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Key facts

⚠ No UK licence recorded
Operator
Long Island N.V.
Licence
No verified licence
Status
No UK licence recorded

Last verified: September 14, 2026

We have not recorded a Great Britain licence for this brand. An overseas licence, if one is listed, does not authorise it to serve players in Great Britain. This profile is for ownership research; check the exact domain in the Gambling Commission register.

Short answer: Wagertales is an offshore casino that markets itself to UK players from outside the UK system. It is not licensed by the UK Gambling Commission. Every listing we could trace names the same operator behind it — Long Island N.V., a Curaçao vehicle — and that name is tied by independent watchdogs to a cluster of near-identical crypto casinos. So on the balance of what we can see: yes, it looks like one brand in a wider offshore stable; but no, we could not verify a single “sister” as a safe, UK-facing site, and we could not find one publicly verifiable licence number for Wagertales itself.

Who actually runs Wagertales?

This is where the honest answer has to start, because the paperwork is thin. Wagertales does not put a proper corporate footer — a named company, an address, a registration number — on its own pages. What it does have is a scattering of look-alike “official” landing and review domains (variations on wagertales-casino, wagertalescasino, wager-tales across .co.uk, .uk and .org.uk), and those consistently name one operator: Long Island N.V., with licensing described as “offshore — likely Curaçao, unconfirmed.” The word unconfirmed is doing a lot of work there, and it should worry you rather than reassure you.

Two findings matter for anyone in the UK:

  • Long Island N.V. is a Curaçao-registered company, and independent investigators report that its Curaçao commercial registration was discontinued in October 2024 — i.e. the company most often named as the operator was wound down on the local register (LCB rogue-casino reports).
  • The Curaçao gaming licence displayed across sites in this group has been traced by the same investigators to a completely different company, not to Long Island N.V. — a copied number, in other words, not the operator’s own permission to trade. For that reason we are deliberately not printing a licence number for Wagertales: we could not verify one that genuinely belongs to it, and repeating a bogus number would be worse than useless. You can check the Curaçao regulator’s own register yourself at the Curaçao Gaming Control Board.

To be completely clear on the one point that matters most: Wagertales does not hold a UK Gambling Commission licence. If you ever see a UKGC or Malta (MGA) number attached to a brand like this, treat it as unverified until you have found it on the regulator’s own register — copied and mismatched licence numbers are a recurring feature of this corner of the market, not an exception.

Does Wagertales have sister sites?

Wagertales publishes no sister-site list of its own, and it does not cross-link to any partner brands — so there is nothing to quote directly from the operator. The only thread connecting it to other casinos is the shared operator name. Independent watchdogs have documented a group of crypto-style casinos operating under the Long Island N.V. banner, and the brands below come from those reports, not from Wagertales itself. Treat this as a table of reported associations under a shared operator name, not a confirmed, verified family:

BrandOperator namedBasis / note
LuckedbetLong Island N.V.Public Casino Guru complaint: an extra deposit demanded before a large withdrawal would be released.
CrazywinsLong Island N.V.Same operator name; flagged on the BBB Scam Tracker and LCB rogue reports.
Golden SphinxLong Island N.V.Same operator name; listed among Long Island N.V. brands in watchdog fraud alerts.
BasewotLong Island N.V.Same operator name; listed among Long Island N.V. brands in watchdog fraud alerts.

One caveat we owe you: at the time of writing we did not find Wagertales itself named in those fraud databases. Its link to the group is the operator name and the identical shell-site pattern, not a confirmed listing. That cuts both ways — it does not clear Wagertales, and it does not let us present these as proven siblings. If you want certainty, the only reliable signal is a licence you can find on a regulator’s own register, and here there isn’t one.

The risks for a UK player — read these before anything else

  • No UK licence means no UK safety net. If a dispute goes wrong, you have no UK complaints route, no independent UK adjudicator (ADR), and none of the player-fund protections a UKGC licence requires. Your recourse is an offshore body that, in this case, appears to have struck the operator off its register.
  • It sits outside the national online self-exclusion scheme. If you have self-excluded from UK-licensed gambling, that block does not reach a site like this — offshore brands are not connected to it. That is a risk to be aware of, not a feature: if you have chosen to self-exclude, a site that ignores that decision is working against you.
  • Deposit limits are per-account and self-set. There is no shared, network-wide limit. A limit you set on one brand does nothing on another, and nothing here stops a second account being opened elsewhere in the same stable.
  • Offshore bonus terms tend to be heavier. Expect high wagering requirements, winning caps and withdrawal conditions that can change — and we are not quoting a headline welcome figure, because those numbers shift constantly and, in this operator group, generous-looking bonuses are exactly what several of the withdrawal complaints above are attached to.
  • Documented payout and “fake game” problems in the wider group. Watchdog reports on Long Island N.V. brands describe deposit-to-withdraw demands and games that do not run on legitimate providers’ servers. Even if Wagertales personally treats you fairly, you are relying on an operator with a poor paper trail and no UK accountability.

Our verdict

A UK Gambling Commission-licensed casino is the safer choice, and it is not close. A UKGC licence gives you a real complaints and adjudication route, protection for your deposited funds, working self-exclusion, and an operator that can actually be held to account for how it advertises and pays. Wagertales offers none of that, is run by an operator whose registration and licence claims do not hold up to a basic check, and shares its shape with brands that carry serious, documented withdrawal complaints.

If you are already searching for this brand, the least-bad approach is caution: assume any “licence number” you see is unverified until you find it on the regulator’s own register, never deposit more to “release” a withdrawal (no legitimate casino requires that), and keep the amounts small enough to lose. If gambling is stopping being fun, free and confidential help is available from GamCare’s National Gambling Helpline on 0808 8020 133, and the National Gambling Support Network offers free treatment across Britain. 18+.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does WagerTales hold a verified gambling licence?+
No verified licence was located on the Curacao Gaming Authority register at gamingcontrolcuracao.org or cga.cw for WagerTales, Long Island N.V., or Wager Tales LTD. Casino Guru stated in a formal complaint closure that the casino operated without a valid licence. Players should treat this operator as effectively unlicensed.
Are wagertales sister sites covered by the UK self-exclusion scheme self-exclusion?+
No. National self-exclusion requires a UKGC licence, which no brand in the WagerTales network holds. register with the UK self-exclusion scheme will not block access to any WagerTales domain or Mr Thrills Casino. Device-level blocking through Gamban or Bet Blocker is the only reliable alternative.
Why does WagerTales use numbered domains like wagertales1, wagertales2, and wagertales3?+
Trustpilot reviewers describe a rotating domain pattern where players lose access to one numbered domain and are directed to the next iteration. All numbered variants share the same platform, game library, and operator entity. This pattern is consistent with domain cycling rather than distinct multi-brand operation.
Can I transfer my balance between WagerTales numbered domains?+
No evidence of balance transfer between WagerTales numbered domains was found in the research data. Players who lost access to one domain reported needing to create new accounts at the successor domain. Given documented withdrawal non-payment patterns, any balance held at a deactivated domain may be unrecoverable.
What is the WagerTales complaint resolution rate on Casino Guru?+
The complaint resolution rate across all identified Casino Guru cases is zero per cent. Every formal complaint was closed as unresolved because the casino failed to respond. Complaints included withdrawal delays from players in Finland, Italy, and Germany spanning periods of one to three months.