Curacao Licence Check: Match Company, Number and Domain
Search the Curaçao Gaming Authority's register by company name or licence number, then match four details: the company in the site's terms, the licence number, the current status and the domain the certificate names.
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A record that matches
- The company in the record is the company named in the site's terms, letter for letter.
- The licence number is the same in both places.
- The register's status and expiry date fit the certificate's status. Where they differ, note both and leave the question open until the CGA settles it.
- On a certificate, the website it names is the site you are on.
- A licence from Anjouan, Kahnawake or another issuer is not in this register, even when the site mentions Curaçao.
The register
What the Curacao licence register is
A list of licensed companies, published by the CGA in editions.
The register belongs to the Curaçao Gaming Authority (CGA). Under the National Ordinance on Games of Chance, the LOK, applicable from 24 December 2024, the CGA licenses, supervises and enforces Curaçao's online gaming sector as an independent administrative authority. It publishes its licences as a registry PDF, linked from its licence register page. The search above runs on a saved copy of the edition dated 20 October 2026.
That edition holds 666 entries, 571 of the B2C type and 95 of the B2B type. They cover 665 companies and 665 distinct licence numbers, because one company holds two numbers and one number, OGL/2024/1397/0784, is printed against two companies. The chart shows how they divide by status.
- Indefinite209
- Assessment in progress299
- Assessment in re-evaluation4
- No status printed50
- Expired53
- Expired, in administrative appeal1
- Revoked50
The register names companies. A casino's brand and its web address appear nowhere in it, so the company in a site's terms is what you look up.
Four matches
How to run a Curacao licence check
Company, number, status and domain, and every one must match.
Three steps lead to the record: the company or number from the site's terms or footer, the search in the register, and the certificate behind the seal. Four details on that record then have to agree with the site.
Company.
Find the licensed company in the site's terms or footer and compare it, letter for letter, with the licensee in the register. A trading name will not match, because the register holds only company names.
Number.
The terms and the register must show the same licence number. A near match is a mismatch.
Status.
Read the register's status word together with the expiry date, then the status on the certificate. If the two disagree, write both down and leave the status open until the CGA says which is right. The register itself does not vouch for current validity.
Domain.
The seal in a footer should open a certificate on the CGA's certificate portal. A certificate says which company operates which website under which licence number, with the grant date and a current status. The website on it has to be the address in your browser. Covering one domain does not cover every domain a company runs, and a redirect to a different address has to be checked separately.
One entry
How to read an entry in the register
Seven fields per entry, five of them in the search.
Each entry has a licence number, the licensee, a company type, the company's registration number, an issue date, an expiry date and a status. The search shows five of the seven: licensee, type, licence number, status and expiry date. It shows the first ten matches, with a button that shows the rest.
- Licence number
- Two prefixes occur in the edition, OGL/ on 626 licences and CGA/ on 40. The register does not explain the format. Use the number only as something to match, and never to guess what kind of licence it is.
- Licensee
- The company that holds the licence, spelled the way the site's own terms should spell it.
- Type
- B2C means business to consumer and B2B means business to business. The CGA licenses suppliers under their own conditions, separate from online gaming licences, so a B2B entry is worth a second look when it is the only one a site can point to.
- Company registration number
- Printed in the register, though the search does not show it. It helps when two companies have similar names.
- Issued and expires
- The grant date and the end date. In the edition, indefinite and revoked entries carry no expiry date.
- Status
- The next section.
Status words
What the status words in the register show
Seven readings in the register, and a different word on certificates.
The registry carries no legend for its status words, so each one is best read as printed.
- Indefinite
- 209 entries, none with an expiry date. The CGA publishes licence conditions for an indefinite-term online gaming licence.
- Assessment in progress
- 299 entries. Every one has an expiry date about six months after its issue date, and 294 of the 299 show an expiry date earlier than the edition itself. The expiry column on these entries therefore says little about validity today, and the register does not say what happens at that date.
- Assessment in re-evaluation
- 4 entries, each with an expiry date earlier than the edition.
- Expired
- 53 entries, with expiry dates between 24 December 2025 and 17 June 2026.
- Expired, in administrative appeal
- 1 entry reads "Expired. Re-evaluating in administrative appeal." With it, 54 licences in the edition have expired.
- Revoked
- 50 entries. Each gives the date and says the revocation was at the operator's request. The CGA keeps a separate enforcement register of actions that affect whether a licence stands, for example revocation, suspension or a refusal to extend, and warns that it may not always be accurate or up to date.
- No status printed
- 50 entries have a blank status field. A blank says nothing for or against the licence.
Made-up site
A worked example with a made-up site
The company and number match; the certificate's domain does not.
Worked example
Say a site at example-casino.test shows a Curaçao seal. Its terms name "Harbourlight Example N.V." and the licence number OGL/2024/0000/0000. Both are invented for this example.
Company: searching "Harbourlight" returns one entry, a B2C licensee spelled exactly as in the terms. The first match holds.
Number: the entry shows OGL/2024/0000/0000, the same as the terms. The second match holds.
