Malta consultancy pushes back on Curaçao finance minister's payment figure
2026-07-29
Source: iGaming Expert
RCL rejects Finance Minister Charles Cooper's claim of annual payments of ANG 8.3 million, stating it has received roughly €3.43 million since 2022 for building Curaçao's new regulatory technology, with payments deferred at the government's request.
Random Consulting Limited (RCL), a Malta-based firm that developed key technology for Curaçao’s revamped online gambling framework, has disputed claims by Finance Minister Charles Cooper that it is paid ANG 8.3 million (€4.6 million) annually by the island’s government.
The company states that the total compensation it has received since 2022 amounts to roughly €3.43 million, distributed unevenly across four years. This sum is tied directly to the construction and operation of the new regulatory system rather than a fixed yearly retainer, RCL explained.
RCL’s work centred on building and running the technical infrastructure for the Curaçao Gaming Authority (CGA). This includes an online portal for licence applications, systems to manage those licences, and tools designed to detect operators that misuse the Curaçao regulatory brand—a problem that has grown more prominent over the past year.
The payment schedule, RCL says, was shaped by the government’s own timeline and followed political discussions in the country. Notably, current Finance Minister Cooper was present in some of those meetings. During the early implementation of the new rules, Curaçao asked RCL to delay billing, prompting the company to absorb the cash-flow impact while the system launched.
According to RCL’s filed accounts, the amounts actually received break down as follows: €15,400 in 2022, nothing in 2023, €884,000 in 2024, and €2.53 million in 2025. The deferral of payments came at the request of the Curaçao government after delays in the framework’s implementation, the company added.