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Where to play craps online in the UK, and what the licence actually covers

Updated September 2026
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Crap tables at a UK casino are unusual enough that the question most readers actually have is not “which brand is best” but “is this even legal, and if it is, what does the site owe me before I put a pound on the layout”. The answer to the second question sits with the Gambling Commission, and it shapes everything that follows. The table that ranks the ten brands sits in the middle of the page. The frame around it — the licence, the safer-gambling rules, the bonus cap, the way pass-line and don’t-pass bets actually settle — is the part a reader cannot check on their own.

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32Red is listed on the Gambling Commission register as an active domain of account 45322, licence 045322-R-324275-019.

As of 23 September 2026, every brand named below was checked against the Gambling Commission’s public register of gambling businesses, the CSV download the regulator publishes and updates continuously.

Table of Contents
  1. How the ten brands stack up
  2. The licence, in plain terms
  3. Safer gambling at a UK craps table
  4. Crypto and other low-friction payment routes
  5. Bonuses and the wagering cap that bounds them
  6. Mobile and the dedicated craps app
  7. Craps itself, and the titles a UK player can actually open
  8. The ten brands, one by one
  9. What the comparison cannot tell you
  10. Checking the licence yourself
  11. Frequently asked questions

How the ten brands stack up

The comparison runs through ten GB-licensed operators, each one confirmed against the Commission register on the same day. The five columns that matter are the licence holder, the remote casino operating licence number, the domain status on the register, whether the brand carries a craps product, and the practical angle that separates it from the next nine.

A laptop on a home desk showing a UK online casino comparison page open beside a notepad, with a craps table layout diagram on a laptop visible in a browser tab list
By 18 September 2026 the Gambling Commission’s domain list held 1,065 active and 361 white-label website entries.
Brand Licence holder GB remote casino licence Domain status Craps support
Grosvenor Casinos Rank Interactive (Gibraltar) Limited 057924-R-334666-005 Active
Betfred Petfre (Gibraltar) Limited 039544-R-319290-010 Active
32Red Platinum Gaming Limited 045322-R-324275-019 Active
BetVictor BV Gaming Limited 039576-R-319370-028 Active
William Hill WHG (International) Limited 039225-R-319373-015 Active
Virgin Games Gamesys Operations Limited 038905-R-319430-022 White Label
Ladbrokes LC International Limited 054743-R-330863-014 Active
Paddy Power PPB Games Limited 039411-R-319335-010 Active
Betfair PPB Games Limited 039411-R-319335-010 Active
Jackpotjoy Gamesys Operations Limited 038905-R-319430-022 Active

The register holds far more than these ten — 139 businesses with an active remote casino operating licence on the date above, and 1,065 active domains sitting underneath them. The ten on this page are the brands a reader searching this key is most likely to recognise. None of them is being recommended; the question each row answers is whether the brand is what the regulator says it is.

Four of the licence holders above run two or more of the named brands from one account. Ladbrokes, Coral and Gala Bingo all sit under LC International. Paddy Power and Betfair share PPB Games. Virgin Games and Jackpotjoy share Gamesys Operations. White-label status — Virgin Games is the only white-label row in this table — means the domain trades under a licence owned by a different company. For the player the difference is administrative; the rules and protections that flow from the licence are identical.

The wide UK online casino picture

Craps is a small corner of a much larger market. Most UK-licensed casinos prioritise slots, blackjack, roulette and live game-show titles, and the craps lobby at any given brand is usually one or two tables run by Evolution or a comparable studio. A reader looking at the table above should not infer that every brand listed runs the game. The page returns to which studios and tables actually exist in the section on craps titles.

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As of 18 September 2026, the Gambling Commission’s public register listed 139 businesses holding an active remote casino operating licence.

What every UK-licensed brand does carry is the same baseline of obligations: verify age and identity before the first deposit, take part in GAMSTOP, offer deposit limits and time-outs, and resolve disputes through an approved alternative dispute resolution provider. A brand removed from the register, or one that never appears on it, loses all of this in a single step — no GAMSTOP block, no Commission complaints route, no approved ADR. That is the practical difference between a Commission-licensed site and any offshore alternative claiming to accept UK customers.

The licence, in plain terms

The Gambling Act 2005 covers online casino in Great Britain — England, Scotland and Wales, not Northern Ireland. Since the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014 any operator taking money from customers in Great Britain needs a Commission licence, regardless of where the operator is based. A Curaçao, Maltese or Gibraltar registration alone is not enough. Section 33 of the 2005 Act makes providing gambling to people in Great Britain without a UK licence a criminal offence. The Commission can issue cease-and-desist notices, refer sites to payment processors and hosting providers, and ask search engines to delist them; it cannot force ISPs to block access.

Every licence number on the register has the shape account-R-number-suffix. The first six digits repeat the licence holder’s account number, the R marks a remote (online) licence, and the suffix identifies the specific licence against the account. The numbers in the table above all follow this format and were verified on the date this page was written. The Commission’s public register is the only place this can be checked cleanly — the licence is what the register says it is, on the day the reader checks.

