How We Check Casinos

Every operator on this site goes through the same twelve checks before it reaches a table. The checks are dull on purpose: they are about licences, published terms and account tools, not about how a lobby looks.

The Twelve Checks

1. Licence in the register. The licence number is looked up in the Gambling Commission's public register.
2. Account name matches. The account name on the register has to match the company behind the website.
3. Offer from the source. The welcome offer is taken from the operator's own British site, never from a third party.
4. Wagering within the cap. Since 19 January 2026 the Commission's licence conditions (social responsibility code 5.1.1) cap wagering at ten times the bonus value; anything higher is an old term, not a live one.
5. No cross-product promotion. The same rules ban offers that mix casino and betting in one promotion.
6. Terms are complete. The terms page has to state the wagering requirement, the maximum conversion and the expiry.
7. Banking is published. Deposit and withdrawal methods, and any withdrawal limit, are read from the banking page.
8. Verification is explained. Identity checks have to be described before a first withdrawal, not sprung on the player at the cashier.
9. Connected to GAMSTOP. The operator has to be part of the national online self-exclusion scheme.
10. Limits inside the account. Deposit limits, time-outs and self-exclusion have to be reachable from the account, not by email request.
11. A named complaints route. The complaints procedure and the alternative dispute resolution provider are both named on the site.
12. Support, games and age. Support hours and channels, the game list and the studios behind it are recorded, and the age statement has to say 18 and over.

What Keeps An Operator Out

Three failures stop a page before it is written: no licence in the register, no offer published on the operator's own pages, or terms that contradict what the rest of the site says. There is no editorial appeal against any of the three, and no commercial arrangement changes them.

A brand that passes today can fail tomorrow. Licence status changes, offers are withdrawn and terms are rewritten, so pages are revisited and the checks are run again rather than trusted from memory.

What The Checks Are Not

A licence is a floor, not a recommendation. Passing twelve checks means an operator is licensed, publishes what it should and gives a player the tools to stop — it does not mean the games will pay, because they are not designed to.

Numbers we cannot source from the operator or the regulator do not go on the page. Where a figure is missing, the page says so instead of filling the gap, and the brand waits until the figure is published. Gambling in Great Britain is for adults aged 18 and over; free, confidential help is on 0808 8020 133.