How to check the licence yourself
The table above gives the licence number and the operator. The useful step is to confirm them at the source rather than take any website's word for it.
Open the Gambling Commission's public register and compare what it shows with the licence number above. Searching by licence number is more reliable than searching by name, because the number points to one licence. Check that the licensee named there matches the operator, and that the licence is listed as active. A mismatch in either would be a reason to stop and ask questions before you deposit.
A UK licence also carries duties that apply to every licensed operator. The casino must verify your age and identity before you can deposit or play, test that its games are fair, offer deposit limits, time-outs and self-exclusion, and handle complaints through a set process with an independent dispute service available if a complaint stays unresolved. These are rules of the market and they apply to PartyCasino because it is licensed.
What the register cannot tell you is how a particular casino treats you day to day. It confirms that the operator is authorised to offer gambling to people in Great Britain and that it answers to the regulator. It does not rate service, speed of payments or the value of a bonus. For those, read the terms that apply to the offer or payment you are interested in, and compare them before you commit any money.
For a wider picture, the is PartyCasino safe page looks at money, data and fair play, and the about us page explains who is behind this site.
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Pros and cons
Pros
- Holds a UK licence, and the licence number can be checked in the regulator's public register.
- The brand was founded in 1997.
- Support is available by live chat, email and phone, with hours of 24/7 (live chat, first chatbot 'Chip').
- Run by a named company, so there is a licensee to hold to account: LC International Limited (Entain); ElectraWorks Limited per site footer, registered in Gibraltar.
Cons
- Identity verification is required before you can play, so expect to provide documents.
- Live chat starts with a chatbot, so a reply from a person may take an extra step.
- A licence is a baseline, not a guarantee of a good experience: offers, limits and terms still need reading before you deposit.
- The operator is shown under more than one company name, so check which one appears in the register.
A licence is a reason to be less worried about the basics, and it is not a reason to relax your own checks. The cons above are the points worth keeping in mind when you decide.
How to protect yourself
A licence protects you only as far as you use the tools it requires the operator to provide. Set a deposit limit in your PartyCasino account before your first payment, and decide in advance how long you want a session to last. A time-out gives you a break of a chosen length, and self-exclusion closes your account for a longer period if you decide gambling is no longer for you.
GAMSTOP is a free service that blocks access to all UK-licensed online gambling operators at once, so it works across casinos and not only at PartyCasino. It is worth knowing about even if you never need it, because it covers every UK-licensed site in one step.
If you want a different kind of break, ask the casino about a time-out, which is shorter and can be set for a period you choose. If your play ever feels hard to control, GamCare runs the National Gambling Helpline, and the footer of this page has the number.
Keep your password private and do not reuse it elsewhere. Gambling is entertainment that costs money, and a deposit should be an amount you can afford to lose. The safer gambling page explains these tools in more detail, and the helplines in the footer are free to call.