Operator File · Anjouan (Comoros)

CoinCasino

Licence status, what the record shows and the routes open to players anywhere, with sources. A listing is a record, not an allegation of wrongdoing.


Written by Jake Thomas, Co-founder and Director. Clinton & Co Advisors is not a law firm. Last checked 3 September 2026.

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Entity
Igloo Ventures SRL
Registration number
Not published
Licence number
ALSI-142311005-FI2
Regulator
Anjouan Gaming (Union of the Comoros)
Status
Licensed
Date checked
3 September 2026
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the Anjouan Gaming licence register, searchable by domain.

Igloo Ventures SRL (Costa Rica, Corp. ID 3-102-880024) is recorded as the Anjouan licensee; the operator's own terms on the main domain have been reported to name EOD Code SRL (Costa Rica, Corp. ID 3-101-910497), so ownership is disclosed inconsistently across sources

Licence status: could not be validated against the Anjouan Gaming (Union of the Comoros) register on 3 September 2026.

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What CoinCasino is and how it operates

CoinCasino launched in 2023 as a crypto-first online casino and sportsbook, built on technology shared with the established CoinPoker brand. It markets itself heavily on speed and anonymity: players can register through a crypto wallet, often without supplying an email address, and the site advertises that deposits, play and withdrawals are possible without routine identity checks. The platform offers thousands of slots, table games, live-dealer studios, jackpots and a sportsbook, alongside an aggressive welcome promotion and a tiered VIP scheme. It supports a wide range of cryptocurrencies and, according to several reviews, some card and mobile-wallet routes. For UK consumers the headline point is simple: this is an offshore operator, not a brand licensed or supervised in Britain.

Ownership and corporate structure

Ownership is disclosed inconsistently across sources, and that matters for anyone trying to hold the business to account. The Anjouan licence is recorded against Igloo Ventures SRL, a company registered in Costa Rica, while the terms on the main CoinCasino domain have been reported to name EOD Code SRL (Costa Rica). One review instead names other corporate entities entirely. We have not been able to reconcile these to a single primary corporate document, so we present the conflict openly rather than choosing one. The practical effect for a player is that it may not be obvious which legal entity holds their funds or should answer a complaint.

Licence and the UK position

CoinCasino is not licensed by the UK Gambling Commission, so it sits entirely outside the UK regulatory regime and outside the GamStop self-exclusion scheme. The casino claims an Anjouan (Union of Comoros) gaming licence, number ALSI-142311005-FI2. The Anjouan regime is widely regarded as a light-touch jurisdiction with limited supervision and no consumer dispute service. The UK position is genuinely mixed: at least one review lists the United Kingdom on the restricted-countries page, yet CoinCasino is also routinely promoted among casinos not on GamStop that accept UK players, and an investigative report found that sign-ups and deposits from supposedly restricted territories still went through. Because of that inconsistency we record the UK position as unclear, while stressing that no UK consumer protections apply either way.

If you have lost money to CoinCasino

If you have lost money to CoinCasino, the first formal step is to raise a complaint directly through the operator's own complaints process and keep a full record of your account, deposits and correspondence. Because there is no UK regulator and no Anjouan dispute service to escalate to, recovery options are limited and depend heavily on the facts. Clinton & Co Advisors can review your case and, where appropriate, work with regulated legal partners on the available routes. We do not promise any particular outcome.

Is CoinCasino withholding a withdrawal?

The playbook for a stalled CoinCasino payout is in what to do when a casino withholds your winnings. For a substantial sum, whether CoinCasino has voided a win, confiscated a balance or simply stopped releasing a withdrawal, our withheld winnings service covers the evidence that decides these cases and the point at which specialist assessment earns its keep.

