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Key facts

⚠ Offshore licence
Operator
Igloo Ventures
Licence
Anjouan
Status
Offshore licence

Last verified: September 5, 2026

This brand is licensed offshore, not by the UK Gambling Commission, so UK player protections do not apply. We cover it for research and transparency only. UK players should choose a UKGC-licensed casino — see our top-rated picks below.

Short answer: yes, Instant Casino has sisters — it is one brand inside a sprawling offshore network, not a one-off site. The people behind it run dozens of near-identical crypto casinos under a handful of shell companies. And the part that matters most for anyone in the UK: Instant Casino is not licensed by the UK Gambling Commission. It is an offshore operation that will happily take a British player, but it sits entirely outside the protections you would get on a UK-regulated site.

We could not find a UK Gambling Commission licence for Instant Casino because there isn’t one. If you have seen pages calling it the “Official UK Casino” and quoting a UKGC licence number, treat those with real suspicion — they are copycat landing pages borrowing another company’s platform credentials, not the casino itself. You can check who genuinely holds a UK licence on the Gambling Commission’s public register. Instant Casino is not on it.

Who actually runs Instant Casino

Ownership here is deliberately layered, which is a warning sign in itself. The clearest confirmation comes from a regulator, not a marketing page: the Dutch Gambling Authority (Kansspelautoriteit) names EOD Code SRL, a company registered in Costa Rica, as the operator of Instant Casino in its official sanction decision.

Sitting around EOD Code SRL are two more entities that keep appearing across this network: Igloo Ventures SRL (also Costa Rica), which more recent listings show as the coordinating company, and MIBS N.V. in Curaçao, which supplies the underlying platform and a Curaçao licence. An investigation by the financial-crime watchdog FinTelegram describes these as one operation wearing several corporate hats — “unified control” spread across Curaçao and Costa Rica — with the brands grouped under a single Anjouan gaming licence to keep costs and scrutiny down.

On the licensing itself, we are going to be blunt: we could not verify a single licence number for Instant Casino on any regulator’s own public register. The site displays Curaçao and Anjouan licence references, but the Curaçao authority’s portal offers no public look-up for outsiders to confirm them, and Anjouan has no dependable register at all. Rather than copy a number off the footer and present it as fact, we would rather tell you plainly that it is unverifiable — and an offshore licence you cannot independently check gives you very little to lean on if something goes wrong.

Instant Casino’s sister sites

Instant Casino’s own site does not publish a “sister brands” page, so the list below is built from a regulator naming the operator and from the FinTelegram investigation into the network — not from affiliate “similar casino” widgets. We have kept it to the brands with the strongest sourcing and flagged how confident we are in each. The network is reported to run 40-plus brands in total, so this is a sample, not the full roster.

BrandOperator / networkNote
Instant CasinoEOD Code SRL (Costa Rica)Operator confirmed by the Dutch regulator’s sanction decision. Highest confidence.
Golden PandaEOD Code SRL (Costa Rica)Repeatedly reported as the same operator by Dutch industry coverage and FinTelegram. High confidence.
WSM Casino (Wall Street Memes)Same Igloo Ventures / EOD Code networkNamed in the FinTelegram network investigation. Medium confidence.
TG CasinoSame Igloo Ventures / EOD Code networkNamed in the FinTelegram network investigation. Medium confidence.
Mega DiceSame Igloo Ventures / EOD Code networkNamed in the FinTelegram network investigation; has its own separate history, so treat the link as reported rather than regulator-confirmed. Medium confidence.

Because the operator switches between company names (EOD Code SRL, Igloo Ventures SRL, MIBS N.V.) depending on the market and the licence, the exact legal entity on any one of these brands can differ even when the people and platform behind them are the same. That is the whole point of the structure — and it is exactly why a single self-exclusion or complaint rarely travels across the group.

A regulator has already acted against this operator

This is not hypothetical. In 2025 the Dutch Gambling Authority issued an order under penalty against EOD Code SRL and, when it was ignored, moved to collect a forfeited penalty of €840,000. The regulator’s inspectors found that players in the Netherlands could open an account at Instant Casino and deposit — including in Bitcoin — with no measures in place to keep out a market the operator had no licence to serve. The order was issued on 29 July 2025, published on 26 August 2025, and the collection decision followed on 11 December 2025.

