Is Wild Fortune Casino Closed? The Truth About .com vs .io (May 2026 Update)

By James Patel, Casino Editor · Last updated 15 May 2026

Disambiguation up front. This article is about both Wild Fortunes — the dead one and the live one. The original wildfortune.com, run by N1 Interactive Ltd under Malta Gaming Authority licence MGA/B2C/394/2017, closed permanently on 16 July 2025. The site at wildfortune.io today is a different operator: Metlait SRL (Costa Rica company registration #3-102-911867) under Tobique Gaming Commission licence #0000064, part of the Samurai Partners brand group. They share a logo and a brand name. They do not share an operator, a regulator, a licence, a KYC vault, a player database, or any legal continuity. Every other source on this query gets at least one of those facts wrong, and we explain why below.

TL;DR

Quick answer — is Wild Fortune closed?

What actually happened to wildfortune.com

The short version: N1 Interactive Ltd — a Maltese company holding MGA licence MGA/B2C/394/2017 — wound down its Wild Fortune brand in mid-2025. LCB's casino directory marks the closure as June 2025; the formal cut-off date, corroborated by player communications and a public Casino.guru complaint thread, was 16 July 2025.

The closure was orderly. It was not a rug pull, not an exit scam, and not a regulator enforcement action. N1 Interactive continued to operate roughly 20 other casino brands on the same MGA licence (and still does in May 2026 — Bob Casino, Dreamz, Spinia, Betamo, and others all remain on the active URL list). Wild Fortune was simply one brand among many that N1 chose to retire as part of a portfolio rationalisation programme that has been running since the 2023 Dutch KSA fine.

Why does that matter? Because the most common reader concern behind "is Wild Fortune closed" is "did the operator steal my money." The Casino.guru thread is the cleanest public evidence that N1 honoured outstanding balances during the closure window. The player got every euro they were owed, and they got it within days of escalating. That is the opposite of a rug pull.

So the .com is gone — settled, audited, and removed from N1 Interactive's licensed URL list at the Malta regulator. That last detail matters more than people realise.

The 301 redirect — and why it's misleading

Here is the part no other source on Google has reported. The dead wildfortune.com domain is not actually dead. It is repointed.

Type wildfortune.com into a browser on 15 May 2026 and the server returns an HTTP 301 Moved Permanently response that sends you to wildfortune.io. No interstitial. No warning. No notice that you have just stepped from a Malta-regulated N1 Interactive Ltd property onto a Tobique-licensed Metlait SRL property. Same logo at the top of the page. Different operator at the bottom of it.

That redirect is doing a lot of quiet work. From a search-engine perspective, it tells Google that wildfortune.com's authority should pass through to wildfortune.io — which is why the .io site has been climbing the SERPs for years-old "Wild Fortune" queries that originally targeted the .com. From a player perspective, it is a much bigger problem: a user who remembers signing up at Wild Fortune on the .com address in 2023, types it into their browser in 2026, and lands on wildfortune.io will see what looks like a continuation of the same casino. It is not. They are now on a different operator's site, in a different country, on a different licence, with a different KYC team that has no records of their previous account.

We say this without hyperbole: a 301 redirect from a closed operator's domain to a different operator's casino is unusual. It is legally above board — the .io operator presumably paid for the .com domain after N1 retired it — but it sits in the same ethical category as a defunct restaurant chain selling its old shopfront to a different chef who keeps the original signage. The new restaurant might be excellent. The old customers deserve to know it is a new restaurant.

No other English-language review currently in the top 10 SERP mentions this redirect. LCB lists the .com as closed and stops there. Casino.guru still treats Wild Fortune as a single brand operated by N1 Interactive (their review page has not been updated to reflect the closure). AskGamblers, AussieOnlineCasino, and Mr-Gamble all describe the .io site with various combinations of wrong operator and wrong licence. We checked the redirect ourselves and captured the HTTP response.

Side-by-side: wildfortune.com vs wildfortune.io

Here is the comparison every other source on this query should have been publishing for the past nine months. The two domains are different casinos in nearly every way that matters.

Field	wildfortune.com (closed)	wildfortune.io (live)
Status	Closed 16 July 2025	Active, May 2026
Operator	N1 Interactive Ltd	Metlait SRL
Company registration	Malta company C 81457	Costa Rica company #3-102-911867
Regulator	Malta Gaming Authority	Tobique Gaming Commission
Licence number	MGA/B2C/394/2017	#0000064
Brand group	N1 Interactive portfolio	Samurai Partners
Live casino provider	Evolution Gaming	ICONIC21 + Plati+ + BeterLive
Welcome offer	100% match up to €100 (legacy)	225% up to CA$7,500 + 250 FS, 0× wagering on FS
Primary currencies	EUR-first	CAD / AUD / USD / EUR / crypto
Active markets	EU + AU + CA (pre-closure)	AU + CA (excl. Ontario)

Two practical implications of that table:

First, anyone telling you Wild Fortune is "MGA-licensed" in 2026 is reading a 2023-era review and applying it to the wrong site. The MGA licence belonged to the .com. The .io has never held an MGA licence.

