TLDR A searchable archive of more than 40,000 leaked documents from Curaçao’s gambling regulator went public on Wednesday. Berlin researcher Lilith Wittmann says she spent nine months inside the Curaçao Gaming Authority’s licensing portal. The files identify about 800 owners of nearly 650 licensed gambling companies, including those behind Stake and 1xBet. Software supplier Softswiss says it runs no casinos and compares its role to that of Microsoft Office. The regulator says the casino “network” described by reporters was “fabricated.”
A searchable archive of leaked documents from Curaçao’s gambling regulator opened to the public on Wednesday. It went live a day after European news outlets published their first stories from the files.
The Casino Secrets archive holds more than 40,000 documents about casinos licensed by the Curaçao Gaming Authority (CGA). The site states that being included “does not imply illegal or improper conduct.”
How the Leak Happened
The files come from Lilith Wittmann, a 30-year-old security researcher and journalist based in Berlin. She says she and collaborators spent nine months inside the regulator’s systems, starting in December 2025.
Wittmann registered under the name of a trust-office manager already known to the regulator, using her own Gmail address. She claimed to represent a fake company called “DreamCatcher Private Foundation” and got portal access within days.
She then uploaded software that let her take control of the licensing system, according to Dutch outlet Follow the Money (FTM). The files include license applications, passports, tax returns and financial records.
FTM published the main investigation on Tuesday with NDR, NRK, SVT and Jetzt. It said the files identify about 800 owners of nearly 650 licensed companies running thousands of gambling websites.
Ownership Questions and Pushback
The first reports focus on crypto gambling site Stake. Its Curaçao company, Medium Rare N.V., is