Thunderpick, ThunderPartners & AffPapa: The Partnership After an ACMA Warning
AffPapa’s ThunderPartners partnership page remains live after Australia’s regulator formally warned the Thunderpick provider. The regulator’s page title says Paloma Media N.V., but the attached legal warning & the current Curaçao certificate identify the entity as Paloma Media B.V.
Checked 2 September 2026
What AffPapa published or retained
ThunderPartners partnership article.
What the authority did
ACMA’s webpage heading says Paloma Media N.V., but the attached formal-warning PDF is addressed to Paloma Media B.V. & identifies B.V. as the provider. The current CGA certificate also names Paloma Media B.V., company number 146988.
Chronology
- 9 October 2023: AffPapa announced its ThunderPartners partnership.
- 19 December 2023: ACMA published the Thunderpick warning.
- 4 June 2025: the current CGA licence for thunderpick.io was granted to Paloma Media B.V.
- 2 September 2026: AffPapa’s partnership article remained live & the CGA certificate remained active.
What remains unanswered
AffPapa did not explain the checks behind this promotion, listing, award, seal or retained page. The relevant entity, timing & jurisdiction limits are set out above. The record does not establish what AffPapa knew on an earlier date unless a cited source says so.
Right of reply
InfoBets sent AffPapa & every relevant brand a right-of-reply request. The deadline was 17:00 CEST on 20 August 2026. No response was received by that deadline or by the publication cut-off on 2 September 2026. No response is not an admission. This report relies on the linked public records.
What this report does not claim
The official record is limited to the named jurisdiction, period, domain & entity. It does not establish worldwide illegality, a criminal conviction or wrongdoing by AffPapa unless a cited official source expressly says so.
Sources
- https://affpapa.com/thunderpartners-and-affpapa-join-forces-in-new-partnership/
- https://www.acma.gov.au/publications/2023-12/instruction/formal-warning-paloma-media-nv-thunderpick
- https://www.acma.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-12/Formal%20Warning%20-%20Paloma%20Media%20B.V.%20(Thunderpick).pdf
- https://cert.cga.cw/certificate?id=ZXlKcGRpSTZJa1ZhTVdoTE5rOXViWHAwWmt0c05YSk1iakJSVEZFOVBTSXNJblpoYkhWbElqb2lUVGxzTmtSbU1YZGthVzFSSzNOaWFHMXpiVTQzVVQwOUlpd2liV0ZqSWpvaU5XRXdOekEzTW1RMFpEQTNNbVpqTURWbE1UVXlZV1pqTmpNNE9UWTFaV1EzTXpVNFpUUmxaVEkzWVRNd1kySXlZVGc1TnpneU4yVTRZV0kxWkdNeU1TSXNJblJoWnlJNklpSjk%3D
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Evidence cut-off: 2 September 2026. Verified corrections will be timestamped.