The Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) has once again been forced to distance itself from an online casino platform claiming to be licensed by the regulator.
Two sites – dragonia-casino.at/ and dragonia-de.de/ – both claim to hold a licence from the MGA. The iGaming Expert team could not access the former URL, however, the latter leads to an online casino platform that claims to be operated by NovaForge Ltd and licensed by Anjouan.
At the time of writing, the small print at the bottom of the website also states that it is ‘licensed and regulated by the Malta Gaming Authority’.
Dragonia and NovaForge are not listed as licensed entities on the Anjouan Gaming website, nor do they appear on the MGA’s register.
A statement from the regulator said: “Any reference to the MGA and/or gaming licence/s said to be issued by the Maltese Authority, as stated by the above websites, is false and misleading.
“The MGA would like to remind consumers not to utilise services provided by an entity unless they have ascertained that the entity in question is authorised to provide such services by the MGA.”
MGA dogged by false claims
The use of the MGA name and logo has been a persistent issue for several years now, with the first notice issued by the MGA regarding such a problem dating back to 2006.
In February, the MGA issued a similar warning related to the websites rrbet.com, babu88bd.com and wagerstreet.net, adding to similar notices issued in January of this year.
42 different URLs were added to the MGA’s list of unauthorised websites in 2025.
The most high-profile of these were the many sites linked to God55, a Malaysian brand which partnered with the English football team Birmingham City in March last year.
Following an investigation by iGaming Expert, no evidence was found that God55 had a valid licence for the MGA, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) or the CGA, despite claiming so on their websites at the time the partnership was announced.
