Licence checks: eight casino brands marketed to Malaysians

All eight results side by side

• Maxim88
  What it claims“Certified and licensed by international gambling authorities including BMM and iTech Labs” (homepage); Curaçao and PAGCOR (landing page); no number or company

  What the register showsNo entry on the Curaçao, PAGCOR, Anjouan or UK registers; its Curaçao licence link points to an unregistered domain
  Read the full Maxim88 check →
• BK8
  What it claimsAnjouan, ALSI-202504032-FI2, Mettlemind Tech Ltd (footer); a Curaçao master licence (FAQ)

  What the register showsAnjouan licence valid to 28 Apr 2027 for five domains; the Malaysia-facing domain is not one of them; Curaçao claim not on the registers
  Read the full BK8 check →
• me88
  What it claimsAnjouan, ALSI-202606029-FI1, S Tier Solutions Ltd (footer); Curaçao, UKGC and PAGCOR (About Us)

  What the register showsAnjouan licence valid to 11 Jun 2027 for two domains; Curaçao record for me88.com shows “Revoked”; no UK or PAGCOR entry
  Read the full me88 check →
• 96M
  What it claims“Fully licensed and regulated by the Curaçao Gaming Control Board” (gateway page); a Curaçao master licence, #255/HF5, in site settings; no company

  What the register showsNo entry on any Curaçao register; no 96M entry on the Anjouan, PAGCOR or UK registers; licence link points to an unregistered domain
  Read the full 96M check →
• Stake
  What it claimsCuraçao Gaming Authority, OGL/2024/1451/0918, Medium Rare N.V.

  What the register showsListed with matching company and number; status “Assessment in progress”, listed expiry 9 Jun 2026
  Read the full Stake check →
• 12Play
  What it claims“Regulated and licensed by the Government of Montenegro … E-Gambling Montenegro”; no number or company

  What the register showsNot on Montenegro’s government list of online operators; seal points to a private .com with no register
  Read the full 12Play check →
• Winbox
  What it claims“Fully licensed by Gaming Curacao”; PAGCOR (agent sites only, no number or company)

  What the register showsNo operator names a company; not on the Curaçao, PAGCOR or UK registers under its name
  Read the full Winbox check →
• Mega888
  What it claims“Licensed and regulated by the Gambling Commission” (no country or number); “GLI Certified”

  What the register showsNo company named; not on the Curaçao register; no GLI certificate found
  Read the full Mega888 check →

Logos identify each brand only, and none links to an operator. They were taken from the brands’ own sites on 28 October 2026; Stake’s is from Wikimedia Commons. Neither Winbox nor Mega888 has a site we could confirm as official, so their logos are the ones shown on sites using those names (winboxmy.com and mega888company.org), taken on 29 October 2026.

The brands are listed in the order we cover them. The order is not a ranking, and the result column is what counts. A strong result here is still only an offshore licence: it gives Malaysian readers no legal permission and no Malaysian route to complain. Our explainer on the Malaysian law behind every check sets out why.

Each brand in brief

• Maxim88 licence check: States Curaçao and PAGCOR licences and cites certification by two game-testing labs. It gives no company or licence number, we found no register entry, and its licence link points to an unregistered domain.
• BK8 licence check: A valid Anjouan licence held by Mettlemind Tech Ltd, matching its footer, for five domains. The domain serving Malaysia is not one of them, and the Curaçao licence in its FAQ is not on Curaçao’s current registers.
• me88 licence check: A valid Anjouan licence held by S Tier Solutions Ltd since June 2026, for two domains. Curaçao’s record for me88.com shows “Revoked”, and the UK and PAGCOR registers have no me88 entry.
• 96M licence check: States Curaçao Gaming Control Board licensing under master licence #255/HF5, which we found on no current Curaçao register. It names no company. Its bonus terms are clearly stated, with worked examples.
• Stake licence check: Medium Rare N.V. is on Curaçao’s register under the number Stake publishes, with a passed expiry date and the status “Assessment in progress”. Stake also publishes its own ringgit deposit guide.
• 12Play licence check: Claims a Montenegro licence with no number or company. It is absent from the Montenegrin government’s list of online operators, and its Chinese-language Malaysian page calls itself legal in Malaysia.
• Winbox licence check: Every Winbox site we read was an agent or affiliate, or named nobody. One advertises a “guaranteed” 7% fixed-deposit product inside the betting app.
• Mega888 licence check: No company, no licence number, untraceable certificates and six competing “official” domains. It is the app named in four 2026 Kuching court cases.

How we chose these eight

We chose brands that Malaysians actively search for and that market to Malaysia directly, with ringgit accounts, Malaysian payment methods and local-language pages. The eight give a range of models:

• two sports-sponsoring brands with Anjouan licences;
• two brands on a shared white-label platform that cite Curaçao master licences with no licensee named;
• a global crypto casino licensed in Curaçao;
• a brand claiming a little-known Montenegrin licence;
• an app sold through agents;
• a slot app with no identifiable owner.

Choosing a brand is not an endorsement, and no operator asked to be included or excluded. For a wider view, our report on the licence claims of 20 brands sold to Malaysians adds twelve more brands, checked the same way.

We started with brands where the licence question is genuinely open, because that is where a check adds most. A brand that holds a licence from a major regulator would have been an easy result. None of the brands most visible to Malaysian searchers does.

What the three results mean

Listed on the register means the regulator’s own record shows the company and licence number the site gives. It is the best result available, and we still report the gaps: a domain the licence does not list, an unexplained status, or old claims that contradict the new one.

Claimed but not found means the site names a licence that we could not match to any register we searched. No licence claim means it names nothing to check. We give no scores, stars or rankings. If you want to test a site we have not covered, our guide to checking a casino licence on the regulator’s own register walks through each step.

Re-checks and corrections

Licences lapse, companies surrender them, and domains move, sometimes within days. Every check shows the date its sources were read, and every source carries its own read date. When we re-check a brand, we change the date and say what changed rather than quietly replacing the old result. If you have a primary source that contradicts one of these results, we want to see it, and we will correct the page openly.

If you are reading these checks because gambling has already cost you more than you meant it to, our guide to free gambling support in Malaysia is a better next step than any licence.