About Us

StakeScout exists to answer one question well: which licensed UK casino site is actually worth your time this month? The UK market has hundreds of licensed operators, and their offers change weekly. We do the comparison work — reading the bonus terms, timing the withdrawals, testing the games on a phone — so you can choose from a shortlist instead of a haystack. The site is free to use and always will be.

How we make money

We are an affiliate website, and we would rather say that plainly than bury it in a footer. When you click through to a casino from our rankings and open an account or deposit, that casino pays us a commission — either a share of its revenue or a fixed fee per referred player. This is how the site is funded and why you never pay anything to use it. Signing up through our links costs you nothing extra; you get the same offer you would get going to the casino directly.

Editorial independence

Commissions keep the lights on; they do not buy positions. Our ratings are set by our review process, not by who pays the most, and any commercial arrangement that would compromise that is one we turn down. We only feature operators licensed by the UK Gambling Commission — if a site loses its licence, it comes off the list the same week, whatever it was paying. Where content is sponsored, it is labelled as such.

How we rank casinos

Every site on our list is scored on the same six things:

• Licensing and reputation — a current UKGC licence is the entry ticket; regulatory history and ownership matter too;
• Bonus value and fairness — the real value of the welcome offer after wagering requirements, game weightings, caps and expiry are taken into account;
• Withdrawal speed — how fast verified players actually receive money, which we test ourselves;
• Game variety — slots, live casino and table game depth, and the quality of the studios behind them;
• User experience — mobile-first performance, cashier usability, and support quality;
• Player feedback — sustained patterns in real player reports, weighted more heavily than one-off complaints.

The list is reviewed in full every month, and updated between reviews whenever an offer or an operator’s status changes materially.

The long game

Comparison sites live or die on trust. A ranking that steers you to a worse casino for a better commission might earn more this month — and would deserve to be ignored forever after. We think the only durable strategy is the boring one: recommend the sites we would genuinely play at, disclose how we earn, and correct mistakes quickly. If you think we’ve got something wrong, tell us at info@ukstakescout.com — we read everything.

Play responsibly

We compare casinos; we also want you to gamble safely or not at all. Gambling is 18+ and should never be more than entertainment. See our Safer Gambling page for deposit limits, GAMSTOP self-exclusion and free help from the National Gambling Helpline on 0808 8020 133.