What the record shows

On recordFinTelegram (investigative financial-crime watchdog publication, not a regulator)· 2026

Investigative compliance report states CoinCasino markets no-KYC, anonymous crypto play while routing some card and mobile-wallet payments through opaque payment domains, and reports that registrations and deposits from jurisdictions the site lists as restricted still succeeded, with identity checks triggered mainly at withdrawal. The report notes a weak AML/KYC and corporate-transparency profile and ownership disclosed inconsistently (Igloo Ventures SRL as licensee versus EOD Code SRL in the main-domain terms). Reported by a non-regulator publication, not a regulator finding.

Source
Reported allegationAskGamblers (player complaints service)· 2026

Player complaints published on AskGamblers include an unresolved case where a user reports their account was closed and about 9,500 USD in winnings confiscated, and a separate unresolved case of about 3,050 USD in weekly cashback left unpaid after account closure. Other listed cases, including a delayed withdrawal of about 5,267 USD and an unpaid balance of about 5,200 euros, are shown as resolved. These are player allegations as reported, not regulator findings.

Source

Is CoinCasino legit?

"Legit" is really three separate questions. CoinCasino quotes licence ALSI-142311005-FI2 on its site, which could not be validated against the Anjouan Gaming (Union of the Comoros) register. 2 documented items sit on the CoinCasino file above, every one carrying its issuing body and source. No UK Gambling Commission licence is recorded for it, meaning neither GamStop nor the UK dispute framework reaches it, and that gap matters more than any review score when something goes wrong. No licence anywhere is a promise of fair treatment.

Complaints about CoinCasino

What players report is the more useful guide to risk. Complaints published on AskGamblers, which are player allegations rather than proven findings, include an unresolved case in which a user says their account was closed and roughly 9,500 USD in winnings confiscated, and a separate unresolved case of around 3,050 USD in weekly cashback left unpaid after the account was shut. Other listed cases, including a delayed withdrawal of about 5,267 USD and an unpaid balance of around 5,200 euros, are shown as resolved. The recurring themes are account closures, confiscated balances and slow or stalled withdrawals. None of these are regulator findings; they are user accounts as published.

A complaint about CoinCasino should go to CoinCasino itself first, in writing, through the complaints channel it publishes or its support address where it publishes none, with every reply kept. If CoinCasino does not resolve it, escalation runs through the Anjouan route set out under Where you are playing from, because the Anjouan authority does not handle player complaints itself. The sequence is set out in how to escalate a casino complaint.

What the licence requires

CoinCasino's licence position could not be validated against the register (the reference on this file, ALSI-142311005-FI2, is not confirmed for this brand), and no UK Gambling Commission licence is recorded for it, so GamStop and the UK dispute-resolution framework do not apply. Read more on what an Anjouan licence means for UK players.

If you are trying to recover money

Because no licence this file could confirm now stands behind CoinCasino, there is no adjudicator anywhere that can order a refund, so recovery runs as a claim built on the CoinCasino terms as they stood when you played and on the evidence your own records support, taken forward with a regulated legal partner where they support it. Preserve your account evidence first, then see how gambling-loss recovery works, the evidence you need to recover losses, and how to escalate a casino complaint.

CoinCasino sits outside the UK framework. For the wider picture, read getting money back from an offshore casino. If you self-excluded before CoinCasino took your deposits, read getting money back after gambling on GamStop. For the escalation order that applies to CoinCasino, licensed in Anjouan (Comoros), use the free complaint route finder.

If the amount is large

Where the sum is large, the first thing to establish is which rules actually bind CoinCasino, and under an Anjouan licence the answer is short. The Authority sets no customer due diligence threshold, no source-of-funds standard and no withdrawal timescale for players; requiring CoinCasino to segregate player balances from operating funds and to handle complaints within reasonable timelines is the extent of the published conditions. Everything else comes from the CoinCasino terms, which is why those terms matter far more here than they would under a regime that publishes its own. The clauses to find are the verification rights CoinCasino reserves, the daily, weekly and monthly payout caps, and any maximum win provision attached to a bonus. Take a dated copy while the dispute is live. Alongside the paperwork, expect the CoinCasino account to feel different: a host who was quick to answer on a £2,000 / $2,600 withdrawal becomes unreachable, and payout limits that never mattered stretch a £50,000 / $65,000 balance across months of instalments. Once CoinCasino has had its 30 days, the escalation route is the one under Where you are playing from.

