Casino Groups: Who Actually Owns the Casinos You Play At
Thirty of the casinos we have reviewed belong to seven companies. Most players have no idea, and it changes what a bad experience means.
- → If a casino treats you badly, switching to what looks like a competitor often means the same company, the same payments team and the same policies.
- → Five casinos in our US rankings share one company registration number. Four more share another. Nine brands, two companies.
- → A shared licence does not mean shared treatment. Four brands on one licence score from 5.8 to 8.4 in our ratings.
- → Terms documents get copied between companies. One casino's bonus terms tell you to contact a completely different casino's support.
- → Three casinos we reviewed name no operating company at all. That is a finding in itself.
- → You can check any casino's group in about two minutes. The method is below.
A player has a bad experience at one casino. Documents rejected repeatedly, a withdrawal that will not clear, support that stops replying. So they leave and sign up somewhere that looks completely different: different name, different colours, different theme.
Often it is the same company. The same verification team looks at the same documents and applies the same policy, and the player has no idea until it happens again.
This page exists because that information is available in every casino's terms and conditions, and almost nobody reads far enough to find it.
How to check any casino yourself
Before the tables, here is the method. It takes about two minutes and works at any casino.
1. Open the terms and conditions and read clause 1. Almost every casino names its operating company in the first paragraph, usually with a registration number and address. That is the single most useful sentence in the entire document.
2. Search that company name and registration number. If other casinos come up, you have found the group. Registration numbers are more reliable than company names, which sometimes vary in formatting.
3. Compare the licence number. Several brands often share one licence. That is legal and normal, but it tells you the same entity is behind both.
4. Look for tells in the document itself. Identical clause numbering, identical restricted country lists, the same revision date, or the same unusual wording all indicate a shared template. Occasionally you find a copy paste error naming a different brand entirely, which is the clearest tell of all.
What clause 13.7 looks like when a casino admits the group openly: one operator we reviewed states that a ban for abuse at that casino "or any of our sister brands" can result in suspension and voided winnings. Some groups do not hide it. Most simply do not mention it.
The groups
Primrose Media Limited
Registration: company number 15804, Anjouan, Union of the Comoros
Software: SpinLogic, formerly RTG
Markets: United States, Canada
The largest group in our US rankings and the one where shared ownership matters most, because the payout structure is identical across every brand.
| Casino | Our rating | Our test |
|---|---|---|
| Captain Jack | 4.8 | Deposit only |
| Silver Oak | 4.6 | Paid, two weeks |
| Royal Ace | 4.4 | Paid, slowly |
| Planet 7 | 3.8 | KYC failed |
| Slot Madness | 3.5 | Withdrawal stuck |
What every brand in this group shares:
- A maximum of $2,500 approved per pay period
- 7 to 10 business days to review a withdrawal, then another 7 to 10 to pay
- A monthly cap dropping from $10,000 to $5,000 if your balance exceeds ten times your deposits
- Section 5.9, giving the casino an explicit right to reverse an approved withdrawal
- A three day window to lodge a dispute
- Total liability capped at $500
- Free chip winnings capped at $100
Why this matters more here than anywhere else on this page. Those clauses together mean a $14,000 win takes roughly seven months to collect, at any of these five brands. Moving from one to another changes nothing about the arithmetic.
Attribution note: the five casinos above name registration number 15804 in their own terms. Four further US casinos we have reviewed, Vegas Casino Online, Las Vegas USA, Slots Plus and Sun Palace, use closely matching terms and payment structures, but we group them on document similarity rather than a stated registration number. That is a weaker basis and we flag it rather than presenting it as confirmed.
N1 Interactive Ltd
Registration: C 81457, Malta, registered at 206 Wisely House, Old Bakery Street, Valletta
Licence: Malta Gaming Authority, MGA/B2C/394/2017, issued 1 August 2018
Markets: New Zealand, Canada outside Ontario
The only MGA licensed operator in our rankings, and the clearest example of why shared ownership does not mean shared experience.
| Casino | Our rating | Trustpilot | Our test |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Casino | 8.4 | 2.9 | Clean |
| Betchan | 7.8 | 2.4 | Clean |
| Spinia | 6.9 | 2.1 | KYC 5 days |
| BetAmo | 5.8 | 1.7 | KYC failed |
Every brand shares: terms document version 2.8 dated 23 January 2024, the same MGA licence, EUR 4,000 daily and EUR 40,000 monthly withdrawal limits, the CasinoReviews.com ADR route plus direct MGA escalation, and a dormant account clause that returns your balance after 30 months rather than consuming it.
Where they differ: Bob is the only one with a case specific reply pattern on its review page. Betchan blocks bonuses on all EGT and jackpot slots. BetAmo has the highest monthly ceiling at EUR 75,000 but the narrowest payment list, with no Interac.
The score spread from 5.8 to 8.4 on one licence is the single most useful thing on this page, and we return to it below.
Novatrix SRL
Registration: 3-102-893958, Costa Rica, Province 03 of Cartago
Licences: Tobique Gaming Commission 0000002 for three brands, Anjouan ALSI-202508056-FI2 for one
Markets: New Zealand, Australia, Canada outside Ontario
| Casino | Our rating | Licence | Our test |
|---|---|---|---|
| GunsBet | 7.9 | Tobique | Clean, KYC 3 days |
| Casino Chan | 7.9 | Tobique | Clean |
| PlayAmo | 7.4 | Anjouan | Clean |
| Woo Casino | 5.2 | Tobique | Deposit failed twice |
Worth knowing about this group: the Tobique licence brings EGIS, a named independent dispute body reachable at disputes@egis-adr.com. PlayAmo, on the Anjouan licence, names no dispute body at all. Same company, and your recourse depends entirely on which brand you happened to register with.
