# Who owns go88? go88 (go88.news) is operated by [Ventures Lab Malta Limited](https://app.igregulator.io/operators/ventures-lab-malta-limited), licensed by the Malta Gaming Authority — licence [MGA/B2C/799/2020](https://app.igregulator.io/licenses/05a3eb8b-467c-4247-9bbe-f9c5458959c4), status active.[1][2] Last confirmed on the Malta Gaming Authority's own verification page for go88.news on 2026-10-23 03:38 UTC (5 h ago); the licence was last verified against the register on 2026-10-23 03:38 UTC (5 h ago). Operator [Ventures Lab Malta Limited](https://app.igregulator.io/operators/ventures-lab-malta-limited) Regulator Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) Licence [MGA/B2C/799/2020](https://app.igregulator.io/licenses/05a3eb8b-467c-4247-9bbe-f9c5458959c4) Licence status ● active Domain on the licence ● listed Register last read 2026-10-23 03:38 UTC [Check it on the regulator's page ↗](https://mgalicenseeregister.mga.org.mt/) ## Data freshness Register read on schedule The Malta Gaming Authority register was last read 2026-10-23 03:38 UTC. We aim to re-read it within 48 hours. ## Where go88.news is listed on 1 of 14 registers we read - MGAMGA · listed · active - UKGCUKGC · not listed - CuraçaoCW · not listed - AnjouanAN · not listed - KahnawakeKH · not listed - TobiqueTGC · not listed - Isle of ManIOM · not listed - OntarioON · not listed - SwedenSE · not listed - SpainES · not listed - BelgiumBE · not listed - GermanyDE · not listed - ColombiaCO · not listed - UkraineUA · not listed “Not listed” means this domain is not on that register in our data — it says nothing about a licence elsewhere. For Sweden, Spain, Belgium, Germany, Colombia and Ukraine we read only online licence types. ## History 1. 2026-10-23 Register last read The Malta Gaming Authority register listed the licence as active. 2. 2026-09-19 go88.news first recorded under Ventures Lab Malta Limited When iGregulator first saw this listing — not when the regulator first made it. ## About go88.news iGregulator first recorded go88.news under Ventures Lab Malta Limited on 2026-09-19. Malta Gaming Authority licence [MGA/B2C/799/2020](https://app.igregulator.io/licenses/05a3eb8b-467c-4247-9bbe-f9c5458959c4) — expiry not published by the register.[2] The Malta Gaming Authority publishes its own verification page for go88.news; we last checked it on 2026-10-23.[1] ## Ventures Lab Malta Limited [operator profile →](https://app.igregulator.io/operators/ventures-lab-malta-limited) ## Other brands listed for Ventures Lab Malta Limited - [manclub.eco](https://app.igregulator.io/brands/manclub.eco) - [yo88.dad](https://app.igregulator.io/brands/yo88.dad) 3 live domains are listed for Ventures Lab Malta Limited in all — [see the full domain list](https://app.igregulator.io/operators/ventures-lab-malta-limited/domains). ## Evidence [how we verify →](https://igregulator.io/methodology/) ## Regulator's own verification page Don't take our word for it — verify go88 on the regulator's own page: - [Official Malta Gaming Authority verification for go88.news ↗](https://authorisation.mga.org.mt/verification.aspx?lang=EN&company=9bd297a2-1e3d-430e-aec2-fe0f09b4734f&details=1)[1] ## Sources · 3 - [1] Malta Gaming Authority — its own page for the domain — - The Malta Gaming Authority's own verification page for go88.news. Link last confirmed on 2026-10-23. - Licence MGA/B2C/799/2020: status active, read from this page on 2026-10-23. Stored copy: SHA-256 `5db878d82dbce38f09498fa31edbb86c341206c17316594083d21355b63cbccb`, first captured 2026-10-23. - [2] Malta Gaming Authority register — - Licence MGA/B2C/799/2020: first recorded from this page. Last seen listed in the Malta Gaming Authority register on 2026-10-23. - [3] How iGregulator verifies — - How we read each register, how a domain is linked to an operator, and why a status only changes on a page a regulator published. Run Ventures Lab Malta Limited, or see something wrong? [Request a correction](mailto:founder@igregulator.io?subject=Correction%3A%20go88.news) — we check every request against the register, and log what we withdraw on [/corrections](https://app.igregulator.io/corrections). ## Check go88 from your code A **free REST API** and a **hosted MCP server** — **no credit card**, no waitlist, 10 requests/hour without a key. [get a free API key →](https://app.igregulator.io/signup?from=brand) ### REST API ``` curl "https://api.igregulator.io/v1/check?domain=go88.news" ``` ``` { "query": { "domain": "go88.news" }, "verdict": "licensed", "verdict_detail": "go88.news is listed, as of our read on 2026-10-23, on an active Malta Gaming Authority licence held by Ventures Lab Malta Limited (licence MGA/B2C/799/2020).", "match": { "confidence": "high", "match_type": "domain_exact", "operator": "Ventures Lab Malta Limited", "operator_slug": "ventures-lab-malta-limited", "jurisdiction": "MGA", "regulator_name": "Malta Gaming Authority", "license_id": "05a3eb8b-467c-4247-9bbe-f9c5458959c4", "license_number": "MGA/B2C/799/2020", "license_reference_is_ours": false, "status": "active", "status_source_url": "https://authorisation.mga.org.mt/verification.aspx?lang=EN&company=9bd297a2-1e3d-430e-aec2-fe0f09b4734f&details=1", "status_observed_at": "2026-10-23T03:38:04.234Z", "expires_at": null, "domain_association": "direct", "domain_status": "active", "matched_domain": "go88.news", "domain_last_listed_at": "2026-10-23T03:38:06.295Z", "upstream_status": "Licensed", "status_qualifier": null, "verification_url": "https://authorisation.mga.org.mt/verification.aspx?lang=EN&company=9bd297a2-1e3d-430e-aec2-fe0f09b4734f&details=1", "verification_page_kind": "licensee_page", "verification_page_status": "Licensed", "verification_page_read_at": "2026-10-23T03:38:06.302Z" }, "alternatives": [], "confidence": "high" } ``` response trimmed: the live one also carries \_meta (source URL, read times, register freshness) A free account raises the limit and unlocks licence history, regulatory actions, domain portfolios and webhooks across fourteen regulators — UKGC, MGA, Curaçao, Kahnawake, Anjouan, Tobique, the Isle of Man, Ontario, Sweden, Spain, Belgium, Germany, Colombia and Ukraine. 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