Two questions decide whether a launch plan survives its first board meeting: what the first year costs, and which territories will let you sell your product at all. The free iGaming tools on this page take one each. The calculator runs in your browser, the map is open, and neither asks who you are first.
Neither of these iGaming tools sells you anything on the way in: no vendor prices are pre-filled, and no market climbs the list because it suits us.
This page is the manual for both iGaming tools: what each one answers, what it needs from you, how to read the output, and where that output stops deserving your trust. Read that last part before either figure reaches a deck.
Cost calculator: what a first year actually costs
The first of the two iGaming tools turns a plan into a schedule of money. It answers one question with your own figures: what does it take to get a casino or a sportsbook live, and what does month twelve look like once bonuses, taxes and payment fees are counted. There is no price list inside the first-year budget model, because the answer moves with your licence and marketing plan.
Inputs the calculator needs from you
- Quick mode, four figures First-year budget, monthly marketing budget, expected cost per acquired player and expected revenue per player. Marketing spend becomes players, players become an annual revenue line, and the answer arrives in a minute.
- Full mode, three steps Five pre-launch lines cover what you buy once: legal entity, licence, software, front end and the first campaign. Thirteen recurring lines carry the month, from platform fee, salaries and marketing through payment processing and game provider fees to bonus budget, gaming taxes, bankroll and support. Three revenue inputs finish it: monthly bet count, average bet, and total win or RTP. Flip the vertical toggle and the provider fee line becomes odds and data feed costs.
- Four headline figures come back: yearly bet volume, yearly GGR, yearly total revenue, and pre-launch plus operating spend combined. Beneath them sits a month-by-month statement, the part worth reading. Find the month your cash position is lowest, then the first month marketing returns more than it costs. The distance between those two is the funding conversation you are about to have, and it needs no form.
- It projects your assumptions, not the market Acquisition cost and revenue per player compound across twelve months, so a modest error in either swings the annual total further than any licence fee.
- Quick mode leaves churn out on purpose That keeps it fast, and makes the revenue line an optimistic ceiling rather than a plan.
- Tax and licence figures are yours to supply No per-jurisdiction rate table sits behind the fields, so a wrong rate stays wrong all the way to the total.
- It prices no contract, including ours The output is arithmetic on numbers you typed, and none of it is financial advice or a quote.
Regulation map: which markets are open to your product
The second of the iGaming tools, an interactive map of market status, deals with permission rather than money. Before a budget means anything you need to know whether a territory licenses your vertical, who issues that licence, and whether you may advertise once you hold one. A single national label answers none of that reliably, because a market can license sports betting and leave online casino untouched.
Filters that turn a world map into a shortlist
- Colour map The default view fills roughly 49 markets by status, so you can scan a region, see where the clusters sit and click through to a territory.
- Sortable table The same dataset as rows, for comparing five candidates rather than browsing.
- Three controls drive both views: status, region, and gambling type, which covers casino and online casino, betting and online betting, lottery and bingo. The active filter is held in the URL, so a narrowed view can be shared or cited without a screenshot.
- Every card carries the same fields: status per gambling type, the regulator and a link to its site, local licence types, whether advertising is permitted, restricted or unclear, and the date the entry was last checked. Cards also show where our platform holds certification.
- Four definitions run across every territory. Regulated means a framework exists and a licensed operator may serve local players. Mixed means treatment is split, across verticals or across states. Unregulated means the law is silent, making entry a commercial risk decision rather than a compliance one. Prohibited means the activity is banned, and enforcement can reach payments and advertising too.
- It is orientation, not legal advice Using the map creates no lawyer relationship, and no card is an opinion on your structure. Anything you plan to rely on should be confirmed with the regulator, or with counsel admitted in that market.
- The regulator outranks us If a card and the regulator's own published text point in different directions, the regulator's text is what binds you.
- Coverage is roughly 49 markets, not the world The United States sits as one mixed entry rather than a state-by-state breakdown, so a US plan needs more work.
