How the £5 evidence count works

Apply the licensing gate separately

For operators serving Great Britain, verify the appropriate UK Gambling Commission licence, current status, permitted activity and website domain. An overseas licence alone is not enough. A payment-method count cannot override a missing or unsuitable licence. Record unresolved identity or domain mismatches rather than interpreting a familiar trading name as confirmation.

This is official-page desk research. It does not include opening accounts, depositing, playing games or timing withdrawals. A future genuine transaction test would require its own dated record and a clear distinction from published operator claims. No such personal testing history is asserted here.

Build a method-specific source record

1. Record the operator and exact domain, payment method, official source URL and review date.
2. Find an explicit minimum of £5 or less for that GBP route and note eligibility restrictions.
3. Check whether fees or currency conversion prevent the stated amount from being credited as expected.
4. Record conflicts and mark the method unconfirmed until the relevant restriction is resolved.

A generic minimum-deposit banner, payment logo, third-party comparison or bonus threshold does not establish every method’s minimum. A general banking page may confirm method availability without confirming £5 availability. Distinct branding alone does not justify counting the same underlying route twice. Keep the source record sufficient for another reader to reproduce the decision.

Count confirmed methods, ten points each

The formula is min(100, confirmed distinct £5 payment methods × 10). Zero confirmed methods produces zero evidence points. Three produces 30; ten or more produces 100. The cap does not mean ten is the greatest possible number of supported methods. Publish the underlying confirmed count alongside the capped score so the arithmetic remains understandable.

An unconfirmed method receives no points, but that does not mean the method is unavailable. A confirmed method can carry restrictions, which should accompany the count. Thirteen editorial guides do not produce 130 points or prove thirteen supported options. The count concerns method evidence at an operator, not the number of pages on this site.

Keep non-scoring information visible

There are no subjective quality ratings in this formula. Do not add points for promotions or subtract invented penalties for unknown speeds. Withdrawal timing, fees, verification and complaints remain useful descriptive information when sourced, but they do not secretly alter the evidence count. State whether a timing claim concerns internal approval or payment settlement.

A source can change after review. Corrections should preserve the revised claim and its supporting date without creating fictional testing histories. See About us and the provisional Oliver Bennett author page for editorial context. Contact explains the unverified mailbox; Affiliate disclosure explains commercial links. The Responsible gambling guidance applies regardless of score.