Is this betting site licensed in Ghana?

Check the register yourself in two minutes

The Gaming Commission of Ghana publishes its list of licensed operators at gamingcommission.gov.gh/licensed-operators/. It is one long table. Open it, use your browser's find function (Ctrl+F on a computer, "Find in page" on a phone) and type the brand name as it appears on the betting site. If the name is not there, the brand has no GCG licence for 2026.

Each row of the table has five columns:

• Trade name: the brand, for example SPORTYBET or MSPORT.
• Operation type: what the licence covers, for example Sports Betting or Online Casino.
• Date issued: 1/1/2026 for the current list.
• Expiry date: 31/12/2026 for almost every row.
• Location: the town of the licensed office or venue, such as Accra, Tema or Kumasi.

What the register does not show matters just as much. There are no company names and no web addresses. The GCG list will tell you that SPORTYBET holds a licence, but it will not tell you which website or app belongs to that licence. That last step is yours.

Match the website to the trade name

Copycat sites and fake apps use real brand names. Before you register or send a cedi by Mobile Money, connect the site in front of you to the name on the register:

1. Read the footer. A licensed operator normally states that it is licensed and regulated by the Gaming Commission of Ghana, often with its company name. Compare the brand in that statement with the register.
2. Read the terms and conditions. The terms name the company you are contracting with. If the terms point to a licence in another country only, the Ghana licence is not covering you.
3. Ask support. Ask in writing: "Under which trade name are you licensed by the Gaming Commission of Ghana?" Keep the reply.
4. Check the address bar. Look-alike domains add a letter, a hyphen or a different ending. Type the address yourself or use the link from the operator's official social media page, not from a stranger's message.
5. Be careful with APK files. An app sent on WhatsApp or Telegram can be anything. Download from the official site or an official app store listing.

We follow these steps for every operator before we open a file on it. How we score what we find is on how we test.

What the operation types mean

One brand can hold several licences, and each licence is a separate row. SportyBet and MSport, for example, each have two rows: Sports Betting and Online Casino. The register does not define the categories, so here is how we read them:

A practical point: if a brand only has a Sports Betting row but its site pushes slots and crash games, ask the operator which licence covers those games. Our games page lists which big brands hold an Online Casino row.

Licences are yearly: check again in January 2027

Every licence on the current list was issued on 1 January 2026 and expires on 31 December 2026 (one row, CONSUL GAMES, shows 31/01/2026 as its expiry). A licence this year does not promise a licence next year. When the GCG publishes the 2027 list, we will re-check every operator on this site and update the files. If you are reading this in 2027 and the table still shows 2026 dates, check the GCG page directly.

Names that are easy to confuse

Some brands sound alike. Read the name letter by letter.

• Footbet is not on the register. FOOTBALL.COM is, with Sports Betting and Online Casino rows.
• Bet9ja is not on the register. BETKING is, with a Sports Betting row.
• MSPORT and MULASPORT are two different licensees.
• BETIKA and BETKING are two different licensees.

Popular names that are not on the register

On 10 November 2026 these brands were not on the GCG list: Paripesa, Linebet, Bet9ja, Footbet, Mozzartbet, Helabet, Megapari, 888bet, Supabets and Bet365. Some of them are licensed in other countries, and their adverts reach Ghana anyway. We do not review them, link to them or recommend them.

Why it matters to you:

• No GCG complaint route. The Commission has asked punters to report licensed companies that delay or refuse to pay winnings. It has no licence to act on when the operator is not licensed in Ghana.
• The law is against it. The Gaming Act 2006 (Act 721) makes it an offence to operate gaming without a licence (section 63) and to promote or provide facilities for unlawful gaming (section 33).
• Your money has no local safety net. If an unlicensed site freezes your balance or stops paying out to MoMo, you are dealing with a company outside Ghana's rules.

The licensed operators we cover are in our bookmaker files.

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