Where is Thunderpick located? Behind the esports branding and the crypto cashier sits a specific, checkable answer: Paloma Media B.V., a company registered in Curaçao, holding the license that lets Thunderpick take real-money bets in the first place.
The Curaçao Entity That Holds the License
Thunderpick is operated by Paloma Media B.V., registered at Kaya Richard J. Beaujon Z/N in Willemstad, Curaçao. That same company is named on Curaçao Gaming Authority license OGL/2024/677/0722 — the license referenced in Thunderpick’s own terms and the one that actually authorizes its sportsbook and casino to operate. That alignment between the registered operator and the licensed entity is a straightforward answer, as offshore filings go; some competitors route their terms of service through one country and their license through another.
One entity, one license: Paloma Media B.V. is both the company named in Thunderpick’s terms of service and the holder of its Curaçao gaming license — not a chain of shell companies pointing in different directions.
Who’s Actually Behind It
Thunderpick launched in 2017, and public reporting credits two Polish entrepreneurs as co-founders: Marcin Deptuła, named as CEO, and Mateusz Jamiolkowski. That’s more identifiable leadership than a lot of crypto-first operators disclose, though neither Thunderpick nor Paloma Media B.V. publishes a full corporate ownership structure the way a publicly traded sportsbook would.
A Regulatory Mark Tied to That Location
Being registered in Curaçao doesn’t mean Thunderpick has stayed clear of other regulators’ attention. In December 2023, Australia’s Australian Communications and Media Authority issued Paloma Media B.V. a formal warning under the Interactive Gambling Act, over Thunderpick offering interactive gambling services to Australian residents without an Australian license. That warning lines up with something already visible on Thunderpick’s own restricted-country list, which names Australia alongside the US, UK, and dozens of others — an unusually broad exclusion list for the genre, and one with an actual enforcement action behind at least part of it.
What a Curaçao Address Does and Doesn’t Mean
Kaya Richard J. Beaujon Z/N is a registered filing address, the kind Curaçao’s eGaming licensing regime requires rather than a public-facing office a player could walk into. That’s normal for the jurisdiction. It also means recourse for a dispute runs through the Curaçao Gaming Authority’s complaint channel, not a physical visit — a materially different path than a US state regulator would offer.
Still Not a US Answer
Whatever else the Curaçao filing and the ACMA warning establish, neither one puts Thunderpick anywhere near the United States. Paloma Media B.V. carries no US registration, no US office, and no US gaming license, and Thunderpick’s own terms name the United States as a restricted jurisdiction outright. The location question and the access question resolve the same way for American readers — see the Thunderpick review for what to use instead.