The permits issued by the Commission to online gambling operators are called Client Provider Authorizations.
[4] The Commission charges an initial application fee for a Client Provider Authorization of US$40,000.
In September 2009, following a lengthy investigation, the Commission issued its decision[9] in what has become known as the Ultimate Bet cheating scandal.
[10] The Commission's decision affirmed that cheating had occurred on the Ultimate Bet poker site and imposed a number of sanctions on Ultimate Bet's ownership, Tokwiro Enterprises, including: a direction that approximately US$22,000,000 be refunded to Ultimate Bet players, a fine in the amount of US$1,500,000 and a direction that Ultimate Bet modify its operations in numerous specific ways to ensure there would be no further incidences of cheating.
In September 2016, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement announced that it had reached an understanding with the Kahnawake Gaming Commission wherein the KGC would no longer provide licenses to gambling operators who accept customers from the United States of America.