All four carry a KYC clause allowing up to 30 working days to review documents, which is six calendar weeks and the longest in our rankings.
Trustpilot removed Woo Casino's entire business profile for guideline violations. Casino Chan, on the identical licence and operator, has an intact profile with eight players independently naming their VIP managers.
Scores55 Tech B.V.
Registration: 162990, Scharlooweg 39, Willemstad, Curaçao
Licence: Curaçao Gaming Authority, OGL/2024/1307/0748
Markets: New Zealand, Australia, Canada
| Casino | Our rating | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 7BitCasino | 9.2 | Highest rated casino on this site |
| Mirax | 8.6 | Trustpilot flagged for fake reviews |
| mBit | not reviewed | Same licence number |
The OGL/2024 licence prefix matters. Curaçao replaced its old master licence system, under which sublicences were issued with minimal oversight, with a direct licensing regime carrying stricter requirements. A 2024-era Curaçao licence is not the same thing as a legacy one, even though both say Curaçao.
Both reviewed brands share NZ$20,000 weekly and NZ$80,000 monthly withdrawal ceilings, the highest we have documented anywhere, and a deposit turnover rule of 3x for general play rising to 10x for table and live games.
Metlait SRL
Registration: 3-102-911867, Costa Rica
Licence: Tobique Gaming Commission 0000064
Reviewed: Crown Slots, 8.1
A single brand in our rankings, but included here for a reason that illustrates how these documents travel. Crown Slots and GunsBet are different companies with different Tobique licence numbers, yet their terms documents match almost clause for clause: same section numbering, same restricted country list, same 3x deposit rule at 9.7, same two week contact rule at 8.4, same EGIS route at 15.5.
Two of the earliest licence numbers issued by that commission, running on a shared operational template. Not the same company, but not independent either.
Deckmedia N.V.
Markets: United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand
Software: RTG
The largest group by brand count in our rankings: Slots Capital, SlotoCash, Miami Club, Uptown Aces, Uptown Pokies, Red Stag, Decode, Fair Go, Ozwin and Ripper.
Attribution note: we group these on the basis of a shared affiliate programme and consistent operational patterns rather than a common company registration number stated in the terms. That is a weaker basis than the groups above and we present it as such. If you are checking yourself, the affiliate programme a casino runs is a useful signal but it is not proof of common ownership the way a registration number is.
Ratings here span 7.2 to 9.0, with Decode at the top of our US rankings.
Casinos that name no operator at all
Three casinos we reviewed do not identify their operating company anywhere in the terms. That is worth its own section, because the absence tells you something.
| Casino | Rating | What the terms say |
|---|---|---|
| EvoSpin | 6.9 | "on the basis of the international License" and nothing further |
| Slotrush | 5.4 | Names Veltica Solutions SRL but no licence at all |
| BeOnBet | 4.3 | Anjouan governing law, no company, no licence number |
At Slotrush the governing law clause is an unfinished sentence: it ends at "governed by the laws of" and never says which. As drafted, there is no stated jurisdiction and no named arbitration venue.
None of this proves a casino is unlicensed. Plenty of operators hold real licences and write poor terms documents. But it means there is nothing you can verify and nothing a regulator can be pointed at, and that belongs in your assessment.
The thing this page is really about
Four casinos run by N1 Interactive under one Malta licence, with an identical terms document, score 8.4, 7.8, 6.9 and 5.8 in our ratings. We tested all four with our own money. Three verifications completed. One did not.
Four casinos run by Novatrix SRL score 7.9, 7.9, 7.4 and 5.2. At one, our deposit failed twice and Trustpilot has deleted the entire profile. At another, our test was clean and eight players independently name their VIP managers.
The published rules are the same. The experience is not. Whatever varies happens at the brand level: which support team, which verification queue, which internal targets.
One reviewer put this better than we can. Writing about a brand in the N1 group, he said that other casinos under the same company had acknowledged their mistakes and refunded him, while this one ignored every request. We cannot verify his account. But it is the clearest available description of what the numbers above show.
The practical consequence cuts both ways. If you had a bad experience at one brand in a group, another brand in the same group might genuinely be fine. But you should go in knowing it is the same company, and you should not assume the licence protects you differently just because the logo changed.
Documents that travel between companies
One more finding worth recording, because it says something about how this industry produces its paperwork.
Betchan's bonus terms, in the clause about cancelling a bonus, tell you to contact PlayAmo's support service. Betchan is operated by N1 Interactive in Malta. PlayAmo is operated by Novatrix SRL in Costa Rica. Different companies, different jurisdictions, different licences.
The same leftover appears in Casino Chan's bonus terms, also pointing at PlayAmo.
It changes nothing about how either casino works. It tells you these documents get copied between operators who are not related to each other, which is worth remembering when a terms page reads as though it was written specifically for the casino you are on.
What to do with this
Before you deposit anywhere, read clause 1 of the terms and note the company name and registration number. If it is a group you have had trouble with, you now know before rather than after.
If a casino refuses a withdrawal, check whether the group has a named dispute body. The Tobique brands have EGIS. The N1 brands have CasinoReviews.com and the Malta Gaming Authority. Several groups have nothing at all, and knowing which situation you are in determines whether escalating is worth your time. Our complaints guide covers the routes in detail.
If you are choosing between two casinos that look similar, check whether they are the same company first. Diversifying across brands in one group is not diversifying.
If a casino names no operator, weigh that heavily. It costs nothing to publish a company registration number, and the operators that do are telling you something the ones that do not are not.
Every rating on this page is explained in the individual reviews, and our methodology sets out how we test and what each label means. If you find an error here, or a group connection we have missed, tell us and we will correct it.