Where you are playing from

The Anjouan route runs in three stages, and they follow the CoinCasino licence rather than your passport. First, a written complaint through the CoinCasino complaints procedure, which the policy expects to be reached through the interactive seal where the site carries one, and which CoinCasino must answer within 30 calendar days (14 calendar days is the deadline for raising a dispute about a game outcome). Second, a referral to one of the four ADR providers approved by Anjouan Gaming, EGIS-ADR, Axion ADR, iGaming ADR or CADRE B.V., once the 30 days have run without resolution or reply; CoinCasino is obliged to participate and to bear the cost, and the process runs in English. Third, a court claim against the company that operates CoinCasino. A complaint from a player in an excluded territory is outside the policy entirely, so the country paragraphs below settle whether any of this reaches you. The Authority does not adjudicate complaints itself, gives no time limit for the ADR stage and publishes no postal address, so the 30-day clock is the one to document.

The CoinCasino licence could not be validated against the Anjouan Gaming (Union of the Comoros) register, so treat the licence route as conditional on that licence existing; the domestic angles below stand either way.

If you are in the United States

Online gambling in the United States is regulated state by state, and CoinCasino holds no state licence, so no state regulator has authority over your CoinCasino account or over the money CoinCasino is holding. That is the point a bipartisan coalition of 50 state attorneys general put to the Department of Justice in August 2025, asking it to act against offshore platforms operating without proper licensure: enforcement, not a refund scheme for a CoinCasino player. A complaint to your state attorney general or state consumer protection office puts the CoinCasino dispute on record. The money route against CoinCasino is the Anjouan route above, the one attached to the CoinCasino licence.

If you are in the EU

Austria and Germany are the two EU markets where courts have recognised a refund claim against an operator like CoinCasino with no domestic licence. The Austrian Supreme Court settled it in 1 Ob 229/20p: no Austrian concession, no effective contract, stake repayable, which is what an Austrian CoinCasino player relies on. In Germany the Court of Justice of the EU (Case C-440/23, 16 April 2026) confirmed that such restitution claims are compatible with EU law, which is the ground an EU CoinCasino player stands on, on facts involving Malta-licensed operators rather than CoinCasino; the Federal Court of Justice’s lead decision, I ZR 216/25, is pending after a hearing on 17 September 2026, so a German CoinCasino claim is not yet settled law. The Netherlands is different: since the Hoge Raad’s ruling of 3 July 2026 an unlicensed operator’s contracts, those of CoinCasino included, are not automatically void, so a Dutch CoinCasino player has no automatic refund and only a case-by-case claim against CoinCasino. Outside those three countries we have found no sourced domestic route against CoinCasino, and against CoinCasino the Anjouan route above applies.

If you are in Canada or Australia

Neither country offers a refund route against CoinCasino. Canada: Ontario is the only province with a regulated private market, and its regulator and conduct body, the AGCO and iGaming Ontario, both say they cannot refund wagers or award compensation and deal only with Ontario-registered sites, not with CoinCasino; the other provinces run monopolies and we have found no domestic route against CoinCasino. Australia: the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 makes online casinos illegal to offer, ACMA takes complaints about breaches, and ACMA itself says Australian regulators cannot help if the provider withholds your CoinCasino winnings and points you to the licensing authority abroad. Against CoinCasino that is the Anjouan route above.

