Licensing information and how to verify it

What this page is for

The usual problem with licensing pages is that they explain gambling licences in general and say nothing about the casino the site actually recommends. This page is written the other way round. First we state what we have been able to verify ourselves, then what we have not been able to verify, and finally we give you the procedure for checking a licence without us.

We do it this way because the licence is the one thing about a casino you can check against an outside source. Bonus terms, withdrawal times and game selection are the operator's own account of itself, but a permit either appears in a regulator's register or it does not. Understanding that difference is worth more than any list of promises.

What we can confirm ourselves

Therubyroll is an affiliate site, not a casino. We do not run games, take deposits or pay out winnings. We therefore do not and cannot hold a gaming licence: the licence belongs to the operator our buttons lead to. We receive compensation when you register through a recommended link — this is also stated in the site footer and in our terms.

Which means we are only partly on your side of the table. We have a financial interest in you clicking the link, so weigh what you read here accordingly — including what the site says about bonuses and game selection. On the licence, however, we would rather not guess, which is why this page looks the way it does.

Age limit and your own responsibility. Real-money gambling is for players aged 18 and over. Every operator decides for itself which territories it accepts players from, and when you register you agree to the operator's terms, not ours.

What we cannot confirm

We do not publish a licence number on this page. We have not been able to check the operator's licence details ourselves: its site did not open for us at the time of checking on 10 September 2026. A number we have not seen in a regulator's register with our own eyes is not evidence, it is a copied string of characters — and strings like that are what circulate most widely on casino sites.

In practice this means the following for you: until you have seen a licence number on the casino's own page and found a matching entry in the regulator's register, treat the licence status as unverified. That does not mean there is no permit — it means nobody has shown you the proof. If we are able to check the details later, we will update this page and show the date.

How to check a gaming licence yourself

The check takes about five minutes and works for any casino, not just this one. Do the steps in order — each of them rules out a different kind of forgery.

Step 1: find the licence details on the casino's page

Scroll the casino's home page to the bottom. Three things should be there: the name of the regulator, the licence number, and the legal name and registered address of the company holding the licence. If any of them is missing, the check cannot be completed — and that in itself is a result.

Step 2: open the regulator's register directly

Do not use the licence logo or the link on the casino's page. Type the regulator's address yourself, or use the links below. A logo is an image, and any address at all can sit underneath an image.

• Malta (MGA): licensee register
• United Kingdom (UKGC): public register
• Sweden (Spelinspektionen): licences and permits
• Kahnawake (KGC): permit holders
• Gibraltar: the government site, which leads to the licensing authority's listing
• Curaçao: after the reform, permits are issued by the authority directly. Look for the register on the regulator's own site — a casino's own “licence page” is not proof.

Step 3: compare the company and the licence status

Search the register by number or company name. Look at three things: whether the licence status is active, whether the validity date has passed, and whether the company name in the register matches the one in the casino's terms. The most common real discrepancy is not a missing entry but an entry in another company's name, or one whose date has expired.

Step 4: make sure this particular domain is covered

A licence is granted to a company and to specific domains. The same company may run several sites, only some of which are covered. Check the register entry to see whether the exact address you are on is listed. This is the step most people skip.

Warning signs

None of these proves anything on its own, but each is a reason to finish the check before you deposit.

• A template number. A tidy-looking but clearly invented number such as MGA/B2C/123/4567 is a leftover from setup that was never replaced with a real one.
• A logo with no link. The regulator's emblem as an image that leads nowhere, or to a subpage of the casino itself.
• A different company. The company named in the terms is not the one in the register.
• An expired entry. The register finds the licence, but its validity has ended.
• No restrictions. The site says nothing about which countries players are not accepted from. Every licensed operator knows that list and publishes it.
• No tools. No deposit limits, loss limits or self-exclusion in the account settings. Licence conditions require them in practice in every serious jurisdiction.

What a licence actually gives a player

A licence is not a guarantee of winning, nor a promise that playing is worthwhile. It is three concrete things.

Independent testing. Random number generators and return-to-player figures are examined by an outside laboratory. Without it, nobody but the operator knows how the outcomes are distributed. The terms are explained in our casino glossary if you need them.