The UK is not the Netherlands, but the lesson carries straight over: this operator’s model is to take players from countries where it holds no local licence, and a national regulator has formally judged that unlawful. A UK player has no more protection from Instant Casino than a Dutch one did — arguably less, because there is no UK body standing behind you at all.

The risks for a UK player — read these first

  • No UK complaints or dispute route. Because there is no UKGC licence, you cannot escalate a dispute to a UK-approved alternative dispute resolution (ADR) provider or to the Gambling Commission. If a withdrawal is delayed or a win is voided, your only recourse is the operator itself and an offshore licensing body that is difficult to reach and, in Anjouan’s case, barely functional. Player reports of slow or cancelled payouts on this network are common.
  • No UK fund protection. UK-licensed casinos must disclose how customer funds are held. Offshore, there is no equivalent guarantee that your balance is ring-fenced or that you would be paid if the operator folded.
  • It sits outside the national online self-exclusion scheme. The UK’s national online self-exclusion scheme only covers UKGC-licensed operators. Instant Casino is not part of it, so if you have self-excluded to stop yourself gambling, that self-exclusion does not block this site. That is a serious gap, not a feature.
  • Deposit limits are per account, and controls don’t follow you across the network. Any limit you set applies only to the one account. Setting a limit — or even self-excluding — at Instant Casino will not automatically restrict its sister brands, so the network structure can quietly undo the very controls you put in place.
  • Offshore bonus terms tend to be heavier. Big headline percentages usually come with steep wagering requirements and short expiry windows. We are not quoting a figure here because offshore terms change often and are not always honoured as written — read the current terms in full before you deposit, and assume the conditions are stricter than a UK site’s.

Our verdict

Instant Casino is a real, active brand, but it is an offshore casino inside a multi-company network built to blur who is responsible — and one that a European regulator has already penalised for taking players it had no licence to serve. For anyone in the UK, a Gambling Commission-licensed site is the safer choice by a wide margin: you get a real complaints route, an ADR backstop, fund-protection disclosure, and coverage by the national self-exclusion scheme. None of that exists here. If the appeal of a site like this is that it slips past controls you have set for yourself, that is the strongest possible reason to stay on a UK-licensed operator instead.

If gambling is causing you harm, you can talk to GamCare’s National Gambling Helpline free on 0808 8020 133, and the National Gambling Support Network offers free treatment across Great Britain. 18+.

Frequently Asked Questions

What licence does Instant Casino hold?+
Instant Casino operates under an Anjouan licence (ALSI-1423 l 1005-FI2) issued by the Government of the Autonomous Island of Anjouan, Union of Comoros. Casino Guru references a Curaçao Gaming Authority licence but no matching entry was located on the Curaçao public register during research. There is no UKGC licence.
Does UK self-exclusion apply to Instant Casino sister sites?+
No. National self-exclusion requires a UKGC licence. No brand in the EOD Code SRL network holds a UKGC licence. Self-exclusion must be arranged directly with each brand individually. Players can use device-level blocking tools such as Gamban or Bet Blocker as an alternative.
Can I transfer my balance between Instant Casino sister sites?+
Balance transfers between brands were not confirmed in the research data. Each brand operates its own account system despite sharing the same corporate parent. Players should assume separate balances and separate KYC requirements at each brand unless the operator explicitly confirms otherwise.
What enforcement action has been taken against EOD Code SRL?+
The Netherlands Gambling Authority (KSA) issued a penalty payment order against EOD Code SRL for offering unlicensed online gambling to Dutch players. Penalties were set at 280,000 euros per week capped at 840,000 euros. The KSA found no effective geo-blocking, crypto acceptance in contravention of Dutch law, and Dutch-language support.
Do Instant Casino sister sites share the same KYC requirements?+
All brands in the network use a similar KYC process triggered primarily at withdrawal stage rather than at registration. Required documents include government-issued ID, proof of address, and a selfie with ID per player reports. Whether completing KYC at one brand satisfies requirements at other network brands was not confirmed.