Operator group structures
Parent companies, holding entities, and the corporate scaffolding behind brand portfolios.
About David Burke
David spent the first half of his career inside the regulatory side of UK gambling — auditing licence conditions, mapping ownership structures, and tracing the corporate trails between brands that present themselves as unrelated. He moved into editorial work in 2018, bringing the same forensic habits with him: read the registers, follow the parent company, never take an operator's marketing at face value.
At SisterCasinoUK, David leads the editorial standard. He sets the methodology every reviewer follows, decides which operator groups warrant a deeper dossier, and signs off on every sister-network map before it publishes. His view is that the UK market is large enough and old enough that most casino "discoveries" are already documented somewhere in a Companies House filing or a UKGC register — the work is just connecting them honestly.
Outside the network maps, David writes the longer regulatory pieces: licence transfers, ownership changes, GamStop coverage gaps, the slow reform of Curacao's LOK regime. He keeps his own working notes on every UKGC-licensed group he has tracked, updated monthly.
What David covers
White-label platforms
Jumpman, Progress Play, White Hat, Skill On Net — who powers what, and what that means for players.
UKGC licensing
Licence conditions, enforcement actions, suspensions, and the practical effect on player protection.
Cross-jurisdiction footprints
Where UK-facing operators also hold MGA or Curacao licences, and how those licences interact.
Network bonus terms
How a single operator group writes wagering, max bet, and contribution rules across every brand it runs.
Self-exclusion & GamStop coverage
Where the scheme reaches, where it doesn't, and which sister sites sit outside it.
How David approaches a review
Every review David publishes starts with the licence. Before a casino is added to the database, the licensing record is pulled from the relevant regulator's register, the parent company is identified, and the brand is placed inside its operator network. Only then does the testing begin.
From there, the methodology is the same one applied across the site — deposit, play, withdraw, document. David does not accept operator-supplied screenshots, third-party data feeds, or affiliate-network "verified" badges as evidence. If a claim can't be checked against a regulator, a Companies House filing, or a transaction David has personally completed, it doesn't make the page.
- ✓ Licence verified against the regulator's own register
- ✓ Parent company and operator group identified
- ✓ Sister brands mapped and cross-checked
- ✓ Withdrawal tested with real funds
- ✓ Bonus terms read in full, not summarised
- ✓ Findings refreshed at least monthly