Casinos to Avoid: Closed, Inactive and Blocked Brands

The casinos to avoid on this list are online casinos that, when we checked them on 12 and 15 October 2026, had closed, had lost their website, or were on the Australian regulator’s blocked list. Our table records 73 closed or inactive brands (45 closed, 28 with no working website) and the 20 brands with the most blocked mirror domains in Australia. Every row states what we found, where, and on which date.

A place on this page is a status, not an insult. We describe what a player would meet today if they followed an old review, a bonus link or a forum post to one of these brands, and we say what to do instead. If you run one of these sites and the status has changed, the editorial policy explains how to ask for a correction.

Why avoid a casino that has closed?

A casino that has closed cannot pay winnings, process withdrawals or answer complaints, so any deposit sent to a look-alike site or a re-registered domain is at risk. When a brand’s domain is sold, the new owner can put anything on it: a comparison page, an unrelated casino or a copy of the old design. Old reviews and bonus codes still circulate long after the operator has gone.

That is why the table below names the domain we tested, not only the brand. A brand name can come back under a new company, and a domain that changed hands rarely means the same people are behind it. Where a casino published its own closure notice, we say so. Where the domain simply stopped resolving, we say that instead and do not guess at the reason.

The avoid list: closed and inactive casinos

Each brand below was first found closed or inactive in our 12 October 2026 audit of the casino reviews published across our review network, then re-tested from a European server on 15 October 2026 with a DNS lookup and an HTTPS request. “Closed” means a closure notice, a domain for sale, or a domain now used for another website. “Website no longer active” means no DNS record, a parked page or no response.

A “security challenge” result means a firewall page stopped our automated request on 15 October; in those four cases the 12 October closure evidence still stands and we will repeat the check by hand. A “no response” result means the server did not answer an HTTPS request within 20 seconds.

Two brands, All Star Casino and AllStar Casino, appear twice because they used separate domains (allstarcasino1.com and allstarcasino.com) that both carry the same closure page. Several other brands traded under more than one address over the years; we list the domain our network’s review pointed to, because that is the address most old links still use. If you know a brand by a different domain, search for the brand name in the table and check that address the same way before you trust it.

How do you read each status?

Read the status column as a description of the domain on the date shown, nothing more. “Closed” is used when the operator announced it, when the domain is offered for sale, or when an unrelated website now uses it. “Website no longer active” covers domains with no DNS record, parked domains and servers that no longer respond, all of which mean you cannot reach a casino there.

• Closure notice on its own website: the operator itself said it stopped trading. All Star Casino, for example, told visitors that new registrations ended on 4 August 2026 and games were switched off on 30 August 2026, and Campeonbet’s domain now returns HTTP 410 (“gone”) on a page at the address /terminated/.
• Domain for sale or registered to someone else: brokers such as HugeDomains and Atom list the name, or a holding page has replaced the casino. Omnia Casino, Jambo Casino and GoodWin all pointed to for-sale listings on 15 October 2026.
• Domain now used for another website: the old casino address shows a comparison site, a news site or a different brand. Profistarz now forwards to a subdomain promoting another casino brand, and WinMonaco forwards to the Casino de Monte-Carlo website of the Société des Bains de Mer, a land-based casino group.
• No DNS record: the domain no longer points anywhere. 21 brands, including AllReels, egoCasino, TrueFlip and Spela, returned no address at all on 15 October 2026.

Which brands have the most blocked mirrors in Australia?

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) publishes the domains it has asked internet providers to block because they offer online casino games to Australians, which the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 makes an offence for the operator. On 15 October 2026 ACMA’s public list held 1,810 domain entries. Many brands appear dozens of times because new numbered mirror domains keep appearing after each block.

We counted every entry in ACMA’s list whose domain contains the brand’s name, so a count can include a few addresses that only resemble the brand. ACMA itself reports that it had blocked 1,822 websites since November 2019 as of 24 September 2026. A block applies in Australia; the same casino may hold a licence elsewhere, and our blocked casinos page explains what a block does and does not tell you.

Why does one brand have dozens of blocked domains?

A brand gains extra entries on ACMA’s list each time a new mirror domain is blocked. Mirrors are copies of the same casino on new addresses, usually the brand name plus a number, such as rocketplay11.com or levelupcasino10.com. ACMA blocks each one it finds, so a long row in our table shows a brand that kept reaching Australian players through fresh addresses.

For a player outside Australia, mirrors matter for a different reason. A mirror with a number in its name is hard to tell apart from a copycat site run by someone else, and both look the same in a search result. Before you log in on a numbered domain, open the casino’s main site, find its official list of alternative addresses in the help pages or terms, and compare. If the main site does not name the mirror, do not enter your password there.

