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Vanuatu interactive gaming licences

The government-hosted Vanuatu Interactive Gaming Act provides a licensing framework for interactive games. The document used here is the consolidated 2018 edition; reading it today does not make it a new legal version.

Authority and individual permission

Section 34 names the Director of Customs and Inland Revenue as regulator. The statutory framework is different from evidence that a particular company, website or product currently holds permission.

Individual games need written approval

In the 2018 consolidated text, sections 3 and 19 require a licence and written regulatory approval for the game. The approval covers the rules and software as well as how the game is presented to players.

The regulator and the application agent

The 2024 national risk assessment describes Vanuatu Gaming Authority Limited as a private agent promoting and selling licences for the Finance Ministry under the process introduced in July 2024. It identifies Customs and Inland Revenue as the regulator. The assessment does not list the currently licensed domains.

What the 2026 bill would change

Parliament lists the Interactive Gaming Amendment Bill as item 25 for its 19 October 2026 session. The draft proposes an initial two-year licence and a further licence of up to ten years after a compliance review. It says it would commence on publication in the Gazette. When checked on 7 November, the bill list gave no result for that item. Publication in the Gazette was not verified.

What the checker covers

For an individual site, check the licence holder, the exact domain and approval for the game. This guide has no verified register that joins those details and no finding about whether a site may accept players in another country.

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