To check a crypto casino licence, start with the exact website you use, identify the company named in its terms, and compare its licence claim with the regulator's own record. A matching brand name or a seal image is not enough. You need to establish what the record covers, whether it applies to that domain and what its status means.
This is a verification checklist for players, not advice on buying a gambling licence. It explains how to document a match without turning a missing search result into an accusation or a licence certificate into a promise of payment.
Editorial update: This revision replaces the July 2026 operator snapshot with a verification method. Earlier wording did not sufficiently separate a company record, domain applicability and current licensing status. The old snapshot must not be used as a current verification result; this update does not re-adjudicate individual operators.
Start with the site and company
Copy the address from your browser before searching. Keep the terms URL and, where available, the document date or version accepted for your account. A brand name is a useful starting point, but it is not a complete identifier.
In the footer and terms, look for the legal operator, company registration number, regulator, licence number and linked certificate. Search within the text for licen, operated by and registered. A company registration number and a gambling licence number answer different questions; do not substitute one for the other.
Use a short record rather than relying on memory:
Item | What to save |
|---|---|
Website | Exact host, including its suffix |
Contract | Terms URL and the applicable version, if stated |
Contracting company | Full legal name and registration number, if given |
Claimed licence | Regulator and complete licence number |
Supporting record | Official certificate or register URL |
Timing | Date read, stated issue/expiry dates and record edition |
A payment processor or privacy-policy contact is not automatically the company that owes the contractual gambling obligations. If the documents name different entities, ask which role each performs before treating them as interchangeable.
Open the correct official source
Use the regulator's own website to locate its verification service. A review page, search snippet or licence broker can supply a lead, but should not be the final evidence for a current licence statement.
For Curaçao, consult the CGA licensing portal and the certificate linked from the operator's website. The portal describes the transition under the National Ordinance on Games of Chance, which took effect on 24 December 2024. It also distinguishes provisional licences from definitive licences. A number's prefix alone does not resolve the current status or scope.02
For Anjouan, the official licence-verification page supports searches by licence number, company name or operational domain. It says that records are updated periodically and directs users to contact the authority when a time-sensitive check or unexpected search result needs clarification.03
Search the complete licence number, then the legal name. Where a registration number is provided on both sides, compare that too. A zero-result search for a brand may simply miss a record filed under its operator's legal name.
Check what the domain evidence proves
Not every official document proves the same connection.
The CGA's Certification Policy distinguishes a License Certificate, confirming a company's licence, from a Certificate of Operation, covering a specific player-facing domain. The latter should show the exact domain, licensed operator and current status. A company-level certificate is not interchangeable with domain-level authorisation.01
Anjouan's Registry Disclaimer describes a different limit. Listed domains are supplied by licence holders; inclusion records that the domain was notified as associated with licensed activities. It does not confirm ownership of the domain, trademark or associated intellectual property.05
Record that distinction in your notes. “Domain listed by the licence holder in the regulator's register” and “domain covered by a CGA Certificate of Operation” are different findings.
Do not transfer a certificate from a .com website to a similarly named .io website without a documented connection. Equally, finding an expired licence associated with a company does not establish that every website sharing its brand operates under that expired licence.
Read status and dates together
Copy the actual status, not your interpretation of the seal's colour. Keep any issue, expiry or effective date with it. The date you opened a document is not necessarily the date its underlying information changed.
Anjouan's published definitions distinguish the following:04
Status | Meaning in Anjouan's definitions |
|---|---|
Active | The holder is authorised to conduct licensed activities under the licence conditions |
Suspended | Authorisation is temporarily suspended |
Revoked | The licence has been withdrawn |
Expired | The validity period has ended without renewal |
If another display uses a different label, do not silently translate it into one of these categories. Preserve that wording and ask how it relates to the official definitions, particularly when the dates appear inconsistent.
If a certificate and a register give different answers, record both URLs, the licence holder and the dates. Check whether they describe the same licence and scope. Do not automatically select whichever produces a more reassuring result, or assume a later download means later underlying information.
Record a match or a gap
Useful verification notes are narrower than “safe” or “scam”.
What happened | A defensible note |
|---|---|
Company, licence and applicable domain match | Identify exactly which official record supports each part and when it was checked |
Company exists, but domain applicability is unresolved | Company licence located; connection to the tracked domain not established |
Search returns nothing or the source is blocked | Licence could not be verified through this check |
Company identifiers conflict | Identity mismatch requires clarification; do not join records by name alone |
Status or dates conflict | Conflicting primary records; retain both pending clarification |
For a search such as “1xBit licence” or “GG.BET licence”, the same method applies: the words in the search box do not select the legal entity or domain for you. This article does not issue a new licensing verdict on either brand.
Our operator evidence files are a starting point for locating claims and sources. For a time-sensitive decision, reopen the original source rather than treating a profile's past check date as a live guarantee.
Save a verification record
Keep a copy of the terms, certificate or register entry with its URL and date. Save enough context to show the company and domain, not just a cropped green status.
If you need clarification, a focused request is more useful than asking whether the casino is “legit”:
Please identify the company contracting with customers at [exact domain], its registration number and applicable gambling licence. Please provide the official record linking that company and licence to this domain and explain the conflicting status or date shown at [source URL].
Send that request through an official contact route. Do not include passwords, wallet recovery words or unnecessary identity documents.
Licence verification also does not complete a withdrawal dispute. Keep the operator's complaint process and any applicable escalation route separately; our Curaçao complaints guide and Anjouan complaints explainer cover that next question. Do not assume that a register listing gives the regulator power to recover a particular payment.
The useful result of checking a crypto casino licence is a documented connection between your website, your contracting company and the relevant official record. When part of that connection is missing, keeping the gap visible is more informative than forcing a yes-or-no answer.