How We Review — BeyondGamstop

BeyondGamstop scores every operator it covers against one fixed rubric, six criteria wide, applied identically regardless of any commercial relationship. Here's the full breakdown: what each criterion weighs, what we test, and what separates a 5 from a 0.

Licensing & regulation

Weight: 20%

Which authority licenses the operator in this market, and what its enforcement record looks like over the last three years.

Score	What it means
5	MGA, UKGC or Gibraltar-licensed with a clean enforcement record for the last three years.
4	MGA/UKGC-licensed with only minor, publicly resolved compliance notices in that period.
3	Licensed under Curaçao's current framework (the post-2021 licensing regime) or the Isle of Man, with no unresolved player complaints on record.
2	Licensed via an older Curaçao master-licence sublicence or a comparable low-tier authority, with isolated unresolved complaints.
1	Licence claimed but not independently verifiable on the regulator's public register, or a documented pattern of non-enforcement by that authority.
0	No traceable licence, or a licence that has been revoked or delisted by its issuing authority.

Withdrawal speed & limits

Weight: 20%

Payout latency we measure ourselves on real test transactions, including how limits behave on weekends and at monthly caps.

Score	What it means
5	Verified median e-wallet payout under 24 hours, with no reduction in withdrawal caps on weekends.
4	Verified median e-wallet payout under 24 hours, weekend cap reduced but disclosed upfront in the terms.
3	Median payout of 1-3 days, monthly withdrawal cap clearly published on the site.
2	Median payout of 3-5 days, or a withdrawal cap that only surfaces once you open a support ticket.
1	Payouts regularly exceeded 5 days across our test transactions, or the cap changes without notice.
0	We could not complete a test withdrawal, or found multiple independent reports of stalled or refused payouts within our review window.

Bonus fairness

Weight: 15%

The real cost of the welcome offer: wagering multiple, what counts toward it, and any cap on what you can actually withdraw.

Score	What it means
5	Wagering requirement of 20x the bonus or lower, full contribution table published, no maximum-cashout cap on the welcome bonus.
4	Wagering requirement of 21-35x, full contribution table published.
3	Wagering requirement of 36-50x, contribution table available but incomplete for some game categories.
2	Wagering requirement of 51-70x, or a maximum-cashout cap not disclosed until after you opt in.
1	Wagering requirement above 70x, or terms on the promo page contradict the full terms and conditions.
0	Bonus terms not published anywhere we could find, or terms changed retroactively on a live promotion during our review.

Payment methods

Weight: 15%

Whether deposit options are actually available for withdrawal too, plus real coverage of e-wallets and crypto.

Score	What it means
5	Full parity between deposit and withdrawal methods, plus at least two major crypto assets and two e-wallets supported.
4	Full deposit/withdrawal parity, at least one crypto asset or e-wallet supported.
3	Minor deposit/withdrawal mismatch (for example, one card scheme is deposit-only), core e-wallets supported.
2	Withdrawals restricted to bank transfer regardless of which method you deposited with.
1	Fewer than three working withdrawal methods, or a payment method advertised on the site but not actually offered at checkout.
0	No functioning withdrawal method found during testing.

Player safety & support

Weight: 15%

How easy self-exclusion and deposit/loss limits are to find, and how fast live support actually responds when we test it.

Score	What it means
5	Deposit, loss and session limits plus self-exclusion reachable in under two clicks from the account menu; live chat first response under two minutes in our test.
4	Same tools present and reachable; live chat first response under five minutes.
3	RG tools present but buried in a general settings menu; live chat available, with a queue.
2	RG tools require a support-ticket request rather than self-service; no live chat, email or phone only.
1	No visible in-account RG tools; support response took over 24 hours in our test contact.
0	No response to our test support contact within the review window, or no dispute-resolution process we could identify.

Editorial independence

Weight: 15%

How commercial relationships are disclosed, and whether they're ever allowed to move a ranking.

Score	What it means
5	Ranking position is provably unaffected by affiliate commission tier; the commercial relationship is disclosed in full on our Terms page; an operator can request a factual correction but never a ranking change.
4	Same independence guarantee, but the disclosure requires a click-through from the review to find.
3	General affiliate disclosure present on the site; no documented case-by-case override process.
2	Some listings show placement inconsistent with our own stated scoring, with no disclosed reason for the gap.
1	No affiliate disclosure found anywhere on the site.
0	Evidence found of a ranking that moved in exchange for compensation, contradicting our own stated criteria.