What the yard ships
StratfordWin runs a working logbook on UK Gambling Commission-licensed wagering brands. The model is borrowed from a port-authority surveyor: every entry on the bench carries a version tag, a documented test pass, and a plain-British change log. Adult readers, looking for an unhurried second opinion, are the only audience.
The yard publishes a monthly build. Between builds, any change to welcome-offer headlines, withdrawal-cadence measurements or in-product safer-wagering tooling is shipped as a patch as soon as the bench is aware. Reader-raised corrections are processed without waiting for the next build window.
// engineering spec — six stages
Each operator in the bench passes through these six stages before a build tag is assigned. The desk drafts the entry, then a second editor signs off; nothing publishes on a single author.
| Stage | What the bench measures | Pass condition |
|---|---|---|
| 01. Licence | Active UKGC remote licence, trading entity verified against the public register | Active record, no open notice |
| 02. Bonus spec | Wagering, expiry, game-weighting, max-cash-out cap (if any) | Spec readable in < 5 minutes |
| 03. Withdrawal cadence | Funded debit-card and Trustly Pay-by-Bank runs, end-to-end | Documented same-business-day route present |
| 04. Support depth | Live-chat and email coverage during British office hours | Reply within 1 hour, sensible language |
| 05. Interface | Desktop and mobile builds across reading, deposit and self-exclude flows | No broken control on a 360-pixel viewport |
| 06. Safer-wagering | Deposit, loss and session limits surfaced before first deposit | All four limits available on the funded-account flow |
Who keeps the ledger
The bench runs as a four-person desk. None of the staff hold open accounts at the operators reviewed beyond the funded test accounts required for measurement; the test balances are disclosed on request. Operations staff are recused from any editorial sign-off on entries.
Readers wishing to flag a factual correction, a missing UKGC enforcement notice or an outdated payout-cadence run can write through the signal-flag desk. The bench reads correspondence on every working day during British office hours and replies inside three working days.
// versioning policy
Each build carries a major-minor-patch tag. The major number stays at 2026 for the calendar year. The minor number increments on each monthly build window. The patch number increments whenever a measured value on a card changes between builds — a new welcome-offer headline, a payment-method addition, an interface redesign that affects the first-deposit flow.
The current build is documented in the meta-strip on every page. Any reader is welcome to write in to query a measured value — the bench keeps the underlying notes on file and can quote chapter-and-verse on request.