criterion by criterion
The breakdown, one factor at a time
Overall stars hide as much as they show, so here is each criterion on its own, with the three operators that handle it best. The full scoring rules live on the how we rate page.
Licence & ownership
A Gambling Commission licence is the entry requirement for this list, not a differentiator — all six hold one. What separates operators is who stands behind that licence and for how long they've answered to the UK regulator.
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Sky Vegas — roughly two decades under UK regulation, now part of Flutter Entertainment, one of the largest listed gambling groups anywhere.
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LeoVegas — Swedish heritage, publicly scrutinised for years before MGM Resorts took it over in 2022.
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BetMGM — a young UK badge, but the licence sits on proven LeoVegas infrastructure with MGM behind it.
Player-protection tools
Deposit limits, time-outs and self-exclusion are compulsory at every UKGC-licensed site, so the real test is how quickly a normal person can find and switch them on. We timed exactly that.
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LeoVegas — limits sit directly in account settings, a couple of taps from the lobby.
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Sky Vegas — a clear safer-gambling hub shared across the Sky Betting & Gaming brands.
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BetMGM — the same toolset, reached through slightly deeper menus.
Game range & studios
Raw title counts flatter everyone, so we looked at which studios are actually stocked — the NetEnt, Pragmatic Play and Play'n GO staples versus in-house or exclusive material you can't get elsewhere.
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LeoVegas — thousands of titles spanning every major studio plus plenty of smaller ones.
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BetMGM — a big catalogue lifted further by MGM-branded exclusives.
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Sky Vegas — solid mainstream coverage and in-house exclusives under the Sky name.
Live casino
Live floors vary more than lobbies do. We checked table variety, whether the operator runs dedicated or branded tables, and how the streams behave at peak evening hours.
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LeoVegas — a deep Evolution-led floor including tables reserved for its own players.
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BetMGM — a strong live room for a site this young, with the familiar Evolution staples.
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Duelz — compact but well-stocked, and the live section escapes the duelling theme entirely.
Mobile experience
Most UK casino play now happens on a phone, so we ran each site on mid-range Android and iOS hardware: app where one exists, mobile browser where one doesn't.
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LeoVegas — still the benchmark; the app is quick, stable and sensibly laid out.
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Sky Vegas — a polished app with wide device support and quick game loading.
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Duelz — no app, but the browser version behaves impressively on small screens.
Support & everyday usability
We contacted each support team with an ordinary account question and noted response routes, hours and how easy the site is to navigate when you're not being sold to.
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Sky Vegas — a mature help centre and a layout millions of Sky customers already know.
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LeoVegas — live chat with generous hours behind a tidy, uncluttered interface.
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Lotto Mart — small enough that nothing takes more than two clicks to locate.
