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Vave

watchlistLast reviewed 2026-10-02First published 2026-10-0212 sourcesCoverage 2 of 5 components

In short, from the documents

What does the register show about Vave?

Vave's licence is not confirmed in the issuing authority's register. 6 contradictions between its marketing and its binding terms are documented, 3 at high severity. Payout index 9/100, from 2 of 5 components. No withdrawal test has been run on it. Identity checks before payout: at the operator’s discretion. Its terms name 13 restricted countries in full.

Documents last checked 2026-10-02Reviewed by CryptoGuardz Register Desk, editorial desk

Disclosure: CryptoGuardz has no commercial relationship with Vave and earns nothing if you sign up with them. Status and score are derived from the data below by the formula published at our methodology page, the same way as for operators we do have a relationship with.

score 9 of 100 at low confidence · 2 of 5 components measured · 6 documented contradictions · licence not confirmed · 6 recorded gaps · 12 sources

1. What this means for you

Consequences first, in the conditional, each one produced by a document Vave publishes itself or by the register of the authority that licensed it. Every line links to the section that proves it.

What can happen to you, and what in the document allows it

Your withdrawal can be refused on a term that contradicts what Vave advertises HIGH3 high-severity contradictions are documented between what Vave says in public and what its own binding terms or its licence register say. Both sides of each are quoted and dated below.
You have no complaints path we can point you to if Vave declines to pay HIGHThe licence is asserted on Vave’s own site and could not be confirmed in the issuing authority’s register. That is an absence of confirmation rather than evidence the licence is invalid, and it still leaves a player holding a complaint with nowhere independent to take it.
Your withdrawal can be held for identity documents whenever Vave decides to ask MEDIUMVave’s own policy reserves verification at its discretion rather than at a stated trigger, so there is no point before which a player can know they will not be asked.
You cannot tell how long a withdrawal will take, because the binding terms commit to nothing MEDIUMThe terms state no processing time a player could hold Vave to. Any figure on the marketing pages is an aspiration the document does not support.
Your winnings from a bonus can be capped before you withdraw them MEDIUMThe bonus terms set a maximum cashout of 10,000 USDT from cashback, points, tournament, deposit, VIP and weekly bonuses; 50 USDT from free bonuses or free spins without a deposit. "Any amount in excess will be forfeited.". Anything above it is not payable however the bonus performed.
You are reading a score built on three of five components, not five MEDIUMNo withdrawal test has been run against Vave by this register and no public payout wallet has been identified for it, so the two components that would measure whether it actually pays are absent. The score is computed from what remains and marked low confidence.

6 conditions, each one read out of a document Vave publishes itself, out of the register of the authority that licensed it, or out of the limits of what this register has measured. Each link lands on the evidence.

Vave front page, laptop view, 2026-09-28 — vave.com refused a visitor in the United States on 2026-09-28: this is its own geoblock page.

Vave front page, phone view, 2026-09-28 — vave.com refused a visitor in the United States on 2026-09-28: this is its own geoblock page.

2. The score, component by component

Vave scores 9 out of 100, at low confidence, from 2 of five components. The formula is published in full at our methodology page so any reader can recompute it from the data on this page.

low confidence · 2 of 5 components

4.1 ÷ 45 × 100 = 9Vave earned 4.1 of the 45 points that could be measured, scaled to 100. The other 55 points have no data yet and are left out, not scored as zero.

2 of 5 components have data4.1/45

Licence verification0/30
No licence number found.
Claim consistency4.1/15
Documented contradictions between marketing claims and binding terms or registers: 3 high, 3 medium, 0 low. Only high and medium decay this component.

no datan/a / 55

Measured payout speedn/a / 25
No data yetExcluded from the denominator, so the maximum drops by 25
No first-party withdrawal test has been run yet, so this component is excluded from the denominator rather than counted as zero.
On-chain wallet healthn/a / 20
No data yetExcluded from the denominator, so the maximum drops by 20
No hot wallet has been identified for this operator, so this component is excluded from the denominator rather than counted as zero.
Independent safety ratingn/a / 10
No data yetExcluded from the denominator, so the maximum drops by 10
No independent safety index found.

Components marked no data are excluded from the denominator rather than counted as zero, so Vave is not punished for a measurement we have not made.

Component	Basis
Licence verification	No licence number found.
Measured payout speed	No first-party withdrawal test has been run yet, so this component is excluded from the denominator rather than counted as zero.
On-chain wallet health	No hot wallet has been identified for this operator, so this component is excluded from the denominator rather than counted as zero.
Claim consistency	Documented contradictions between marketing claims and binding terms or registers: 3 high, 3 medium, 0 low. Only high and medium decay this component.
Independent safety rating	No independent safety index found.