Status: the entry reads "Assessment in progress" and its expiry date is four months before the edition date. The register alone cannot settle that, so the certificate comes next.
Domain: the seal opens a certificate. It names the same company and number, and its status reads Active. But the website on it is example-casino.net, not example-casino.test. The fourth match fails, and the check stops there: the certificate does not cover the address being used.
What to do next: ask the operator in writing which company and licence cover example-casino.test, and keep its answer with the screenshots.
Four countries
What a Curacao licence means in Canada, Germany, Sweden and Australia
Where you live, that country's own rules decide.
A CGA record names the Curaçao licensor of a company. Whether a site is authorised where you live is a separate question, answered by each country's own rules, and the four notes below say what each country sets up.
Canada
The Criminal Code lets each province conduct and manage lottery schemes within its own borders. Ontario's AGCO registers private igaming operators, as its roles page explains. Alberta's regulated market started on 13 July 2026, and the AGLC says operators there must be registered with it and have signed a commercial agreement with AiGC, the Alberta iGaming Corporation. A CGA licence is on none of those provincial lists. Quebec, Manitoba and Alberta set the gambling age at 18, and the rest of Canada sets 19. More is in the Canada section.
Germany
The GGL, Germany's joint gambling authority, publishes a whitelist of providers that hold a permit under the Interstate Treaty on Gambling. A CGA licence does not put a company on that list. Providers without a German permit are also not connected to OASIS, the cross-provider self-exclusion system, so a block entered there does not reach them. The Germany section has the rest.
Sweden
Gambling aimed at Swedish consumers needs a licence from Spelinspektionen. Its licence register lists every holder and the web addresses of licensed online sites. Spelpaus, the national self-exclusion service, covers companies licensed in Sweden. A Curaçao licence belongs to another register altogether. The Sweden section covers more.
Australia
The Interactive Gambling Act makes it illegal to offer online casinos to people in Australia, and the ACMA can ask internet providers to cut access to offending websites. Its guide to the Act sets this out. BetStop is the self-exclusion register for Australian licensed online and phone wagering, and a Curaçao site is not part of that system. A CGA record changes none of this. The Australia section has more.
Not found
What to do when a site is missing from the register
Six cases, from a wrong name to a newer licence.
- An expired or revoked entry. The register is then telling you the licence ended. Ask which licence covers the site today before paying in.
Complaints
How to complain about a Curacao-licensed site
The operator first, then ADR; the CGA takes reports, not disputes.
The operator
Start with the operator's own complaints process, in writing.
The dispute route
The CGA's Player Complaints Policy sets the next step. A player whose complaint stays unresolved may go to an independent ADR provider at no charge, the operator bears the cost, and the terms must describe the process. An operator may not restrict a player's ability to contact the CGA directly.
The Authority
The CGA says in its complaints notice that settling disputes between players and operators is outside its mandate, and that it cannot order compensation. It does take reports at complaints@cga.cw. A complaint, or a pattern of them, that points to a possible breach of the law may lead it to act against the operator. It will not disclose the status of any investigation. It also plans a web complaints form and asks players to stop using that inbox once the form is live.
Keep screenshots, the terms as they stood when the problem arose, and each transaction ID.
In brief
Questions
Short answers on searching, certificates, status words and safety.
How do I check a Curaçao gaming licence?
Take the company name and licence number from the site's terms, look both up in the CGA register, and open the certificate behind the footer seal. Company, number, status and the certificate's website must all fit the site you are on. If one does not, ask the operator before paying in.
Can I search the register by casino name?
No. The register lists licensed companies, with no brand names or web addresses, so the name that works is the company in the site's terms or footer. A brand name finds an entry only when it happens to be part of the company's name, so a miss on a brand proves nothing. If the terms name no company, there is nothing to search for.
Is the register the same thing as a certificate?
No. The register is a list of licensed companies published in editions, and the CGA does not vouch for current validity. A certificate belongs to one website and states a current status for it. The two use different status words, so record both and leave any disagreement open until the CGA explains it.
What does "Assessment in progress" mean?
The register does not define it. In the 20 October 2026 edition it is the most common status, on 299 of 666 entries, and nearly all of those carry an expiry date earlier than the edition itself. Read it as printed, check the certificate, and ask the operator which licence covers the site if the two differ.
Is a Curaçao-licensed casino automatically safe?
A licence record shows who the CGA has licensed, not how a company treats players. Because the CGA leaves player disputes to the operator and the ADR route, the operator's own complaints process and the terms matter most.
Safer gambling
Staying in control when you gamble
Each country page names its own help lines and self-exclusion options.
Gambling is for adults only: 18 or older in Germany, Sweden and Australia, and 19 or older in most Canadian provinces, with Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec at 18. A licence record says nothing about how much is safe to spend. Money set aside for gambling should be money you can afford to lose, and setting a deposit limit before paying in helps you keep to that.
Each country section lists help lines and self-exclusion options that apply where you live: the Canada, Germany, Sweden and Australia pages each name them.
If gambling is taking over, those pages name the services to contact.