1xCasino Sister Sites
Who actually owns the brand, which casinos share its licence rather than just its software, and how to verify any of them against a regulator's own register before a single New Zealand dollar goes in.
Why New Zealanders Go Looking for Alternatives
"Sister sites" is one of those phrases that means something quite specific and gets used for something much vaguer. Properly, a sister site is a casino run by the same company under the same licence — same terms, same payment processing, same verification team, usually the same support scripts with a different logo on top. Loosely, people use it to mean "a casino that looks and feels like this one", which normally just means it runs on the same white-label software.
The distinction matters more than it sounds. If a brand is a true sister site, then a dispute, a frozen account or a verification problem at one is likely to play out identically at the other, because the same team handles both. If it only shares the platform, the interface will feel familiar but the operator, the licence, the payout policy and the person reading your complaint are all different.
Most people arrive at this question for one of four reasons: a payment method has stopped working, the welcome offer has already been used, they want a different mix of game suppliers, or — increasingly through 2026 — they want to know which brands intend to apply for a New Zealand licence before the December deadline. That last one is new, and it is the only one that will still matter next year.
Who Owns 1xCasino
1xCasino belongs to the family of brands built around 1xBet, operated through 1xCorp N.V. and licensed in Curaçao. That is the operator you are actually contracting with when you register, and it is the entity named in the terms and conditions — worth reading, because the operating company on the paperwork is frequently not the name on the front door.
The group's structure is not unusual for offshore gambling. A licensed operating company sits at the centre, several consumer-facing brands sit on top of it, and a wider network of partner and franchise sites uses the same software under separate ownership. From the outside these three layers look alike. From the inside, only the middle layer shares your account terms.
For a New Zealand player the practical consequence is simple. Your counterparty is a Curaçao-licensed company, your dispute route runs through the Curaçao regulator, and no New Zealand agency currently has jurisdiction over the transaction. The Department of Internal Affairs regulates gambling in New Zealand — Lotto NZ and TAB NZ are the only operators permitted to offer online gambling from here — and until the new licensing regime bites, offshore casinos sit outside that perimeter.
Same operator, reported relative, or unrelated and domestic — three different things
Operating company
1xCorp N.V.
Named in the terms; the entity you contract with.
Licence
Curaçao
Issued and supervised by the Curaçao Gaming Authority.
NZ licence
None yet exists
DIA regime opens under the 2026 Act; no register is live.
Rules That Apply Across the Whole Group
These carry over from brand to brand within the group. Learn them once and they save you a surprise on every other site in it.
One account per person, per brand
Duplicate detection matches on name, date of birth, address, device fingerprint and card. Two accounts on one brand is a forfeiture; the same offer claimed across several brands from one household tends to freeze all of them at once.
Verification does not transfer
Verified on one brand does not mean verified on the next. You upload the same driver licence and the same address document again, and the NZ$4,000 lifetime threshold restarts per brand.
Wagering terms are near-identical
35x on the deposit-match bonus, 60x on free-spin winnings, maximum bet capped while a bonus is live. The numbers move a little between brands; the structure does not.
Same payment rails, same first-withdrawal rule
The deposit method must be refunded first. Paysafecard is deposit-only everywhere in the group. Limits and timings match the ones on our payments page closely.
Self-exclusion is per brand
This is the important one. Excluding yourself from one site does not exclude you from its sisters. If you are using self-exclusion as a control, apply it everywhere and pair it with a bank-level gambling block, which does cover all of them at once.
One dispute route
Complaints escalate to the same licensing authority regardless of which brand you were playing on. Moving to a sister site after a dispute rarely gets you a different answer.
True Sister Sites: Same Operator, Same Licence
These are the brands that sit under the same operating company and licence as 1xCasino. Register on one and everything you learned about verification, wagering and payouts on the other carries across almost unchanged.
1xBet Casino
Same operatorThe flagship of the group and the largest of the brands by some distance. Sportsbook-led, with the casino built alongside it, which means a much wider betting site offering wrapped around a very similar game lobby. Same Curaçao licence, same operating company, same payment rails. If you want more sport and the same casino, this is the straightforward move.
1xBet Casino regional editions
Same operatorThe group runs country-specific front ends with local currency and local payment menus. They are the same product underneath — the difference is which deposit methods appear and which promotions are shown. A New Zealand player is served the NZ$ menu described on our minimum deposit page regardless of which regional door you come in through.
