Yes. It is legal to gamble and play for real money at online casinos in the UK, but only when playing at sites which are fully licensed & regulated by the UK’s official authority, plus you also need to be of legal age (18+) to place a real cash wager.

The minimum age required to gamble using real money at an online casino in the United Kingdom is 18 and this minimum age also applies to almost all other forms of land-based and online gambling activities such as poker, sportsbetting, bingo, racetracks and other adult gaming centres.

The Gambling Commission (also known as the UK Gambling Commission or the GC) is responsible for regulating and licensing most forms of online gambling in the United Kingdom including casinos, betting, bingo and arcades. The GC also oversees gaming machines and software providers. This is an on-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport.

All of our reviewed UK online casinos are fully licensed and regulated by the UK GC and they often rank among the safest gambling brands in the world. We will only ever promote an online casino that has passed all of the necessary requirements and if a casino fails, or if for example it’s unlicensed then it will NOT be recommended on this website.

The great news for UK players is that they are NOT taxed on their winnings from online casinos or from any other similar gambling websites. The operators of these websites are taxed a lot, but this doesn’t affect you as a customer in any way. Online gambling winnings in the UK are therefore NOT considered as taxable income.

There’s absolutely no limit to the amount of money that you can win at online casinos in the UK. Progressive jackpots can climb to no fixed amount and therefore these jackpots will continue to grow until one lucky player nets the entire lot. However, the more people that play on these games as the jackpots grow, just like with lotteries, the quicker these jackpots tend to be won. The largest online casino win in recent times came to more than £15,000,000.00.

Our trusted UK sites tend to be packed with the traditional favourites such as Table & Card games, as well as hundreds of Online Slot Machines, Video Poker Games, Online Scratchcards & other Instant Win Games (e.g. Keno, Bingo and other Numbers / Lottery style games). You can also find live dealer casino games at all of our reviewed sites with actual real life dealers.

The minimum deposit amount at many of today’s best British gambling sites can range anywhere from £5.00 to £20.00, but this will depend on exactly which deposit method you are using to get funds into your account. However, if you plan to gamble in the live dealer casino then you may want to deposit more than the bare minimum because the cost per hand/round usually starts at £1.00.

British gambling websites today accept a wide range of perfectly secure and extremely reliable online payment options ranging from credit & debit cards to e-wallets and prepaid cards. Some of the best UK online payment options available today include Visa, Maestro & MasterCard (and other credit/debit cards), as well as PayPal, Skrill, NETELLER and paysafecard, to mention just a few.

Yes and No. The authorities in the UK are clamping down on the free play mode option, but some sites do still have this useful free play demo mode available for certain games. Live dealer games, however, are NEVER usually available in the free play demo mode and certain progressive jackpot games are also usually only ever available in the real money mode and NOT in the free play mode. Sometimes you only need to login to the casino to access the free play mode, but this particular mode may not be around for ever, so hurry before you miss out.

There are many different types of casino bonuses and these are for both new & existing members. The most common types of bonuses that you are likely to come across at some of our top-rated UK websites include Matching Deposit Bonuses, No Deposit Bonuses and Free Spins Bonuses.

You can also find Cash Back Bonuses, Loyalty Points Bonuses and other attractive bonuses and most of these bonuses come with wagering requirements attached to them. This is the amount of cash that you need to wager before you can withdraw any of your bonus cash/winnings (usually anywhere from 10x to 40x times the bonus amount).

The best thing to do should an issue arise to begin with would be to contact the player support at the casino and provide details of your issue (preferably with screenshots if possible) and the professionally trained player support at any of our fully licensed UK sites will hopefully be able to resolve your issue in no time at all. If you aren’t getting anywhere with the casino then you can lodge a complaint directly with the UK GC.

Your information will never be passed on to a third party at any of our featured UK casinos. Your personal details are always in safe hands and the 128-bit Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption technology is constantly working to keep your info in safe at all times. This online security technology also stops third parties from being able to listen in on your conversations with the casino’s live chat support feature.