About Us

Non Gamstop Casinos is a UK-facing comparison site built around one job: helping readers find and understand casinos not on GamStop. We look at welcome offers, game libraries, payment options and licensing so you can weigh up an operator before you sign up anywhere, rather than after.

Why this site exists

GamStop is the UK's self-exclusion scheme, and it's designed to be permanent for the length of the exclusion period a person chooses. Some readers land here after their exclusion has lapsed, some are researching options before opting into GamStop at all, and some simply want to understand how the wider market works outside the UK Gambling Commission's self-exclusion tool. Whatever the reason, we treat every visitor as someone capable of making their own informed decision, and we give them the facts needed to do that responsibly.

We never suggest that playing at a casino not on GamStop is against the law, and we won't tell readers what they should or shouldn't do with their own money. Our job is comparison and information, not persuasion.

How we research and rank casinos

Every brand featured on topclicking.co.uk goes through the same basic checklist before it earns a place in our tables:

• Licensing: we note where an operator is licensed (commonly Curaçao) and what that licence does and doesn't cover compared with a UK Gambling Commission licence.
• Game range: slots, table games, live dealer studios and any niche categories such as crash games or poker rooms.
• Payment options: the deposit and withdrawal methods on offer, including e-wallets, cards and, where available, crypto.
• Bonus terms: wagering requirements, maximum bet limits, expiry windows and any caps on withdrawals from bonus funds.
• Site usability: how straightforward registration, verification and support are to work through.

Ratings are editorial judgements based on that research, not customer-review scores. Where a brand pays to advertise on this site, that commercial relationship never decides its position in our tables — a lower-ranked operator can still pay for a listing, and a higher-ranked one may pay nothing at all. We disclose that some links on topclicking.co.uk are commercial and may earn us a commission if you sign up, but this never changes how a casino is scored.

What "not on GamStop" actually means

GamStop only covers operators licensed by the UK Gambling Commission. Casinos licensed elsewhere — often in Curaçao — sit outside that scheme, so a GamStop self-exclusion doesn't block access to them. That's a structural feature of how UK self-exclusion works, not a loophole we've invented, and it's why this category of casino exists at all. For a full rundown of what to expect from these operators, our guide to non GamStop casinos in the UK goes into the games, bonuses and payment methods in more depth.

What we cover beyond casino games

Most of the operators we track don't stop at slots and tables. Several also run sportsbook sections covering football, tennis, horse racing and esports, plus virtual sports and occasional novelty markets. Some extend into live betting during matches. We flag these adjacent products where they're relevant, since a reader comparing sites purely on casino terms might miss that a brand's sportsbook is actually its stronger offering, or vice versa.

Where responsible play fits in

We're aware that some readers researching this topic have self-excluded because gambling has caused them difficulty, and we take that seriously. Our responsible gambling page covers support options, spending controls and where to find independent help if gambling stops being enjoyable. Nothing on this site is designed to encourage anyone to gamble beyond what they're comfortable with, and every offer we mention carries its own terms, minimum age (18+) and eligibility conditions, which we set out beside the offer rather than burying in small print.

Keeping listings current

Casino terms, licences and bonus structures change without much notice, so we revisit our tables and write-ups periodically to catch closures, rebrands and updated wagering terms. If something on the site looks out of date, our contact page is the quickest way to flag it.

What this site is not

We're not a licensing body, a regulator, or a gambling operator ourselves. We don't process deposits, run games or hold player funds. We're an independent research and comparison resource, and our terms and conditions set out how the site itself operates, separate from any casino we cover.