In short: As of 20 October 2026, the Anjouan Gaming Authority does not publish a list of restricted or prohibited countries on its website. Its published licence conditions, standards and code of conduct require approved domains, AML and KYC controls and responsible-gaming measures, but name no territories. The country lists you see online come from licensing agents, so build your own blocked-market list from the laws of each target market and verify it before launch.
Last checked: 20 October 2026, on the Anjouan Gaming Authority website (anjouangaming.com).
“Anjouan gaming license restricted countries” is one of the most searched questions about this licence, and almost every answer online is a country list copied from a licensing agent. We went to the regulator instead. This guide explains what the Anjouan Gaming Authority actually publishes, why the restricted-country question is really a question about the player’s country, and how to build and enforce a market list that will survive payment-provider and game-supplier onboarding. It sits alongside our Anjouan licence guide on costs, timeline and requirements.
What the regulator publishes, page by page
We read every licensing and regulatory page on the Anjouan Gaming Authority site on 20 October 2026. The table shows what each page says about territories.
| Regulator page (anjouangaming.com) | Page last modified | What it says about countries or territories |
|---|---|---|
| Licence Conditions | 17 Sep 2026 | No country list. Licensees must “use only approved operational domains” and “must not conduct licensed activities on unapproved domains”; notify the Authority of material changes; provide information on request. |
| Licence Types | n/a | No country list. B2C licences cover online casinos, sports betting, poker and bingo, prediction markets, blockchain-based and cryptocurrency-enabled gaming; “the specific activities authorised under each licence are defined in the licence conditions”. |
| Regulatory Standards | 30 Mar 2026 | No country list. Requires AML and counter-terrorism-financing controls, customer due diligence, age verification, self-exclusion, deposit and loss limits; “marketing directed at minors or vulnerable persons is prohibited”. |
| Code of Conduct for Licensed Operators | 28 Mar 2026 | No country list. Advertising must be “truthful, not misleading, and socially responsible”; no marketing to minors or self-excluded persons. |
| Application Process and Required Documents | 1 Apr 2026 / 28 Mar 2026 | No target-market declaration is listed. Due diligence covers corporate structure, key persons, source of funds and sanctions screening. |
| Ongoing Supervision | 30 Mar 2026 | No country list. Compliance reports “at prescribed intervals” on AML, responsible gaming and financial performance; targeted reviews where indicators suggest non-compliance. |
| Regulatory Notices and FAQs | 16 Sep 2026 | No country list. Notices cover licence terminations and a September 2026 amendment on beneficial ownership, ADR and B2B disclosure. |
The practical conclusion: there is no Anjouan “restricted countries list” to copy. Any list that claims to be one is a compilation by a licensing agent or consultancy, and the regulator’s own pages do not endorse or reproduce it. Treat such lists as a starting point for your own research, never as the rule.
Why the question is really about the player’s country
An Anjouan licence authorises your company to operate from the Autonomous Island of Anjouan, Union of the Comoros. It does not authorise you to take bets from a country whose own law prohibits remote gambling or reserves it for locally licensed operators. That is true of every offshore licence, which is why the regulator’s standards focus on how you run the business (AML, KYC, responsible gaming, approved domains) rather than on where your players sit. Four questions decide whether a market belongs on your blocked list:
- Does the market have its own licensing regime? If a country licenses online gambling domestically, it usually treats unlicensed offshore supply as illegal and may block domains, payments or advertising. Those markets belong on the blocked list unless you hold the local licence.
- Does the market prohibit online gambling outright? Some countries ban it entirely, sometimes with criminal liability for operators or players. Block them.
- Is the market subject to sanctions? The regulator’s own due diligence includes sanctions screening, and your bank and payment providers will refuse flows connected to sanctioned jurisdictions. Block them regardless of gambling law.
- Will your payment and game suppliers serve it? Payment service providers, crypto on-ramps and game studios each carry their own country exclusions in their contracts. A market that passes the legal test can still be unworkable if nobody will process the deposits or deliver the games.
Answer those four questions for each market with a lawyer who knows that market, record the answer and the date, and you have a defensible blocked list that is yours, not an agent’s.
