How we verify an operator
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An entry in this register is a claim about the world, so each one has a check behind it and a date on it.
The registration check
We match the operator to a current entry in the regulator's own published register for that market. We record the registrant's legal name, which is frequently not the name on the website — one registered company often operates several consumer brands, and treating those as one entry would hide the fact that they share an owner.
The live check
Holding a registration is not the same as being open. A company can be fully registered and still not have launched, or have launched and since withdrawn. So a second check confirms whether the site actually accepts players in that market today. An operator that is registered but not yet open is shown as exactly that, and carries no link to sign up, because there is nothing to sign up to.
The date
Every entry carries the date it was last checked. A verified fact with no date is not a verified fact — it is a fact that was true at some unknown point in the past.
What we do not do
We do not infer a status. If the regulator's record is ambiguous, the entry says the status is unclear rather than picking the more likely of two readings.
We do not carry a fact across markets. Registration in one province tells you nothing about another, and an operator's entry reflects each market separately.
We do not accept a correction from an operator without a source. Operators are welcome to tell us we are wrong, and often are right, but the fix comes from the regulator's record or the operator's own published terms — not from an email.