Tobique Gaming Commission (Tobique GC)
Jurisdiction
The Tobique Gaming Commission (TGC) is the online-gaming regulator of the Tobique First Nation (Neqotkuk), a Wolastoqey community in New Brunswick, Canada. It was established under the Tobique Gaming Act 2023 and licenses remote casino, sportsbook, poker, bingo, lottery and live-dealer games for both operators and suppliers. The commission asserts authority under First Nation sovereignty rather than Canada's federal or provincial frameworks. Licences are issued per company, run for one year and renew annually. Application intake is administered by an appointed licensing partner, and licensees are listed on a public register at thetgc.ca.
Advertising rules
The TGC publishes no jurisdiction-wide advertising standard comparable to the UK or Malta, so advertising compliance falls to the player's market and the operator's terms. Licensed operators must run a responsible-gaming policy, show deposit, loss and time limits, prevent underage play and withhold winnings until age and identity are verified. Importantly, a Tobique licence does not authorise play in regulated markets such as Great Britain, US states or Canadian provincial systems, so affiliates must geo-target away from those markets and never imply provincial or federal Canadian approval.
National self-exclusion register
GAMSTOP (UK self-exclusion) — https://www.gamstop.co.uk/
Responsible gambling resources
18+. Gambling can be addictive — play responsibly. Free, confidential help: GamCare or call 0808 8020 133.
How a Tobique licence works
The Tobique Gaming Act became law on 13 October 2023, and the first licences followed in 2024, including an early B2B licence to a major platform supplier. The commission positions itself as a simpler, sovereignty-based alternative to Curaçao and Anjouan, issuing one-year licences per legal entity and delegating application review to an appointed licensing administrator. Tobique does not publish a uniform numeric licence code. Its public register lists each holder by company name, licence class (B2C or B2B) and expiry date. We counted 173 entries on the register in June 2026, roughly 150 operator licences and 23 supplier licences.
What a Tobique licence means for players
A Tobique licence is a grey-market, sovereign permit. Its requirements on paper, responsible-gaming tools, self-exclusion and identity checks, are reasonable, but enforcement depth is materially weaker than an EU or UK regulator, and the licence carries no recognition in those regulated markets. The boundary between the commission as regulator and its commercial licensing administrator is also less clearly separated than at a state regulator, which is worth knowing when you weigh how independent oversight really is. We place Tobique in our Offshore-Verified tier alongside the lighter Curaçao and Anjouan permits. We rate each Tobique casino on its own record, but the licence itself does not lift the licensing component of our methodology. The operators we have reviewed under it are listed below.
How to verify a Tobique licence (our method)
Tobique uses domain-based verification rather than a number lookup. We confirmed in June 2026 that the official register at thetgc.ca lists current holders with their licence class and expiry. To check an operator:
Note the casino's exact domain.
Open the Tobique licence-holders register and find the operating company and domain, and check the expiry date has not passed.
Use the on-site TGC seal. A genuine seal validates the specific domain through the commission's validator; a seal that does not resolve to your casino's domain should not be trusted.
Remember the scope limit. Even a valid Tobique licence does not make a site lawful in Great Britain, the regulated US states or a Canadian province. If you are in one of those markets, this licence is not the reassurance it looks like.
We apply this check on every Tobique review and pair it with our own first-hand testing, because a young regulator with limited public documentation is exactly where a single cached directory entry is least reliable.
Frequently asked questions
Is a Tobique-licensed casino safe? It is licensed by a sovereign First Nation body with sensible written rules, but oversight is lighter than a national regulator. We would treat it as offshore-grade and verify the seal before depositing. Is a Tobique licence legal in Canada? Not in the provincial-regulated sense. The commission licenses under First Nation sovereignty and its licences are not authorised for Canadian provincial markets such as Ontario's iGaming system. How do I check a licence number? There is no public number to check. Verification is by domain on thetgc.ca and through the on-site seal validator. Can I self-exclude? The commission requires operators to offer self-exclusion and responsible-gaming limits, accessible through its player-protection surface. As with other offshore licences, it is not a national scheme, so it does not span every casino.