Ever vigilant LCB community discovers another rogue casino, armed to the teeth with pirated slots of all shapes and sizes. Fresh in 2018, CasinoMGA.com opens scanning the international playing field for newbies, unsuspecting customers, avid gamers and other suitable subjects of their shady operations. Unfortunately for the brand, we have a couple of clever members ourselves, who can smell a rat from a mile away!
After LCB'ers reported suspicious-looking games offered by Casinio MGA, we reviewed the site and saw clearly that not only are their concerns completely valid...
...but there are actually MORE incriminating elements to be discovered and exposed to the world.
No License
Throughout the course of the investigation, our team realized this questionable outlet is all talk, and no action.
They take good care to describe the services, games, promotions and their ''honest'' intentions in vivid detail. No shortage of encouragement to deposit and wager real money! And that's precisely the problem here because...
...inexperienced players won't recognize their license is FAKE!
Officially confirmed by Curacao eGaming, Casino MGA's claims to the Curacao certificate are false. The operator displays a permit logo of the www.gaming-curacao.com regulator, which is NOT the official site of the jurisdiction, but a third-party company granted the master license to issue permits to other casinos. Even so, the brand does not hold either one, and in fact are using a license link from a completely different casino - www.casinoempire.com, which we suspect they are trying to pass as their own, legitimate sub-license.
Below is a screenshot of the homepage and logo, saved for posterity in case the casino decides to remove it:
Pirated Slots
There's a whole array of forgeries - very good ones at that. Fake games are hosted on familiar pirated domains, that we have already encountered multiple times in our past investigations of predatory brands. These illegal copies are, however, of much better quality than the ones we're used to seeing, and by consequence...
... it is much harder to tell the difference just by looking or playing the games. Aside from BetSoft software which is, as far as we can tell - real, the following software products are not genuine:
- Aristocrat
- Novomatic
- NetEnt
- Amatic
- Igrosoft
- Merkur Gaming
Like we already mentioned, Amatic and Novomatic titles, the latter virtually indistinguishable from the originals, are hosted on a well-known grandxpro source.
Pirated Novomatic Book of Ra Deluxe
Pirated Amatic Diamond Monkey
Net Entertainment games launch from a variant of the infamous casinomodules.com server, as evidenced in the Starburst slot screenshot below:
Igrosoft forgeries also hail from a known illegal source, and for these the site is using supermegaslot.com domain:
Pirated Igrosoft Crazy Monkey
We suppose Merkur Gaming has no idea, that a large portion of their popular portfolio is being used and abused to cheat players out of their money. As the Eye of Horus slot screenshot clearly shows, the games are launching from the granxpro.com domain:
To launch fake Aristocrat slots, the site is using nyxop.net - an obvious attempt to make it resemble nyx.com - the official server of the developer ever since they've partnered with NYX.
The image below is taken from the Queen of the Nile slot:
We can't emphasize enough how important it is for players to stay tuned to latest industry news, specifically articles about black market groups, rogue and predatory sites.
Brands like CasinoMGA are getting better at faking software, and players are having a hard time figuring out which ones are real, and which false. It's the same with licensing: there is the logo, the link, and some page where it says in big, green, reassuring letters: valid. Yet, this license is anything but. Stay safe!
Related links based on our report:
Avoid CasinoMGA: Fake Slots, Real Shadiness - Report by Professionalrakeback.com
ZaNoMi
4 years ago
Deposits go to the company CALLKEY SYSTEMS LIMITED. cherryfiesta.com and casinoempire.com Casino freaks and you can never make a withdrawal.
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zuga
5 years ago
@WilliamDafoe We added the review in order to additionally cover everything that is wrong with this casino. The more we write about it, the greater chance is that players wont get screwed over. As Markotik said theres already warning placed and pop up alerting players about their shady biz . This is pretty standard LCB...
@WilliamDafoe We added the review in order to additionally cover everything that is wrong with this casino. The more we write about it, the greater chance is that players wont get screwed over. As Markotik said theres already warning placed and pop up alerting players about their shady biz . This is pretty standard LCB procedure.
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Markotik
5 years ago
@WilliamDafoe there is a link to the report, and the warning sign, too. The review will be written referencing the rogue report.
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JennJennca
5 years ago
Why is this casino now posted on the main page under list of new casinos? Seems very dangerous as some players may sign up thinking its new and legit.
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zuga
5 years ago
thanks everyone. As always we would appreciate if you guys spread the word out and share our rogue reports. It is of utmost importance we educate all ( especially unsuspecting ) players about these shady operations.
