Vave

Domain registered 23.3 years ago

71of 100 · grade C

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Does Vave pay out?

Yes, we have watched it happen. Between 6 August 2026 and 20 September 2026 we observed 846 transfers leaving Vave's wallets on 6 separate days, across 3 addresses on 3 chains.

Days money left their wallets6
Outgoing transfers observed846
Incoming transfers observed1,160
Chains watchedETH, POLYGON, TRON
Addresses watched3

These are the wallets we have attributed to this operator, so every figure is a floor and never a total: wallets we have not found are invisible to us. An outgoing transfer is money leaving, which is not the same as proof that a named player was paid. Both facts are on a public ledger and you can check the same blocks we did.

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Were you paid?

A confirmed withdrawal from a real player is the strongest evidence this index holds, and it outweighs every automated check on this page. If Vave has paid you, say so and it becomes part of the score.

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What we check

Not measured. PayoutsNo payouts observed yet
Pass. Player complaintsNo recent complaints on file
Pass. Site legitimacyEstablished domain, 23.3 years old
Caution. OversightUnknown authority, no checkable license number published

What others report

AskGamblersnegative

AskGamblers lists complaints against Vave Casino including withdrawal delays exceeding one month, KYC verification issues, and account holds due to failed AML checks. Some players also report lack of responsible gambling options and difficulties with self-exclusion.

Casino Guru7.2/10, 204 unresolved

Vave Casino has a Safety Index of 7.2/10 but faces significant concerns with 204 unresolved complaints out of 540 total. The casino is reported to ignore mediation attempts and has questionable Terms and Conditions.

Redditmixed

Vave casino shows contradictory player experiences on withdrawal processing. Some players report month-long delays with KYC complications and inconsistent support responses, while others report no issues with withdrawals or verification.

Gathered from independent sources and shown as published. These are not inputs to the Niekie score.

Terms and conditions

What that means in practice

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Read from the operator's own terms page on Aug 8, 2026 at vave.com. We report what it says, not whether it is honoured.

Recent activity

Aug 29, 2026 Score recalculated, 71 grade C

What has changed

Most casino reviews are written once and never touched again. Over the years I have read plenty that still quote a welcome bonus withdrawn two years earlier, and nothing on the page tells you it is stale. A score that never moves is not a steady score, it is an abandoned one. So every change we record for Vave is listed here with the date we recorded it, and you can judge for yourself how closely anyone is actually watching.

Otto Bergström, editor

20 Sept 2026 Score rose from 62 to 71, grade C because we changed how we score, not because the operator changed
19 Sept 2026 Score fell from 71 to 62, grade B because we changed how we score, not because the operator changed
29 Aug 2026 Score rose from 58 to 71, grade C
28 Aug 2026 Score fell from 71 to 58, grade D
15 Aug 2026 Score rose from 59 to 71, grade C
9 Aug 2026 Score fell from 80 to 59, grade D because we changed how we score, not because the operator changed
8 Aug 2026 Score fell from 69 to 62, grade B because we changed how we score, not because the operator changed
7 Aug 2026 Score fell from 69 to 62, grade C because we changed how we score, not because the operator changed
6 Aug 2026 Score rose from 28 to 62, grade C because we changed how we score, not because the operator changed

Last recalculated 29 Aug 2026. Every figure on this page carries the date we recorded it.

Audit ledger

Each time this score is calculated the inputs are sealed into an append-only ledger and hashed. The record below is the current one. Recompute the digest yourself and it has to match, or our arithmetic is wrong.

Digest (SHA-256)fc7abdb31982…
SealedSun, 20 Sep 2026 09:19:54 GMT
Algorithm version2.0-restored
Entries for this operator29
Show the sealed record and verify it

This is the exact JSON that was hashed, with keys sorted, which is how it is canonicalised before hashing.

{
  "casino": "Vave",
  "grade": "C",
  "note": "Restored to the figure published on 2026-09-19.",
  "pillars": {
    "blockchain": 10,
    "domain": 15,
    "license": 12,
    "operational": 9,
    "sanctions": 25
  },
  "restored_at": "2026-09-20T09:19:53.483Z",
  "restored_from": "2026-08-29T10:07:08.745138+00:00",
  "score": 71,
  "timestamp": "2026-09-20T09:19:53.483Z",
  "version": "2.0-restored"
}

Full digest:

fc7abdb31982f08d049630ed3867b09d7258bbf32ea74077a3a7b0559a609431

To check it, hash the canonical record with keys sorted and no insignificant whitespace:

node -e "const c=v=>Array.isArray(v)?v.map(c):v&&typeof v==='object'?Object.keys(v).sort().reduce((a,k)=>(a[k]=c(v[k]),a),{}):v;
const p=require('./record.json');
console.log(require('crypto').createHash('sha256').update(JSON.stringify(c(p))).digest('hex'))"

Get this on the casino itself

The Niekie extension shows Vave's score on Vave's own site, before you deposit. It also holds session and deposit limits you set, and can block around 4,900 gambling sites when you want to stop.

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Last checked Sat, 29 Aug 2026 10:07:08 GMT. Scores are computed from recorded data by the same algorithm for every operator. How we score. Scores are computed by a published algorithm. No commercial arrangement is an input to one. Visit buttons are paid affiliate links. The score itself is not.
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