Rank #16 · Operator profile
Sikwin
India-focused cricket-betting site under 12 Stars International (Seychelles registration), with full corporate disclosure on the operator's own footer.
- Licence
- Anjouan
- Licensee jurisdiction
- Seychelles
- Licence
- Anjouan
- Licence no.
- ALSI-132405043-FI3
- Licensee
- 12 Stars International Technology Solutions Limited
- Domain
- sikwin.com
- KYC threshold
- Per operator's KYC policy (phone-number-verified signup observed)
- Licence expires
- May 27, 2026
Sikwin is the India-focused brand of 12 Stars International Technology Solutions Limited under Anjouan licence ALSI-132405043-FI31 . The operator’s public homepage discloses the Seychelles corporate registration of the parent company (12 Stars International, registration 241277, House of Francis, Room 303, Ile De Port, Mahé, Seychelles)2 , a +91 phone-number verification flow at signup (Indian dialling code), and a title tag explicitly oriented to cricket betting. This is one of the more transparent operators in the 12 Stars estate, which is itself notable given the Bety profile flagged that the same licensee currently has the bety.com domain listed for sale.
What we can verify (and the 12 Stars context)
Sikwin is the only domain in the 12 Stars International estate currently operating with a fully-populated public homepage at the time of writing. Of the four brands on this licence:
- Bety.com is parked for sale at €189,715 on Dynadot (see the Bety profile for the full analysis of what that means for the estate).
- Bet7ek.com did not resolve from our test location.
- Eagle777.com loads and serves a casino but raises specific integrity concerns about fabricated player testimonials (covered separately in the Eagle777 profile).
- Sikwin.com loads with a coherent India-focused brand, transparent operator disclosure, and a standard responsible-gambling footer linking to recognised support organisations.
That makes Sikwin the cleanest-looking of the four domains, which is itself worth noting in context.
The Seychelles corporate registration
The Sikwin footer is one of the few in our coverage that names the specific country and corporate registration of the licensee:
Sikwin.com is owned and operated by 12 Stars International Technology Solutions Limited, registration number: 241277, registered address: House of Francis, Room 303, Ile De Port, Mahé, Seychelles.
This is meaningfully more disclosure than the standard “operated by 3-102-xxxxxxx SRL” most Anjouan operators provide. Seychelles is a well-established offshore corporate jurisdiction with an International Business Company (IBC) framework that allows the kind of single-purpose holding entities operators like 12 Stars use. The “House of Francis, Room 303, Ile De Port, Mahé” address is consistent with a Seychelles IBC registered-office service rather than the operator’s actual working location, which is standard for offshore corporate structures.
The transparency is welcome. It does not change the substance of what the player can recover through the regulator if the operator misbehaves (Anjouan does not provide binding ADR; see the licence-context section below), but it does make the operator more findable in public corporate-search databases.
India-market positioning and the cricket-betting frame
The title tag explicitly names cricket betting alongside online casino and betting games. India’s online gambling market has a few distinctive characteristics:
- Cricket dominates. IPL (Indian Premier League) and international cricket are the most-bet sports by a wide margin. Operators serving India typically build cricket-first sportsbooks with IPL season as the peak commercial window.
- State-by-state law variation. Online gambling law in India is determined at the state level, not nationally. Some states permit specific forms (Maharashtra allows online rummy; Sikkim has its own framework; Goa has casinos); most states prohibit most forms.
- UPI and card-rail friction. Indian banks block many gambling-marked transactions. Operators that serve India usually go through crypto rails, e-wallet intermediaries, or specific payment-rail wrappers to handle deposit-and-withdrawal flow.
- English + Hindi UI conventions. Sikwin’s site defaults to English; we did not verify whether a Hindi-language toggle is available behind sign-in.
The Sikwin brand reads as India-first by these signals: cricket in the title tag, +91 verification, English-default UI with Indian-context branding.
The licensee structure: 12 Stars International estate
12 Stars International Technology Solutions Limited holds four brand domains under one Anjouan licence:
| Domain | Current state |
|---|---|
| sikwin.com | Operating; India-focused |
| bety.com | Listed for sale at €189,715 |
| bet7ek.com | Did not resolve at test time |
| eagle777.com | Operating; integrity concerns (fake testimonials) |
This is structurally similar to the multi-brand stables we analysed for Fenix.casino (6 brands) and Spinorhino (8 brands), but with the added complication that the licensee’s estate is mixed-state: one healthy brand, one for-sale domain, one unresolvable, one with integrity concerns. This pattern looks like an operator group in transition rather than a stable multi-brand operation.
What the Anjouan licence actually covers
Sikwin 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-132405043-FI3, 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.
Our analytical position
Sikwin is the cleanest-looking domain in the 12 Stars International estate: India-focused cricket-betting site, transparent operator disclosure (Seychelles registration + address), responsible-gambling footer linking to recognised support organisations. The licensee’s wider estate has known issues (Bety parked for sale, Eagle777 fake testimonials, bet7ek unreachable) which create a contextual concern even though Sikwin itself looks operationally normal. Score reflects: published transparency on operator footer (positive), India-market focused positioning (neutral, depends on player location), well-structured sign-up flow with appropriate jurisdictional verification (positive), 12 Stars estate context with mixed-state sister brands (mild negative).
Score: 6.4 / 10, operator-side disclosure is unusually transparent for the tier, but the wider estate context pulls the score off the top of the Anjouan range.
Frequently asked questions
Is Sikwin a real casino?
Yes. The site is operational, holds a valid Anjouan licence (ALSI-132405043-FI3), and discloses its Seychelles-registered licensee on the footer. India-targeted with cricket betting as the headline product. The licensee runs four domains; Sikwin is the most coherent one of the four at time of writing.
Who owns Sikwin?
12 Stars International Technology Solutions Limited, a company registered in Seychelles (registration 241277, House of Francis, Room 303, Ile De Port, Mahé, Seychelles). The same licensee operates bety.com (currently parked for sale), bet7ek.com (unreachable), and eagle777.com (operating, with fabricated-testimonial concerns we flag separately).
Does Sikwin accept Indian players?
The +91 phone-verification flow at signup and the cricket-betting title tag indicate India targeting. Indian gambling law varies state by state; we do not adjudicate jurisdictional legality. Read your local law before depositing.
What is the difference between sikwin.com and sikwin18.com?
sikwin.com redirects to sikwin18.com after the initial page load (likely a localisation or load-balancing redirect). Both are under the same Anjouan licence and the same operator.
Are GamCare, Gamblers Anonymous, and Gambling Therapy effective if I'm in India?
The three organisations are UK-based but operate internationally. They provide self-exclusion tools, helplines, and counselling referrals that Indian players can access. For India-specific gambling-addiction support, also consider Indian organisations such as the Vandrevala Foundation.
When this might not apply to you
Sikwin’s product is cricket-and-casino-focused for India-market players. If you are outside India, the operator’s lobby may still serve you but the cricket-heavy sportsbook and Indian-market payment rails will feel less natural. Anjouan licensing does not include cross-operator self-exclusion (GamStop, Cruks, Spelpaus do not cover this operator).
What to read next
- The Bety profile for the most concerning property in the 12 Stars estate.
- The Eagle777 profile for the integrity-concern sister brand.
- The Bombay.vip profile for another India-focused Anjouan operator under a different licensee.
References
- Anjouan licence register entry (12 Stars International) , Anjouan Gaming Authority
- Sikwin operator footer disclosure , Sikwin