Gamdom Hot Wallet Breach: Two Days Offline, Then Back With Bonuses

Image: Gamdom on X

Gamdom took its whole platform offline on the evening of 13 October 2026 after a breach of its hot wallets, and its founder says it lost just over $3 million. The site came back at 12:34 a.m. UTC on 16 October, after more than two days dark, according to FairGambling. It is the biggest crypto casino story of the week, and the details matter to anyone holding a balance on a site like this.

The sequence, as reported by iGaming Republic: FairGambling's tracker saw Gamdom's hot wallets on Ethereum, Solana, BNB Chain, Tron and the XRP Ledger each send a large payment to a single wallet on the same chain between about 15:50 and 16:50 UTC on 13 October, more than $2.3 million in total. Gamdom's first post on X came at 18:45 UTC and said only that the site was offline. Its explanation followed on 14 October: staff had been checking a suspected disk failure on one server when they found an unauthorised connection on a separate automation server, so they switched all systems off. The post said user funds were safe.

Founder Felix Romer then confirmed on X that the attack hit the hot wallet system, that Gamdom stopped the drain and moved the remaining funds to cold storage, and that the loss was "just over $3m", as Cryptopolitan quotes him. Hot wallets are the internet-connected wallets a casino uses to pay out withdrawals. A private key or a compromised server that can sign payments can empty them, and blockchain transfers cannot be reversed.

Gamdom's relaunch post on X, 16 October 2026: view the post on X

Two numbers are in circulation and they have not been reconciled. Gamdom's own figure is just over $3 million, given without a breakdown. On-chain researcher vxdb counts about $4.208 million: roughly $2.2 million on Ethereum-compatible networks, $965,000 on Solana, $668,000 in bitcoin and $375,000 on Tron, according to FairGambling. Bitcoin.com News reports that the tracker saw about $10.5 million in monitored Gamdom wallet holdings on 12 October against roughly $76,000 the following day, and stresses that this difference alone does not prove theft, because the operator also moved funds to cold storage.

Gamdom's relaunch post did not address the gap or name an attacker, and at the time of the reports we read it had published no post-mortem. Token prices at the moment of counting or transfers Gamdom made itself while securing funds could explain part of the difference, but that is speculation until the company publishes chain-by-chain figures.

Gamdom's post announcing it was back online apologised for the downtime and offered every player a $45,000 daily leaderboard and a restart of its reload bonuses, with a 20% deposit bonus for existing users and a second $45,000 daily competition limited to the relaunch week, per FairGambling. It also promised $5,000 each to 10 players who repost, like and comment on the announcement, $50,000 in all. These are promotions with their own terms and wagering rules, not refunds.

A follow-up post on X at 13:16 UTC on 16 October said that all bets placed on Gamdom originals while the site was under maintenance had been paid out at 2x, and that all deposits made during the maintenance period had been credited. It told players with concerns to contact customer support. We could not find independent reporting on how that was applied, or on how fast withdrawals ran in the first days after the relaunch.

FairGambling also reports that Gamdom's lead streamer, Stevewilldoit, replied to the relaunch post in support, saying Gamdom would absorb the cost and that player funds were safe. Streamers have commercial ties to the casinos they promote, so that is a statement of support, not independent confirmation.

• A loss of at least $3 million from the hot wallets, and an on-chain estimate about $1.2 million higher that Gamdom has not explained.
• More than two days offline, during which players could not reach their balances. On 14 October the founder said the restart process would take a couple of hours, and by 15 October Bitcoin.com News quotes him saying it was still taking more time.
• No published attack vector. Gamdom has not said what the automation server does or what the connection reached, and the sources we read say it had not stated whether player data was exposed.
• No proof of reserves. "User funds are safe" is Gamdom's own statement, and no independent audit of balances has been published that we could find.

Licensing adds to the caution. FairGambling's page for the casino lists an Anjouan licence and Moon Revolution Limitada as operator, and iGaming Republic notes that independent reviews list its licence as issued by Anjouan. That is an offshore licence with limited routes for player disputes. We did not find a UK Gambling Commission licence for Gamdom, and UK players on crypto casinos are outside GAMSTOP and UKGC protections.

• Gamdom explained the cause the next morning, took all systems offline as a precaution, and said it had stopped the drain.
• It was back online in about two and a half days, and its follow-up post said deposits made during the downtime had been credited.
• The founder named a loss figure publicly, with a statement that remaining hot wallet funds were moved to cold storage, instead of staying silent.

None of that is independently verified beyond the on-chain trail, and a fast relaunch is not the same as an explained one. It is a better response than a casino that disappears, but players still have only the company's word on balances.

Gamdom's breach follows a similar loss at Duelbits, where co-founder Joe confirmed a hack of about $7 million on 24 September 2026, per FairGambling. iGaming Republic notes that Duelbits had published the addresses of its refilled wallets so trackers could check the balances, and reopened within three days, which it uses as a yardstick for what Gamdom now has to answer: how the connection was made, what it touched, whether the transfers were authorised and when players could withdraw.

Four things will tell players more than the relaunch bonuses: a written post-mortem with chain-by-chain figures, any published wallet addresses or reserve figure, a statement on whether player data was touched, and independent reports of withdrawal times over the next weeks. Our Gamdom review keeps its rating at Mixed for now, because the evidence of lasting harm to players is not there, but neither is an explanation. See the wider picture on our crypto casinos hub and the streamer casinos page.

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• iGaming Republic: Gamdom temporarily shuts down after $2.3m leaves hot wallets
• FairGambling Newsroom: Gamdom is Back Online After $3 Million Hot Wallet Breach
• Bitcoin.com News: Crypto Casino Gamdom Goes Dark After a $3 Million Wallet Hack
• Cryptopolitan: Gamdom exploit losses pegged at $4.2M, topping firm's $3M estimate
• Gamdom on X: relaunch post, 16 October 2026
• Gamdom on X: payout and deposit statement, 16 October 2026
• FairGambling Newsroom: Duelbits Hacked Again, Co-Founder Confirms About $7M Loss
• FairGambling: Gamdom casino profile

Was Gamdom hacked in October 2026?

Gamdom's founder says a breach of its hot wallet system cost the casino just over $3 million. The company first reported an unauthorised connection on an automation server on 14 October and took its systems offline. An on-chain researcher puts the on-chain losses higher, at about $4.2 million, and Gamdom has not explained the gap.

Is Gamdom back online?

Yes. Gamdom relaunched at 12:34 a.m. UTC on 16 October 2026 after more than two days offline, according to FairGambling. The relaunch came with a leaderboard, reload bonuses and a deposit offer for players. It has not published a post-mortem, so the cause and the full scope are still unconfirmed.

Are player funds safe at Gamdom?

Gamdom says user funds are safe and that remaining hot wallet funds went to cold storage. That is the company's own statement. We found no published proof of reserves or independent audit of balances. Crypto transfers cannot be reversed and its licence is offshore, so disputes have limited formal routes.

How much did Gamdom lose in the hack?

Founder Felix Romer put the loss at just over $3 million with no breakdown. On-chain researcher vxdb counts about $4.208 million across Ethereum-compatible networks, Solana, Bitcoin and Tron. The two figures have not been reconciled, and token prices or internal transfers could explain part of the gap.

Can UK players use Gamdom?

We could not confirm from a page we opened whether Gamdom accepts UK players, and we found no UK Gambling Commission licence for it. Its licence is listed as Anjouan. UK players on crypto casinos like this are outside GAMSTOP and UKGC protections, so complaints cannot go to a UK regulator.

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