Blocks also explain some of the “no response” results you will meet when you test casinos yourself from Australia: an internet provider that follows an ACMA request stops resolving or answering for that domain. Our own checks run from a European server so that a block in one country does not look like a closure.

What should you do if your casino is on this list?

Stop depositing, try to withdraw any balance that still shows, and keep evidence. If the casino closed with your money inside, write to its support and to the licence holder named in its terms, then use the dispute route its licence requires. Screenshots of your balance, transaction IDs and emails are what an adjudicator or your bank will ask for first.

1. Log in if you still can and screenshot the cashier, balance and any pending withdrawals.
2. Save your transaction history and the terms and conditions page, including the company name and licence number.
3. Send a written withdrawal request or complaint to the support email, and keep the reply.
4. If there is no answer within the period the terms set, go to the dispute body or regulator named in the licence. Our guide on how to complain about a casino walks through each step.
5. If you paid by card or e-wallet recently, ask your provider about a dispute. The chargebacks and crypto guide explains time limits and why crypto deposits cannot be pulled back.

How does a casino get added or removed?

A brand is added when a dated check finds one of the statuses defined in our method: a closure notice, a lost or sold domain, no working website, or a regulator listing. It is removed or updated when a new check shows the website working again under a named, verifiable licence holder, or when the operator sends evidence that we got something wrong.

Every change is written into the monthly status log with the date and the reason, so you can see what moved and why. We re-test the whole table at least once a month. A brand that relaunches does not leave the list automatically: the new site has to show who runs it and a licence we can find on the regulator’s own register, as our licence check guide shows.

What the list does not say

This list does not claim that any operator here cheated players. A casino can close for commercial reasons, sell its domain after a rebrand, or leave a market without wrongdoing. The point for a player is practical: none of the domains above offers a casino you can safely sign up to today, so a review, banner or bonus code that sends you there is out of date.

It also does not cover every casino that has ever shut. We list brands that were reviewed somewhere in our network and that we could re-test ourselves. For brands not on the list, run the checks in how to spot a rogue casino before you deposit, and look up the licence on the regulator’s register rather than trusting the casino’s footer.

What are the warning signs before a casino closes?

Closures rarely come without signals. In the cases we tracked, players saw slower withdrawals, a shrinking cashier, sudden changes to the terms or a licence number that no longer matched the register, often weeks before a closure notice. None of these proves a casino will shut, but two or three together are a reason to withdraw your balance and stop depositing.

All Star Casino is a clean example of an orderly exit: it announced the end of registrations first and switched games off almost four weeks later, which gave players time to cash out. Less orderly exits end with a domain that simply stops resolving, which is what we found for 21 brands on this list.

Why do old links still send players to closed casinos?

Old reviews, bonus code pages, forum signatures and social posts keep working long after a casino closes, because nobody updates them. When the domain expires, a buyer can redirect that traffic anywhere. On 15 October 2026 several former casino domains on our list forwarded visitors to other casino brands, comparison sites or unrelated pages.

That traffic is the reason domains like these are bought. A player who clicks an old “exclusive bonus” link expects the casino they read about and lands on something else, often with a similar design or name. If a page asks you to sign up again, re-enter card details or “verify” an old account on a domain listed here, close it. Your old account, if it still exists, sits with the company that ran the casino, not with whoever owns the domain today.

A worked example: checking an old bonus link

Suppose a 2023 forum post promises 200 free spins at a casino from this table. Before you click, copy the domain and search it on this page. If it is listed, read the status and the date. If it is not, check three things yourself: who runs the site, which licence it claims, and whether that licence appears on the regulator’s register.

1. Paste the domain into a WHOIS or RDAP lookup and note the registration date. A casino that claims to have run since 2015 on a domain registered last month has changed hands.
2. Open the terms and conditions and copy the company name, registration number and licence number.
3. Look the licence up on the regulator’s own website, not through a link in the casino’s footer.
4. Compare the brand name, company and domain across all three. Any mismatch is a reason to stop.

The same four steps take about five minutes and catch most look-alike domains. They are the core of our own checks, described in full in our method.

Does a closed casino owe you anything?

Usually yes, but collecting it depends on the licence. A licensed operator that closes is normally expected to pay out customer balances, and its licence conditions or the regulator decide how. Offshore licensing bodies such as the Curaçao Gaming Authority and the Anjouan authority do not settle individual disputes, so you complain to the operator first and then to a dispute resolution body.

Under the Curaçao system, the Curaçao Gaming Authority does not mediate individual disputes: players complain to the casino first and then to one of the seven ADR bodies the CGA has certified, a list dated 31 August 2026. For Anjouan licences, the complaint goes through the site’s licence seal, a dispute about a game result must be raised within 14 days, the operator has 30 days to reply, and an independent ADR body paid by the operator follows. Keep every message, because a closed brand’s support address may stop working at any time.

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