Bovada casino review
We could not verify a gambling licence for Bovada. Bovada's own footer claims licensing by the Union of the Comoros (Anjouan) and the "Central Reserve Authority of Western Sahara". We searched the Anjouan Gaming licence register on 18 July 2026 and Bovada appears in none of its 1,451 entries; it is absent from the Curacao Gaming Authority register too. That register demonstrably works and knows this corporate family — sister brand Bodog's domains are listed in it under their own licence numbers — so the absence is a finding, not a gap in our search. The "Central Reserve Authority of Western Sahara" is not a gaming regulator with a public register at all. Because every safety statement we make rests on a licence we can check in a regulator's own register, Bovada has no trust score here and is excluded from our safest-casinos ranking. That is not a finding that Bovada is unlicensed. No regulator has told us it operates without one. It means the evidence a licensed operator would normally leave in a public register was not there when we looked on 2026-07-18.
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Game studios (8)
The record
- Licence
- Union of the Comoros (Anjouan) and "Central Reserve Authority of Western Sahara" — operator claim only; absent from the Anjouan licence register (0 of 1,451 entries) and from the Curacao CGA register, both checked 18 July 2026; former Curacao licence no longer valid as of 2025
Bovada's own footer claims licensing by the Union of the Comoros (Anjouan) and the "Central Reserve Authority of Western Sahara". We searched the Anjouan Gaming licence register on 18 July 2026 and Bovada appears in none of its 1,451 entries; it is absent from the Curacao Gaming Authority register too. That register demonstrably works and knows this corporate family — sister brand Bodog's domains are listed in it under their own licence numbers — so the absence is a finding, not a gap in our search. The "Central Reserve Authority of Western Sahara" is not a gaming regulator with a public register at all.
- Owner
- Harp Media B.V. operator
- Established
- 2011
- Minimum deposit
- $10
How long the money actually takes
These are end-to-end times: from the moment you request a withdrawal to the moment it is spendable, including the operator's own review window. They are not the "instant" figure a cashier screen shows.
| Method | Time to your hands |
|---|---|
| Player-to-player transfer | 24 hours |
| Bitcoin Cash fastest | 25 hours |
| Bitcoin SV | 25 hours |
| Litecoin | 25 hours |
| Ethereum | 25 hours |
| Tether | 25 hours |
| Bitcoin | 2 days |
| Check | 15 days |
| Bank Transfer | 15 days |
The welcome offer
We show this because you will be offered it. It is not part of any score on this site: a large bonus tells you what a casino spends on acquiring you, not how it treats you afterwards. What these terms actually cost, measured across every offer we hold.
125% up to $1,250 (Bitcoin) or 100% up to $1,000 (cards)
- Market
- us. Terms differ by market; this offer is not available everywhere
- Wagering
- 25 on deposit+bonus
- Game weighting
- Slots 100% · Poker 20% · Table 10% · Roulette 5% how much each game type counts toward the wagering requirement
What regulators have done about Bovada
| Date | Regulator | Against | Amount | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (observed) | Louisiana Gaming Control Board | Harp Media B.V. d/b/a Bovada | — | Harp Media B.V. d/b/a Bovada appears on the Louisiana Gaming Control Board's published 'List of Operators Issued Cease-and-Desist Letters'. The Board does not state when the letter was issued, so the date recorded is the date the list was read — the fact is that the operator is currently listed, not that it was actioned on that day. source |
| (exact) | Washington State Gambling Commission | Bovada.lv | — | The Washington State Gambling Commission announced on 19 September 2025 that it had issued a SECOND cease-and-desist notice to Bovada.lv, describing it as an unlicensed and therefore illegal sportsbook that had failed to comply with earlier demands that it cease operating its online casinos. The Commission stated that Bovada allows Washington residents to stake something of value on future contingent events, meeting the state definition of gambling. source |
| (exact) | Arizona Department of Gaming | Harp Media B.V. | — | The Arizona Department of Gaming sent a cease-and-desist letter to Harp Media B.V., operator of Bovada.com and Bovada.lv, on 8 November 2024, alleging violations of A.R.S. § 13-3303 (promotion of gambling), § 13-2312 (illegal control of an enterprise) and § 13-2317 (money laundering). Harp Media B.V. was directed to immediately cease all gambling operations in Arizona and exclude Arizona residents from its websites. source |
| (observed) | Tennessee Sports Wagering Council | Bovada | USD 50,000 | The Tennessee Sports Wagering Council assessed a $50,000 penalty against the Curaçao-based sportsbook Bovada for illegally operating in Tennessee, following cease-and-desist letters ordering it to allow Tennessee users to withdraw funds. In a 7 November 2024 release the Council stated Bovada had notified account holders on 5 November 2024 that it was permanently closing Tennessee accounts and returning balances. The release does not state the date the penalty was assessed; the date recorded here is the release date. source |
| (exact) | Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General | Harp Media B.V. and Hove Media, collectively known as Bovada | — | The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office announced on 3 October 2024 that it had issued a cease-and-desist letter to Harp Media B.V. and Hove Media, collectively known as Bovada, for operating a sports betting and gambling website without a licence issued by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission. The letter also alleged a violation of Chapter 93A for holding Bovada out to Massachusetts residents as a 'USA-based' operator, and demanded Bovada stop all services to Massachusetts users and refund them in U.S. currency. source |
Actions against a sister brand or a wider group are listed for context but do not affect this brand's score. Only actions against the brand itself or the company it grew out of do.
