How to Check a Casino's Gibraltar Licence in 60 Seconds

A Gibraltar licence line in a casino footer is useful, but it is only the start of the check. You want to know whether the company named there is real, whether the brand appears on the Gibraltar record, whether the permission is for a consumer casino, and whether a Great Britain account also lines up on the Gambling Commission register. Last verified: 4 September 2026.

Before you start: what a Gibraltar licence tells you

A Gibraltar licence confirms a company is listed in Gibraltar for the type of gambling activity shown on the register. It does not tell you that the casino is good, fast-paying or suitable for you, and it does not replace the UK licence needed for Great Britain customers. For the background, read our plain guide to Gibraltar gambling licences first.

The 60-second check, worked on a real casino

This walkthrough uses 888 Casino because the homepage now carries 888 Casino review notes and the public records are easy to follow. Do the checks in this order. The brand name is the clue, but the operating company is the anchor.

1. Scroll to the footer. Find the licence line, usually close to the responsible-gambling logos or legal text. Note the operating company and any licence reference, but do not stop at the footer.
2. Open the Gambling Division register. Search for the operating company from the footer, not the casino logo, then match the company entry before reading the licence type.
3. Open the approved-brands document. A company entry can cover more than one brand, so the brand you are using should appear in the document attached to the company.
4. Check the licence type. A consumer casino should sit under B2C Remote Gaming Licence or, where betting is involved, B2C Remote Bookmaker's Licence. A B2B entry is supplier permission; it does not by itself licence a casino account.
5. Cross-check the UK licence for a Great Britain account. Search for the operator or domain and confirm the casino domain is active on the record.

For the register checks, use the Gibraltar Gambling Division licence-holder register first, then the Gambling Commission public register for the Great Britain-facing record.

What each of those four things is telling you

The operating company tells you who is legally behind the account. The register is company-led because regulators supervise businesses, not logos. A casino can trade under a short brand name while the permission belongs to a longer company name, so a mismatch is not automatically a problem. The problem is a footer that never gives a company to check.

The approved brand list is the paper trail between the company and the brand. Without it, you may have found a real Gibraltar company but not proved that the casino you are looking at belongs under that entry. This is where a reader avoids treating a copied licence line as proof.

The licence type is the supplier trap. Casimba is the clean example: Markor Technology Limited appears on the Gibraltar register as a B2B gambling services entry. That can be legitimate for a supplier, but it is not the same thing as a B2C casino permission for a player account.

The domain match is the Great Britain check. The Gambling Commission record should list the domain used by the casino, because that is the web address connected to the account journey. If the footer names one company, the Gibraltar record names another, and the UK domain list names neither, stop and check again.

What a good result looks like

With 888, the trail lines up cleanly. The Gibraltar register lists Virtual Global Digital Services Limited under evoke / 888 with B2C bookmaker and gaming operator permissions. The approved-brands document for that company names 888 Casino, and the document was marked as content as from 7 August 2026 when checked for this post. For Great Britain, the Gambling Commission record lists 888 UK Limited with active remote casino permission, and the domain list includes 888casino.com as active.

That does not mean the casino is perfect or that its current offer is right for every reader. It means the licence claim is traceable. From there, our how we rate casinos process moves on to payment wording, account tools, support routes, complaints information and current terms. The licence check gets you to the right starting line; it does not finish the whole review.

Six red flags a Gibraltar licence check can turn up

First, the brand may be missing from the approved-brand document. That does not always prove wrongdoing, but it means the reader has not yet connected the brand to the company record.

Second, a B2B supplier entry may be dressed up as if it were a consumer casino permission. If the entry is for gambling services only, it does not answer who operates the player account.

Third, the footer may name the wrong operating company. A group name, marketing brand or old company name is not enough if it cannot be matched to the current record.

Fourth, the domain may not appear on either register. That matters because the domain is the actual place where the account is opened, not just a brand word on a page.

Fifth, a licence reference may not match a public record. Do not quote it into a complaint as proof until you have checked the company and current register entry.

Sixth, the site may claim Gibraltar licensing with no company reference at all. That is the fastest failed check. A genuine casino should not make you guess which business is taking your deposit.

Two brands people always ask about

Casimba is useful because the name appears in Gibraltar, but not in the way many readers expect. The register lists Markor Technology Limited trading as Casimba with a B2B gambling services permission. That is supplier-side, so the 60-second check catches it at the licence-type step rather than letting the Gibraltar name carry too much weight.

Betway is useful for the opposite reason. A search of the Gibraltar licence-holder register did not show Betway as a Gibraltar licence-holder entry when this post was checked. The Gambling Commission search did show Betway Limited with Betway domains including casino.betway.com, which shows why the UK register can be relevant even when the Gibraltar register is not the right trail.

When the Gibraltar licence is not the one you need

If you are opening an account from Great Britain, the Gambling Commission licence is the market permission that matters for that account. Gibraltar can explain where a company or part of the group is based. It does not replace the GB-facing record, the domain list, the complaints route or the account terms that apply to you.

That is why the final step always crosses over to the UK record. The Commission says a remote casino licence is needed to offer casino games to consumers in Great Britain online, regardless of where the business is based. A Gibraltar entry and a UK entry can both be true, but they answer different questions. Our How We Rate page uses the same company-first logic when a brand, company and group name do not match at first glance.

If the check fails, what to do

If you cannot connect the footer company, the Gibraltar entry, the brand document and the UK record, do not sign up. You can ask the casino to identify the operating company and register entry before you open an account. If the Gibraltar claim looks false or misleading, use the contact route on the Gambling Division register page.

If you already have an account, start with the operator's complaint process and keep copies of what you send. For Great Britain disputes, the Gambling Commission's rules require licensed operators to give customers access to a free ADR route if a dispute is not resolved through the operator's complaints process within eight weeks. That route should be named in the operator's own complaints information.

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