If you are in the UK

In Great Britain any operator serving consumers needs a Gambling Commission operating licence regardless of where it is based, and CoinCasino does not hold one, so nothing in that framework binds CoinCasino. The consequences for a CoinCasino player are practical: GAMSTOP only covers GB-licensed operators, so a self-exclusion did not block CoinCasino; the ADR duty in the Commission’s licence conditions binds Commission licensees only, which does not include CoinCasino, and IBAS adjudicates only against operators registered with it, so no UK adjudicator can hear a CoinCasino dispute; and the Commission itself says it has no power to resolve individual complaints or recover money from CoinCasino, though it takes reports of unlicensed sites at intelligencereports@gamblingcommission.gov.uk. The route that does reach CoinCasino is the Anjouan route above, the one attached to the CoinCasino licence.

Sources

  1. askgamblers.com: Player complaints: unresolved approx 9,500 USD winnings confiscated after account closure; unresolved approx 3,050 USD unpaid weekly cashback after account closure; resolved approx 5,267 USD delayed withdrawal; resolved approx 5,200 euro unpaid balance; multiple resolved crypto withdrawal delays
  2. fintelegram.com: No-KYC/anonymous marketing, opaque payment routing, restricted-jurisdiction registrations and deposits succeeding with KYC triggered at withdrawal, ownership inconsistency (corroborated via WebSearch extracts; direct fetch returned HTTP 403)
  3. somuchpoker.com: Operator/licensee named as Igloo Ventures SRL (Costa Rica, ID 3-102-880024), Anjouan Gaming Authority licence ALSI-142311005-FI2, launched 2023 (built on CoinPoker technology), no-KYC standard crypto accounts with WalletConnect registration
  4. casinoslotsguru.com: Review lists the United Kingdom among restricted countries, confirms no UKGC licence, and describes a no-KYC deposit/play/withdraw positioning with verification only in rare cases
  5. anjouangaming.com: Official Anjouan licence register attempted for confirmation of ALSI-142311005-FI2; table rendered empty on fetch, so the licence could not be register-confirmed

How we verified this: the CoinCasino file draws on Anjouan Gaming (Union of the Comoros) records, licence registers and attributed player reports, checked as our editorial standards describe.

FAQ

Common questions about CoinCasino

Can I get my money back from CoinCasino?

Possibly. No licence this file could confirm now stands behind CoinCasino, so there is no regulator or adjudicator anywhere that can order a refund. Recovery instead works through the CoinCasino terms as they stood when you played, the evidence your payment history supports, and where appropriate a regulated legal partner. The right route depends on your evidence, and our initial assessment is free and confidential.

"Legit" is really three separate questions. CoinCasino quotes licence ALSI-142311005-FI2 on its site, which could not be validated against the Anjouan Gaming (Union of the Comoros) register. 2 documented items sit on the CoinCasino file above, every one carrying its issuing body and source. No UK Gambling Commission licence is recorded for it, meaning neither GamStop nor the UK dispute framework reaches it, and that gap matters more than any review score when something goes wrong. No licence anywhere is a promise of fair treatment.

CoinCasino is operated by Igloo Ventures SRL. The licence reference on this file for CoinCasino, ALSI-142311005-FI2, could not be confirmed for this brand against the Anjouan (Comoros) register check recorded here. It is recorded as licensed under Anjouan Gaming (Union of the Comoros). The brand has operated since 2023. This licence sits outside GamStop, so a GamStop self-exclusion does not block accounts held under it.

CoinCasino's position on UK players is not clear-cut. Not UKGC-licensed and widely listed among casinos not on GamStop. At least one review shows the UK on the restricted-countries list, but an investigative report found registrations and deposits from listed-restricted jurisdictions still succeeded, so any UK block appears inconsistently applied. No UK consumer protections apply either way. Whichever applies, the licence in force when you played is what shapes the routes open to you.

Our research records 1 reported allegation and 1 further item on record for CoinCasino, each with its issuing body and a source you can check. A listing is a record, not proof of wrongdoing, and every case turns on its own evidence.

Preserve the evidence first: screenshot your balance, the stuck withdrawal, chat transcripts and emails, and save the terms as they read today. Then make one formal written complaint and escalate to the right authority or a regulated legal partner. Avoid closing the account or accepting a partial settlement before you have taken advice.

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