licenzio editorial policy
This is the editorial policy of licenzio.co.uk. It sets out which sources we accept, what we do when facts are missing or disagree, how commercial interests are kept out of the pages, and how a mistake is corrected. It applies to every licence guide on the site. The research steps themselves, register by register, are explained under how we research casinos.
Our editorial purpose and standards
Help adult UK readers read a casino licence correctly.
licenzio explains what casino licences from Curaçao, Malta, Gibraltar and Anjouan are, what they cover and what they do not. Pages are written to be accurate first. Wording is plain, British English, and a page says what a record shows rather than what a reader might hope it shows. licenzio does not encourage anyone to gamble and does not describe any operator as safe, approved or recommended.
Every guide names the authority that issued a licence, gives the licence number and status in the issuer’s own words, and shows the date each register or terms page was read. Pages carry no scores, stars or numbered rankings.
Sources and factual verification
The issuer’s record outranks everything else.
Primary evidence first
Registers, certificates, terms, statutes and dated notices.
- Licence facts come from the issuing authority’s register or certificate page.
- Offer, payment and account facts come from the terms and help pages each casino publishes.
- Law comes from the statute or the regulator’s own guidance.
- Other websites that review or compare casinos are not used as evidence.
Where a register copy is shown, it is attributed to the issuer and dated. licenzio does not contact regulators to ask for their view.
Each fact is recorded with the address of its source, the date it was read and the words it rests on, and a copy of the document is kept. That record is internal and is not published.
Conflicting or missing information
Both records are shown, each with its date.
If two primary records disagree, the page shows both with their dates and does not choose by guesswork. If a fact cannot be established from a primary source it is left out. A missing record is treated as uncertainty and never as proof of a problem.
Author and reviewer responsibilities
A named author is responsible for each page.
Each guide names its author, who is responsible for the facts and wording on that page, and each author has a page listing their guides on this site. The site does not claim a separate reviewer panel, medical or legal sign-off, or any credential it cannot document. Editorial decisions are taken by the publisher, licenzio.co.uk. Before a page’s update date moves, the author re-reads the sources behind the changed facts. Nothing in a guide is legal advice.
Commercial influence and disclosures
No affiliate links, no payment from listed brands.
No casino named on licenzio pays for its place, and no link on the site earns a commission. Brands are chosen for being recognisable and having a primary record. Lists put brands with a complete record ahead of those with a gap and run alphabetically within each group, so the order is not a ranking. Brand names are information and do not link to casino websites. If this ever changes, the change will be announced here and on About licenzio before any commercial link appears.
Updates, corrections and material changes
Each page shows one update date.
Routine updates
Facts are re-read when a source changes.
A page’s “Updated” date moves only when its facts have been re-read or changed. Register editions and terms carry their own read dates inside the page. A guide is re-read when the issuer publishes a new register edition, when a casino changes the terms the page quotes, or when an authority changes its rules.
Factual corrections
A confirmed error is corrected on the page itself.
A confirmed factual error is corrected on the page and the update date moves. Where the error could have misled a reader on money, licence status or safety, the page says in one plain sentence what changed. Spelling and formatting fixes are made without a note.
How to report an editorial problem
Email, with the page and the source.
Write to contact@licenzio.co.uk with the page address, the sentence in question and, if you have it, the official document that shows something different. Every message is read. No response time is promised.