3. What we could not verify

Every register entry carries this section, and it sits third rather than last because the limits of a check belong beside its results.

The live pages. vave.com served its geoblock page to our browser from the United States, so the terms, bonus terms and homepage were read through search-index copies. The help centre at help.vave.com was read directly.
Which company operates vave.com today. The current terms name none; the help centre names TechOptions Group B.V.; the Dutch regulator names Chestoption.
Whether Curacao licence OGL/2024/1676/0905, held by Latcas B.V., covers any Vave domain. The authority's certificate portal offers no search, and the register does not list domains.
The AML and KYC policy, which was not retrieved.
The Casino Guru rating. casino.guru served a bot check.
First-party withdrawal test. Not yet run.

4. Licence and who operates it

Vave states a licence on its own site. We could not confirm it against the issuing authority’s register. That is an absence of confirmation, not evidence the licence is invalid.

Licence authority	Curacao, per the operator's help centresource · 2026-10-02The help centre says the operator "holds a license issued by the Curacao IGaming Authority" but gives no number. The binding terms state no licence.
Licence number	not disclosed
Register status	not disclosedLooked up and not found. Neither TechOptions Group B.V. nor Chestoption appears in the Curacao Gaming Authority register of 16 September 2026, and vave.com is not listed on the Anjouan register. This is an absence of confirmation, recorded alongside a regulator's finding that the operator held no Dutch licence.
Term start	not disclosed
Term end	not disclosed
Legal entity	Chestoption Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitadasource · 2026-10-02Named by the Netherlands Gambling Authority as owner and operator of vave.com, on the evidence of the site footer and section 1 of the terms as they stood in 2024 and of the hosting provider's records. The terms served on 2 October 2026 name no company at all.
Jurisdiction	Costa Ricasource · 2026-10-02
Company number	not disclosed
Registered address	not disclosed

What a Curaçao licence actually covers, how a complaint under it works and what it does not cover at all is set out on the Curaçao jurisdiction page, alongside every other operator on the register under the same regime.

Other entities named in this operator’s own documents

TechOptions Group B.V., Curacao, named in Vave's help centre as the operator holding a Curacao licence. It does not appear in the Curacao Gaming Authority register of 16 September 2026.
Latcas B.V. holds Curacao licence OGL/2024/1676/0905, Indefinite from 19 May 2026. A third party reports that the authority's portal lists vavegame.com, not vave.com, under it; not verified here.
Neomatrix Ltd holds Anjouan licence ALSI-202505032-FI2, whose domains include vavegame.io. vave.com is not listed on the Anjouan register.

5. Where the marketing and the terms disagree

We compare what an operator advertises against its own binding terms and against the issuing register. Vave has 6 documented contradictions. Each one below cites both sides.

Exhibit 01 · high severityRecorded 2026-10-02

Claimed: The help centre states "Vave Crypto Casino is licensed and regulated" and that the site "is managed and operated by TechOptions Group B.V., which holds a license issued by the Curacao IGaming Authority". [source]
Contradicted: The Curacao Gaming Authority register of 16 September 2026 has no entry for TechOptions Group B.V. The Netherlands Gambling Authority found, from Vave's own terms and footer, that the operator is Chestoption, a Costa Rica company, and the terms now served name no company and no licence. vave.com is not on the Anjouan register either. [source]

Exhibit 02 · high severityRecorded 2026-10-02

Claimed: Clause 3.6 of the terms lists the Netherlands among countries whose players "are prohibited from playing real money wagering games at Vave". [source]
Contradicted: The Netherlands Gambling Authority found that on 27 May 2024 vave.com was reachable from a Dutch IP address, that its supervisor could open an account with Dutch details, deposit and play, and that no technical measures blocked Dutch players. It fined Chestoption 3,082,000 euros on 9 June 2026. [source]

Exhibit 03 · high severityRecorded 2026-10-02

Claimed: The help centre says Vave "prioritizes your privacy and anonymity", that "you generally won't need to send any documents as we do not collect any personal information", and that most withdrawals are validated automatically because of "the absence of mandatory player verification". [source]
Contradicted: Clause 8.7 of the terms reserves an identity check before any payout, with pending withdrawals held or cancelled meanwhile, and allows a selfie with ID, a phone call or a live video call; failing to pass within two weeks means account closure and confiscation of winnings. Clause 10.2 withholds winnings until a phone call with a manager has taken place. [source]

