Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. This may be downloaded from our website at www.bglc.gov.jm  or by clicking here:  http://www.bglc.gov.jm/%3Dnode/283   The Form may also be collected from our offices at 78cef Hagley Park Road at the corner of Keesing Avenue, entrance on Keesing Avenue.

• A Permit Fee of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) payable to the Betting, Gaming & Lotteries Commission
• Certified copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Association
• Certificate of Incorporation
• A statement showing the names and addresses of the directors and secretary of the company and of the persons in accordance with whose directions or instructions the directors are accustomed to act and whether or not such persons are citizens of and resident in Jamaica.
• A statement showing the authorized capital, the issued capital, the paid up capital and a list of the names, addresses and occupations of the person who are shareholders in the company at the time of the application and whether or not such persons are citizens of and residents in Jamaica.
• Last audited Financial Statement, or, if not yet available, in-house financial statements.
• Opening Profit and Loss Account and Balance Sheet.
• Documentary evidence to substantiate the filing of Income Tax Returns for the company and its directors.
• Completed Personal Declaration Form and the requisite attachments

You may do so, however a full review of your application will not be conducted until all documents required are submitted.

Yes. The Commission shall notify the applicant in writing of the status of the application.

As outlined in Section 19 (2) of the Betting Gaming & Lotteries (2010) Amendment Act, you would be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) or, in default of payment thereof, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding eighteen months.