Blockspins review: no Gambling Commission licence

This Blockspins review starts with the answer: Blockspins holds no Gambling Commission licence, so it is not permitted to offer gambling to people in Great Britain. Its own company text described a licence from the Curacao Gaming Control Board, with no licence number given, and the brand appears nowhere on the GB register.

Blockspins is a crypto-friendly casino trading on a .uk domain and pitched at British players. A .uk address says nothing about regulation: domain endings are sold to anyone, while only the Commission can grant a GB licence. Some third-party pages describe Blockspins as UKGC-licensed, and the register does not support that. Its Trustpilot profile has also been taken down for breaching that platform's guidelines.

The register search behind this Blockspins review

The Commission publishes its register as data files of businesses, trading names and domain names. The files dated 2 November 2026 hold no business, trading name or domain matching Blockspins. A licensed site carries a footer line such as "licensed and regulated in Great Britain by the Gambling Commission under account number" followed by a number anyone can search. Blockspins gives no such number to check.

Why a Curacao licence does not count here

Under the Gambling Act 2005, a remote operator needs a Commission licence whenever its facilities are used in Great Britain, wherever its company or servers are based. Offering gambling to GB players without one is an offence under section 33, and advertising unlawful gambling is a separate offence under section 330. A licence from another jurisdiction does not change either point.

For a player the gap is wide:

• no GAMSTOP link, so a national self-exclusion does not reach the site;
• no £5 slot stake limit (£2 for 18 to 24 year olds) and no 10x cap on bonus wagering;
• no approved ADR provider and no Commission to complain to about the operator;
• no UK age and identity checks before play, with payments and disputes handled outside UK law.

The Commission warns that unlicensed sites may block payouts, set withdrawal limits too high to reach and put personal data at risk of fraud.

Checking a crypto-friendly site before trusting it

Search the brand and the domain on the register, confirm the status is Active with Casino among the activities, then check the domain is listed under that business. The full steps are in the guide on how to check a casino's UK licence. Brands that pass are in the A-Z of casino reviews and on the online casinos UK page.

Gambling is for adults aged 18 and over. If it is getting hard to control, GAMSTOP blocks every GB-licensed site in one step, and the responsible gambling page lists free support, including the National Gambling Helpline on 0808 8020 133.