How to Check a Crypto Casino's Licence from Chile or Mexico

A licence badge in a casino footer is an image, and anyone can paste one. What nobody can fake is a row in a regulator's register, and reading that row takes about five minutes. This guide covers the three licence types you will meet on the casinos we list for Chile and Mexico: a Curaçao licence, an Anjouan licence and a Mexican permit.

What a licence does and does not prove

A licence means a regulator has accepted that a specific company may run specific domains, and that the company must follow that regulator's rules on player funds, complaints and anti-money-laundering checks. It is not a guarantee that withdrawals arrive on time, that bonus terms are fair, or that playing is legal where you live. The Curaçao register says as much on its own download page: the overviews "do not guarantee the current validity of the licenses".

So a verified licence is the minimum, and the rest of the checking is still on you. The operator list on our homepage shows a licence status for each casino and whether it was checked against a register or only stated by the operator.

Curaçao: read the register, not the seal

Most of the crypto casinos on our list hold a Curaçao licence. Since 24 December 2024 the law behind it has been the Landsverordening op de Kansspelen, or LOK, and the regulator is the Curaçao Gaming Authority (CGA). The old master-licence and sub-licence system, and the "Curaçao eGaming" brand that came with it, are gone. A footer that only shows a number like 8048/JAZ or 1668/JAZ is showing a legacy reference, not a current licence.

A current number looks like OGL/2024/165/0185 or, for newer licences, CGA/2025/2452/1255. To check one:

1. Type cga.cw into your browser by hand. Do not follow the link in the casino footer, because a fake certificate can point to a fake register that confirms itself.
2. Open the "License register" page and download the online gaming licence PDF. The version we used is dated 20 October 2026 and runs 19 pages.
3. Search the PDF for the licence number or for the company named in the casino's terms. The register lists about 665 licence numbers: roughly 570 B2C rows (operators) and 95 B2B rows (suppliers).
4. Read the status column. In the 20 October register, 209 rows say "Indefinite" with no expiry date; 297 say "Assessment in progress" with an issue date and an expiry six months later; 54 say "Expired" and 49 say "Revoked".

The CGA does not define these labels inside the PDF, but the pattern is clear. "Indefinite" is the full licence. "Assessment in progress" means the operator is trading on a six-month window while the CGA finishes its review. "Expired" or "Revoked" means stop and look elsewhere.

Two examples from our list: the October register shows BitStarz's operator, Gareton B.V. (OGL/2024/165/0185), as "Indefinite", and 20Bet's operator, TechSolutions Group (OGL/2024/590/0758), as "Assessment in progress".

Finally, the company on the register must match the company named in the casino's terms, and the licence must cover the exact domain you are using. A group can run many brands; the register entry tells you which company stands behind the one in your address bar.

Why the Curaçao seal may not load right now

Until a few weeks ago the quickest check was the clickable footer seal, which opened a certificate page on cert.cga.cw. It still loads for some operators as we write. But on 7 October 2026 the CGA announced that its online gaming portal "will not be returned to service" after an unauthorised access incident, that "the availability of the current digital seal will be affected", and that a replacement will follow. Existing licences stay valid. So a seal that fails to load is not, on its own, a red flag this month; the register PDF is the reliable source for now.

Anjouan: a register exists, the Comoros say the regulator does not

Some casinos, including FortuneJack on our list, state an Anjouan licence; the numbers start with "ALSI-". Anjouan is an autonomous island of the Union of the Comoros, and the issuing body, Anjouan Gaming, runs a public register at anjouangaming.com that you can search by licence number, company name or domain.

The problem is who stands behind that register. In December 2025 the Central Bank of the Comoros published a communiqué saying the Anjouan Offshore Financial Authority, under which Anjouan Gaming operates, is not recognised in the Union. In October 2026 the Comoros government asked the United Kingdom for help against what its central bank now calls an illegal licensing regime, and said it is preparing legal action at home. Nearly 1,500 licence holders appear on the Anjouan register. The licensing body says its licences are valid and cites a legal opinion it has not published. No court has ruled.

An Anjouan-licensed casino may well pay you. But if it does not, there is no regulator the Comoros government recognises to complain to, which is why FortuneJack shows as "unverified" on our list. Treat such sites as you would an unlicensed one: small first deposit, an early test withdrawal, and never more on the balance than you could walk away from.

Mexico: a permit is a different animal

Mexico does not issue "licences" in the Curaçao sense. SEGOB's Dirección General de Juegos y Sorteos grants permits under the Ley Federal de Juegos y Sorteos, and most online brands operate as agents of an existing permit holder. Stake's Mexican site (the .mx domain) states that it runs under a Mexican permit holder and serves Mexico only. Our Mexico player guide explains the permit model and the 2026 tax changes.

There is no public PDF comparable to the CGA register, and SEGOB's own consultation pages did not load when we tried for this article. So find the permit number and the permit holder's company name in the footer, confirm both also appear in the terms, and be suspicious of any .mx brand that names neither.

Chile: there is no Chilean licence to check

Chile has no online gambling licence yet, because the law that would create one is still in the Senate. As reported on 21 October 2026, the Senate extended the deadline for amendments to the online betting bill to Monday 26 October at noon. The government's bill would create a licensing framework; the Senate president, Paulina Núñez, filed a substitute amendment to prohibit online betting outright, with penalties of up to 15 years in aggravated cases and judicial blocking of sites.

So any casino that claims to be "licensed in Chile" is not telling the truth. A foreign licence does not make play legal or illegal in Chile; it only tells you who regulates the operator abroad. Local law is your responsibility, the picture can change quickly, and you must be 18 or older.

The five-minute checklist

• Find the regulator, the licence number and the company name in the footer and the terms.
• Type the regulator's address yourself. Never trust a link or a QR code from the casino.
• Match the company name and the domain to the register entry, then read the status and the dates. Save a screenshot, because statuses change.
• Remember what a licence does not cover: start small, test a withdrawal early, and expect identity verification before a payout. That is normal at any licensed site.

A real licence is worth checking. It is still only the first check to make before money goes in.

Sources

• Curaçao Gaming Authority, online gaming regulation page (LOK in force since 24 December 2024)
• Curaçao Gaming Authority, licence register page
• Curaçao Gaming Authority, online gaming licence register PDF dated 20 October 2026
• Curaçao Gaming Authority, announcement of 7 October 2026 on the portal and the digital seal
• Gambling.com, Comoros asks UK for help over Anjouan licences (October 2026)
• Yogonet, Chile's Senate extends the amendment deadline on the online betting bill (21 October 2026)