Crypto Casino Licences Explained: Curaçao to Tobique

By Eoin Fahy · Updated 7 October 2026

The majority of the crypto casinos which permit Irish customers have one of three licences; Curaçao, Anjouan or Tobique. None of these licences is Irish or from the EU. Each of them provides some information; who owns the casino, the legal rules the casino has consented to, and who (if anyone) outside the casino will consider a complaint. Seven of the ten casinos we cover have licences which we could validate.

7 of 10casinos we cover with a confirmed licence
3regulators behind those seven
2casinos that show no gaming licence
0with an Irish or EU licence

The short answer

Three regulators cover seven casinos. Curaçao has three, Anjouan two and Tobique two.
A licence can be checked in a minute. The seal in the footer opens a page on the regulator's own site.
Curaçao's regulator does not settle player complaints. It says so on its own site.
Anjouan and Tobique both point to an outside dispute service. Tobique also takes complaints itself.
No licence here is Irish. None gives you an Irish regulator or ombudsman to turn to.

Crypto casino licences explained in one card

Crypto casino licences explained side by side: Curaçao Gaming Authority, Anjouan and Tobique Gaming Commission, with the law behind each, where to check it and what happens to an unresolved complaint — The three licences held by seven of the ten casinos we cover.

A gaming licence is a permit from a regulator to run games for money. To get a licence, a company consents to a set of rules, pays fees and hands over the name of the company, the name of the owners and the systems of the company to the regulator.

As a player, that buys three things. You know who owns your money. The games have to meet a fairness standard. And, depending on the regulator, someone outside the casino will consider a dispute.

The third one varies most. It is the part worth reading before you deposit.

The Curaçao licence

March 2020
The authority takes over licensing
The Curaçao Gaming Authority begins licensing online gaming on behalf of the Minister of Finance.
November 2023
Reform starts
A phased reform of the online gaming regime begins, ahead of a new law.
24 December 2024
The new law takes effect
The National Ordinance on Games of Chance, the LOK, comes into force.
2 October 2026
Portal offline
The authority says its online portal for licence holders is offline, and that this "does not affect the validity of existing licenses".

Curaçao licences with a number that starts OGL are held by Cloudbet, Shuffle and Roobet. Each casino's seal has a certificate on the authority's site that shows the licence is active, and states the name of the company and the web address.

The authority's press releases refer to unauthorised access to the portal. The certificate pages behind the seals were still loading on 6 October 2026.

One thing the Curaçao licence doesn't have is a referee. The authority's site states it "does not handle individual complaints against gaming providers," and will not make an operator pay a customer. It does take complaints as information. It might take action against an operator if it discovers a pattern of laws being broken.

The Anjouan licence

An outside dispute service. The operator must give players access to one, once its own complaints process is finished.
Limits and self-exclusion. Working responsible gaming tools, with deposit limits and self-exclusion named.
Tested random number generators. All games must use certified ones.
Anti-money-laundering checks. To international standards, which is why ID can be asked for.

Anjouan is an island of the Union of Comoros (off east Africa). Its licence is issued under the Computer Gaming Licensing Act 007 of 2005, and is administered by Anjouan Licensing Services Inc. The list above is from the validation page that opens from a licensed casino's official seal.

BC.Game and Metaspins hold Anjouan licences, and both showed as valid. The same page lists the areas the licence doesn't cover: Australia, the Comoros, France, the Netherlands, Spain, the UK and US. Ireland isn't on it.

Hold the casino to first item. Metaspins' terms mention an outside dispute service without naming it. Should a complaint progress that far, ask support in writing which service it is.

The Tobique licence

2023the Tobique Gaming Act
3seal statuses: valid, warning, invalid
2 of 10casinos we cover licensed here
1 requestself-excludes you from every Tobique site

The Tobique Gaming Commission is of the Tobique First Nation, New Brunswick, Canada. It licenses online casinos under the Tobique Gaming Act 2023. 7Bit and Slots Gallery hold its licence, and both showed as valid.

Its seal shows 3 states. A green tick means it's valid. A yellow sign means an issue is under review. A red cross means it's not valid. The seal opens a validation page on the commission's own site.

Two notable features for players are the validation page which lets you file a complaint against a licensed site, and the Commission's self-exclusion programme which, with a single request, excludes a player from all licensed sites. Additionally, both casinos name EGIS as their external dispute service.

Casinos with no licence, or one we could not confirm

Betpanda

Company: Star Bright Media S.R.L, Costa Rica
Gaming licence: None shown
Complaints: Its own support only

Its terms say it is "not under any domestic licensing regime".

Vave

Company: Not named
Gaming licence: None shown
Complaints: A regulator the site does not name

The home page uses the word licensed. No licensor is given.

