Which UK Publish Their Licensing Details Clearly?

Scroll to the bottom of almost any UK casino and you will find a cluster of badges, a line of small print and, somewhere in there, the name of a company and a number. That number is the quickest route to the Gambling Commission’s public register. The Commission itself says licensed businesses must display that they are licensed and also provide a link to its register, so every legitimate site does it in some form. The difference is how readable it is.

Some sites put the brand, the company and the account number in one plain sentence. Others make you work out which company sits behind the logo. For this list we read footers, terms pages and the register entries themselves, then ranked the sites by how little effort it takes to match the brand on screen to the licence on record.

1. MrQ: One Sentence, One Company, One Number

Here is the line that sits in the footer of every page, word for word: “Tek Fox Ltd is licensed and regulated in Great Britain by the Gambling Commission under account number: 60629.” Operator, regulator, territory and account number in a single sentence. No hunting through a separate legal page, no licence reference with six segments to copy out. You type 60629 into the register and you land on Tek Fox Ltd.

That register entry matches what the site tells you. It lists two remote activities, Casino and Bingo, both marked Active. That fits the product: 900+ games, 90-ball bingo rooms and an Evolution live casino, with no sportsbook on the site and no betting licence on the register. Nothing on the brand side promises something the licence does not cover.

The same sentence appears again on the contact page, so it is not something you only spot if you scroll far enough. The terms and conditions go further and give the registered address (The Brewhouse, Mdina Road, Birkirkara, Malta) and the Maltese company number, C96152. Those terms also carry a visible version and date, so you know which edition you are reading.

A few smaller touches add to the picture:

• Footer badges for the Gambling Commission, GambleAware, GAMSTOP, GamCare, IBAS and 18+, so the dispute service and the national self-exclusion scheme are named up front.
• Your bank statement may show “MrQ or TekFox”, according to the help centre. The licensed company name turning up on your statement is a nice bit of consistency.
• The apps on the App Store and Google Play are published by Lindar Media Limited, and MrQ describes itself on its careers site as “A Lindar company”. The licensed operator is still Tek Fox Ltd, and the footer says so.
• Fairness gets its own plain line: “Every result is driven by certified random number generators.”

The clarity carries over into the offers. Every promotion is free of wagering requirements, which means fewer clauses to decode before you understand what you are getting.

For a player who wants to check a casino in under a minute, this is about as straightforward as it gets. Brand, company and register entry all line up, and the site states them in language a person would actually use.

2. BetMGM UK: A Clear Footer Under a Different Company Name

Credit where it is due: the footer here is almost as direct as the one at number one. It reads, “LeoVegas Gaming PLC is licensed and regulated in Great Britain by the Gambling Commission under account number 39198,” and gives a registered office in Sliema, Malta. Search 39198 and the register confirms it, listing the BetMGM UK web address among the company’s active domains, with casino, bingo and betting activities all active.

The one extra step is mental rather than practical. The logo says BetMGM and the licence says LeoVegas, because one licensed company runs both brands. That is completely normal in UK gambling, and the footer explains it in a sentence. The site mixes a sportsbook with casino games, including MGM-branded exclusives and live tables, so the licence covers more ground than a casino-only operator’s would. Second place feels right: very readable, just one name removed from the brand.

3. LeoVegas: The Long-Form Licence Reference

Fans of detail will like this footer. It says the site “is operated by LeoVegas Gaming plc. in the UK under casino license from the Gambling Commission” and gives the full licence reference, 000-039198-R-319450-018. The second block of digits is the account number, 39198, which takes you to the same register entry as BetMGM UK above. That entry shows Remote Casino active since 1 November 2014, with real-event betting from 2016 and bingo from 2018.

LeoVegas built its name as a mobile-first casino, and its homepage still calls it the “King of Mobile Casino”. Alongside slots and live tables such as Lightning Roulette, it runs a sportsbook with a Bet Builder. On the licence front, everything you need is there. It ranks third only because you have to pick the account number out of a longer code rather than reading it off the page as a standalone figure.

4. Videoslots: Brand and Company Share a Name

Simplicity has its advantages. The licensee here is Videoslots Limited, account 39380, so the company you search is the name you already know. Its register entry gives a head office in Pieta, Malta, and shows Remote Casino active since 1 November 2014, with linked gambling software from 2015, real-event betting from 2020 and bingo from 2025. Both its international and UK Videoslots web addresses appear as active domains.

The match between brand and licensee makes the register search about as easy as it can be. The same account also lists Mr Vegas and Mega Riches, so one entry covers a small family of sites, which is worth knowing if you hold accounts at more than one of them. It sits fourth because the entry spans several brands and activities, so it takes a moment longer to confirm the one you came for.

5. bet365 Casino: A Separate Company for the Casino Side

One of the best-known names in UK betting keeps its casino under a dedicated licensed entity. Casino games at bet365 come under Hillside (UK Gaming) ENC, account 55149, with a head office in Ta’ Xbiex, Malta. The register lists a single activity, Remote Casino, active since 17 October 2019, and a single active domain, the main bet365 address.

That tidy, casino-only entry is easy to read once you have it. The only extra work for a first-time checker is finding it, since the company name you need to search is not the name on the homepage. If you already know bet365 from betting, it is a familiar place to try casino games, and the licence information is all in order. It closes out the five because it asks for the most cross-referencing of the group.

The Licence Details Side by Side

How to Read Any Casino Footer in Thirty Seconds

Find the sentence with “Gambling Commission” in it. Pull out the account number, which is the short figure, not the long licence code. Search it on the public register, then confirm that the company name matches the footer and that the activities listed cover what the site offers. When the footer, the register and the product all agree the way they do at MrQ, you have your answer before the kettle boils.

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