Rank #5 · Operator profile

Bombay.vip

India-targeted Anjouan operator with VIP-positioned branding and a single-domain licensee.

Score
6.6/10
Bonus
Welcome offer published on operator's site at time of writing
Licence
Anjouan
Licensee
3-102-936594 SRL
Licence
Anjouan
Licence no.
ALSI-202508023-FI1
Licensee
3-102-936594 SRL
Domain
bombay.vip
KYC threshold
Not disclosed in public T&Cs at time of writing
Licence expires
August 12, 2026
Payment rails: UPI / INR rails (likely, per geo-positioning), Cards, Crypto (per operator landing)
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Mike Vega Last reviewed May 21, 2026

Bombay.vip operates under Anjouan licence ALSI-202508023-FI1, issued 13 August 2025 to Costa Rican entity 3-102-936594 SRL and valid through 12 August 20261 . The brand’s name and .vip TLD signal a positioning that’s worth unpacking: “Bombay” maps to India’s largest city (now formally Mumbai but Bombay remains a common cultural and commercial reference), and .vip is a TLD heavily used in gambling, crypto, and high-spend-targeting brands. The combination reads as a deliberate India-market geo-targeting play with a high-roller skin. We have not tested this operator with real money.

The India-targeting context

India is one of the most consequential growth markets in global online gambling, characterised by a fragmented legal landscape: each state regulates gambling separately, some states permit specific forms (online rummy, fantasy sports) while others prohibit all real-money gaming. National-level law is patchy and frequently litigated. The practical result is that offshore operators occupy the bulk of the addressable Indian gambling market because no domestic regulator has the authority or appetite to license international-scale online casinos.

Anjouan-licensed operators with India branding (Bombay.vip, the related bombay.vip family, and several others in the register) are operating into this opportunity. The standard pattern is:

We have not verified which specific Indian payment rails Bombay.vip supports or whether the UI offers Hindi localisation; those are operator-page questions a prospective player should check directly.

Indian players considering offshore casinos should understand the local-law landscape: payment rails for gambling-marked transactions can be blocked by Indian banks at any time without notice, state-level law varies, and the operator (being Anjouan-licensed) cannot offer Indian regulatory protection. The Anjouan licence is real but is operating into a market the Indian state has not licensed. We do not advise players on whether to play; we describe what the licence covers and what it does not.

The licensee structure

3-102-936594 SRL is another single-purpose Costa Rican SRL. The Anjouan register lists only bombay.vip under this licensee, which is consistent with the focused-single-brand pattern shared by Forzza, Casindi, and Papawins. Single-brand structure is the cleaner end of the spectrum; multi-brand SRLs holding 6-8 skins are at the other end.

What the Anjouan licence actually covers

Bombay.vip is licensed by the Anjouan Gaming Authority, the regulatory body established on the autonomous island of Anjouan (one of the three islands that make up the Union of the Comoros in the Indian Ocean). Anjouan's modern iGaming licensing framework was relaunched in 2023–2024 by Anjouan Licensing Services Inc., the exclusive licence administrator, and has been adopted at scale since by operators that previously sat under Curaçao's old master-licence system. The operator's licence number is ALSI-202508023-FI1, listed as valid on the official Anjouan licence register.

What the licence does

  • Operator vetting at issue. The framework requires KYC on beneficial owners and directors, clean criminal-record checks, source-of-funds documentation, a written business plan, and AML/KYC/responsible-gaming policies before the licence is issued.
  • Game-software certification. Operators must use certified RNG technology, with provider certificates submitted as part of the licensing pack.
  • Segregated player funds. Operators must hold player balances in accounts separate from operating funds. This is the single most consequential player-protection clause in the framework.
  • Formal complaint process. Operators must publish a complaint-handling procedure and respond to player disputes within the timeframes defined by the regulator.
  • Public register and seal verification. Every licensed operator appears on the official register with licence number, issue and expiry dates, status, and authorised domains. Operators may display a seal whose ID resolves to the register entry in real time.