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abuzmaster
5 years ago
great job, two thumbs up.
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coolsongss
5 years ago
This is really a big rogue casino. From the casino name, people might think up the Malta Gaming Authority, actually I did it. I just thought that a Malta-based company put the name on it. But, reading the article, it is more than surprising. I suspect that there is a black market with pirated slots growing somewhere. For...
This is really a big rogue casino. From the casino name, people might think up the Malta Gaming Authority, actually I did it. I just thought that a Malta-based company put the name on it. But, reading the article, it is more than surprising. I suspect that there is a black market with pirated slots growing somewhere. For this casino, I think that MGA and Curacao both took some action, huh. Thanks LCB for your efforts to protect players !!!
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Trinzies
5 years ago
Precisely why I rarely venture from my home casino sites. It's a never ending battle with these tricksters and efforts from regulators and sites such as LCB are sometimes underappreciated. This one definitely deserves a standing ovation. Job well done guys!!
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Sydney
5 years ago
Unbelievable! They've qualified for The Worst of the Worst list.
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JohnnyK
5 years ago
Wow, these guys really went all the way, from a fake license to fake software! They should be shut down asap, this looks like an illegal operation and an obvious fraud.
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MTCash
5 years ago
Wow it's crazy to see the lengths that these rogue casinos will go to, that is very sketchy. It's a big reason why I only stick to the big name sites, it's important to know your money and personal information is in safe hands. You should always do your research on any site before risking your money and sharing your information...
Wow it's crazy to see the lengths that these rogue casinos will go to, that is very sketchy. It's a big reason why I only stick to the big name sites, it's important to know your money and personal information is in safe hands. You should always do your research on any site before risking your money and sharing your information with them. Big thanks for LCB for keeping us posted on all the reliable and trustworthy sites as well as which ones to avoid.
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VaRiXD
5 years ago
Same as EPOCA Casino that cheat a lot's... Play for long, Went I finally HIT they simply close my account for 6 month, Saying it's for my protection lol After 6 month my 15 free spins at 1.50$ Multiplier x 4 where gone. Since then I slow down playing online... As they can do what ever they want I Stick to my local casino...
Same as EPOCA Casino that cheat a lot's... Play for long, Went I finally HIT they simply close my account for 6 month, Saying it's for my protection lol After 6 month my 15 free spins at 1.50$ Multiplier x 4 where gone. Since then I slow down playing online... As they can do what ever they want I Stick to my local casino but even them are tricky lol
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CBG
5 years ago
wanna aslo add that it makes me literally sick what these rogues are trying to get away with! God bless you LCB, you are truly a gem in this gambling space , that feels more like a Wild West than properly regulated industry ( NOT )
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Gospodja Ministarka
5 years ago
Thank you lcb for the enormous effort in disclosing these fraudsters
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zuga
5 years ago
They are not only trying to pass as MGA approved casino ( hence the CasinoMGA name ) but they also used another casino ( what appear legit license ) and tried to pass it as their own. Obviously fake games they offer are pretty good knock-offs, but the host servers were dead giveaway.
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Mil E Na
5 years ago
Thanks, LCB team for discovering these fake games and for keeping us safe!
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Snowbowl
5 years ago
this is horrible. thank you lcb for the warning
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CBG
5 years ago
omfg how fishy to use MGA name to trick players into thinking they were legitimate. the tricks they use these days, luckily we have pretty savvy community thx LCb
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MelissaN
5 years ago
Thanks, LCB for the warning. Another brand with fake games in one week. Unbelievable. I hope our community will read this detailed report and stay away from CasinoMGA that hosts not only pirated games but gaming license as well.
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Mojo Jojo
5 years ago
MGA ( Malta Gaming Authority ) is one of the best licensee and big amount of online casinos with their license are legit, if not, license will be revoked and the casino will lose their credibility in most cases closed their doors soon after. The first thing why this particular casino caught my attention was their name,...
MGA ( Malta Gaming Authority ) is one of the best licensee and big amount of online casinos with their license are legit, if not, license will be revoked and the casino will lose their credibility in most cases closed their doors soon after. The first thing why this particular casino caught my attention was their name, casinoMGA, as soon as I saw that name I knew something fishy is going on. I didn't signed up at this casino, even if they offered me €20 no deposit bonus but I did try to test their games and failed, NetEnt games had the old skool loading screen, and fade to black a message popped up saying I cannot play them? Stupid casino! I hope you trip and fall on your head, knock all the bad things out of your head.
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