How We Check Whether a Gambling Site Is Legitimate
How Gambling Online checks licences, regulator records, exact website domains and other evidence before describing a gambling site as regulated.
A logo or licence claim on a gambling website is not enough. We check the relevant regulator or official market directory and match the exact site or operator where possible.
Source hierarchy
1) regulator or official market operator; 2) legislation or formal standards; 3) operator terms and policies; 4) reputable secondary reporting for context only.
Exact-entity matching
We match the consumer brand to its legal operating entity where possible, and we distinguish a brand name from the exact domain serving the market.
Location scope
Authorization is described only for the jurisdiction supported by the source. A license or registration in one place is not generalized worldwide.
Freshness
Operator availability pages are treated as high-change content. They should be rechecked before material commercial use and prominently date-stamped.
What we do not infer
We do not call a site safe solely because it is popular, because it displays a seal, or because a different site under the same brand is authorized elsewhere.