What the licence does not do

  • No binding third-party adjudication. Anjouan provides a formal complaint process between player and operator, but it does not offer the binding ADR (alternative dispute resolution) tier that regulators like the UKGC or MGA mandate. If the operator refuses to pay, the regulator can revoke the licence — but does not order the operator to pay the player.
  • No deposit caps or central self-exclusion. Unlike MGA, UKGC, KSA, or Sweden's Spelpaus, Anjouan does not run a cross-operator self-exclusion register or impose mandatory deposit limits. Self-exclusion is a per-operator setting; players who want cross-operator protection have to rely on GamStop / Cruks / Spelpaus where applicable.
  • Disputes from excluded territories are not mediated. The Anjouan Gaming Board explicitly excludes mediation for players based in jurisdictions the operator was supposed to block. If you played from a restricted country, the regulator will decline the case.
  • No public dispute decisions database. There is no published archive of operator complaints and rulings comparable to the UKGC's enforcement-action page or the MGA's player-complaint summaries. Track-record information has to be reconstructed from third-party sources (Trustpilot, AskGamblers, casino-forum threads).
  • Limited recourse outside the licence. Anjouan's jurisdiction is the autonomous island, not the Comorian Union. Comorian union-level law treats most gambling as prohibited, which creates a structural mismatch: the licence is real and the regulator acts, but it operates entirely within the island's autonomy carve-out.

How this compares to other offshore licences

Anjouan sits in the same operational tier as the new Curaçao LOK framework (issued directly by the CGB since 2024, replacing the old master/sub-licence system) and Tobique (Canadian First Nation regulator that took over from Kahnawake for many crypto operators). All three offer real but light-touch licensing: operator vetting at issue, mandated segregated funds, formal complaint handling, no binding third-party arbitration, and minimal ongoing player-protection infrastructure compared to MGA, UKGC, or KSA.

In practical terms: an Anjouan licence means the operator has been vetted by a regulator that exists, will respond, and can revoke. It does not mean a player will be made whole by the regulator if the operator decides not to pay. Players who want that should play at UKGC, MGA, or comparable-tier operators, accepting the friction (KYC at every turn, withdrawal holds, deposit limits) that comes with that protection.

How Bombay.vip compares to peers

Within today’s batch Bombay.vip’s geographic targeting differentiates it from generic-name operators (Casindi, Papawins, Forzza). The dedicated India focus is a positive in the analytical-score sense: the operator has chosen a specific market and is presumably building cashier and product for that market specifically rather than spreading thin across many. The negatives are the same as for other recent Anjouan licences: limited track record, no published KYC threshold, no published withdrawal SLA visible on the homepage.

Our analytical position

Bombay.vip is a focused single-brand Anjouan-licensed operator with deliberate India-market positioning. The structural fundamentals (focused licensee, current licence, geographic specificity) are stronger than the generic-name peers in today’s batch. The trade-off is the unusual operating context: Indian players using offshore operators face a payment-rail risk (UPI / bank blocks) that is structural and not the operator’s fault. Score reflects: focused licensee structure (positive), geographic specificity (positive), limited track record (neutral), India-market legal-and-payment friction (neutral).

Score: 6.6 / 10.

Frequently asked questions

Is Bombay.vip licensed?

Yes. Anjouan eGaming Authority licence ALSI-202508023-FI1, valid through 12 August 2026, held by Costa Rican entity 3-102-936594 SRL.

Is Bombay.vip legal to use from India?

We do not adjudicate jurisdictional legality. India's gambling landscape is fragmented across states and the Anjouan licence does not provide Indian regulatory protection. Indian players should read the operator's terms, their own state-level gambling law, and accept that payment rails for gambling-marked transactions can be blocked at any time by Indian banks.

Does Bombay.vip support UPI?

Indian-market-targeted offshore operators commonly support UPI through crypto or intermediary rails. We did not independently verify Bombay.vip's specific UPI support, deposit methods, or withdrawal mechanism for this profile.

Who operates Bombay.vip?

The licensee on record is 3-102-936594 SRL, a single-purpose Costa Rican Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada. The SRL holds only the bombay.vip domain in the Anjouan register.

When this might not apply to you

Players outside India will find the operator’s product surfaces less relevant (cashier defaulting to INR rails, sports product cricket-weighted). Anjouan licensing does not include cross-operator self-exclusion (GamStop, Cruks, Spelpaus do not apply).

References

  1. Anjouan licence register entry (3-102-936594 SRL) , Anjouan Gaming Authority