Segregated funds. In stricter jurisdictions, player funds are kept apart from the company's working capital. What that means in practice only becomes visible when an operator runs into trouble: segregated funds are not part of the insolvency estate in the same way.

Dispute resolution. If a withdrawal stalls or an account is closed without grounds, a licensed operator has an address where a complaint lands and which can impose sanctions. Without a licence there is no counterparty — your only recourse is a support desk owned by the same company.

Why a licence number alone is not enough

A number tells you a permit was once granted to somebody. It does not tell you who holds it today or which addresses it covers. Two common situations go unnoticed if the check stops at the number.

A site running on another company's licence. On platform arrangements, one licence holder may run dozens of brands on the same technology. The brand looks independent, but the licence, the terms and the money belong to a different company. That is not wrong in itself — but the recipient of any complaint is then a company whose name does not appear on the site, and it is worth knowing that in advance.

A domain outside the licence. A licence holder can launch a new address before it has been added to the register entry. The register then shows a valid licence, but the very site you are on is not on the list. Step 4 above exists for this.

If a withdrawal stalls

The value of a licence is measured at the moment the money does not come out. Work through this in order, and do not skip the first point — a complaint will not be taken up if the operator has not been given a chance to respond.

• Contact support in writing, not in chat. Record the date, the account number and the amount.
• Give the operator a reasonable deadline, normally the processing time stated in its terms. Keep every reply.
• If no reply comes, file a complaint with the regulator that issued the licence. You will need the licence number, the company name and a timeline of events — all three were gathered in steps 1 to 3.
• Some jurisdictions have a separate dispute resolution body whose contact details are on the regulator's site. Its decision binds the operator through the licence conditions.

The main regulators in brief

UK Gambling Commission (UKGC)

The strictest widely used system. It requires background checks, anti-money-laundering procedures, display of return-to-player figures and participation in the national GamStop self-exclusion scheme. The Commission publishes both licences and the sanctions it imposes, so an operator's history can be read.

Malta Gaming Authority (MGA)

The most common permit in the EU. Licences are divided into classes by the type of games offered, and the number takes the form MGA/B2C/000/0000. The authority has its own player support unit that handles complaints. The register is public, so a check by number works directly.

Curaçao

The cheapest permit, and therefore the most common on international sites. Licences used to pass through master licence holders who issued sub-licences onward; after the reform the authority issues and supervises permits directly. In practice this means that old sub-licence references on a site are out of date, and their presence tells you when the site's text was last revised.

Gibraltar

A small and selective jurisdiction: few licences are granted, but the requirements for capital and technical systems are high. Many holders are long-established betting companies.

Kahnawà:ke Gaming Commission

The regulator of a Canadian First Nations territory and one of the oldest supervisors of online gaming. Permit holders are listed publicly and the list is short — which makes this particular check unusually quick.

Finland and Sweden: what applies to you

Finland. Gambling is held under the exclusive right of Veikkaus, and a licensing system is being prepared. A site operating on a foreign permit is therefore not supervised by a Finnish authority, even if it is entirely lawful in its own jurisdiction. In a dispute your counterparty is in Malta, Curaçao or Kahnawake — not in Finland. Free help with gambling problems is available from Peluuri.

Sweden. Targeting Swedish players requires a licence from Spelinspektionen. If a site markets itself in Swedish without a Swedish permit, it operates outside the system, and the national Spelpaus self-exclusion does not reach it. That is a practical difference you notice immediately if self-exclusion is already in place.

Responsible gambling

A licence does not make gambling safe, it makes it supervised. Set a deposit limit before your first deposit, never play with borrowed money and never chase losses. If you find yourself playing more than you intended, self-exclusion is the fastest tool available. There is practical guidance on our tips page, and the minute our bonus page saves you is worth spending on the bonus terms.

Summary

You will not find a licence number on this page, because we have not seen one in a regulator's register. What you will find instead is the procedure for checking it yourself in five minutes, and a list of the signs that make finishing that check before a deposit worthwhile.

Checked on 10 September 2026. If the operator's licence details become available and we can confirm them in a register, we will add the number to this page and show the date.