Editorial Policy

How we assess this industry

Bet Bulletin covers UK betting regulation and the infrastructure around it — the Gambling Commission, DCMS, trade bodies, self-exclusion schemes, awareness campaigns, and the consultations that shape all of the above. Our method is documentary: we work from the public record — consultation documents, licence conditions, statutory instruments, regulator announcements, and organisations' own published materials — and we say which source carries each claim. Regulatory figures and timelines are attributed ("per the regulator", "as publicly reported") rather than repeated as our own findings, claims we can't trace to a document are hedged or cut, and we never invent quotes, statistics, or dates. We do not publish betting tips, odds, or "how to win" content, and coverage is of the UKGC-licensed market for an 18+ readership.

What our scores mean

When we review something — a scheme, a campaign, a piece of consumer-protection infrastructure — scores run 0–10 and are judgments, not averages of sub-scores. A 6 is a credible effort with unresolved questions. A 7 is good with real trade-offs. An 8 means the thing does its stated job well within honest limits. A 9 is rare and means we struggled to find a meaningful fault. Every review lists genuine cons — if we can't find any, we haven't looked hard enough.

Disclosure

Bet Bulletin is a commercially supported publication. Posts that contain affiliate links, and posts that are sponsored, carry a disclosure at the top of the post, and sponsored links are marked as sponsored in the page's code. Sponsors never see, edit, or approve editorial copy, and no score or conclusion can be bought — see the advertise page for what is and isn't for sale.

Bylines

Bet Bulletin publishes under house bylines maintained by the editorial team, in the tradition of publications that write under a collective identity. Reviews and assessments run under the byline Ellen Boyd — a disclosed house pen name and the accountable editorial identity for this site — and news runs as "Staff, Bet Bulletin". We do not publish fabricated author biographies or invented credentials.

Corrections

If we've published an error — a date, a threshold, a misread clause, anything — we want to know. Reach the editorial desk via the contact page. We correct promptly and note material corrections in the post.