.0 of 15 October 2025, a licence costs €4,592 to apply for, then €47,450 a year for B2C or €24,490 a year for B2B. The firm’s own all-in year-one estimate for a B2C operator is €70,000 to €110,000, which includes company setup and compliance costs.

What is the annual fee for a Curaçao B2C gaming licence?

Point Legal puts it at €47,450 a year: €24,490 it labels a National Treasury fee and €22,960 a CGA supervisory fee, payable by 15 January. It describes the licence term as indefinite, with no renewal application. Those are the firm’s figures from its reading of the schedule; this desk could not open the schedule itself on 3 October 2026.

How much is a Curaçao B2B supplier licence?

Point Legal gives €24,490 a year plus the same €4,592 application fee. Its page calls that annual sum the supervisory fee only, yet on the B2C side it labels €24,490 the National Treasury share and puts the supervisory fee at €22,960. The amount is consistent; the label is not. Until the CGA’s own schedule can be read, treat the label as unsettled.

Does the CGA portal outage affect existing Curaçao licences?

The Curaçao Gaming Authority says not. Its announcement on the online gaming portal states that the unavailability of the portal does not affect the validity of existing licences, and that submission deadlines through the portal are postponed until it is available again. It also asks that portal submissions not be emailed instead, because they cannot be processed through other channels.

This desk prices regulators; it does not recommend casinos, and a licence fee says nothing about how a site treats a deposit. Gambling losses are real, crypto balances can halve while a withdrawal sits in review, and nothing here is financial advice. 18+.