Safety
How to check a casino licence in 3 minutes
A licence logo in the footer is easy to fake. A licence you can verify on the regulator’s own website is what actually protects you. Here is how to tell the difference quickly.
The licences you will see
- Curacao eGaming: the most common licence for casinos that accept Australians. Lighter oversight, faster to obtain.
- Malta Gaming Authority (MGA): stronger player protections and stricter auditing.
- UK Gambling Commission (UKGC): among the strictest, but UKGC sites do not accept Australian players.
Verify it in three steps
- Find the licence number and authority, usually in the website footer.
- Click the licence seal. A real one links to the regulator’s registry, not back to the casino.
- Search the number on the regulator’s own site and confirm the company name matches.
Red flags
- A licence seal that is just an image and links nowhere.
- A company or licence number that does not appear on the regulator’s registry.
- No company name, address or licence details anywhere on the site.
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