Second, anyone telling you the .io is run by Hollycorn N.V. is reading an even older review that got the .com operator wrong, then applying the wrong operator to the .io. Hollycorn N.V. has never operated either Wild Fortune. It is a real corporate entity in the iGaming space, just not one connected to this brand.

Why every other source gets this wrong

We sampled the top 10 organic results for "is Wild Fortune closed" and "is Wild Fortune casino closed" on Google, 15 May 2026. Six out of ten describe wildfortune.io with operator details that belong to the old wildfortune.com (or to no Wild Fortune at all). Here is the failure map:

A few specific failures worth calling out:

• LCB carries a "Closed In Jun 2025" banner on the Wild Fortune entry, but the review body below it lists the operator as Hollycorn N.V. on a Malta MGA licence — both wrong even for the .com (the real .com operator was N1 Interactive). LCB has not added wildfortune.io to its directory at all.
• Casino.guru runs a Wild Fortune review page that lists N1 Interactive Ltd as operator, Malta MGA as regulator, and Evolution Gaming as live casino provider. None of those facts apply to the live .io site. Casino.guru's own complaints database hosts the closure-confirming Finnish player thread, but their main review has not been resynced with it.
• AussieOnlineCasino.com does correctly distinguish .com from .io (best in the SERP on that dimension) but then lists the .io operator as Hollycorn N.V. under a Curaçao CGA licence plus a Comoros AOFA licence. The live footer at wildfortune.io declares neither of those regulators — it declares Tobique #0000064 and Metlait SRL.
• AskGamblers lists an active wildfortune.io review but attributes Malta MGA licensing — pulled from the .com's legacy data, not the .io's current footer.

This is not a minor inconvenience. A reader trying to verify whether wildfortune.io is "real" by cross-referencing the licence on a competitor review will find a Malta MGA reference, look up MGA/B2C/394/2017 on the MGA register, see that wildfortune.com is no longer on that licence, and conclude (incorrectly) that wildfortune.io is unlicensed. The truth is that wildfortune.io is licensed — just not by the regulator other reviewers claim.

The MGA register lookup is the single most boring piece of due diligence in this article, and it is also the most decisive. The Maltese regulator's own database confirms that wildfortune.com is no longer an MGA-regulated property. Nobody else in the SERP cites that lookup. We did the work, so we are citing it.

What happens to your old .com balance / KYC / VIP status?

If you had an account at wildfortune.com — particularly if you have not logged in since mid-2025 — here is what you actually need to know.

Your balance. If you had funds in your wildfortune.com account at the time of closure, those funds were paid out during the May–July 2025 wind-down window. The Casino.guru complaint thread is independent evidence that N1 was processing legitimate withdrawals as late as 24 July 2025 — eight days after the formal closure. If you missed that window and did not respond to closure communications from the operator, the practical reality is that the recovery path is now extremely limited. The MGA's complaints procedure still applies to licensees, but N1 Interactive has wound down the brand and there is no successor brand on the MGA licence to escalate to. The .io operator has no legal nexus with the .com balance.

Your KYC documents. Documents you uploaded to wildfortune.com were held by N1 Interactive Ltd in Malta under EU GDPR. They were not transferred to Metlait SRL when the .com retired. Metlait SRL is a Costa Rica entity with no corporate relationship to N1 Interactive — no shared parent, no shared affiliate group, no shared infrastructure. If you sign up at wildfortune.io today, expect to upload fresh KYC documents from scratch. The .io operator has zero records of your previous account.

Your VIP status. Does not carry over. The Wild Fortune VIP tier you reached on the .com has no equivalent at the .io because the two operators run independent VIP programmes. The .io site's seven-tier VIP ladder (Newcomer through Eternal at 25% cashback) is a fresh scheme operated by Metlait SRL — your past wagering volume on N1's books is invisible to it.

Your bonus history and wagering progress. Gone. Any in-progress wagering on a .com welcome bonus was settled or voided during closure. There is no transfer of "playthrough" state to a different operator.

Practical takeaway. Treat wildfortune.io as a brand-new casino. If you choose to sign up, do so with the same scepticism you would apply to any operator you have never used before — verify the Tobique licence on the public register, read the .io's terms (which are the only binding terms; the .com's old terms are now irrelevant), and start a fresh KYC trail. There is no shortcut from "I was a Wild Fortune player" to "I get to skip the .io's onboarding." It is a new sign-up with a new operator.

