authorityshoe.com is an independent editorial and affiliate-marketing site. We are not a gambling operator, we do not hold a gambling licence, and we do not need one: we do not accept wagers, hold player funds, or run any gambling product ourselves. Our business is writing about gambling regulation and linking, in places, to operators that do hold such licences.
What that means in practice
- We do not verify every operator we link to or mention against every jurisdiction’s licence register in real time. Licensing status changes, and readers should confirm an operator’s current licence directly with the regulator before depositing anywhere.
- Where an article states that an operator holds a specific licence (for example from the UK Gambling Commission, Malta Gaming Authority, or a Canadian provincial regulator), that claim is checked against the regulator’s own public register at the time of writing and dated accordingly.
- Regulatory frameworks referenced on this site include, depending on the article, the UK Gambling Commission, the Malta Gaming Authority, Ontario’s AGCO/iGaming Ontario framework, and comparable provincial or state regulators in Canada and the US. We name the specific regulator in the relevant article rather than claiming a single blanket standard applies everywhere.
Checking a licence yourself
The most reliable way to confirm an operator’s licence status is the regulator’s own public register, not a claim on any marketing or review site, including this one:
- UK — Gambling Commission public register
- Malta — Malta Gaming Authority
- Ontario — AGCO and iGaming Ontario
For how we describe our own relationship to the operators we link to, see how this site is funded. For age and jurisdiction restrictions, see keeping play safe.