Nevis Online Gaming Authority Opens Prediction Market License to B2C and B2B Applicants

The Nevis Online Gaming Authority (NOGA) announced on 30 October 2026 that it has opened applications for a dedicated Prediction Market License, a category separate from its iGaming licenses and open to both operators and business-to-business suppliers.

Nevis is one of the two islands of the Saint Kitts and Nevis federation and regulates online gaming under its own island law. The regulator's news index lists the item as "Nevis Launches Prediction Market License" under Licensing, and its homepage now carries a Prediction Markets License application link beside the iGaming one.

What NOGA has launched

NOGA has created a standalone license category for prediction markets, with its own application form. Applicants no longer have to fit event-based markets into an iGaming license.

The regulator describes the focus as "compliance, transparent market rules, and participant protection". The homepage does not set out the detailed conduct standards in that wording.

Who can apply

The license covers technology platforms, software suppliers, white-label providers and operators that offer prediction markets directly to users. In industry terms, B2C means business-to-consumer operators facing players, and B2B means business-to-business suppliers serving those operators.

Including the supply chain in the same category matters for platform vendors. A white-label provider can seek authorization in its own right instead of relying on a client's permission.

Jamma.it reports that existing Nevis B2C or B2B licensees must file a separate application to offer prediction markets, because their current licenses do not extend to them. The same outlet says each market must cite reliable sources for settling outcomes.

Market categories

Trade coverage lists six categories the license is designed to accommodate:

• Sports
• Financial and economic indicators
• Political and electoral events
• Entertainment
• Weather and climate
• Crypto and digital assets

The breadth is notable because political and election markets are among the most contested product lines for regulators elsewhere.

Legal basis and fees

The license sits under the Nevis Online Gaming Ordinance 2025, described as No 2, Island of Nevis. NOGA announced the Ordinance as officially signed on 7 May 2025. Earlier Gamingo coverage traces the build-out: the Nevis online gaming bill passed in April 2025, the Online Gaming Authority was launched under the new regulation, and the regulated online gaming market opened in July 2025.

On cost, Jamma.it puts the headline figure at €18,000 per year. NOGA's own pages reviewed for this story do not set out the application timeline, tax rate or capital requirements for the new license, so applicants should request the current schedule from the regulator before budgeting.

Why it matters for operators and suppliers

Nevis joins a group of jurisdictions writing bespoke rules for prediction markets rather than stretching existing gambling frameworks. In the United States the pressure runs the other way. Ohio told its gaming licensees to cut ties with prediction markets by 30 October or risk their licenses, while the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding as part of an NBA prediction markets pact naming Kalshi and Polymarket.

For operators locked out or constrained onshore, a dedicated offshore license offers a defined regulatory home. For suppliers, the B2B route gives a license that attaches to the technology itself. Both groups should read the full application requirements and the Ordinance text before filing.

Status reviewed on 2 November 2026. The launch date, license scope and market categories come from NOGA's news index and homepage plus trade coverage, and the €18,000 fee is as reported by Jamma.it. More regulation news and Latin America and Caribbean coverage.