Mirror domains and alternative addresses
Search for almost any gambling brand and the suggestions fill with variants: the name plus a number, the name on a different extension, the name with a hyphen. These are mirror domains — additional addresses that resolve to the same platform. This page explains where they come from, what makes them dangerous, and how to check one. It does not list any, and it does not explain how to reach a blocked service.
Why a second address exists at all
Three unrelated causes produce the same visible result.
- Network-level blocking. Germany's supervisory authority may order internet providers and payment services to restrict access to operators offering games without a German permit. Enforcement is uneven and has been contested in court, but the practical effect is that some addresses stop resolving for some users.
- Ordinary technical churn. Operators move hosting, split traffic across domains, or retire an address after a migration. Old links keep circulating for years afterwards.
- Deliberate imitation. Somebody registers a near-identical name and copies the login page. This is by far the most common thing an ordinary user encounters, and it has nothing to do with the operator.
From the outside all three look identical: a familiar brand at an unfamiliar address. That ambiguity is precisely what the third group relies on.
What a fake address is built to take
A cloned login page has one job: capture a username and password while they are typed. What follows depends on the operator. Sometimes the account is emptied through a withdrawal to a newly added payment route. More often the credentials are tested against email providers and shopping sites, because password reuse is the rule rather than the exception. Some clones go further and present a fake cashier that collects card details directly, or an identity check that harvests document scans — material considerably more valuable than a gambling balance.
Checks that take under a minute
| Check | What it reveals |
|---|---|
| Read the address character by character | Swapped letters, an extra hyphen, a different extension — the usual disguise |
| Open the certificate details in the browser | Which name the certificate was issued to; a padlock alone proves only encryption |
| Ask support through the address you already trust | The operator can confirm or deny an address; a clone cannot answer for the real one |
| Never arrive via an advertisement or a chat message | Paid placements and forwarded links are the standard delivery route for clones |
| Watch for urgency | Warnings that an account will close within hours exist to prevent exactly the checks above |
Habits that make the whole question less important
Save the address you actually use as a bookmark and open it only from there — an address typed by hand is the one place where a single mistyped character does real damage. Use a password that exists nowhere else, so that a captured credential cannot travel. Switch on two-factor authentication if the operator offers it, since it turns a stolen password into a useless string. Update the payment route and email address only from inside a session you started yourself. And treat any message announcing a new official domain as hostile until the operator's support confirms it through a channel you opened.
The German context, stated plainly
Richroyal does not appear on the whitelist of Germany's joint gambling authority and operates under a licence from another jurisdiction. That is why the topic of alternative addresses arises around this brand at all, and it is a fact worth weighing before an account exists rather than after an address stops working. This portal does not publish mirror links, does not evaluate them, and does not describe methods for circumventing access restrictions. The regulatory picture in full is on the home page; what it means for disputes is under complaints; and the account-side protections are under limits and self-exclusion.
If credentials have already been entered somewhere suspect
Change the password immediately at the address you know to be genuine, and change it anywhere else that password was reused — that second step is the one people skip and the one that matters most. Review the payment routes stored on the account and remove anything unfamiliar. Tell the operator's support what happened, with the address and the time, so that the session can be terminated from their side. If card or bank details were entered, contact the issuer directly. And if documents were uploaded, expect follow-up attempts by email or telephone, because scanned identity papers are the part of this that keeps circulating.