CasinoSecrets Opens 40,000 Curaçao Gaming Files to Public Search

German security researcher Lilith Wittmann announced the release on September 23. In her post, she said she had released part of the data obtained from the Curaçao Gaming Authority and that users could now investigate who owns and operates casinos in Curaçao themselves.

The searchable release is part of CasinoSecrets, an investigation carried out with NDR, NRK, SVT and Follow the Money. The site currently gives users access to more than 40,000 documents searchable by company and domain.

The Files Go Beyond the Public Licence Register

The database contains information taken from the CGA’s licensing systems rather than only the regulator’s public licence list.

Wittmann said a Curaçao application can include a company-register extract, corporate structure chart, business plan and information on how the applicant is financed. The portal also held material used during regulatory reviews, including internal assessment documents, support tickets and comments connected to applications.

That makes the new search useful for following connections that are difficult to see from a licence entry alone.

The public database is also only part of the underlying material. Wittmann says the broader CasinoSecrets investigation processed almost 2 TB of records from gambling authorities in Curaçao and Malta, together with corporate-register data from jurisdictions including Cyprus, Malta and Gibraltar.

1xBet Search Leads to Several Curaçao Entities

A 15M check of the new search tool shows how the extra layer works. Searching for 1xBet returns domains connected in the database to several entities. The results include 1xbet.com under Caecus N.V., 1xbet.africa under Infusion Tech B.V. and 1xbet.asia under Velatus N.V., among others.

The Caecus page, in particular, currently shows:

• 70 documents;
• 2 applications;
• 43 domains;
• 14 related entities.

Follow the Money separately examined the underlying licensing material for Caecus. It reported that CGA assessors questioned whether 1xBet had multiple owners and requested more information about the relationship between Caecus’s declared owner and people publicly associated with founding 1xBet. The licence was nevertheless granted.

CGA Says the Full Scope Is Still Under Investigation

The Curaçao Gaming Authority had already confirmed unauthorized access to its online gaming portal on September 17. The regulator said the access had been contained and its source identified. It also said a forensic investigation was continuing and that it had not yet established the full scope of the incident or which information had been accessed.

CGA added that, at that stage, investigators had found no compromise of its core technical infrastructure.

CasinoSecrets also warns that some records may be old, incomplete or inaccurate. It recommends checking company numbers, domains, addresses and licence details before relying on a match.