96M: its Curaçao licence claim, checked against the registers

A “Malaysia-based online casino”

96M’s About Us page calls it “a Malaysia-based online casino”^[1]. Its promotions are open to members with ringgit accounts. The site runs in Malay, English and Chinese, and lists FPX online banking, DuitNow, Touch ’n Go and the main Malaysian banks for payments^[1][5]. The terms name no restricted countries. Clause 6.5 makes legality “your sole responsibility”, and clause 14.1 allows the account to be closed if you play “from a jurisdiction where participation is prohibited by law”^[7].

No Malaysian authority licenses online casinos, and the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953 makes gaming in a common gaming house or in a public place an offence for the player, with a fine of up to RM5,000, six months in prison, or both^[8]. Our guide to Malaysian online gambling law covers the Court of Appeal ruling and the 2026 fines.

What 96M says about its licence

The 96M gateway page, which 96m.com redirects to, has a section headed “Licensing”. It says: “96M is fully licensed and regulated by the Curaçao Gaming Control Board (GCB).” The GCB logo above it is an image without a link^[1]. The Malaysian homepage text says the platform “operates under Gaming Control Board licensing”, without a country, number or company^[1].

The site’s settings files contain a fuller footer statement: “96M is a Registered Trade Mark, Regulated & Licensed by the Government of Curacao and operates under the Master License of Gaming Services Provider, N.V. #255/HF5”^[1]. When we loaded the Malaysian site on 28 October 2026, on a desktop screen and on a phone-sized screen, that statement did not appear; the footer showed testing-lab and security logos^[1]. The About Us page gives an address in St Julian’s, Malta, without a company name^[1].

Curaçao now issues online gaming licences through the Curaçao Gaming Authority, and its published registry is the record to check a Curaçao claim against^[9][2].

What the registers show

We searched every register 96M’s claims point to, and others as controls^[10]:

• Curaçao. The online gaming licence registry of 20 October 2026 lists 665 licence numbers. Neither 96M, Gaming Services Provider N.V. nor “255/HF5” is among them. The certificate-holders list of 31 August 2026 and the enforcement register of September 2026 do not mention them either^[2][3].
• Anjouan. 96M does not claim Anjouan, and its name is not on the register. The entries with “96” in a brand name belong to unrelated operators, including one for 96.com, a different brand^[11].
• The Philippines and Great Britain. No 96M entry appears on PAGCOR’s lists or the Gambling Commission’s registers^[12][13].

The Malta Gaming Authority’s checker blocked our requests, so we could not search it. 96M does not claim a Malta licence, and its Malta address names no company to search for. Without a licensee name or a number of its own, the Curaçao claim cannot be matched to a register entry. Our step-by-step guide to checking a licence explains what a checkable claim contains.

The licence link and the platform

The site settings set the footer’s Curaçao licence item to open an address on license-gamingcuracao.com^[1]. That domain has no registration, and public DNS returns no address for it^[4]. A Curaçao seal normally links to the regulator’s validator at cert.cga.cw^[9].

The same domain appears in the settings of the Maxim88 site, which uses the same licence link. The two sites run on the same white-label platform: their settings files share a structure, and both load images from the same content-delivery domain^[1][14]. That shows shared technology, not shared ownership, and neither site names the company behind it.

What the terms contain

96M’s terms and conditions refer to “The Company” and do not name a legal entity, licence or regulator^[7]. On the date we read them, they also contained unedited template text:

• clause 9.3 reads: “The maximum amount that can be won by one customer in any one day of betting is xxx”;
• clause 7.12 uses a different brand name: “Indocash may in our absolute discretion…”, and the same name appears in the Malay version;
• a placeholder reading “your sub-title Here” is in the page code^[7].

The welcome bonuses, worked through

96M’s new-member offers state the basis of the turnover and give worked examples. The turnover applies to the deposit plus the bonus^[5]:

Both offers must be completed within 30 days, and neither states a maximum bet or a maximum cashout. The 100% bonus needs a MYR 50 deposit and the 288% bonus a MYR 100 deposit^[5].

The Malaysian homepage describes the 100% bonus as carrying “fair 10x wagering requirements” with a minimum of RM30, while the terms set 12x to 25x and MYR 50^[1][5]. The terms are the figures the operator applies.

Withdrawals

96M’s homepage text says “most withdrawal requests complete within 60 minutes” and that “no withdrawal fees apply regardless of payment method chosen”^[1]. The terms set the formal conditions. Clause 10.5 allows the company to charge “all reasonable cost” of deposits and withdrawals, and clause 10.6 makes bank charges the customer’s cost. Clause 10.2 says funds will not be released “under any circumstances” unless the full deposit has been played through. Clause 10.1 requires photo identification before winnings are paid^[7]. The VIP page offers top-tier members a MYR 300,000 withdrawal limit^[1]. We could not find the minimum withdrawal or the limits for ordinary members, and we have not tested how long a withdrawal takes.

Reviews and the public record

The Trustpilot profile under the name 96M shows the notice “This company’s rating is unavailable due to a breach of our guidelines”, and says Trustpilot has “removed a number of fake reviews”. The remaining reviews are mostly short five-star posts from March and April 2026, and the website the profile links to was re-registered in October 2026 and now hosts unrelated content^[15]. We cannot say who ran the profile.

96M issued a press release in September 2025 naming Sunny Wang as its brand ambassador. We found no regulator or Malaysian enforcement action naming 96M. Most search results about the brand were paid promotional articles, which we did not use.

Limits and exclusion

The homepage text describes deposit limits “daily, weekly, or monthly”, session time limits, and self-exclusion “from 24-hour cooling periods to permanent account closure”, and shows GamCare and BeGambleAware logos^[1]. These tools would sit inside the account area, which we did not open, and we found no separate responsible-gambling page describing them. GamCare and BeGambleAware are British services and do not cover Malaysia.

If you want to stop, our guide to free gambling help in Malaysia lists services that will talk to you, including Befrienders KL on 03-7627 2929, 24 hours a day^[16].

What this check shows

96M publishes clear bonus terms with worked examples, and describes deposit limits and self-exclusion on its homepage^[5][1]. On licensing, it names no company and no licence number of its own, and we found no entry for the master licence it cites on any current Curaçao register. Its licence link points to an unregistered domain, and its terms contained template text when we read them^[2][4][7]. Its result is therefore “claimed but not found”.

For a reader in Malaysia, online gambling carries the legal exposure described above, and without a licence on record there is no regulator to turn to in a dispute.