The licensing and payments platform for online gaming operators
Get licensed and get paid, with end-to-end support.
Tell us what you're building, or where you're stuck. You'll get your jurisdiction fit, the real total cost, and the payments reality in two minutes. Free.
Weeks, not half a year
The journey compressed, jurisdiction by jurisdiction, against a 16 to 32 week norm.
The real total cost
Every figure published and sourced. No surprise fees after the legal bill lands.
We'll tell you if you don't fit
If a jurisdiction or route is wrong for you, you hear it plainly. That's the brand.
How it works
Tell us where you're stuck
Type your situation into the bar above, or pick a path. The agent reads it in plain language. Free, and no sign-up.
Get the truth back, in two minutes
Your jurisdiction fit, the real total cost, the real timeline, and the payments reality. If you don't fit, you hear that plainly.
Get matched, and moving
We connect you to vetted specialists. Run it yourself with your tracking dashboard, or have us manage the whole journey end to end.
Licensing
Curacao Gaming License 2026: the real cost, timeline, and PSP reality
The LOK killed the old sublicense model. Here is what a direct CGA licence actually costs in year one, how long it really takes, and the payments problem nobody quotes you up front. Real numbers, sourced.
Read the guideAnjouan Gaming License 2026: the real cost, the catch, and the PSP reality
The cheapest, fastest offshore licence on the market, and the catch nobody quotes you. The real cost, the contested reputation answered straight, the restricted markets, and why getting paid is the hard part.
Read the guideCuracao vs Anjouan: which licence actually gets you banked
The honest head-to-head. Cheaper and faster, or more credible and easier to bank? A side-by-side on cost, speed, reputation, and the payments reality that should decide it, with a straight verdict on which fits you.
Compare the twoNevis vs Anjouan: the cheapest licence vs the one that banks
Both are cheap offshore licences, but only one is FATF-whitelisted and actually card-friendly. Why Nevis is the small upgrade that fixes Anjouan's biggest weakness, getting paid, and when each one wins.
Compare the twoIs a Costa Rica gaming licence real?
The honest answer is no, there is no Costa Rica gaming licence. What you are actually being sold, why your bank will likely say no, and when a Costa Rica setup genuinely makes sense alongside a real licence.
Read the straight answerHow to choose an offshore gaming licence
The decision framework, in the order that matters. Start from your markets, decide on banking before price, weigh credibility against cost, and confirm processing first. Five steps, then the shortlist.
Read the frameworkAnjouan vs Costa Rica: a real licence vs a permit
One is the cheapest real licence on the market. The other is not a licence at all. The honest difference, what each actually costs, and why banking is hard on both.
Compare the twoTobique vs Kahnawake: the modern newcomer vs the veteran
The two Canadian First Nations licences, head to head. Speed and a light setup against decades of track record, and why both beat the budget tier on banking and reputation.
Compare the twoCuracao vs Nevis: the established standard vs the challenger
The most recognised offshore name against the modern, FATF-whitelisted option that banks just as well for a fraction of the cost and none of the local-substance burden.
Compare the twoNevis vs Antigua: modern budget vs established prestige
The modern, light, low-cost licence against the oldest name in offshore gaming, with the banking pedigree and the six-figure price tag to match. When the pedigree is worth 4 to 5x the money, and when it is not.
Compare the twoThe cheapest offshore gaming licence in 2026, ranked
Cheapest first, with the catch on each. Why the cheapest licence fee is almost never the cheapest total cost once you factor banking, and which cheap licence can actually get you paid.
See the rankingHow to migrate off Curacao after the LOK
The honest playbook. When to stay, where to go, and how to move without losing your banking or your players, which is where most migrations go wrong.
Read the playbookPayments and banking
Which gaming licence actually gets you banked
Everyone ranks licences by price and speed. Here they are ranked by the only thing that decides whether the licence is worth anything: whether you can get paid. Offshore licences, easiest to hardest to bank.
Read the rankingPayment processing for licensed online casinos
The licence does not unlock payments, it unlocks the right to apply for them. Why licensed casinos get declined and de-risked, and the routes that genuinely work. This is the hub. The deep dives are below.
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Your processor just dropped or froze you
The first moves to make, and the traps that get you onto a terminated-merchant blocklist.
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Stripe alternatives for licensed casinos
Why Stripe and PayPal always decline gambling, and the kind of processor that does not.
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Payment processing by jurisdiction: Curacao and Anjouan
What processing looks like for each licence, and which routes actually get you banked.
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Why card decline rates kill licensed casinos
What really drives the 20 to 40 percent failure rate on casino card deposits.
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Crypto payment rails: USDT and stablecoins
When crypto belongs in your stack, and when it quietly costs more than it saves.
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The EMI plus PSP stack that gets casinos banked
The holding-company structure that works when banks de-risk you on sight.
Pricing, in the open
Self-serve
Free
We match you. You run it.
- Matched to vetted specialists
- Basic tracking dashboard
- The provider pays our referral, never you
Managed Track
£2,490
We run one track end to end.
- Everything in Self-serve
- We run the licence, or payments and banking
- Dedicated contact, document prep and chasing
- Full milestone tracking and status updates
Full Journey
£4,990
We run the whole journey, coordinated.
- Everything in Managed Track
- Licence, payments and compliance, in parallel
- Priority handling
- One point of accountability, to live and processing
How we get paid, in the open. On a Curacao licence, government fees alone run about €47,450 a year, and the lawyer's fee sits on top. The managed fee above is a fraction of that whole, and it is the only thing you ever pay Meridian directly. When we match you to a lawyer or a payment partner, that provider pays us a referral. It is never added to your bill, and we only introduce specialists we have vetted. Most consultancies charge £10,000 to £25,000 for the same management, and many take that referral quietly. We do not.
Questions, answered straight
What does Meridian do?
We get online gaming operators licensed and paid. We match you to the right jurisdiction, a vetted specialist lawyer, and payment and banking partners that will actually accept you, and we can run the whole journey for you or hand you a dashboard to run it yourself. We are not a law firm and we do not sell licences.
What does it cost?
Matching is free. If you want us to run the process, the managed service is £2,490 for one track or £4,990 for the full journey. Everything else, the government fees and the lawyer, is real third-party cost you would pay anyway.
If matching is free, how do you make money?
When we match you to a lawyer or a payment partner, that provider pays us a referral. It is never added to your bill, and we only introduce specialists we have vetted. The optional managed fee is the only thing you ever pay us directly.
How long does it take?
It depends on the jurisdiction, and we never blend the numbers. Anjouan runs roughly 4 to 8 weeks, Curacao roughly 10 to 19 weeks well prepared, against a 16 to 32 week industry standard. The fit check gives you the real timeline for your case.
What if I don't qualify, or a route is wrong for me?
You hear that plainly, with the reason, instead of being sold something that will not work. The honest no is the point.
Are you a law firm?
No. Meridian is a matchmaker and an orchestration service. We connect you to licensed specialist lawyers and regulated payment partners and coordinate the journey. We do not provide legal advice.