Is wildfortune.io safe? The licence-check

The single most useful thing a player can do when assessing whether a casino is "safe" is to verify its licence on the regulator's own public register. Not the operator's footer (which can claim anything). Not an affiliate review (which can copy-paste anything). The regulator's register.

For wildfortune.io that means two lookups:

1. The Tobique Gaming Commission licensee register at thetgc.ca/license-holders. Search for Metlait SRL or licence number 0000064. The register lists active licensees with the company's name, the licence category, and the registration status. A wildfortune.io footer claim matches a Tobique register entry that you can independently verify. That is the minimum standard for "licensed."

2. The wildfortune.io footer itself, verbatim. The operator declaration is reproduced earlier in this article (under the Side-by-Side section). Metlait SRL, Costa Rica company registration #3-102-911867, Tobique licence #0000064. No mention of Malta, no mention of Curaçao, no mention of Comoros, no mention of Hollycorn N.V. or N1 Interactive.

Tobique is not UKGC and it is not MGA. It is a boutique direct regulator operated by a Canadian First Nation gaming authority in New Brunswick — a smaller regulator with a public registry, direct issuer accountability, and a lower caseload than Curaçao or the larger offshore jurisdictions. For a player population in AU + CA (excluding Ontario), Tobique is a legitimate mid-tier regulator. It is materially stronger than Anjouan, materially weaker than UKGC, and roughly comparable in practice to a post-LOK direct Curaçao Gaming Authority licence for the purposes of player redress.

The wildfortune.io site is also part of the Samurai Partners brand group, which operates five sister casinos (Spin Samurai, Casino Rocket, Ritzo, 21bit, AllStar). Casino Rocket is operated by the same legal entity as wildfortune.io (Metlait SRL) under the same Tobique licence (#0000064) — they are not just affiliate-marketed siblings, they are the same operator running two product wrappers. That group context gives wildfortune.io a longer effective track record than its 2024-era launch suggests.

Honest cons worth flagging:

• Tobique is a smaller regulator with fewer precedent dispute cases than MGA or UKGC.
• The .io does not accept United States, United Kingdom, Ontario, France, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, or Estonia players.
• Daily withdrawal cap is $4,000 USD equivalent (raised for higher VIP tiers but not unlimited).
• There is no native mobile app — the experience is web-based (PWA installable on iOS Safari and Android Chrome).

Frequently asked questions

Did Wild Fortune Casino actually close?

Yes — the original wildfortune.com closed permanently on 16 July 2025. It was operated by N1 Interactive Ltd on a Malta Gaming Authority licence and was retired as part of N1's brand-pruning programme. The closure was orderly: outstanding player balances were paid out during the wind-down window, and a Casino.guru public complaint thread documents a Finnish player receiving a full €2,863 payout eight days after filing.

Is wildfortune.io the same casino as wildfortune.com?

No. They share a brand name and a logo and nothing else. The .com was operated by N1 Interactive Ltd (Malta, MGA-licensed). The .io is operated by Metlait SRL (Costa Rica, Tobique-licensed, part of the Samurai Partners group). Different companies, different countries of incorporation, different regulators, different KYC teams, different VIP programmes, no legal continuity. Typing wildfortune.com today 301-redirects you to wildfortune.io without any warning that you have switched operators.

What happened to my Wild Fortune account?

If your account was on the closed wildfortune.com, it was settled during the May–July 2025 wind-down window. Balances were paid out, KYC documents remained with N1 Interactive in Malta, and the account itself was closed. None of it transfers to wildfortune.io — Metlait SRL has no records of your old account. If you missed the wind-down window and still believe you have funds owed, the path is to escalate to the Malta Gaming Authority's player complaints procedure under MGA/B2C/394/2017, recognising that N1 Interactive Ltd is the responsible licensee and not the .io operator.

Did players get their money back from wildfortune.com?

Based on the public evidence — yes. The Casino.guru complaint thread filed by a Finnish player on 11 July 2025 was resolved on 24 July 2025 with the player confirming a full €2,863 payout. That is the cleanest third-party evidence that N1 honoured outstanding balances. We have not seen public reports of withheld balances from the closure window. That said, players who did not respond to closure communications may have left funds behind; the practical recovery path nine months later is limited.

Is wildfortune.io safe?

It is operated by Metlait SRL under Tobique Gaming Commission licence #0000064, verifiable on the regulator's public register at thetgc.ca/license-holders. Tobique is a legitimate Canadian First Nation regulator — mid-tier, smaller than MGA or UKGC but with direct issuer accountability and a lower caseload than legacy Curaçao. The .io is part of the Samurai Partners brand group with five sister casinos. Honest cons: smaller regulator with fewer precedent cases, $4,000 USD daily withdrawal cap, no native mobile app, geo-restrictions on US/UK/Ontario/several EU markets.

