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ARTICLE · 20 DECEMBER 2021

Setting Up A Gaming Company In Malta

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Clients wishing to setup a Maltese company will typically establish a holding company and a subsidiary trading company.

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By virtue of the EU's Treaty Freedom of 'Freedom of Establishment', Malta is probably the most advantageous jurisdiction were a gaming operator should incorporate its EEA gaming business.  This is such for a variety of reasons, including but not limited to:

  • other EEA gaming regulators accept Maltese incorporated companies to hold a gaming license in their jurisdiction, with jurisdictions such as Denmark, Sweden, Greece, Romania, having more than 50% of their licensees being a Maltese company;
  • Malta being the largest and most comprehensive gaming eco-system, including the housing of the fully supply chain and service provision framework; and
  • a competitive tax structure based on a tax imputation model, including the carrying forward of tax losses to set-off tax profits in subsequent years

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