Operators licensed by the Commission agree to the Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP) and to the Remote Technical Standards, and they publish their own terms, but the Commission’s social responsibility and customer interaction rules are the binding floor underneath those documents. A reader who wants the legal source for any rule cited on this page can find it on the Commission’s site under the LCCP section.

What verification looks like in practice

A brand on the register still has to identify its customers. Since 7 May 2019 every UK-licensed operator has had to verify name, address and date of birth before accepting a first deposit or letting a customer play, regardless of how the money arrives. Cryptocurrency is not exempt. A reader who wants to deposit with Bitcoin or another coin will still be asked for the standard set of documents and will still be checked against GAMSTOP. Anonymous play at a licensed site is not a thing that exists.

The credit-card ban, in force since 14 April 2020, covers credit cards routed through e-wallets as well as direct card payments. Debit cards, bank transfers and most e-wallets remain available. E-wallets and other payment services sometimes impose their own restrictions on gambling transactions — Neteller and Skrill, for example, exclude gambling in much of Europe — and a player using one of these should check the wallet’s terms before opening a casino account.

Limits and affordability checks

The Commission’s stake limits apply to online slots, not to live table games such as craps: a maximum of £5 per game cycle for players aged 25 and over (in force from 9 April 2025), and £2 for those aged 18 to 24 (in force from 21 May 2025). A “game cycle” for a slot is one spin; it has no equivalent at a live craps table, where the Commission does not set a per-roll ceiling. Online slots also run with a minimum spin speed of 2.5 seconds and have auto-play permanently banned.

There is no statutory deposit ceiling. Since 31 October 2025 operators must prompt a customer to set a financial limit before accepting a first deposit; the limit is the customer’s choice, not the regulator’s. A lighter-touch financial vulnerability check runs once net deposits cross £150 in a rolling 30-day window, using public data only; a fuller financial risk assessment has been announced but is not yet in force. Players worried about their own spend can set stricter limits through their account at any time.

Safer gambling at a UK craps table

GAMSTOP is the national self-exclusion scheme, and it is a condition of every online licence. A customer who registers with GAMSTOP for six months, one year or five years is blocked from opening accounts, depositing or playing at every UK-licensed operator for the period chosen, and the exclusion cannot be cancelled early. Registration is free and runs through the GAMSTOP website. The check is automatic; a brand on the register cannot override a GAMSTOP block, and an operator that accepts a self-excluded customer faces enforcement action.

GamCare runs the National Gambling Helpline on 0808 8020 133, available 24 hours a day. GamCare also provides live chat and face-to-face counselling. GambleAware funds treatment, education and research and routes visitors to the right service. The Commission’s complaints route is available to anyone who feels a licensed operator has handled a dispute badly; an approved ADR provider steps in if the operator’s own process has run its course.

Reality checks — the pop-ups that interrupt a session to show how long the player has been at the table — are a Commission requirement for online play. Time-outs of 24 hours, one week or any period up to six weeks can be set through the account; longer self-exclusion runs through GAMSTOP. Reverse withdrawals were banned from 31 October 2021, so a player who has asked to take money out cannot re-gamble it. None of this changes the odds on the layout. It changes the friction around them.

The tax side, briefly

Players pay no tax on gambling winnings in the UK. Operators pay Remote Gaming Duty, raised from 21% to 40% from 1 April 2026 — the operator-side figure is not the player’s concern, but it explains why a UK-licensed brand has the cost base it does and why the headline promotions at offshore sites sometimes look richer than at Commission-licensed ones. The richer offer is paid for by the protections the player no longer has.

Crypto and other low-friction payment routes

A Commission licensee must run identity checks before any first deposit, and that includes crypto. The check covers the same name, address and date-of-birth fields as a debit-card deposit and runs the same GAMSTOP screening. Crypto’s reputation for frictionless play ends at the Commission-regulated edge of a UK brand. Once a customer is verified, deposits and withdrawals can run through any payment method the operator supports, including Bitcoin, Ethereum and a small set of other coins where the operator offers them.

The credit-card ban catches credit-funded crypto purchases the same way it catches direct card payments. A player who tops up an exchange account with a credit card and then moves the funds to a casino is still funding gambling on credit, and the operator is obliged to refuse the deposit. Debit-funded crypto routes through to most licensed brands without issue.

What “crypto-friendly” actually means at a licensed site

Brands that market themselves as crypto-friendly almost always mean they accept deposits in coin and convert them to sterling on receipt, or settle bets in coin and let the player withdraw in coin. They do not mean they relax the verification step. A reader looking for the kind of frictionless crypto play available on an offshore site will not find it under a Commission licence, and any site offering it from outside the UK is operating in breach of section 33 of the 2005 Act. The protections lost in that trade are the protections this whole section is built on.

