CasinoTop.com

CasinoTop.com is one of the earliest domains connected to the history of online gambling on the internet.

The domain was registered on September 26, 1998, during the early period of downloadable casino software platforms. Archived web records from 1999 show the site active during the first generation of online casino systems, when most internet applications required locally installed client software rather than browser-based platforms.

Historical WHOIS records and archived infrastructure references indicate connections to the Cassava Enterprises ecosystem, the company behind the Casino-on-Net platform, which later evolved into the publicly traded online gambling group now known as 888 Holdings.

During the late 1990s and early 2000s, websites like CasinoTop functioned as discovery and distribution points for downloadable casino software, helping users locate and install early online casino applications during a period when the web itself could not yet run complex interactive software.

Over time the domain passed through several ownership periods and was later relaunched as an independent casino information and affiliate portal.

Today CasinoTop.com is operated by Evergreen Media AS as part of a broader documentation and research effort focused on early internet infrastructure, domain history, and the evolution of online platforms.

Sources referenced in this research include archived web pages from the Internet Archive, historical WHOIS records, and independent domain infrastructure reports.

Full historical documentation:
https://www.casinotop.com/history/