SV InfoAbout SV Info
Who runs SV Info
SV Info is an independent consumer-information website focused on the regulation and licensing side of non-UKGC-licensed online gambling as experienced by UK consumers. We are a small editorial team writing about the frameworks that sit behind offshore-licensed operators, with a particular emphasis on how those frameworks compare to the UK Gambling Commission model and what UK consumers gain or lose by stepping outside the UKGC perimeter. The site does not operate any gambling service, does not accept advertising revenue from operators, and does not receive affiliate commissions.
The site launched in 2024 in response to persistent UK search interest around the phrase “non gamstop casinos”. Our editorial view is that consumers searching this phrase deserve better than affiliate-driven ranked lists that gloss over regulatory and jurisdictional detail. We aim to be the sober, licensing-focused alternative — useful whether you decide to deposit at an offshore operator or, on reading the framework detail, decide not to.
Our editorial approach
We write in a plain UK-English register aimed at consumers rather than industry insiders. We are deliberately conservative about recommendations: the site does not name specific operators to use, and does not publish ranked lists. Where we describe licensing bodies, complaints mechanisms or framework rules, we describe how they work rather than telling you what to do. Our starting assumption is that a UK reader arriving at these topics needs framework detail and consumer warnings more than they need marketing.
Every piece of content is fact-checked against publicly available sources: regulator publications, statutory texts, reputable trade press coverage, and academic analysis where relevant. We do not use AI-generated placeholder text and we do not repurpose content from sister sites. Every article is written by a named human author whose profile is on the site.
Charlotte Hughes, Regulation Researcher
Charlotte Hughes is the site’s lead writer. She has followed UK gambling regulation and its offshore counterparts since 2016, mapping the gap between UKGC standards and Curaçao/Anjouan frameworks. Her earlier research covered UK financial-services consumer protection under FCA supervision, and she moved into gambling regulation as the UKGC framework matured following the 2005 Act and the subsequent policy developments. She has no commercial relationships with online gambling operators.
Charlotte studied law and public policy at a UK university and holds professional qualifications relevant to regulatory research. Outside SV Info she writes on adjacent topics for research publications. She can be reached through the contact page.
What SV Info does not do
We do not operate a gambling service. We do not accept deposits or process wagers. We do not have an affiliate relationship with any operator. We do not publish ranked lists of “best” casinos. We do not link to gambling-help websites (though we mention them by name and phone number, because the risk of a fake help link is too high to accept). We do not offer legal, tax or financial advice; where the material touches on those areas we describe general context and refer readers to qualified professionals.
We also do not offer any product or service that would allow someone to override a GamStop self-exclusion. GamStop is a legitimate consumer-protection tool and our editorial position is that self-exclusion should be respected. Our content on non-UKGC operators is written for people making an informed choice about the offshore market, not for people attempting to override a prior decision to protect themselves.
Corrections and updates
If you find a factual error on the site, please let us know via the contact page. Corrections are made promptly and, where material, the article is updated with a note at the bottom. We keep an internal log of all substantive edits.
Because the offshore licensing landscape changes — new frameworks, new enforcement decisions, updated regulator guidance — our articles are reviewed on a rolling basis and dated with the most recent substantive update. Small typo corrections do not trigger a date change. Where an article is materially outdated, we either update it or, occasionally, mark it as archived and remove it from the navigation.