Melbet
Widely reported as relatedRepeatedly reported across the industry as sharing origins and infrastructure with the 1xBet group, and the family resemblance in interface, terms wording and promotion structure is hard to miss. The corporate link is not something either brand advertises, so treat it as a strong pattern rather than a confirmed fact — and check the licence number in the footer yourself using the tool below.
Corporate relationships in offshore gambling are deliberately hard to trace and change without announcement. Everything above is stated as of 1 September 2026; verify the licence in the footer of any site before depositing.
Same Platform, Different Operator
A far larger set of casinos will feel like 1xCasino without being related to it at all. The offshore market is built on a handful of white-label platforms, so the same lobby layout, the same supplier grid and the same cashier flow turn up under dozens of unconnected brands. Players recognise the furniture and assume common ownership. It is usually not there.
How to tell the difference in thirty seconds: scroll to the footer and read the operating company name and licence number, not the brand. Two sites with the same operating company are sisters. Two sites with different operating companies and an identical interface simply bought the same software. The second kind can be perfectly good, but nothing you know about the first kind's payout behaviour transfers to it.
The tell that most reliably separates them is the terms and conditions. Genuine sister sites share whole paragraphs verbatim, right down to punctuation, because the legal text is written once and reused. Platform-only relatives have their own wording under a familiar-looking interface.
A quick heuristic: open the terms on both sites and search for an unusual phrase from one in the other. If it appears word for word, you are looking at sister sites. If the clause exists but is written differently, you are looking at two customers of the same software vendor.
Licence Checker
Pick a brand to see which regulator supervises it, where its public register lives, and what its New Zealand status is. Everything here points you at a regulator's own site — never trust a licence badge that is only an image.
The checker points at regulators' own registers. It does not store or transmit anything you select.
Five Options Side by Side
| Brand | Relationship | Regulator | NZ$ accounts | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1xCasino | The site in question | Curaçao | Yes | Pokies-first players wanting fast e-wallet payouts |
| 1xBet Casino | Same operator | Curaçao | Yes | Anyone who also bets on sport |
| Melbet | Reported as related | Curaçao | Yes | A second welcome offer, with duplicate rules in mind |
| TAB NZ | Unrelated, domestic | DIA, New Zealand | Yes | Enforceable NZ consumer protection; racing and sport, not pokies |
| Lotto NZ | Unrelated, domestic | DIA, New Zealand | Yes | Low-frequency play with money staying in the community |
The two domestic entries are included deliberately. They are not sister sites; they are the only online gambling operators actually licensed in New Zealand today.
What Changed Since Last Year
| Item | Was (2025) | Now (2026) |
|---|---|---|
| NZ legal position | Offshore play unregulated, no licensing path | Online Casino Gambling Act 2026 in force |
| Licence applications | Not possible | EOI opened July 2026, applications close October |
| Licences available | None | Up to 15, allocated by auction |
| Unlicensed operators | Free to advertise offshore | Must cease serving NZ from 1 Dec 2026 |
| Curaçao licensing | Master/sub-licence system | Direct licensing with a public register |
When Looking for a Sister Site Is the Wrong Move
You self-excluded and are looking for a way around it
Self-exclusion does not carry across brands, which makes a sister site the path of least resistance at exactly the wrong moment. If that is why you are reading this page, stop and put a bank-level gambling block on your cards instead — that one does cover every site at once. Free, confidential support is available on 0800 654 655, any hour.
Your account was closed after a dispute
The same compliance team reviews the sister brands, so opening an account elsewhere in the group usually ends the same way — often with the new balance frozen too. Escalate through the regulator instead.
You want a second welcome bonus from one household
Duplicate detection reads device fingerprints and payment instruments, not just names. Two people at one address with two genuinely separate accounts and cards is fine; the same person twice is not, and the outcome is forfeiture on both.
You wanted a New Zealand-regulated casino
No sister site can give you that, because it does not exist yet for anyone. If enforceable New Zealand consumer protection is the requirement, the honest answer today is TAB NZ or Lotto NZ — different products, but genuinely regulated from here.
Sister Site Questions
What are 1xCasino sister sites?
Does 1xCasino have a New Zealand licence?
Are 1xCasino sister sites safe to use from New Zealand?
Why do players look for 1xCasino alternatives?
Do sister sites share the same account and bonus?
Can I claim the welcome bonus on every sister site?
How do I check a casino licence from New Zealand?
What happens to these brands on 1 December 2026?
Check the Licence, Then Decide
Whichever brand you land on, read the operating company in the footer and look the number up in the regulator's own register first.
18+. Gamble responsibly. Free, confidential help at gamblinghelpline.co.nz or 0800 654 655.