When online gambling started to grow in popularity at the turn of the century, Malta greeted it with open arms. Horse racing and spread betting are the two types of gaming that aren’t licensed in Malta by the MGA.

The MGA offers four types of gaming licenses:Ĭlass 1 – a remote gaming licence whereby operators manage their own risk on repetitive games (suitable for casino-type games and online lotteries)Ĭlass 2 – a remote betting licence for sports (fixed-odds) bettingĬlass 3 – a licence to advertise gaming in or from Malta (suitable for poker rooms and peer-to-peer gaming)Ĭlass 4 – a licence to host and manage remote gaming operations (this is essentially a B2B gaming licence) As Malta’s ‘one-stop-shop’ for licensing, it is the MGA’s duty to promote gaming in a safe environment and ensure the integrity of games and devices, while granting licences to providers and creating a regulated environment from which gaming activities, remote or otherwise, can take place. The Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) is the regulatory body responsible for all online and land-based gaming in Malta.