Source: Curaçao Gaming Authority
Curaçao’s Gaming Authority said it launched a new interim online gaming portal on 19 October 2026. The notice also describes the authority’s remit across land-based casinos, lotteries, charity bingo and online gaming under the National Ordinance on Games of Chance.
The portal change affects how online gaming operators interact with Curaçao’s regulator.
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Curaçao’s gaming authority, the CGA, said its online licensing portal will not return and that the service agreements supporting it will end. The outlet reported that an inquiry into payments reportedly made to Mario Galea and his company is under way, and that an island parliamentary meeting has been deferred pending the inquiry.
The Curaçao Gaming Authority (CGA) has decided not to bring its online licensing portal back into service, the regulator announced. The CGA said the portal was taken offline the previous week and that the service agreements supporting the platform will be terminated.
The Curaçao Gaming Authority has permanently closed the digital portal used to manage online gambling licences following a breach disclosed in September 2026, it said in a 7 October statement. The CGA is ending agreements covering management of the platform. It said the shutdown does not affect the validity of licences already issued, operator obligations or its supervisory responsibilities.
The Curaçao Gaming Authority (CGA) has announced the permanent closure of the digital portal used to manage online gambling licences, following a data breach disclosed in September 2026. The decision was set out in a statement dated 7 October and also ends the agreements covering management services for the platform. The CGA said the portal, currently out of service, will not be reactivated.
An investigation by Lilith Wittmann and European journalists examined Curaçao licensing files and operators serving Germany. It reportedly identified about 800 owners behind nearly 650 Curaçao-licensed gambling companies; Wittmann estimated possible unpaid German gambling taxes linked to Platincasino at about €250m for 2023–2025, describing the figure as a journalistic estimate rather than an official assessment. The Curaçao authority said its rules were in transition, while the lawyer for businessman Thomas Kalman rejected allegations against his client.
The Curaçao Gaming Authority acknowledged that licences had been granted despite unanswered questions, reportedly, and said the sector was in transition under laws passed in 2024. The authority also said it had closed a security gap that allowed a researcher to access its licensing system for nine months. Leaked files reportedly raised questions about ownership disclosures and licensing oversight.
A reported breach of the Curaçao Gaming Authority’s licensing system exposed ownership and regulatory records linked to hundreds of gambling firms. The investigation identified records covering 646 entities, while the authority acknowledged that some licences had been issued before ownership questions were resolved.