Why does Google still show wildfortune.com results?

Two reasons. First, the 301 redirect from wildfortune.com to wildfortune.io tells Google to pass authority through to the new domain — so old .com URLs still rank, but for the .io content. Second, several review sites (LCB, Casino.guru, AskGamblers, Mr-Gamble) have not updated their Wild Fortune review pages to reflect the closure and the operator switch, so stale .com-era data is still indexed and surfaced for "Wild Fortune" queries. The result is a SERP where most pages describe a casino that doesn't exist any more, alongside a few pages describing the new casino with the wrong operator and licence details.

Should I sign up to wildfortune.io?

That depends on what you want. If you are an AU or CA player (excluding Ontario) looking for a casino with 90+ slot providers, a 225% / CA$7,500 / 250 FS welcome ladder (with 0× wagering on free spins), Interac eTransfer or PayID banking, and a verifiable Tobique regulator, wildfortune.io is a legitimate option. If you want a UKGC-licensed casino with EU-grade player protection or a US-friendly operator, it is not for you. We have a fuller assessment in our Wild Fortune review and an honest comparison piece at Best Wild Fortune Alternatives.

Verdict

Yes, Wild Fortune closed — the original Wild Fortune. The wildfortune.com address you remember from 2023 belonged to N1 Interactive Ltd on a Malta licence, and that casino is gone. It closed cleanly in mid-July 2025, paid out its players, and was removed from the MGA's authorised URL list.

What is live today at wildfortune.io is a different casino with the same brand name. Metlait SRL, a Costa Rica operator under Tobique Gaming Commission licence #0000064, part of the Samurai Partners group. It is verifiably licensed, it accepts AU + CA players (excluding Ontario), and it runs a different live casino product, a different bonus structure, and a different VIP programme from its dead predecessor. The 301 redirect from the old .com is a quiet operator handover that no other review site has reported, which is why most of the SERP for this query is still describing a casino that doesn't exist or attributing the live one to the wrong company.

If you came here from a Google search trying to figure out whether the casino you remember is still around — the honest answer is "no, but a different operator now sells a casino under the same brand at the same logo." Treat it as a new sign-up. Verify the Tobique licence yourself on the public register. Read the .io's own terms (not the .com's archived ones). Upload fresh KYC. If you have a balance question about the old .com, escalate to the Malta Gaming Authority, not to Metlait SRL.

For most readers I think wildfortune.io is a fair option in the AU + CA market — it has a real licence, a verifiable operator, a strong sister-site group, and a competitive welcome offer. But the player who deserves the most respect here is the one who Googled "is Wild Fortune closed" because they smelled something off. You smelled something off because there is in fact something off: the brand you remember is dead and a different company is using the front door. Now you know.

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About the author

James Patel is Casino Editor at PayoutVerdict. He has spent six years testing online casinos in Australia and Canada, with a background in financial journalism. He runs the editorial standard that every "Tested" verdict on this site is backed by at least one real deposit and one real withdrawal, and he refuses to publish closure or operator-change pieces without an independent regulator-register lookup. Full bio →

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Responsible gambling

Gambling can be addictive. Please play responsibly. This article is intended for users aged 18 and over (21+ in some jurisdictions). Wild Fortune (wildfortune.io) excludes Ontario; the Ontario iGaming market is regulated separately by the AGCO. If gambling is causing harm, contact GambleAware on 1800 858 858 (AU), ConnexOntario on 1-866-531-2600 (Ontario), or GamCare (international).

Licence & disclosure

The active wildfortune.io site operates under a Tobique Gaming Commission licence (#0000064) issued to Metlait SRL. The closed wildfortune.com previously operated under Malta Gaming Authority licence MGA/B2C/394/2017 held by N1 Interactive Ltd; that URL has been removed from the MGA's authorised list as of May 2026. PayoutVerdict earns commission when you sign up to Wild Fortune via our links — at no cost to you. We do not earn from N1 Interactive's other brands and we have no commercial relationship with the closed .com. See full disclosure.

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Internal links referenced in this article:

• Wild Fortune Review 2026
• Wild Fortune vs Casino Rocket
• Best Wild Fortune Alternatives
• Wild Fortune withdrawal speeds
• Is Wild Fortune legit? Safety check
• Author profile: James Patel
• Full disclosure

External authority sources cited:

• Casino.guru — Wild Fortune player complaint (€2,863 closure-window withdrawal)
• Malta Gaming Authority — N1 Interactive Ltd licence verification
• Tobique Gaming Commission — public licence-holders register
• AskGamblers — wildfortune.io review
• Samurai Partners — wildfortune.io brand page
• LCB — Wild Fortune closure note
• GambleAware (AU)
• ConnexOntario

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