Georgia launches an international online gambling licence

What has changed

Georgia has brought into full operation a separate licence for remote gambling operators whose customers are located outside Georgia. It sits alongside the country's existing domestic licensing regime.

Operators holding only the international licence are not permitted to accept Georgian citizens as customers. Serving players in Georgia continues to require a domestic licence.

Relevance to IRLG offshore licence checks

• The international licence is an offshore remote licence: it does not authorise an operator to offer gambling in countries that require a local licence.
• Sites stating that they hold it will be classified as holding an International offshore licence, in the same way as Anjouan, Curaçao and Kahnawake licences.
• The IRLG Georgia country page continues to list domestically licensed operators only.