We checked the licences of 95 offshore crypto casinos

We took the licence each offshore crypto casino shows Canadian players and looked it up on the regulator's own register. The sample is 95 casinos: the 83 in our catalogue (published reviews and drafts), all of which take players from at least part of Canada, plus 12 widely promoted crypto casinos that show a licence in their footer. Register checks were made on 7 November 2026. Licences are one input in our ranking of the best crypto casino in Canada options, where security and licence make up 20% of the score.

Headline findings

• 95 casinos checked. 90 (94.7%) display a licence number. 5 (5.3%) show no number at all.
• 87 claims could be tested against a public register. 3 more cite Malta Gaming Authority licences.
• 76 of 87 (87.4%) matched the register cleanly: right number, licence in force, domain listed.
• 11 of 87 (12.6%) did not. That breaks down as:
  • 4 (4.6%) display an Anjouan licence whose expiry date on the register has passed: Lucky.fun (15 Oct 2026), Winnerz (17 Oct 2026), Playbet (28 Oct 2026) and Duel (3 Nov 2026).
  • 3 (3.4%) display a number that does not appear on the register at all: Jackpot.bet and Whale.io (Anjouan numbers absent from the 1,287-entry register), and Wintopia (a legacy Curaçao number in its footer; the operator's current certificate does not list the Wintopia domain).
  • 3 (3.4%) print the number wrongly. Gamba's terms show ALSI-152512013-F13 while the register entry is ALSI-152312013-FI3; Yeet's terms drop a digit; Jackpotter's footer reads ALSJ instead of ALSI. Each operator does hold a live entry under the correct number.
  • 1 casino, 1win, holds an active Curaçao certificate that lists only 1win.pro, while its terms sit on 1win.com.
• 3 more licences expire within 60 days: Dicey (29 Nov 2026), Gamba (11 Dec 2026) and Grailbet (14 Dec 2026).
• Anjouan dominates. 54 of 95 casinos (56.8%) show only an Anjouan licence, 26 (27.4%) only a Curaçao licence and one shows both. Kahnawake, Tobique and Malta make up the rest.
• The register itself flags nothing. Every one of the 1,287 Anjouan entries is labelled "valid", including 87 (6.8%) whose expiry date has already passed.
• Ontario is rarely excluded on paper. Of the 40 casinos whose terms we read, 27 (67.5%) do not name Ontario as a restricted territory, even though none of these offshore sites is registered with iGaming Ontario.

How we did it

1. Sample. Every casino row on Canada Gamblers and our sister site ProvablyLegit, published or draft (83 brands), plus 12 widely promoted crypto casinos.
2. Claim. The licence regulator, number and company the casino shows in its footer or terms. For 42 casinos we read the page live on 7 November 2026. For the rest we used the footer and terms details recorded in our review files on 5 and 6 November 2026.
3. Register. We looked each claim up on the regulator's own site only:
   • Anjouan: the full public register at anjouangaming.com (1,287 entries, with issue date, expiry date and domains).
   • Curaçao: the individual certificate pages at cert.cga.cw, which show status, licence holder and approved domains.
   • Kahnawake: the permit holder list at gamingcommission.ca, last updated 28 September 2023, which lists company and domain but no permit numbers or dates.
   • Tobique: the licence holder list at thetgc.ca, which lists company, expiry date and type but no numbers or domains.
4. Status. "Valid" means the entry exists and its expiry date is after 7 November 2026 (Curaçao certificates show "Active" and no expiry). "Expired" means the register's own expiry date has passed and no renewed entry exists. "Not found" means neither the number nor the domain appears. We did not guess a status anywhere.
5. Ontario and Canada. We searched each terms page for restriction clauses that name Ontario or Canada.

The full dataset, with the source URL and check date for every row, is available on request at the address in our about page.

Full results

Casinos that showed no licence number (5) or claimed an MGA licence (3) are counted above but not listed.

What it means for Canadian players

A licence logo in a footer is a claim, not proof. In this sample, roughly one casino in eight had a problem that only the register reveals, and the most common one was simply time: Anjouan licences run for one to three years, and a casino can keep showing the seal after the date passes. Expired is not the same as shut down, and some of these operators may be mid-renewal, but until a new entry appears there is no live licence to complain to.

Offshore licences also give you less than a provincial one. None of these regulators runs a Canadian dispute service, and none of these casinos is legal to market in Ontario. If you live in Ontario, the regulated option is a site registered with iGaming Ontario. In the other provinces, the provincial lottery corporation's site is the provincially run option, as our guide on whether online gambling is legal in Canada explains.

Licence checks also tell you nothing about payouts. A casino can hold a valid licence and still freeze a withdrawal, which is why our casino reviews test withdrawals separately and our guide to withdrawing crypto from a casino covers what to do when a payout stalls.

How to check a licence yourself

1. Find the number. Scroll to the casino footer or open its terms. Note the regulator, the licence number and the company name.
2. Go to the regulator, not the seal. Type the register address yourself. Seals can link to copies.
   • Anjouan: anjouangaming.com, then Public Register. Search the number and check the expiry date column, not the "valid" label.
   • Curaçao: certificates live at cert.cga.cw. Check "License status: Active" and that the casino's exact domain is in the approved list.
   • Kahnawake: gamingcommission.ca, Interactive Gaming, Permit Holders. Search the domain.
   • Tobique: thetgc.ca, License Holders. Match the company name and expiry date.
3. Match three things. The number, the company and the domain should all agree. A mirror domain that is not on the certificate is not covered by it.
4. Check the date. If the expiry date has passed, treat the licence as lapsed until a new entry appears.
5. Read the restricted countries clause. If your province is listed, the casino can void winnings, and using a VPN to get round it usually breaches the terms (see our VPN casinos guide).
6. Keep records. Screenshot the footer and the register entry on the day you deposit, and complete KYC before you play large amounts.

Mystery box and case opening sites rarely show any licence at all. Our comparison of mystery box sites in Canada lists the operator each one names.

Sources

• Anjouan Gaming, licence register: https://anjouangaming.com/license-register/
• Curaçao Gaming Authority, certificate pages: https://cert.cga.cw/
• Kahnawà:ke Gaming Commission, permit holders: https://gamingcommission.ca/interactive-gaming/permit-holders/
• Tobique Gaming Commission, licence holders: https://thetgc.ca/license-holders/
• Malta Gaming Authority, licensee register: https://www.mga.org.mt/licensee-hub/licensee-register/