How to build the list: a working method
| Step | What you do | Output |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Shortlist target markets | Start from where your marketing, languages and payment rails actually reach, not from “worldwide”. | A target list of 5 to 15 markets |
| 2. Legal screen | For each target, get a written answer to the four questions above from local counsel or a reputable published source, with the date. | Allowed / blocked decision per market, with source and date |
| 3. Supplier screen | Check each payment provider’s and game supplier’s contract schedule of excluded countries. | Markets removed because no supplier will serve them |
| 4. Everything else is blocked | Default-deny: a country not on the allowed list is blocked, so a new market needs a decision before it opens. | Versioned allow list |
| 5. Review cadence | Re-check quarterly and whenever a supplier, the regulator or a market changes its rules. | Dated change log |
Default-deny matters because the regulator’s conditions require you to notify the Authority of material changes and to provide information on request. A versioned allow list with dates is the simplest evidence that you knew which markets you served and when.
How to enforce it
A blocked list is only as good as its enforcement points. Our geo-blocking guide compares IP, GPS and edge rules in detail; the short version is to enforce in three places:
- At the edge. Block the website and the API for blocked countries before the page loads, so blocked traffic never reaches the platform.
- At registration and KYC. The address and identity documents you collect under the regulator’s customer-due-diligence standard reveal the player’s country even when the IP does not. Reject mismatches and log them.
- In the cashier. Payment-provider country rules apply per transaction; a player who slipped through at the edge is usually caught when a card or wallet from a blocked country tries to deposit.
Keep the rule set versioned so you can show which countries were blocked on any given date. That record is what suppliers and banks ask for during onboarding, and it is far more persuasive than a copied list.
Where the platform fits
Spinlab Studio’s white-label platform ships with the back office, cashier, KYC tooling and game library you need to run these controls, and your market list is one of the first things we go through on the demo call. Which markets to allow is your decision, taken with your counsel; how to block the rest at the edge, at KYC and in the cashier is something we configure with you during launch. The regulator’s current fee schedule (licence issuance and annual renewal each listed at EUR 17,828 on 20 October 2026, plus EUR 500 per additional B2C domain per licensing cycle) and the full launch budget are covered in our Anjouan licence guide and in online gambling licence costs compared.
Anjouan restricted countries FAQ
Does the Anjouan Gaming Authority publish a restricted countries list? Not on its website as of 20 October 2026. We checked the licence conditions, licence types, regulatory standards, code of conduct, application, supervision, notices and FAQ pages; none names a restricted territory. If your licence conditions document contains territory restrictions, those are binding on you; ask the Authority for the current conditions in writing.
Then where do the country lists online come from? From licensing agents and consultancies. They bundle common exclusions (markets with domestic licensing, outright bans, sanctioned jurisdictions, supplier exclusions) into one list. They can be a useful starting point, but they are not the regulator’s rule and they go out of date.
Can I accept players from any country the regulator does not mention? No. The player’s own country decides whether your offer is legal there. An offshore licence never overrides a domestic prohibition or a domestic licensing requirement.
What happens if I serve a blocked market anyway? Under the published standards, the Authority can request information, run targeted reviews and enforce against non-compliance; its notices page lists terminated licences. Outside the regulator, you risk domain and payment blocking in the market itself and losing your payment and game suppliers, who contractually exclude those countries.
Does the licence allow crypto casinos? The regulator’s licence-types page lists “blockchain-based gaming platforms” and “cryptocurrency-enabled gaming operations” among the B2C verticals, with the specific activities defined in each licence’s conditions. Crypto deposits do not change the market rules: a blocked country is blocked whatever the payment method.
How often should I review my blocked list? Quarterly at minimum, and immediately when a supplier changes its country schedule, the regulator amends its conditions (as it did in September 2026 on beneficial ownership, ADR and B2B disclosure) or a target market changes its law.
Next step
If you are planning an Anjouan-licensed launch, bring your target-market shortlist to a demo and we will show you how the edge, KYC and cashier controls are configured for it. Book a demo, read the nine steps to start an online casino, and keep the Anjouan licence guide to hand for the cost and timeline side.
