Editorial mission
The Casino Bench was founded to give UK players plain-English, evidence-led editorial coverage of casinos operating outside the GamStop self-exclusion scheme. Our editorial focus is plain-english explainers – a specific slice of the wider non-GamStop conversation where readers routinely encounter incomplete or misleading information.
We are not a comparison site with a top-ten leaderboard. We publish structured explainers, licensing deep-dives and – where appropriate – signposts to reputable resources such as the UK Gambling Commission, GamStop and GamCare.
Editorial team
Jonah Whitcombe – Editor, consumer journalism
Jonah spent eleven years at BBC Radio 4's You & Yours consumer strand before founding The Casino Bench. His editorial focus is stripping industry jargon out of gambling coverage: no affiliate arrangements, no ranked lists, no CTAs. Explainer-only.
Our editorial team is small on purpose. We prefer to publish fewer, longer, more carefully-sourced articles than to churn out weekly rankings. Every article is signed by a named editor with accountability for its factual claims.
Commercial disclosure
The Casino Bench is a commercial publication. At the time of publication we hold no active affiliate partnerships with named non-GamStop operators. If a commercial arrangement is entered into with any operator we will:
- Disclose it prominently on this page and on any article that references that operator.
- Never allow it to alter editorial coverage. Sponsored content, where it exists, is labelled unambiguously.
- Publish the full list of commercial partners in this section, updated within seven days of any change.
Editorial standards
We follow four house rules:
- Source hierarchy. Regulators before operators, operators before affiliate sites, affiliate sites never as a primary source.
- Named authorship. Every article carries the editor's name, role and a paragraph biography.
- Corrections in-place. When we get something wrong, we correct the article and append a dated note – we do not delete or silently rewrite.
- Reader safety over engagement. Every commercial-topic page carries responsible-gambling signposting to GamStop, GamCare and BeGambleAware.
Ownership and governance
The Casino Bench is published by Whitcombe Editorial Ltd, a UK limited company (Companies House 14318992). Registered office: 22 Museum Street, Ipswich IP1 1HE, United Kingdom. The editorial team reports to a single managing editor. There is no external investor with veto over editorial content.
Feedback
Reader feedback shapes our coverage. If a topic we ought to be covering is missing, or an existing article needs updating, write to [email protected]. We read every message.