Declan Fairhurst – Editor, Keppelom

About The Author

First Name:

Declan

Last Name:

Fairhurst

Role:

Editor and lead reviewer

Covers:

Offshore licensing, KYC and verification practice, bonus terms, payment rails

Contact:

[email protected]

Biography:

Declan Fairhurst has written about online gambling regulation and operator behaviour for more than a decade, with a particular focus on what happens at the cashier rather than in the marketing. His work covers licensing regimes outside the British market, identity verification practice, and the gap between what a bonus advertises and what its terms permit.

What Declan Covers

Declan leads the testing programme behind the rankings on this site. That means opening accounts with his own money, running deposits and withdrawals through each payment rail, reading the full terms rather than the promotional page, and checking every stated licence against the issuing regulator's public register.

He writes the guides on verification and KYC, offshore licensing and bonus terms, and edits everything else published here.

Editorial Approach

Two rules shape how the reviews on this site are written. The first is that a figure we have not measured does not get published — where the evidence is thin, the page says so rather than printing a confident-looking number. The second is that this site does not help anyone circumvent an active self-exclusion; where the subject arises, the answer is the support line rather than a workaround.

The full method, including weightings and the criteria that disqualify a casino outright, is set out on the rating system page.

Corrections

Factual corrections are welcome and are acted on quickly. Email [email protected] or use the contact page.