Licensed Betting Companies in Ghana: Who Is on the 2026 Register

By Alex Mensah, Lead Reviewer · Register read 23 October 2026 · Updated 24 October 2026

• Read from the Gaming Commission's own list
• Every row published, nothing filtered out
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Short answer: on 23 October 2026 the Gaming Commission of Ghana's register listed 32 trade names for sports betting, including SportyBet, Betway, betPawa, 1xBet and MSport, and 20 for online casino. Every entry runs to 31 December 2026 except one.

This page is a reference list taken from the register, not a ranking. The bookmakers we have tested with our own money, with scores and payout results, are ranked on our page of best betting sites in Ghana.

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Betting companies licensed for sports betting in Ghana

These are the trade names the Gaming Commission lists for sports betting, read on 23 October 2026. The second column shows the exact label the register prints, the third whether the same name also holds an online casino entry, and the last what we have published about each brand ourselves.

Trade names are shown in capitals exactly as the register prints them. 16 of these names also hold an online casino entry; the other 16 are licensed for sports betting only.

Online casino entries without a sports betting licence

A handful of trade names hold an online casino entry and no sports betting entry. They are licensed in Ghana for casino games only, so a sportsbook under the same name would need a separate entry that the register does not show.

Other licence types on the register

The rest of the list covers land-based casinos, remote interactive games, route operations, bingo and scratch cards. None of these entries licenses an online sportsbook, and they are listed here so the record on this page is complete.

How to read the Gaming Commission register

The register is a single table with five columns: trade name, operation type, date issued, expiry date and location. It is the only official source for who holds a Ghanaian licence, and it is also thinner than most players expect, which is why the way you read it matters.

• No licence numbers. The list publishes none, so a number printed in an operator's footer cannot be matched against it. Match the trade name and the activity instead.
• No company names and no web addresses. A trade name on the list does not tell you which website it covers. Where one brand runs several domains, check the footer of the site you are actually using.
• One row per activity. A brand licensed for sports betting and online casino appears twice. A brand that appears once is licensed for that activity only.
• Three sports betting labels. Sports Betting, Online Sports Betting and Online & Land-Based Sports Betting all appear, with no published definition. We report the label exactly as printed.
• Calendar-year licences. Every entry we read was issued on 1 January 2026 and, with one exception, expires on 31 December 2026. A route operation entry still shows 31 January 2026 as its expiry date while remaining on the list.

Our guide to online gambling law in Ghana covers what the Gaming Act requires and how the licence categories fit together.

Sports-only entries: why a betting licence does not cover a casino

A sports betting entry does not license casino games. The Commission licenses each activity separately, so a brand listed only for sports betting has no Ghanaian licence for slots, live tables or crash games, even when the same website offers them.

Two brands we know well show how this plays out. Melbet is on the register for sports betting only; the Ghanaian permit attached to that name is displayed on melbet.com.gh under a company called OTRADA LIMITED, while the melbetghana.com site we tested runs its casino under a Curacao licence held by Pelican Entertainment B.V. 22Bet is also listed for sports betting only. If casino games are what you want, check for a separate Online Casino row under the same trade name, or use our ranking of online casinos in Ghana, which states the licence behind every casino.

Brands that market to Ghana without a register entry

Several brands we have tested accept Ghanaian players and take cedis or crypto without any entry on the Gaming Commission register. Some hold a licence elsewhere and some hold none we could confirm. A brand on this list has no Ghanaian regulator to hear a complaint.

None of these brands appears on the register in any category on 23 October 2026. Each review sets out the full licence check, and our methodology explains why a brand without a licence we can confirm is reviewed but not ranked.

How to check a betting company yourself

Checking a licence takes about a minute and needs nothing more than the Commission's website and the operator's footer. Do it before your first deposit, and again if a brand changes its address or its name.

1. Open the Gaming Commission's licensed operators page.
2. Type the brand's trade name into the search box above the table.
3. Check the operation type: Sports Betting for a sportsbook, Online Casino for casino games.
4. Check the expiry date has not passed.
5. Open the footer of the site you use and check that it names the same brand. If the footer names a different company or an offshore regulator, read our review of that brand before depositing.

What changed on the register

We read the register at the start of every month and log the differences here, so you can see when a brand joins, leaves or changes category. The January renewal is when the list usually changes most.

The full register as printed

This is every row exactly as the Commission's page showed it on 23 October 2026, in the same order, for anyone who wants to check our grouping above against the source.

Cite this list: BestCasinosAfrica, "Gaming Commission of Ghana licensed operators", the full register as read on 23 October 2026, https://bestcasinosafrica.com/licensed-betting-companies-in-ghana/#all-rows. You are welcome to reuse our read of the register under CC BY 4.0: credit BestCasinosAfrica and link back to this page. The register itself is published by the Gaming Commission of Ghana.

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