Vavada is a Curaçao-licensed online casino and sportsbook that has traded under the same brand since 2017. It accepts both fiat currencies and cryptocurrencies across multiple networks, which places a site that predates most of the sector firmly inside crypto gambling. The brand found its earliest audience in Russian-speaking markets and now runs a multi-language platform serving players across Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
For the commercial verdict — bonuses, payout speeds, and game selection — see our Vavada Casino review; the betting product is assessed separately in our Vavada Sportsbook review.
Who Operates Vavada
The site is owned and run by Vavada B.V., a limited company incorporated in Curaçao under registration number 143168 and registered at Hanchi Snoa 19, Trias Building, Curaçao. The same entity has been named on the brand's licensing paperwork since launch, and it holds the current gaming licence in its own name — one of the cases where the customer-facing brand and the legal operator share a name.
Licensing History
Vavada launched in 2017 under Curaçao's old master-licence system, operating as a sublicensee of Antillephone N.V. with licence number 8048/JAZ2017-035. When the island's gaming reform replaced that arrangement with direct licensing under a new online gaming policy effective November 2023, Vavada B.V. applied in its own right, and the Curaçao Gaming Authority's public register now lists it under licence OGL/2024/252/0153, issued 24 December 2025 with indefinite status. That transition mirrors what happened across most Curaçao crypto casinos: sublicences tied to master holders such as Antillephone were phased out in favour of licences held by the operating company itself. The register entry names Vavada B.V. directly, so the licence and the operating company can be cross-checked in a single public record.
