How to Verify a Casino Licence Seal

To verify a casino licence, copy the operator’s company name and licence number from the casino’s terms, then look them up on the regulator’s own website, not through the casino’s footer. The licence should be active, belong to the same company, and list the domain you are using. For Anjouan and Tobique, click the seal on the casino site and confirm it opens the regulator’s domain. The whole check takes about five minutes.

Below are the exact steps for the six licences you will meet most often, a table of where each register lives, and what to do when a check fails. For background on why a licence can look real and still mean little, read our page on unlicensed casinos and invalid seals.

What do you need before you start?

You need three details from the casino and one rule for yourself. From the casino: the legal company name, its licence number and the domain you play on, all usually in the first section of the terms and conditions or the footer. The rule: always type the regulator’s address yourself or use a search engine, never the casino’s link.

1. Open the casino’s terms and conditions and find the clause that names the operator, often “This website is operated by”.
2. Copy the company name with its legal form (Ltd, B.V., N.V., SRL, Limitada) and its registration number.
3. Copy the licence number exactly, including slashes and leading zeros.
4. Note the domain in your browser’s address bar. Mirror domains need to be covered too.

Where is each regulator’s register?

Each regulator publishes its list differently. Some offer a search tool, some a PDF, and two rely on a seal that links to a verification page. The table gives the official place to check and what a pass looks like. Bookmark the addresses you need so that you never reach a register through a casino’s own link.

How do you check a UK Gambling Commission licence?

Search the Gambling Commission’s public register by the company name or account number from the casino’s terms. Open the result and check three fields: the licence status, the trading names and the domain names. A casino serving Great Britain must appear with the domain you are using; a valid licence for a different domain does not cover the site in front of you.

The register also shows past regulatory action against the licensee. Read it: a recent penalty or warning is not a reason to panic, but it tells you which rules the operator has broken before.

How do you check a Malta Gaming Authority licence?

Use the MGA’s licensee register, which can be searched by licensee name, authorisation status, URL or gaming service. Search the domain first: if the URL is not listed under an active licensee, the casino is not covered by an MGA licence. Then click the dynamic seal on the casino site and confirm it opens the MGA’s own page for the same company.

The MGA publishes notices of URLs it has no connection with, most recently on 25 September 2026 for addresses identified that month. If a casino claims an MGA licence and appears there, treat the claim as false.

How do you check a Curaçao licence?

Curaçao’s regulator, the Curaçao Gaming Authority (CGA), publishes its registers as PDFs on cga.cw. Download the online gaming licence registry, use your PDF reader’s search for the licence number, and read the row: licensee, B2C or B2B, registration number, issue and expiry dates, status. Then check the enforcement register for revocations.

Two cautions apply in October 2026. The CGA’s online portal was taken offline after unauthorised access reported in September 2026 (its notice of 7 October says the portal is offline, and trade press reported on 13 October that it will close for good), and many rows read “Assessment in progress” with a validity period that has already passed. The CGA says existing licences remain valid, but its own disclaimer adds that the overviews do not guarantee current validity. Note the date of the PDF you used.

How do you check Anjouan and Tobique seals?

Both depend on the seal. Click it in the casino’s footer, confirm the page opens on the regulator’s domain (anjouangaming.com or validate.tobiquefirstnation.ca), and read the status and domain shown. A bare-domain lookup on the Anjouan register always returns INVALID, so the seal ID is the reliable route; only an Active status authorises licensed gaming.

Anjouan’s seal policy requires the seal to link directly to the official verification page and to appear only on domains the licence covers. A seal that opens a page on the casino’s own domain, or that shows a different domain from the one you are on, fails the check.

How do you check a Kahnawake permit?

The Kahnawake Gaming Commission lists its interactive gaming permit holders on gamingcommission.ca, with the websites each company runs. Find the company from the casino’s terms and confirm the domain appears under it. On 6 October 2026 the list showed, for example, Starscream Limited with crazeplay.com and rantcasino.com.

How often should you re-check?

Check once before your first deposit and again every few months, or whenever something changes: a new company name in the terms, a new domain, a payment method that disappears. Licences expire and are revoked; Curaçao’s enforcement register alone recorded 31 revocations by 14 September 2026. A casino that passed in spring may not pass in autumn, and the status log shows how often brands on our lists change.

What does a fake or copied seal look like?

A copied seal usually fails in one of a few predictable ways. Spotting them takes a click and a glance at the address bar. The table lists what we look for in our own checks, described in our method.

What should you do when a check fails?

Stop and do not deposit. Take dated screenshots of the footer, the seal page and your register search. If you already have a balance, withdraw it before anything else, and keep the cashier history. Report a copied seal to the regulator whose name is used, and send the details to us so we can check and add it to our casinos to avoid.

A failed check on a casino you already use also changes your complaint route: without a valid licence there is no certified dispute body. Our guide on how to complain about a casino explains what still works, and the rogue casino checklist lists the other signs worth a look.

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