What This Site Is
We are an independent comparison site covering UK casino payments and withdrawals. We are not a casino, we do not operate games, we do not hold player funds, and we cannot process a withdrawal on your behalf.
Our business is publishing research: what operators promise about payouts, what the regulator requires of them, and where the two diverge. That research is funded by affiliate commission.
We think that is a reasonable model, but only if it is disclosed clearly and if the money is kept away from the conclusions. This page sets out how we try to keep them apart.
How the Money Works
When you click a link to an operator and open an account, the operator can pay us. There are three common structures in this market, and we use more than one:
| Model | What it means | What it could distort if unmanaged |
|---|---|---|
| CPA (cost per acquisition) | a one-off payment when a referred customer registers and deposits | pressure to recommend high-paying operators regardless of quality |
| Revenue share | a share of the operator's net revenue from a referred customer | pressure to keep readers playing, which conflicts with safer gambling |
| Hybrid | a smaller upfront payment plus a revenue share | both of the above, in smaller amounts |
Because revenue share creates an incentive to encourage play, we apply a rule that limits the damage: no page on this site recommends increasing deposits, chasing losses, or treating a bonus as income. Where a safer-gambling message competes with a commercial one, the safer-gambling message wins, and that has cost us placements.
We do not publish our commission rates. Not because they are secret, but because a rate is meaningless to a reader without the context of the deal — and a page of rates invites the reader to assume the highest number drives the ranking, which is the opposite of how we work.
Which Operators Pay Us
Transparency here is more useful than a rate card. This is the current position.
| Operator | Route compared | Position on our pages | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| MrQ | Instant Bank Transfer | 1 | B/C |
| Grosvenor Casinos | Instant Bank Transfer | 2 | C |
| Jackpotjoy | Visa Direct | 3 | B |
| 32Red | PayPal | 4 | D |
| Betfred | Instant Banking | 5 | D |
| LeoVegas | Bank transfer | 6 | B |
| 888casino | Visa | 7 | B |
Positions follow the measure set out on our methodology page: the published processing window combined with the payment route, with an evidence grade attached to every row. No payment can move an operator up this table.
Operators with a current commercial relationship with us: WinPlace, Britsino, WinBoost
Operators we cover with no commercial relationship: MrQ, Jackpotjoy, LeoVegas, Betfred, 32Red, Grosvenor Casinos, 888casino
If at least one operator in our top three pays us nothing, that sentence belongs here as the test of whether the rest of this page means anything. For example, MrQ currently holds the #1 spot in our live casino rankings and we receive zero commission from them. The moment it stops being true, this page changes before the ranking does.
We also list operators we earn nothing from, and criticise operators who pay us. Both happen regularly. An operator has never had a critical paragraph removed from a page as a result of a commercial conversation, and we would rather lose the deal than start.
What Commission Does Not Buy
These are the things that are not for sale, stated plainly so you can hold us to them:
- Position. Rankings follow the measure described on our methodology page — published terms, evidence grades, and where relevant measured results. A commercial arrangement cannot move an operator up a table.
- Grade. Evidence grades (A–D) describe the quality of a source, not the size of a payment. Grade A means a primary source said it; no payment changes that.
- Verdicts. "Who it may not suit" sections exist because some readers should be told not to use an operator. Removing them would raise conversion and lower the value of the site.
- Silence. If an operator has a slow payout window, a restrictive term, or a regulatory record, it appears on the page. Paying us does not remove it.
- Placement of a warning. Safer-gambling copy, age gates and licence information appear where they appear regardless of who pays.
- A "best" label. We do not sell the word. Where a page says an operator leads on a measure, it is because the measure says so.
How to Tell a Link Is an Affiliate Link
Affiliate links on this site are marked in three ways, so you do not have to guess:
- Visually. Commercial links carry a marker in the interface, and every page with them carries a disclosure near the top.
- In the code. Outbound commercial links use `rel="sponsored"` (or `rel="nofollow sponsored"`), which tells search engines the link is commercial.
- By destination. Commercial links may route through a redirect on our domain before reaching the operator. The redirect exists to attribute the referral; it does not change where you end up, and it is not hidden behind a shortened third-party URL.
We do not cloak editorial links as commercial ones, and we do not present an affiliate link as a neutral citation. If a link looks editorial but pays us, that is a defect — tell us and we will fix it.
