The MGA is Malta’s regulator and the most widespread European licence in this catalogue. An MGA operator must keep player money segregated from its operating accounts, submit to regular audits and offer responsible-gaming tools: deposit limits, a pause on play, self-exclusion. Licence numbers follow the fixed MGA/B2C/NNN/YYYY pattern, and the public register shows both the status (active, suspended, revoked) and the brands covered — check the legal entity named in the casino terms, not the logo. What a Maltese licence does not give you: no cover against the operator going bankrupt, and no standing where online gambling is banned outright — it replaces neither the German nor the British permit.
Check the licence yourself
This regulator keeps an open public register. Look up the licence number from the casino footer, then confirm that the legal entity in the register matches the one named in the terms of service and that the status is active. The regulator logo proves nothing: an image is easy to copy.