Exhibit 04 · medium severityRecorded 2026-10-02

Claimed: The homepage FAQ says withdrawals "will take up to 10 minutes", and the help centre says "for fiat money, there is no waiting involved". [source]
Contradicted: Clause 8.1 allows up to 3 days for some payment options and payment in instalments above a payment system's limit, and clause 8.8 allows wins of 50,000 USDT or more to be paid in equal parts over up to 30 days. [source]

Exhibit 05 · medium severityRecorded 2026-10-02

Claimed: Asked "Are there withdrawal limits?", the help centre answers "There are no restrictions at this moment." [source]
Contradicted: The terms require deposits to be wagered three times on casino or once on sport before any withdrawal (8.11), allow instalments (8.1, 8.8), and the bonus terms cap bonus-derived winnings at 10,000 USDT and forfeit the excess. [source]

Exhibit 06 · medium severityRecorded 2026-10-02

Claimed: The homepage advertises a sign-up bonus "up to 1.5 BTC" and cashback and rakeback "up to 100 000 USDT". [source]
Contradicted: Clause 1.3 of the bonus terms caps winnings paid from cashback, deposit, VIP and weekly bonuses at 10,000 USDT, with "any amount in excess" forfeited. [source]

6. Our withdrawal test

We have not yet deposited to Vave or requested a withdrawal ourselves. Until we have, this section carries no measurement and the payout score above excludes that component. We publish this absence instead of repeating the operator’s own stated times as though we had verified them.

7. Money in, money out

Tanzanite, which publishes on-chain deposit volume for the larger crypto casinos, does not track Vave. We have not identified a payout wallet for Vave ourselves either, so there is no on-chain figure for this operator from any source we trust. That is a gap, and it is stated rather than filled. The operators that do carry a figure are listed separately.

Payout wallet

Deposit volume is money going in. The harder question is whether money comes back out, and that needs the operator’s payout wallet. We have not identified one for Vave. Where a payout wallet can be identified we track its balance trend directly on chain, because a wallet draining faster than it fills is a leading signal of payment trouble while complaint volume is a lagging one. For this operator that signal is not available, which is why the on-chain component is left out of the score rather than counted as a zero.

8. Public record

Matters of public record, stated with their sources and not characterised by us. They are not scored, because a historical event is not a measurement of how this operator behaves today, but leaving them out while citing the sources would be worse.

Not measured. The Netherlands Gambling Authority fined Chestoption, which it identifies as the operator of vave.com, 3,082,000 euros on 9 June 2026 for offering games of chance in the Netherlands without a licence, and records that Chestoption did not respond to the proposed fine. That is a documented regulator action rather than a complaint count, and it is recorded here as such.

9. Withdrawal terms and KYC

These are Vave’s own stated terms, taken from its binding documents in place of from its marketing pages. Where the two disagree, the disagreement is recorded in the section above.

Stated processing time	"Your withdrawals will be processed as soon as possible, however, please keep in mind that for some payment options, your withdrawal request may take up to 3 days to process." Wins of 50,000 USDT or more may "in exceptional cases" be paid in equal parts within at most 30 days (8.8).source · 2026-10-02Clause 8.1. Read on 2 October 2026 through a search-index copy, because vave.com showed our browser its geoblock page.
Minimum withdrawal	Depends on the payment method (8.1).source · 2026-10-02
Limits	Withdrawals above a payment system's limit are paid in instalments (8.1). Deposits must be wagered three times on casino or once on sport before a withdrawal (8.11). Winnings from deposit, cashback, VIP and weekly bonuses are capped at 10,000 USDT and from no-deposit offers at 50 USDT.source · 2026-10-02
When KYC is triggered	Registration asks only for a nickname, email and password. Clause 8.7 reserves the right "to check the player's identity prior to processing payouts", holding or cancelling pending withdrawals meanwhile, and may require a selfie with ID, a selfie with ID and a handwritten sign, a phone call or a live video call. "Failure to pass verification within 2 weeks will lead to account closure and any winnings confiscation." Clause 10.2 adds that winnings are not processed until a phone call with a manager takes place.source · 2026-10-02

10. Bonus terms in plain numbers

Headline offer	"Sign up and Get a Bonus up to 1.5 BTC", and cashback and rakeback "up to 100 000 USDT".source · 2026-10-02Read from the site's homepage content as served at this address.
Wagering requirement	Set per bonus in its own terms. Free-spin winnings may be cancelled unless the qualifying deposit was wagered at least three times (1.11).source · 2026-10-02
Maximum cashout	10,000 USDT from cashback, points, tournament, deposit, VIP and weekly bonuses; 50 USDT from free bonuses or free spins without a deposit. "Any amount in excess will be forfeited."source · 2026-10-02
Expiry	Bonus and winnings are removed when the bonus expires (2.3); no general period is stated.source · 2026-10-02
Game contribution	Slots 100 per cent, except a long excluded list. Table games and live dealer games do not count.source · 2026-10-02

11. Coins and chains

8 coins are enumerated in Vave’s own documentation: BTC, BCH, ETH, DOGE, LTC, TRX, USDT, XRP.

