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DEP Casino

Properly geo-restricts blocked jurisdictions and publishes legal, license, and policy pages even when the casino itself is unavailable.

Score

7.0/10

Bonus

Welcome bonus published on operator's public pages (not visible from restricted IP)

Licence: Anjouan
Geo enforcement: Strict (IP-restricted)
Licence: Anjouan
Licence no.: ALSI-202508033-FI1
Licensee: 3-102-937162 SRL
Domain: dep.casino
KYC threshold: Per operator's KYC FAQ (publicly linked from the blocked-region landing)
Licence expires: August 12, 2026

Payment rails: Public 'Payment methods' page surfaces deposit/withdrawal info even when service blocked

Restricted regions: MT (observed), (others not enumerated from our access)

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Reece Holloway Last reviewed May 22, 2026

DEP Casino is one of the few Anjouan-licensed operators that does something most offshore casinos avoid: it properly geo-restricts access from blocked jurisdictions and still publishes its legal, licensing, AML, KYC, and payment-method documentation on a public landing page that loads even when the casino service itself is blocked² . Licence ALSI-202508033-FI1 was issued 13 August 2025 to Costa Rican entity 3-102-937162 SRL and is valid through 12 August 2026¹ . From our test location the casino service returned a region-blocked notice (IP detected as Malta, blocked); the operator-info pages remained accessible. This is a profile, not a tested review.

What DEP Casino does differently

Most offshore operators in our coverage handle geo-restriction badly. Either they (a) accept all traffic and rely on a checkbox in the registration flow (“I confirm I am not in a restricted jurisdiction”), (b) silently fail in restricted regions with a generic error, or (c) silently redirect to an unhelpful page. DEP Casino instead:

Detects the IP geography. Our test machine resolved as a Maltese IP (212.56.139.82), and the operator’s response named both the country and the specific IP in the block notice. This is the level of detection a serious operator with a proper compliance posture maintains.
Returns a structured block page that explains the situation in plain language: “Our service is not available in your region due to legal restrictions. We appreciate your understanding. If you believe this is an error, please contact our support team.”
Keeps the operator-info pages accessible. Eight distinct sections (About / Platform license / Terms of use / Privacy / AML / FAQ / Payment methods / Responsible gaming) remained reachable from the block page, with a header reading “Public information remains available, Legal, company, payment, and support information can still be reviewed without access to casino services.”

The choice to keep operator documentation publicly accessible from a blocked region is a positive signal. It means a player from a non-blocked region researching DEP before signing up can review the operator’s policies; it means regulators, journalists, and review sites like this one can verify operator claims; and it means the operator is committed to a posture of “we explain what we do” rather than the more common “we hide everything behind a registered account”.

The operator-blocking-of-Malta is itself notable. Malta is a tier-1 European gambling market with its own MGA-licensed operator population; an Anjouan operator that blocks Maltese IPs is choosing not to compete in a regulated market it is not licensed for. That is the correct posture, but it is uncommon among offshore casinos that often serve any IP that reaches them.

The licensee structure

3-102-937162 SRL is a single-purpose Costa Rican SRL holding only the dep.casino domain. The licensee structure is at the focused / clean end of the spectrum. No sister brands, no multi-property stable, no white-label aggregator pattern.

What we cannot verify from a blocked region

Because the casino service itself was unavailable from our test location, we could not:

Confirm the operator’s game lobby contents, provider mix, or bonus offers visible to non-blocked players.
Observe the cashier flow, KYC threshold trigger, or actual withdrawal mechanics.
Test deposit or withdrawal timings (this is a profile, not a tested review either way).

What we could verify is the operator’s documentation infrastructure: licensing record on the Anjouan register, eight separately-linked policy pages, structured block page with named jurisdiction and IP. That’s enough to inform an analytical position even without seeing the lobby.

What the Anjouan licence actually covers

DEP Casino 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-202508033-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 DEP Casino compares to peers

Within today’s batch, DEP Casino is distinguished by its compliance posture. Most operators we have profiled keep their policy pages behind registration walls, or surface only a subset on public pages. DEP publishing the full document set without registration is at the top end of operator transparency we have seen in the Anjouan register. Combined with the proper geo-enforcement, this reads as an operator with a genuine compliance team rather than a marketing-led offshore casino dressed up as one.

The trade-off: a properly geo-restricted operator is less accessible to players in unsupported regions, by design. If you are in a blocked jurisdiction, the operator will not serve you and that decision is the operator’s, not a network issue.

Our analytical position

DEP Casino exhibits the strongest compliance posture in today’s profile batch. Proper IP-based geo-restriction with structured block-page UX, complete operator-info documentation accessible from the block page, focused single-brand licensee structure, current Anjouan licence. The score reflects the verifiable compliance signals; it does not depend on operator-side game-lobby observations because those were not visible to us. Players in supported regions who care about operator transparency more than crypto-native rakeback structures should look at DEP Casino seriously.

Score: 7.0 / 10, strong compliance and transparency posture (positive), focused single-brand licensee (positive), lobby and bonus specifics not verified from our test location (neutral), unknown supported-region list (neutral).

Frequently asked questions

Is DEP Casino licensed?

Yes. Anjouan eGaming Authority licence ALSI-202508033-FI1, valid through 12 August 2026, held by Costa Rican entity 3-102-937162 SRL. The licence is listed on the official Anjouan public register.

Why was DEP Casino blocked from my IP?

The operator runs IP-based geo-restriction. From our test location (Maltese IP), the casino service was blocked with a structured 'Service Not Available' notice naming the country and IP. This is the operator choosing not to serve regulated EU markets where its Anjouan licence does not apply. The block notice's existence is a positive trust signal.

What's the difference between DEP Casino and operators that accept any IP?

Offshore operators vary in how seriously they enforce jurisdictional restrictions. The lazy posture is 'accept all traffic, ask the player to check a checkbox at signup that they are not in a restricted region'. The serious posture is IP-based detection with a block page. DEP Casino takes the second posture, which means the operator is taking real compliance risk and limiting its market on purpose.

Can I read DEP Casino's terms and KYC policy?

Yes. The operator publishes About / Platform license / Terms of use / Privacy / AML / FAQ / Payment methods / Responsible gaming as separately-linked pages on the public landing. These remain accessible even when the casino service itself is blocked in your region, which is unusually transparent for the Anjouan register tier.

Who is 3-102-937162 SRL?

A Costa Rican Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada that holds only the dep.casino licence per the Anjouan register. Standard single-purpose offshore-licence-holding shell structure.

When this might not apply to you

If your IP geolocates to a region the operator blocks, the casino service will not be available to you. The operator-info pages remain accessible but you cannot deposit or play. If you can deposit, you are in a region the operator considers serviceable; whether that aligns with your local law is your call.

References

Anjouan licence register entry (3-102-937162 SRL) , Anjouan Gaming Authority
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