Registers and certificates

Reading a plinko casino licence in the issuing authority's register

Small print at the foot of a lobby names a certificate; the authority that issued it keeps the record showing who holds it, whether it is current and which domains it actually covers.

A plinko casino licence is usually no more than a line of small print at the bottom of the lobby: an authority's name, a string of letters and digits, sometimes a seal. That line is where the useful work starts, because every number can be typed into a register run by whoever issued it, and the register answers questions the footer never does.

What a licence number tells you

The number identifies a certificate, not a website. A certificate belongs to a company, the holder, and that company may run one casino or several under the same paper. The format hints at the issuer: Curaçao certificates in the table look like OGL/2023/111/0069, while Anjouan ones look like ALSI-202603013-FI1.

On its own, a number proves only that the casino chose to print it. It does not show whether the certificate is current, who holds it or whether the domain you are playing on is one of the sites it covers. Those three facts live in the register. Whether a casino with such a certificate even shows Plinko is a separate question, answered on the plinko gambling sites page rather than in any register.

How to look up a plinko casino licence

The lookup takes a few minutes and needs nothing more than the number or the domain.

Lookup path for a casino licence: the number printed in the footer, the regulator named next to it, the regulator’s public register, and the register entry showing the holder company and the domains it covers — A licence number in a footer is a claim. It becomes a fact only in the register of the body that issued it, where the holder and the covered domains are listed.

Curaçao: cert.cga.cw

Open cert.cga.cw, the certificate portal of the Curaçao Gaming Authority, and search by certificate number or by domain. A result shows the holder's name, a status, the issue date and a field listing the domains attached to the certificate. Compare three things with what the casino prints: the number, the company name in its terms and the address in your browser bar.

Anjouan: the public register

The Anjouan register lists each holder with a licence number, an expiry date, a status and the domains covered. Search by company or by domain, then read the expiry date yourself rather than relying only on the status word, because the two do not always agree.

Holder lists without domains

Some authorities publish a list of holders that carries company names and dates but no websites. The Tobique list is one of these. It can confirm that a company holds a licence to a certain date, but it cannot confirm that a given casino runs under that company, because no domain appears next to the name.

Holder and domain are separate questions

A match on the holder is only half an answer. Suppose a footer names a company and a number, and the register shows that company holding that number: the certificate exists, but the register has still not said anything about the site in front of you.

The domain field closes that gap. When the register lists the exact domain you are on, the chain runs unbroken from the lobby to the authority. When the field lists other domains, or none, the certificate may be genuine and still not tie back to this casino in any public record.

Vave shows the difference clearly. Latcas B.V. holds OGL/2024/1676/0905, which the portal shows as active from 19 May 2025. Its domain field, looked at on 12 September 2026, named vavegame.com, and vave.com was absent. The holder and number line up; the domain does not.

Why the score asks for the domain

The ranking gives its fifth point only when the licence shows in the issuing authority's register under the casino's own domain. A footer can be copied, a company name can be borrowed, and a number can belong to a sister brand, but a domain listed by the authority itself is hard to fake from the casino's side.

Comparison of the domain in the browser with the domains listed on a register entry: an exact match is marked as covered, a similar-looking domain that is not on the list is marked as not covered — The register covers named domains. A licence found for a brand does not cover a domain that is missing from the entry, however similar it looks.

That is also why the check is a plain yes or no. A register entry that lists the domain earns the point; anything else, from a missing number to a list without websites, does not. How the other four points work is covered in the scoring notes.

Plinko casino licence records in the ranked table

The twelve numbered casinos, plus Vave in the first row, cover almost every situation a register can produce:

Listed and active under the domain. Moon Technologies B.V. holds OGL/2023/111/0069 for Bitcasino.io, issued 1 July 2024, with bitcasino.io in the domain list on 12 September 2026. MBet Solutions N.V. holds OGL/2023/110/0072, granted 22 July 2024, and a lookup for sportsbet.io on 16 September 2026 showed it active; Sportsbet.io's terms print the same number in cl. 1.2. Natural Nine B.V. holds OGL/2024/1337/0628 for Shuffle.com, issued 16 October 2024, per a search of 8 September 2026.
Active, though the terms lag behind. Oyine N.V. holds OGL/2024/930/0387, issued 22 July 2024, and bitsler.com sat on it at the 12 September 2026 search, while Bitsler's terms still talk about an application.
Anjouan with the domain listed. Blockbet's holder, 3-102-953229 SRL, has ALSI-202603013-FI1, issued 14 March 2026 and running to 13 March 2027; blockbet.gg was on the entry on 16 September 2026, matching the footer. Winz.io appears under Novatrix SRL with ALSI-202508056-FI2 to 24 August 2027, while its terms (cl. 1.1) also cite Tobique licence no. 0000002.
Expiry passed, status unchanged. Brightsky Limited and ALSI-202508057-FI2 are what Hyper Lucky's terms print. The register lists hyperlucky.com under BrightSky Ltd, yet shows an expiry of 28 August 2026 while the entry still reads valid.
Portal says not valid. Rocketpot's terms (cl. 1.2) cite 1668/JAZ, and two lookups on cert.cga.cw, on 12 and 13 September 2026, returned that certificate as not valid.
Two authorities at once. Metaspins' terms (cl. 1.1) print Anjouan ALSI-202606048-FI2, while the Curaçao register showed Metaspins N.V. holding OGL/2024/1063/0437, active for metaspins.com, on 12 September 2026. The table keeps both without choosing.
Holder confirmed, domain unknowable. Winna's terms name GG Gaming S.R. L. under Tobique with no number. On the Tobique holder list that company runs to 8 May 2027, with no website printed anywhere beside it.
No number at all. Rainbet's footer seal shows none, and its cl. 21.6 points to Gaming Services Provider N.V. TG.Casino's cl. 22.6 names the same company for complaints, and a cert.cga.cw search for its domain on 16 September 2026 came back empty.

Each of these cells is shown next to the casino's Plinko titles on the main ranking.

What a register entry cannot tell you

A clean entry says the authority recognises the holder and the domain on the date you looked. It does not describe how the casino handles identity checks, how much it lets you withdraw or how its Plinko paytables are set. Those answers sit in the terms, and they change on their own schedule.

Entries also change, and quietly. A register does not announce edits, so a record read last month describes that day and nothing more. Certificates expire, domains get added or dropped, and a status can lag behind a date. Every record above carries the date it was read for that reason, and a lookup of your own on the day you sign up is worth more than any past one. The clauses on documents and deadlines are compared on the page about ID checks.

Questions people type about the board

Is a plinko casino licence number in the footer enough?

No. The footer shows what the casino chose to print, and it cannot show whether the certificate is current or which sites it covers. Type the number or the domain into the issuing authority's register, then check that the holder matches the company in the terms and that the domain listed is the one in your browser.

What does it mean when a register lists a different domain?

It means the certificate exists but the public record does not tie it to the site you are on. Vave's certificate, held by Latcas B.V., listed vavegame.com and not vave.com on 12 September 2026. The holder and number match; the domain does not, so the fifth point of the score is not given.

Why do some entries say valid after the expiry date?

A status field and a date field are separate pieces of data, and one can be updated later than the other. Hyper Lucky's Anjouan entry, opened 16 September 2026, gave an expiry of 28 August 2026 while still reading valid. When the two disagree, note both and treat the date as the firmer fact.