Fresh Spins tracks new UK online casinos — every launch, vetted at the door. We are pleased when a new door opens and unmoved by the press release that announces it, so every launch gets the same treatment: a checklist, a licence lookup, and a verdict earned rather than assumed. We cover UKGC-licensed operators only. If a site isn't on the Commission's register, it isn't on this one.
What we cover
Two things, in roughly equal measure. News: launches, licensing decisions, appointments, and regulatory moves that change what arrives at the door next — short, factual, sourced to announcements and the public record. Reviews: new casinos and the vetting tools around them, run through our published launch checklist — licence visibility, safer-gambling tools, payment and verification clarity — and always carrying genuine pros and cons. A launch-window score is provisional by nature, and our reviews say so.
Who writes here
The site is edited by Fiona Wexley. Reviews run under the editor's byline; news runs under the house byline “Staff, Fresh Spins.” We publish under house bylines maintained by our editorial team — disclosed plainly in our editorial policy, along with how we review and score.
How this site is funded
Fresh Spins is an independent, commercially supported publication. We may earn affiliate or advertising revenue from links on the site. That revenue never dictates our conclusions: scores, pros, and cons are editorial judgments, paid placements are always disclosed at the top of the post, and sponsored links are marked as sponsored in the page's code. Commercial enquiries go through the advertise page; they do not go through the review desk.
The ground rules
This is an 18+ subject and we treat it that way. Every page of this site carries a responsible-gambling line, every post carries one in its own words, and our standing advice never changes: verify the licence on the Commission's register before your first deposit, and set your own limits before a welcome offer sets them for you. If we've got something wrong — a date, a status, a term — the contact page reaches the desk, and corrections are the fastest queue we run.