What It Costs You
Nothing.
You pay the same deposit, the same wagering requirement and the same fees as a customer who arrives directly. In some cases an affiliate link carries a better welcome offer than the operator's public landing page, because the offer was negotiated for referred traffic. Where that is true, we say so; where the offer is identical, we do not pretend otherwise.
The one real cost is attention. A site funded by commission has an interest in you clicking. We try to manage that by making the "who it may not suit" case as visible as the "who it may suit" case, and by publishing figures that sometimes argue against depositing at all.
The Rules We Work Within
Affiliate marketing of gambling in Great Britain is regulated, and the obligations are not optional.
Advertising must be identifiable as advertising. The UK Code of Non-broadcast Advertising (CAP Code) requires marketing communications to be obviously identifiable as such, and requires them not to mislead. Commercial relationships that are concealed from the reader fall foul of both principles.
Omitting that we are paid can itself be misleading. Under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008, a commercial practice that omits material information — including the existence of a paid relationship — can be unfair and unlawful. This is why the disclosure sits at the top of pages rather than in a footer.
Gambling advertising carries additional rules. CAP Code Section 16 requires gambling marketing to be socially responsible, with particular regard to protecting children, young people and vulnerable people. That constrains what we can write, not only what operators can say.
Advertising unlicensed gambling is a criminal offence. Section 330 of the Gambling Act 2005 makes it an offence to advertise unlawful gambling, and section 330(8) treats the offence as committed on *"each day during any part of which the advertisement is displayed or made accessible."* A label saying "for research only" does not cure it. This is why operators whose UK Gambling Commission status we cannot verify appear, if at all, outside our rankings and without a commercial link. (Gambling Act 2005, s.330)
The operator remains responsible for what affiliates say. A UK Gambling Commission licensee cannot outsource compliance to a marketing partner. That gives operators a legitimate reason to audit what we publish — and us a reason to be accurate.
What We Will Not Promote
Some categories are excluded regardless of the commission attached:
- Operators without a verified UK Gambling Commission licence, for the reason set out above.
- "No verification" or "no KYC" claims. Every UK-licensed operator must verify identity; a page implying otherwise is misleading about the law, not generous about the product.
- "Not on GamStop" positioning. GamStop exists to support people who have asked to stop gambling. Selling access around it targets a vulnerable audience.
- Bonuses framed as income. A welcome offer is a promotional mechanism with conditions, not earnings.
- Anything aimed at under-18s, in copy, imagery or placement.
Evidence, Not Just Disclosure
Disclosure tells you we are paid. It does not tell you whether we are right. The second question is answered on our methodology page, which sets out the four evidence grades used across the site, the four timestamps we record in a timed withdrawal, and — more importantly — what we do not test and cannot know.
If you only read one more page after this one, read that one. It is the page that makes our numbers checkable.
Corrections and Complaints
If you believe a page misstates a term, a licence, a figure or a relationship, tell us at corrections@instant-bank-transfer-casino-uk.com with the page and the claim. We aim to respond within five working days.
If the error is ours, we correct it and record the correction with a date rather than editing history silently. If we disagree, we will say why and leave your point standing rather than delete it.
If your complaint is about an operator rather than about us — a delayed withdrawal, a refused payout, a term applied unfairly — the route is the operator's formal complaints process first, then an alternative dispute resolution provider, then the Gambling Commission. Our pages quote the terms you will need; they cannot act on your behalf.
Who We Are
This site is operated by Instant Media Group Ltd., registered in England and Wales under company number 14859203, at 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ, United Kingdom.
Editorial responsibility sits with the named author shown on each page and listed on our authors page. Commercial relationships are handled separately, by the partnerships contact below, and the person negotiating them has no authority over a grade, a verdict or a position.
Contact: contact@instant-bank-transfer-casino-uk.com · Corrections: corrections@instant-bank-transfer-casino-uk.com · Commercial: partners@instant-bank-transfer-casino-uk.com
Changes to This Page
We date every change rather than replacing the page silently, because a disclosure that changes without a record is not a disclosure.
- 13 November 2026 — first published, with the operator position table and the current commercial relationship disclosure.
18+ and Safer Gambling
This site is for adults. Gambling involves financial risk, and no bonus changes that.
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