Online casino catalogue

How to read this list

The list holds 42 casinos. For each one the row shows what the brand publishes on its own pages and nothing else: the regulator that licensed it, the smallest deposit it accepts, how long it says a withdrawal takes, the wagering that comes with its offer and the payment methods it names. Where a brand does not publish something, the cell says so rather than disappearing.

On a phone the row keeps the name, the score, the regulator with its number, the smallest deposit and the payout time; the wagering and the payment methods are on the brand's own card, where nothing is hidden.

The default order is the score. The filters narrow the list by payment method, live tables, stated payout speed and support hours, and the order can be changed to the smallest deposit, to how long the operator has been running, or to how often a brand is searched for — a measurable thing that is not a recommendation.

What the score on each row is

32 of the 42 brands here carry a score. It counts one thing: how much of what we check the brand puts in writing on its own pages — the regulator and the licence number, the payout time, the three bonus terms, the minimum deposit, the support hours and channels, and the responsible-play tools. Ten points over six lines, and every point comes from a field the brand publishes. An empty field scores nothing and the row says which field it was.

Nobody here has opened an account at these casinos, deposited or timed a withdrawal, so the number is not a measure of how a casino treats a player. A brand that publishes everything can still be a poor place to play, and a brand that publishes little is not thereby bad — it is unread.

10 brands hold too little of their own figures for a score to mean anything — fewer than three of the six lines have anything to read at all. They carry a dash and the reason, not a low number, and they stand at the bottom of the list. How this score is worked out.

What the licences here actually are

32 of the 42 brands name a regulator, and 24 of those give the licence number as well, which is what makes the claim checkable: the number can be looked up in the regulator's own register. 10 brands name none, and their rows say so.

A licence says who a player can complain to and whose rules the operator agreed to follow. It says nothing about how fast that operator pays, and the regulators above differ widely in what they will do about a complaint. It is the first thing to check and the last thing to rely on.

Deposits, payouts and what is missing

23 brands publish a minimum deposit. The other 19 do not state a minimum anywhere on their own pages.

Payout time is where the silence is loudest: 16 brands state it in hours, 4 state it in minutes or as instant, 2 describe it in other terms, and 20 give no figure at all. A missing payout window is worth asking support about before depositing, because it is the number a player finds out about last and remembers longest.

23 brands announce a welcome offer, and 7 of them publish the wagering that comes with it. A headline percentage without a wagering figure is not an offer you can price, and the row says when the figure is absent.

The same rule explains the gaps. 17 brands describe their withdrawal limits, 20 list responsible-gambling tools, 31 name the company behind the site, and 24 answer support around the clock. Those counts are lower than the list is long, and that is the honest state of what these operators publish.

What to check before depositing

• Look up the licence number in the regulator's register, not on the casino's own page.
• Read the wagering, the maximum bet allowed while a bonus is active and the expiry — those three decide what an offer is worth.
• Find the withdrawal limit per week or per month; a generous bonus and a low weekly cap do not go together.
• Check which documents verification asks for, and prepare them before the first withdrawal rather than after it.
• Ask support one real question before depositing. The answer, and how long it takes, tells you more than any rating.