- A card is only as fresh as its review date Law changes between reviews, and the visible date lets you price that risk.
- Status describes the territory, not your appetite Two operators can read one card and decide opposite ways, so we publish definitions rather than verdicts.
Using both tools on one launch decision
Most operators reach for the two iGaming tools in a fixed order, and the order matters. Start on the map, because permission gates everything downstream, and narrow to three or four territories where your vertical is genuinely licensed.
Then take those territories to the calculator one at a time, because the licence line, the tax rate and the bankroll requirement all move with the jurisdiction. Run Full mode twice and compare the twelve-month statements rather than the setup fees.
A market that licenses online casino but restricts advertising does not raise your upfront bill. It slows the acquisition ramp, which arrives as a later break-even month, a different problem to fund.
Where the numbers come from, and what these iGaming tools leave out
In the calculator, every currency figure on screen is one you entered. The only values we supply are indicative launch timelines from a documented benchmark: roughly one to three weeks for white label, two to four for turnkey, four to eight for modular software, and twelve to eighteen months for an in-house build. Those are planning ranges, not contractual commitments.
On the map, statuses come from the regulator's own site or the text of the law, in that order of authority. Trade press prompts a re-check and is never the source of a status, and compliance owns the data rather than marketing.
What neither of the iGaming tools covers is worth stating plainly. There is no traffic estimate, no player-level data and no competitor benchmark in either. Neither prices a vendor contract or produces a tax opinion.
What to read once the iGaming tools have narrowed the field
The step-by-step casino launch guide covers the sequence from market choice to first deposit.
The operator guide to launching a betting brand does the same on the betting side, including trading and odds feeds.
On the product question, the casino software feature set sets out what a platform must include before you compare quotes.
For the licensing layer, our certification and licensing detail covers jurisdictions, KYC, AML and responsible gaming.
If a term is unfamiliar, the operator terms explained page defines the vocabulary in plain English.
Frequently asked questions
Are these iGaming tools free to use?
Yes, both, with no trial period and no usage cap. The calculator runs in your browser and the map has no gate at any level. The one exception is the pre-filled spreadsheet of your P&L, which asks for a business email.
Do I have to hand over an email address?
Not to get an answer. The map never asks for one, and the calculator shows your twelve-month statement on screen before any form appears. Inputs are not stored unless you request the spreadsheet, at which point you have chosen to share them.
Can I use them if my platform comes from another provider?
Yes. Both iGaming tools are provider-agnostic, with no defaults weighted towards our own commercials. Enter a rival quote as the software line and the model treats it identically. Using either one carries no obligation to speak to us afterwards.
Do these tools give legal or financial advice?
No, and they are built so they cannot be mistaken for it. The calculator performs arithmetic on figures you supply. The map is a reference on how markets are structured, and any decision it informs still needs a licensed adviser in that jurisdiction.
Which one should I open first?
Open the map first when the market is undecided, since permission determines which budgets are worth modelling at all. Open the calculator first when the territory is settled and funding is the live question. Most plans use both iGaming tools, in that order.
How accurate is the first-year budget the calculator produces?
As accurate as the inputs behind it, which is the point of running your own figures rather than quoting a range from an article. Structure is where it earns its place: bankroll, bonus cost and payment fees are forced onto the page.
How current is the regulation data behind the map?
Every entry carries its own last-reviewed date rather than one site-wide freshness claim, and markets with active legislation are re-checked ahead of the rest. A stale card is flagged, so you can judge the age of an answer before you rely on it.
Can I link to these tools from my own site?
Yes, and we would rather you did that than copy the tables out. Filtered map views keep their state in the URL, so you can link to the exact slice under discussion. A credit back to the page is all we ask.
Run the numbers, then check the market
Both iGaming tools take minutes, cost nothing and commit you to nothing. Model the budget, filter the markets, then bring back whatever the two outputs disagree on. When the assumptions need pressure-testing, send us your shortlist and we will go through them line by line.