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A license logo on a casino’s homepage tells you almost nothing. Logos can be copied from any licensed site in an afternoon, license numbers can be fabricated or simply outdated, and “licensed” can mean anything from a rigorously audited operation to a shell company that filed paperwork once and never followed up. In February 2026, Curaçao’s own regulator publicly exposed a site called trumpbet.cc for displaying a completely fake digital authorization seal. This is proof that this isn’t a theoretical risk.
The good news is tha most major licensing jurisdictions actually do let you check independently. Here’s how, jurisdiction by jurisdiction.
Curaçao
Curaçao overhauled its licensing system with the National Ordinance on Games of Chance (LOK), which came into force December 24, 2024, formally replacing the old “master license and sub-license” model. In the old model a handful of master holders sublicensed dozens of unrelated operators, with d...
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