CSDB · CS2 Gambling

What We Have Actually Verified

Every number on this page is computed from the database itself rather than written by hand, so it includes the figures that do not flatter us. The coverage table is the important one: it says how much of this database is still unresearched.

The database

  • 46 operators on record — 33 active, 13 closed. Closed operators keep their pages permanently.
  • 32 sourced negative findings across 20 operators. These are published for commercial partners on the same terms as everyone else.
  • 13 dated changes recorded, plus 5 we could establish happened but could not date.

Research coverage

How many of the 33active operators have had each fact read against a primary source. A blank record is not a claim about the operator — it is work we have not done.

FactResearchedCoverage
Responsible-gambling controls1 of 333%
Country restrictions3 of 339%
KYC / ID checks5 of 3315%
Fairness documentation8 of 3324%
Operating company30 of 3391%
Promo offer31 of 3394%
Deposits and withdrawals32 of 3397%
Licence position32 of 3397%
Trustpilot reading33 of 33100%

Licence position

What the 33 active operators say about being licensed, and how much of it we have confirmed. Almost nobody in this niche holds a licence, and saying so plainly is more useful than a badge.

  • 1confirmed against a regulator's own register
  • 5 state a licence we have read but not yet confirmed on the register
  • 26 claim no gambling licence at all
  • 1 not yet checked

Transparency scores

32 operators have enough dimensions researched to publish a score; 1 do not, and for those we show the breakdown and no number. Among the published scores the median is 78, ranging from 42 to 88.

How the score is calculated— and why commercial relationships cannot affect it.

How current this is

  • 119 fact blocks are past their re-check window, of which 88 have never been researched at all.
  • The oldest check anywhere in the database is 29 days old.
  • Of 31 recorded promo offers, 0 are inside their verification window and presented as current; 15 are shown as a dated observation instead, and 9 are operators where we hold a code and the operator publishes no reward for entering it.
  • Last full corpus pass: 31 July 2026.

Fairness documentation

7 operators document a provably-fair scheme, 1 assert one without publishing a scheme a player can read, and 25 have not been checked. Where a scheme is reproducible you can check a result yourself.

Frequently asked

Why publish how much you have not checked?

Because the alternative is implying we have checked everything. Every operator page already says which facts are unverified; this page adds them up so the scale is visible in one place. A database that reports its own gaps can be trusted about the things it does claim.

Why are so many records thin?

Most of these operators sit behind bot protection that blocks automated reading, and we do not bypass it. Those records are filled by a person opening the pages, which is slow. The re-verification queue orders that work by how many people are actually reading each page, so the thinnest high-traffic records get filled first.

Does a low transparency score mean an operator is bad?

No. It means little about that operator can be established from what it publishes and what we have checked. An operator can be entirely open about terms that are bad for you, and a site with a thin record may simply be one nobody has researched yet — which is why the score is withheld entirely below five assessed dimensions.