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About and methodology

Who we are

Non Gamstop Casino Guide covers casinos that operate outside the UK's national self-exclusion scheme, and what that means for a British player. It is written by Niamh Bramwell, who spent eight years in gambling compliance in London before moving to editorial work.

The site takes the licence as its starting point rather than the bonus, because the licence is what every other difference follows from.

How the ranking is ordered

The order is commercial. The operators listed are ones this site holds affiliate arrangements with, and it earns a commission when a reader opens an account through a link. That determines who appears and in what sequence, and it is stated on the money page as well as here.

The figures beside each name are not commercial. Welcome offers, wagering requirements, minimum deposits and free spins are recorded from what each operator publishes, and where an operator publishes nothing the row says so rather than carrying an estimate.

What we deliberately do not publish

No safety score. No star rating. No payout time in hours. None of it was measured here, and a number printed beside a brand name implies that it was — which on a page about unlicensed operators would be the most misleading thing we could do.

What the site does instead is name the licensor where the operator publishes one and explain what that licence requires, which is the honest version of the question a safety score pretends to answer.

Our position on self-exclusion

If you are registered with GamStop, the operators listed on this site are the ones the scheme exists to keep you away from. We say so at the top of the money page, not in a footnote, and we link the support that reaches further than GamStop does.

Gamban blocks gambling sites at device level, most UK banks offer a gambling transaction block in-app, and GamCare runs the National Gambling Helpline free on 0808 8020 133, 24 hours a day.