The UAE’s General Commercial Gaming Regulatory Authority (GCGRA) will follow the model in place for its burgeoning land-based casino industry by allowing one B2C online gaming license per emirate for each of the country’s seven emirates, according to a report by Vixio GamblingCompliance.
The industry media outlet said it had spoken to several sources who confirmed that the online market would be limited to one operator license per emirate and pending each emirate’s own determination of whether or not to proceed.
A similar model is in place for land-based gaming facilities licensees although only one such license has been issued so far – for Wynn’s US$5 billion integrated resort development in Ras Al Khaimah. Abu Dhabi has been suggested as a likely home for a second land-based license but it is not expected that all seven emirates will issue gaming licenses.