Where each of these facts came from
Every claim above is tied to the document we read it in. If a fact has no source here, it is not on this page — we drop unsourced data rather than publish it.
| Fact | Source | Read on |
|---|---|---|
| bonus headline | wizardofodds.com | 2026-07-16 |
| bonus market | wizardofodds.com | 2026-07-16 |
| countries allowed | professionalrakeback.com | 2026-07-16 |
| established year | professionalrakeback.com | 2026-07-16 |
| game providers | wizardofodds.com | 2026-07-16 |
| game weighting | wizardofodds.com | 2026-07-16 |
| license authority | anjouangaming.com | 2026-07-18 |
| license authority | www.bovada.lv | 2026-07-16 |
| license authority | www.cga.cw | 2026-07-18 |
| license status | professionalrakeback.com | 2026-07-16 |
| license status | www.bovada.lv | 2026-07-16 |
| min deposit | wizardofodds.com | 2026-07-16 |
| owner company | professionalrakeback.com | 2026-07-16 |
| owner company | www.poker.org | 2026-07-16 |
| payment methods | wizardofodds.com | 2026-07-16 |
| payment methods | www.bovada.lv | 2026-07-16 |
| payout hours by method | www.bovada.lv | 2026-07-16 |
| payout hours by method | www.bovada.lv | 2026-07-16 |
| wagering | wizardofodds.com | 2026-07-16 |
| wagering scope | wizardofodds.com | 2026-07-16 |
Questions people ask about Bovada
Is Bovada licensed?
We could not verify one. Bovada does not appear in any regulator’s public register that we could check on 18 July 2026. That is not a finding that it operates illegally. Those are different claims, and we publish the gap rather than guess. What the operator itself states: Bovada's own footer claims licensing by the Union of the Comoros (Anjouan) and the "Central Reserve Authority of Western Sahara". We searched the Anjouan Gaming licence register on 18 July 2026 and Bovada appears in none of its 1,451 entries; it is absent from the Curacao Gaming Authority register too. That register demonstrably works and knows this corporate family — sister brand Bodog's domains are listed in it under their own licence numbers — so the absence is a finding, not a gap in our search. The "Central Reserve Authority of Western Sahara" is not a gaming regulator with a public register at all. Treat an unverifiable licence as exactly that: nobody independent is holding this operator to anything you could appeal to.
Registers we searched and did not find it in:
- Anjouan Gaming licence register (1,451 licences) not listed checked 18 July 2026
- Curacao Gaming Authority licence register not listed checked 18 July 2026
You can repeat any of these yourself. We list every register we use, and what each one lets you look up, on where to check a casino licence.
Who owns Bovada?
Bovada is owned through Harp Media B.V. (operator). Ownership of these companies changes by takeover faster than most registers update, so we date it: this is the structure we recorded on 18 July 2026. Source: the filing we read.
Has Bovada been fined by a gambling regulator?
Yes. We have recorded 5 published enforcement actions against Bovada or the company it operates under. The most recent was by Louisiana Gaming Control Board on 17 July 2026. Read the regulator’s published decision. Every action we hold is listed with its date, amount and source further up this page.
How long does a withdrawal from Bovada actually take?
The fastest route we recorded is Player-to-player transfer at 24 hours. The slowest is Bank Transfer at 15 days. These are end-to-end times: from requesting the money to it being spendable, including the operator’s own review window. They are not the “instant” figure a cashier screen shows, which times only the last step. Source: the operator’s published terms.
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