The “Cloaked Casino Clan”: How an EU-Licensed Bookmaker is Funneling Aussie Cash to NovaForge’s Blacklisted Offshore Casinos

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Thu, 19 Feb 2026 11:48:33 +0000
Illegal gambling, Illegal Payment Services, Rail Atlas Cases, ticker, Zentoria

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The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) blacklisted Spinsy in late 2025, but the illegal offshore casino—operated by the NovaForge Group—continues to siphon funds from Aussie players. A new victim report exposes how this operator is withholding thousands of dollars in verified winnings. But the real scandal lies in the payment rails: our investigation reveals that Spinsy’s shadow payment network relies on Zentoria Limited—an officially licensed and heavily vetted Remote Bookmaker in the Republic of Ireland. Why is an EU-licensed entity facilitating illegal gambling in Australia?

FinTelegram’s “Rail Atlas” initiative actively tracks the illegal payment processors and facilitators enabling offshore casino networks to bypass regulators. We rely on the vigilance of the community to map out these complex money flows. Recently, we received a detailed complaint from an Australian player regarding Spinsy, a brand operated by the notorious NovaForge Ltd.

The player provided concrete evidence of the casino withholding his verified winnings while illegally continuing to operate in a blacklisted jurisdiction. This case not only illustrates the mechanics of the “Cloaked Casino Clan,” but it also drops a bombshell regarding the complicity of officially licensed EU entities in offshore schemes.

Key Findings

https://fintelegram.com/tag/novaforge The Operator & The Block: the offshore casino Spinsy is operated by NovaForge Ltd, an offshore operator based in Anjouan, Comoros. The ACMA explicitly issued formal warnings and blocked Spinsy—along with other NovaForge brands like Cashed, Posido, and Spinight—late last year for severe breaches of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.

The Withholding Tactic: Despite successfully completing a rigorous KYC check (including a third-party verified passport and selfie), the player’s balance of 8,321 AUD remains blocked. The casino is actively using endless stalling tactics, essentially turning their platform into a deposit-only trap.

Defying the Regulator: Despite the strict ACMA ban, Spinsy continues to illegally collect deposits from Australian citizens by routing transactions through offshore shell companies, mirror domains, and illicit payment processors.

The Shocking Payment Facilitator: To circumvent local banking blocks and process transactions, Spinsy relies on third-party European payment processors. The player’s records identify two specific facilitators: a billing entity appearing as ptyspclt (Doncaster, UK), and Zentoria Limited (Dublin, Ireland).

The Zentoria Bombshell & The Shadow Payment Network

Illegal offshore casinos cannot function without access to the global banking system. They rely heavily on payment processors, e-wallets, and shell merchants to launder deposits and disguise transaction origins.

Based on our intelligence into the facilitators named in the victim’s report, we uncovered a massive regulatory contradiction:

1. Zentoria Limited: An EU-Licensed Trojan Horse?

The player’s bank statements directly link his deposits to Zentoria Limited, operating out of Waterloo Exchange in Dublin, Ireland.

A standard background check would assume this is just another unregulated shell company. However, FinTelegram’s analysis of the Irish Revenue Commissioners’ database reveals that Zentoria Limited holds a highly regulated, official Remote Bookmaker’s Licence (Licence No. 1021513).

To obtain this license, Zentoria‘s executives, Mykhaylo Pavlenko and Alina Vavilova, had to be heavily vetted. They were required to secure a Certificate of Personal Fitness from the Irish Minister for Justice and prove strict tax compliance. This raises immediate and explosive questions for Irish regulators:

How did the Department of Justice issue a Certificate of Personal Fitness to operators running the financial backbone for a blacklisted, unregulated offshore casino network?

Will the newly formed Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland (GRAI) or the Irish Revenue immediately revoke Zentoria’s license now that they are exposed as facilitating illegal offshore gambling in Australia?

Zentoria is acting as an EU-licensed “Trojan Horse”—using its legitimate Irish regulatory status to access European banking rails, which it then uses to process illicit funds for NovaForge’s illegal Australian operations.

2. “ptyspclt” (Doncaster, GBR)

Appearing directly on bank statements, this alphanumeric jumble is a classic billing descriptor. Such descriptors are typically attached to UK-based shell entities or payment gateways designed specifically to mask the true nature of the transaction from issuing banks. By obfuscating the merchant category code (MCC), they prevent the player’s bank from automatically blocking the credit card transaction for illegal gambling.

These entities form the backbone of NovaForge’s illicit financial infrastructure. By breaking down and tracking these specific descriptors and company names, we can put intense pressure on acquiring banks and regulatory bodies to freeze these accounts.

Whistleblowers Wanted: Help Us Expose the Rail Atlas

The fight against the “Cloaked Casino Clan” requires insider knowledge and player vigilance. NovaForge Ltd and its payment facilitators rely on silence to maintain their highly profitable, unregulated cash flows.

Have you played at Spinsy, Playzilla, Spybet, or any other NovaForge casino? Do you have bank statements showing deposits to Zentoria Limited, ptyspclt, or other obscure merchants? Are you an insider at a payment processing company handling high-risk casino transactions?

We need your help to map the shadow payment scene and hold regulators accountable.

If you have any information, documents, or personal experiences regarding illegal offshore casinos and the payment networks supporting them, please step forward.

Would you like to help us stop this? Submit your evidence securely and anonymously to our research team via the whistleblower platform: Whistle42.