Every check below is one you can repeat yourself

Verification of an offshore operator rests on its published licence, operator entity, restricted jurisdictions and terms, all of which can be read directly. Whale.io publishes Anjouan licence ALSI-202503012-FI1 held by Whale Operations Ltd of Seychelles, company registration 222756, with Kenya absent from the restricted list.

Verifying, not vouching

We are an affiliate. You should not take our word for whether an operator is trustworthy, and we would rather hand you the checks than ask for the benefit of the doubt. Every item below is something you can verify on the operator's own pages in about ten minutes.

The checks

CheckWhat we foundWhere to look
Licence number statedAnjouan ALSI-202503012-FI1AML policy and privacy policy, both updated 14 November 2025
Operator entity namedWhale Operations Ltd, Seychelles, company reg. 222756Same pages
Restricted list publishedYes, 13 countries, updated 14 November 2025. Kenya absentThe restricted-jurisdictions page
Terms accessible without an accountYes, in fullThe terms page
Minimums stated in the termsYes, 1 USD deposit and 5 USD withdrawalT&C 3.2 and 4.2
AML policy publishedYes, describing due diligence at registrationThe AML policy page
Payout speed substantiatedNo. Only the word instantNowhere
Networks publishedNoNowhere. Read your cashier

What we found that is untidy

  • T&C clause 2.1.11 references an Antillephone licence, contradicting the Anjouan licence stated everywhere else.
  • The AML policy calls the company incorporated in Anjouan while giving a Seychelles address.
  • The FAQ says withdrawals are fee-free while T&C 4.6 reserves the right to deduct transaction fees.
  • The public sitemap returns a server error, and the FAQ is client-rendered so it does not read cleanly without a browser.

None of those are proof of bad faith and we are not presenting them that way. They are the sort of inconsistency you find in any operator's documents if you actually read them. We list them because a page that reports only the clean findings has not done the reading.

What we deliberately do not claim

  • No withdrawal-speed figure. The widely-copied 87-second number has no operator source and traces back to unrelated benchmarks on other sites.
  • No Mission Rewards feature. It is not in the current program.
  • No supported-network list attributed to the operator.
  • No no-KYC framing. The AML policy describes due diligence at registration.
  • No claim that the operator accepts M-Pesa or shillings.
The single most useful check is not on this list. Deposit the minimum, play a little, withdraw the minimum. That round trip tells you more about an operator than every review on the internet, and it costs you the spread rather than your bankroll.
Does an Anjouan licence mean much

Less than a Kenyan one would for you, because the practical question is what happens when a dispute goes wrong. Offshore licensing gives an operator a legal basis to operate. It does not give you the recourse GRA would.

Is provably fair the same as regulated

No. Provably fair is a cryptographic method of verifying individual game outcomes. It says nothing about whether an operator pays out or how a dispute is handled.

Why should I trust this page

Do not. Run the checks. That is the entire point of writing them out.

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