Kahnawake

The “Kahnawake Gaming Commission” was founded in 1996 and is since holding licenses to almost 250 online gambling sites. The basic requirements for acquiring a license are:

• that only suitable persons and entities are permitted to operate online gaming establishments.
• that all games are fair and yield true and random results to players.
• that all winners are paid their corresponding game play earnings and all monies are kept safe.

Licensing in the Kahnawake jurisdiction does not come cheap. All applicants must pay a gaming license fee of CAD$25,000 plus a systems testing deposit of CAD$15,000 and finally a license fee for the first year of operation worth CAD$10,000 (refundable). On top of this, online gaming companies must pay CAD$5,000 licenses for all “key-members” of a company who play a pivotal role in the proper operation of the license holders online gaming business.