BTC
BCH
ETH
DOGE
LTC
TRX
USDT
XRP

Eight account currencies in clause 5.1 of the terms, matching the help centre. Third-party reviews claiming over a hundred cryptocurrencies are not treated as sourced.

Payment methods

Vave’s own pages name 4 ways to pay besides crypto: 4 through a service that sells you crypto. Buy-crypto services named: MoonPay, Onramper.

Every fiat route is a third-party crypto purchase or sale, through Onramper or Changelly (Changelly has no entry in the method list); account balances are held only in the eight cryptocurrencies of clause 5.1. The help centre was read directly; the terms through a search-index copy because vave.com served its geoblock page.

Method	Type	Route	Direction	Regions	Source
Crypto
Crypto	Crypto	Direct to balance	Deposit, withdrawal	not disclosed	Source
Cards
Apple Pay	E-wallet	Buys crypto via Changelly or Onramper	Deposit	not disclosed	Source
Google Pay	E-wallet	Buys crypto via Changelly or Onramper	Deposit	not disclosed	Source
Mastercard	Card	Buys crypto via Changelly or Onramper	Deposit	not disclosed	Source
Visa	Card	Buys crypto via Changelly or Onramper	Deposit	not disclosed	Source
Buy-crypto services
MoonPay	Buy-crypto service	Sells you crypto	Deposit	not disclosed	Source
Onramper	Buy-crypto service	Sells you crypto	Deposit, withdrawal	not disclosed	Source 1 Source 2

Read from each page on 2026-09-28. “Direct” means Vave takes the method into your balance. “Buys crypto via” means a third party sells you crypto with it and sends the crypto to Vave.

Vave names 13 countries in its restricted-territory terms

Who else takes the methods Vave lists

12. Where you cannot use it

Restricted territories

Players from Belarus, Curacao, Estonia, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, United Kingdom, United States of America, Cyprus, France, Turkey, Netherlands are prohibited from playing real money wagering games. Players from Canada are not allowed to play NYX (NextGen) games.source · 2026-10-02Clause 3.6. The published clause spells Cyprus with a Cyrillic first letter, so a text search for Cyprus misses it. The clause adds "The Casino cannot guarantee successful processing of withdrawals or refunds if the player breaches this Restricted Countries policy." Clause 2.1 separately bars sports betting from Russia.

13. Who should avoid Vave

Anyone who would be relying on the specific claims contradicted above. The help centre states "Vave Crypto Casino is licensed and regulated" and that the site "is managed and operated by TechOptions Group B.V., which holds a license issued by the Curacao IGaming Authority". That is the claim most likely to matter at the moment you try to withdraw, and this operator’s own binding terms say something different.

14. Related entries on the register

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Or browse the full payout index, the watchlist, the contradictions we have documented, or read how we rate operators.

15. Sources

Curacao Gaming Authority online gaming licence registry, 16 September 2026 · retrieved 2026-10-02
Anjouan Gaming licence register · retrieved 2026-10-02
Netherlands Gambling Authority, fine decision against Chestoption, 9 June 2026 · retrieved 2026-10-02
Vave terms and conditions (search-index copy) · retrieved 2026-10-02
Vave bonus terms and conditions (search-index copy) · retrieved 2026-10-02
Vave homepage content (search-index copy) · retrieved 2026-10-02
Vave help centre: licensing · retrieved 2026-10-02
Vave help centre: documents · retrieved 2026-10-02
Vave help centre: automatic payments · retrieved 2026-10-02
Vave help centre: withdrawal time · retrieved 2026-10-02
Vave help centre: withdrawal limits · retrieved 2026-10-02
Vave help centre: depositing cryptocurrency · retrieved 2026-10-02

About this review

Compiled by the CryptoGuardz register team. First published 2026-10-02, last reviewed 2026-10-02. Facts are drawn from the sources above; the status and score are derived by the published formula from those facts alone. Research and drafting are AI-assisted and reviewed by a named editor before publication. Corrections: corrections.