🇨🇼 Curaçao Has Closed Its Licensing Portal. For Good
On 7 October, the Curaçao Gaming Authority (CGA) announced that its online portal will not be returned to service and that the jurisdiction will transition to a new regulatory platform. The reason is a data leak that the industry has already dubbed Casino Secrets.
What happened:
On 17 September, the CGA reported unauthorised access to the portal
More than 40,000 documents uploaded to the portal were made publicly available
Among them are confidential documents and ownership details of gaming companies licensed in Curaçao
❗️ What this means for licensees:
🔵Licences remain valid. According to the CGA, the leak and the portal’s closure do not affect the validity of licences, the requirements for operators or the supervision of the sector
🔵Processes have not yet been defined. No launch date for the new platform has been announced either
🔵Domain verification will change. The CGA plans to introduce another way to confirm that an operator’s domain operates under a license
Why it matters. The reform was meant to strengthen trust in the Curaçao license among foreign regulators and payment partners. A leak of ownership documents will inevitably draw the attention of banks, PSPs and partners’ compliance teams.
💡 What to do now:
🔵Check what data about your structure and beneficial owners was submitted through the portal
🔵Prepare for questions from banks and payment providers
🔵Assess a backup jurisdiction if your business depends on a single license
✉️ We will audit your gaming license and structure @PfserBot
On 7 October, the Curaçao Gaming Authority (CGA) announced that its online portal will not be returned to service and that the jurisdiction will transition to a new regulatory platform. The reason is a data leak that the industry has already dubbed Casino Secrets.
What happened:
On 17 September, the CGA reported unauthorised access to the portal
More than 40,000 documents uploaded to the portal were made publicly available
Among them are confidential documents and ownership details of gaming companies licensed in Curaçao
❗️ What this means for licensees:
🔵Licences remain valid. According to the CGA, the leak and the portal’s closure do not affect the validity of licences, the requirements for operators or the supervision of the sector
🔵Processes have not yet been defined. No launch date for the new platform has been announced either
🔵Domain verification will change. The CGA plans to introduce another way to confirm that an operator’s domain operates under a license
Why it matters. The reform was meant to strengthen trust in the Curaçao license among foreign regulators and payment partners. A leak of ownership documents will inevitably draw the attention of banks, PSPs and partners’ compliance teams.
💡 What to do now:
🔵Check what data about your structure and beneficial owners was submitted through the portal
🔵Prepare for questions from banks and payment providers
🔵Assess a backup jurisdiction if your business depends on a single license
✉️ We will audit your gaming license and structure @PfserBot