🇨🇦 Kahnawake gambling license check

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Kahnawake licenses online gambling through Kahnawake Gaming Commission, and every real KGC licence can be confirmed in the authority's public register. If a casino claims a Kahnawake permit, type its name or web address below and the search checks it against the KGC register.

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Searching 202 casino and betting names from the KGC register, read 2026-10-27.

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How to verify a Kahnawake license

  1. Get the operating company's name from the casino's terms and conditions and its claimed Kahnawake authorization
  2. Open the KGC permit holders list on gamingcommission.ca and locate the operator
  3. Confirm the exact casino URL you are using appears among the URLs listed for that operator, since one operator may hold many URLs
  4. If the site displays a KGC logo certificate, click it. It should resolve to a KGC-issued certificate for that domain
  5. For doubts or recent changes, email the Commission at info@gamingcommission.ca and check news posts for CPA terminations

License types in Kahnawake

A CPA authorizes an operator to conduct interactive gaming, meaning casino, poker and betting, from the Mohawk Territory of Kahnawake, with mandatory hosting at the territory's data centre.

  • Interactive Gaming Licence, IGL, held by the authorized host
  • Client Provider Authorization, CPA
  • Casino Software Provider Authorization, CSPA
  • Live Dealer Studio Authorization, LDSA
  • Key Person Licence

Key facts about the KGC regime

  • The Regulations concerning Interactive Gaming were enacted 8 July 1999, making Kahnawake one of the oldest online gaming jurisdictions
  • Fees in USD. A CPA application costs 35,000 including the first annual fee, rising to 40,000 for complete applications filed from 1 January 2027. The five-year CPA renewal rises from 5,000 to 40,000 including that year's annual fee on the same date. The CPA annual fee stays at 20,000
  • Under the fee schedule revised on 5 October 2023, a CSPA application costs 40,000 and an LDSA application 30,000, with annual fees of 20,000 for a CSPA and 10,000 for an LDSA. A CSPA holder also pays 3,000 a year for each third-party operator it supplies
  • One Key Person Permit is included per authorization. Additional key persons cost 5,000 with a 1,000 annual fee. From 1 January 2027 a Key Person Permit application and its five-year renewal each cost 6,000
  • Licensed operators must be hosted at Mohawk Internet Technologies, a data centre in the territory managed by Continent 8 Technologies
  • The KGC runs a Logo Certificate Program so players can verify licensed sites, and publishes CPA suspensions and terminations as public notices

What the license means for players

A Kahnawake authorization means an identifiable operator vetted by a regulator with more than 25 years of interactive gaming history, hosted on regulated infrastructure. The KGC accepts player complaints against licensees via complaints@gamingcommission.ca or its online form, not by phone, and facilitates resolutions, though it will drop complaints already handled elsewhere or aired publicly first.

Red flags and fake KGC claims

  • Operator or the specific casino URL absent from the KGC permit holders list
  • KGC logo displayed as a plain image with no working certificate link
  • Marketing the authorization as a Canadian government licence. It is issued under Kahnawake's own Mohawk jurisdiction, not Canadian federal or Quebec law
  • Citing a CPA that appears in KGC termination or suspension notices

Legal status and tax

Licensing rests on the Kahnawake Gaming Law and the Regulations concerning Interactive Gaming of 1999, last amended on 25 March 2026, issued under the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake's asserted inherent right to regulate gaming within and from its territory. The regime operates independently of Canadian federal and Quebec provincial licensing. The Commission published updated application forms in 2025 and 2026 and announced higher CPA and Key Person Permit fees from 1 January 2027.

The KGC charges flat application and annual fees rather than a gaming or GGR tax. Income taxation depends on where the operating company is incorporated.

Frequently asked questions

Who regulates online gambling in Kahnawake?

Kahnawake Gaming Commission, usually shortened to KGC, oversees gambling in Kahnawake. A CPA authorizes an operator to conduct interactive gaming, meaning casino, poker and betting, from the Mohawk Territory of Kahnawake, with mandatory hosting at the territory's data centre.

How do I check if a casino holds a Kahnawake license?

Type the casino name or its web address into the search on this page, which reads the KGC register every day. A real licensee appears there under its own name. The permit holders page is a public HTML table listing each operator with its authorized URLs, and it has a filter box for narrowing the list in the browser. There is no structured data API. The page carries the line Updated September 28, 2023 above the list, so check the Commission's news notices for later suspensions and terminations.

What does a KGC license mean for players?

A Kahnawake authorization means an identifiable operator vetted by a regulator with more than 25 years of interactive gaming history, hosted on regulated infrastructure. The KGC accepts player complaints against licensees via complaints@gamingcommission.ca or its online form, not by phone, and facilitates resolutions, though it will drop complaints already handled elsewhere or aired publicly first.

How do I spot a fake Kahnawake license claim?

Operator or the specific casino URL absent from the KGC permit holders list KGC logo displayed as a plain image with no working certificate link Marketing the authorization as a Canadian government licence. It is issued under Kahnawake's own Mohawk jurisdiction, not Canadian federal or Quebec law Citing a CPA that appears in KGC termination or suspension notices

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