Malta MGA licence checker: verify a licensee, URL and status

The Malta Gaming Authority publishes a searchable register for checking legal entities, authorisation status, approved URLs and gaming services. It is the primary starting point for verifying a claim that a business or website holds an MGA authorisation.

The register displayed a last-updated timestamp of 4 July 2026 when this guide was checked. Because the MGA describes the information as continually updated, the live result and check date belong in every conclusion. Atlas did not treat that interface timestamp as proof that every record was reviewed on the same day.

Begin with the hostname visible to the player. Search it without the protocol or page path, then open any matching result. A brand search alone can miss the entity behind the site or return a similarly named business.

If no URL match appears, repeat the search with the legal company disclosed in the website terms. Record both searches before assigning a not-listed label.

The licensed entity can differ from the consumer brand and parent group. Capture the company name exactly as published and preserve the authorisation reference shown in the detailed record.

Do not transfer an authorisation between group companies. Ownership is useful context, but the official record must connect the relevant entity to the service being checked.

A record can remain discoverable after its status changes. Read the current status rather than treating the existence of a licensee page as proof of an active permission.

Suspended, cancelled, surrendered, expired and active records describe different situations. State the official label and avoid extending one Malta status to permissions held elsewhere.

Open the additional information or dynamic seal and compare the approved websites with the exact consumer service. A match for one domain does not validate a mirror, app or related international site.

Identify whether the record concerns a B2C service or B2B critical gaming supply and which game types are covered. A software-supply authorisation is not a consumer operator licence.

The Licensee Hub separates three questions. The searchable licence register finds the entity, status, URL and gaming service. The dynamic seal exposes the detailed authorisation, game types and approved websites. The enforcement register lists actions taken under the Gaming Act. No single one of these records answers all three questions.

For a portfolio review, start with the register, save the dynamic-seal URL for each exact entity and then search the enforcement register by company. This prevents an active company match from being presented as proof that every licence, domain and historical compliance record is clear.

Atlas reopened the live dynamic seals supporting seven selected licensed relationships: Bwin, PokerStars, LeoVegas, Tipico, Betfair, Casumo and ComeOn. Each check matched the legal entity, licensed status, B2C reference, relevant game types and consumer domain. Tipico required two seals because its casino and fixed-odds betting evidence sits under separate entities and authorisation references.

The refresh was deliberately bounded. It did not recount the full MGA register, change the 294-company annual-report denominator or overwrite the separately dated Bet365, Betway, 888 and Unibet findings. Unibet remains under review because the live MGA seal names Kserol P.L.C. while the current Unibet disclosure attributes the same licence number to Rol Malta PLC.

The official dynamic seal for Hillside (New Media Malta) Plc still showed the overall licence status as suspended when rechecked on 24 August 2026. It separately displayed B2C licence MGA/B2C/297/2015 as expired and listed bet365.com as a website URL.

That combination is not an active Malta B2C authorisation. Atlas therefore records the Bet365-Malta relationship as restricted and keeps the finding jurisdiction-specific: it says nothing about Bet365 permissions in Great Britain, Spain, Ontario or another market.

The MGA dynamic seal for licence MGA/B2C/1031/2023 names Kserol P.L.C., shows a licensed status and lists unibet.mt among its approved URLs. A current Unibet Malta help page attributes the same licence number to Rol Malta PLC. Those two public records do not provide the same legal-entity name.

Atlas therefore keeps the Unibet-Malta relationship under review while preserving both sources. The mismatch is not evidence that the licence was revoked or that the website is illegal; it means the current entity chain cannot yet be stated as a clean match.

An MGA authorisation establishes the permission published by the Malta authority. It does not automatically prove that the same site is authorised to target Great Britain, Germany, Spain, Portugal or another locally licensed market.

For a player-facing country question, repeat the check in that jurisdiction’s regulator register. The MGA result supports the corporate evidence chain without replacing the local permission.

If a website claims an MGA licence but its URL is absent, verify the entity, spelling and dynamic seal. If the seal shows an inactive status, preserve that evidence and check whether another entity or authorisation now serves the brand.

Do not rely on a licence number copied into a footer. Unauthorised sites can reproduce text and logos; the official URL field provides the independent connection.

Save the licensee name, status, approved URL, gaming service, authorisation reference, dynamic seal URL and check date. Note missing fields or conflicts instead of completing them from marketing material.

Atlas assigns this guide a 30-day review cycle and will refresh it sooner after an enforcement notice or material status change.

The searchable register is the right source for a specific entity, URL or status. For the sector total, the MGA's 2025 Annual Report is the latest published statistical source: at 31 December 2025, 294 companies held 302 online gaming licences.

Those totals include B2C gaming-service and B2B critical-supply activity and are not a count of consumer brands. The same company can operate several websites, while a corporate group licence can cover additional related entities.

Does an MGA licence make a site legal worldwide? No. It is evidence for the Malta authorisation shown; local permissions must be checked separately. Is a licence logo enough? No. Reproduce the entity, URL and status in the official register. Can an MGA record be suspended? Yes; current status is a core verification field.

What if the company appears but the domain does not? Treat it as a partial match and investigate the detailed seal, alternative entities and current URLs before publishing a brand-level conclusion.