HellSpin

Company: Hellspin Operations N.V., Curaçao
Licence quoted: OGL/2024/2419/1067
Register check: Not found

Checked against the Curaçao register of 16 September 2026. No regulator seal on the site.

A company registered in Costa Rica is a company. It is not a gaming licence, and Betpanda's own terms do not pretend otherwise.

No licence does not prove a casino will treat you badly. It means that if it does, the conversation ends with its own support desk. Weigh that against other features the casino offers.

How to check a casino licence yourself

Find the sealScroll to the footer and look for the regulator's badge.
Click itA real seal is a link. A picture that does nothing is a warning sign.
Read the address barThe page must be on the regulator's own domain, such as cert.cga.cw.
Match the detailsThe company and web address on the page should match the casino's terms.
Read the statusActive or valid. Anything else, stop.

This process takes about a minute. It's one of seven checks I have in my guide 'are crypto casinos legit?' and the one that fails the most when something is amiss.

Where a complaint goes under each licence

Casino	Licence	After the casino's own support
Cloudbet	Curaçao	CADRE, an outside dispute service
Roobet	Curaçao	Arbitration in Curaçao, after 30 days
Shuffle	Curaçao	The authority, per the terms. XCM, its compliance company, also takes complaints
BC.Game	Anjouan	A compliance email address
Metaspins	Anjouan	A dispute service the terms do not name
7Bit	Tobique	EGIS, or the commission
Slots Gallery	Tobique	EGIS, or the commission
HellSpin	Not confirmed	None named in the terms
Vave	None shown	A regulator that is not named
Betpanda	None	Nobody

Shuffle's line deserves a second look. Its terms send unresolved complaints to the Curaçao Gaming Authority, and the authority says it will not rule on them. The better address would be on the page behind Shuffle's second seal: complaints@xcm.cw, at the compliance company that oversees it.

Whatever the path, keep a record from the beginning: the amount, date, transaction ID, and the email or chat where support said "no." A dispute service will ask for all of this.

What these licences do not give an Irish player

Not one of the ten casinos holds an Irish licence. Ireland's Gambling Regulatory Authority has not licensed them, and none of the three regulators above answers to an Irish or EU body.

An Irish complaints body. There is no Irish ombudsman for a dispute with one of these casinos.
Irish limits and protections. Deposit limits, exclusion tools and advertising rules are whatever the casino's own licence asks for.
A court close to home. The terms choose the law and the place for disputes, usually the country of the licence.

Where Irish law stands and what happens when Irish licensing opens is documented in is crypto gambling legal in Ireland. The ten casinos are documented in Bitcoin casinos in Ireland.

A seal tells you a regulator knows the casino exists. The terms tell you whether anyone will listen when you and the casino disagree.

Eoin Fahy, BitcoinSpins

Crypto casino licences explained: FAQ

What is an Anjouan gaming license?

A licence for online gaming issued under the Computer Gaming Licensing Act 007 of 2005 of Anjouan, an island in the Union of the Comoros. Licences begin with ALSI. BC.Game and Metaspins hold one each.

What are the gambling regulations on Curaçao?

The National Ordinance on Games of Chance, otherwise known as the LOK, has been in force since 24 December 2024. The Curaçao Gaming Authority licenses and regulates operators under it.

Is a Curaçao licence safe?

It acknowledges the named company is under supervision of the regulator. It does not name a body that will hear your complaint. The regulator states that it is not part of its mandate to resolve disputes between players and operators.

How do I check a crypto casino licence?

Click the regulator's seal in the casino's footer. This will open a page on the regulator's domain that lists the company name and the casino's web address, as well as whether it is active or valid.

Which crypto casinos have no licence?

Of the ten we cover, Betpanda and Vave show no gaming licence. HellSpin lists a Curaçao number that we could not find in the register.

Are these casinos licensed for Ireland?

No. Ireland has not licensed any of them. Where Irish gambling law stands is tracked in is crypto gambling legal in Ireland.

Who do I complain to about a crypto casino?

The casino's own support first. After that it is dependent on the terms: an outside dispute resolution service such as CADRE or EGIS, the Tobique commission, or arbitration. With no licence there is nobody after support.

Sources

Eoin Fahy, BitcoinSpins editor from Galway

About the author

Eoin Fahy writes BitcoinSpins from Galway. He opens the regulator's page from the seal before he reads anything else on a casino's site.

Play it safe

You must be 18 or over to gamble. Set a limit before you deposit and treat any loss as the cost of the fun. If gambling stops feeling like a pastime, GamblingCare runs a free 24-hour helpline on 1800 936 725. Our responsible gambling page lists more Irish support services.