At a practical level, players who want to use crypto at a UK-licensed brand should expect to verify in full before the first deposit, to keep withdrawal records for tax purposes even though no player-side tax applies, and to be subject to the same deposit-limit and time-out rules as anyone else. The friction is the point.

Bonuses and the wagering cap that bounds them

Since 19 December 2025 the Commission has capped wagering requirements at 10x. A bonus of £100, taken on its own, requires £1,000 of qualifying play before any of the bonus balance converts to withdrawable cash. A bonus of £250 requires £2,500. Mixed-product bonuses — a free bet on sport that also credits casino spins, for example — are banned, so an offer that looks generous in headline value cannot quietly bind a player to two sets of wagering at once. The cap is on the operator; a brand that advertised a 30x requirement after the cap date would be advertising a breach.

The cap interacts with craps in a specific way. Most UK-licensed brands exclude table games from bonus wagering entirely, or count them at a reduced percentage of stake — 10% is common, so a £10 craps bet would contribute £1 towards wagering. A reader who takes a bonus expecting to clear it on the craps table should check the contribution table in the offer terms before staking. Where a brand excludes craps from wagering altogether, the only honest reading is that the offer is for the slot lobby, not for the craps table.

A worked band, not a single number

The arithmetic the page is built around sits in the bonus section because that is where the 10x cap belongs. A bonus of £100 implies £1,000 of qualifying turnover; £250 implies £2,500. The turnover figure is exact — it is the bonus multiplied by the cap, and the cap is fixed — so the band the page can promise is from “a £100 bonus takes £1,000 of qualifying play” to “a £250 bonus takes £2,500”. Anything outside that band is the operator adding its own friction above the regulator’s floor.

The clearer comparison is between two offers at different sizes. A £100 bonus with the 10x cap means a player who wants to clear it needs to stake ten times the bonus before the bonus money is theirs. A £250 bonus at the same cap means twenty-five times the £100 figure in turnover terms — £2,500 rather than £1,000. The gap is not in the percentage. It is in the bonus size multiplied by the same percentage. Two players clearing their respective bonuses at the same pace on the same game will reach the end of one in a quarter of the time it takes to reach the end of the other, and the smaller bonus is the one in the player’s interest unless the bigger one carries an equally better cash value behind it.

Players who want to compare offers quantitatively should read the contribution table, the max-bet rule during wagering, and the expiry window. A 10x requirement on a small bonus with a short expiry is a worse offer than a 10x requirement on a larger bonus with a long expiry; the percentage is the same and the lived experience is not.

Mobile and the dedicated craps app

A craps table on a phone behaves the same as a craps table on a desktop browser, with the layout reflowed for the smaller screen and the betting buttons reachable with a thumb. Live dealer tables are the harder case: a steady connection matters, and Evolution’s live craps product carries an interactive tutorial plus an “Easy Mode” aimed at players new to the game. On mobile data, the stream can stutter at the moment a bet has to be placed, and a player who has just watched a shooter set the point would rather not have the connection drop then.

Most UK-licensed brands ship their site as a responsive web app and offer native apps for iOS and Android through the App Store and Google Play. Native apps handle the live-stream load better than a mobile browser does, and they cut the friction of logging in for a quick session. Where a brand does not ship a native app, the browser version on a recent phone is usually good enough for live craps. The deciding factor is the connection rather than the app.

Reality checks on mobile

The reality-check pop-ups the Commission requires run on mobile as on desktop, and on a smaller screen they take up more of the visible table. A player who finds them intrusive can use a time-out to step away for a set period rather than dismissing them as they appear. Reality checks cannot be switched off in the account settings — that toggle was removed years ago — and any operator that lets a customer disable them is operating outside the social responsibility code.

The 2.5-second minimum spin speed and the auto-play ban apply to online slots and not to live table games. A live craps round on a phone will not run on a 2.5-second timer; the round runs at the dealer’s pace, and a player can take their time over a bet. The slot-side rules matter when a player drifts from the craps table to the slot lobby, which is where most of the marketing bonus value sits.

Craps itself, and the titles a UK player can actually open

Craps developed in the United States as a simplification of the older European dice game Hazard, and the name comes from “crabs”, London slang for the losing dice rolls of 2 and 3 in Hazard. The layout modern players recognise took shape around 1907, when Philadelphia dice-maker John H. Winn introduced the Don’t Pass wager. The new bet let casinos profit whichever way a bet went, since players could now bet against the shooter as well as with them, and that alignment of interest removed any incentive to use weighted dice.

A regulation craps table has a U-shaped layout with duplicate betting areas at each end, and the walls around the play area carry a pyramid texture designed to randomise the dice throw. The shape matters at a digital table too: live craps preserves it because the physics of the dice are part of the game’s character, and an RNG craps — rarer at a UK-licensed brand — is usually built around a video simulation of the same shape.

Payouts and the house edge that runs through them

The Pass Line bet carries a house edge of 1.41%. It is the bet a new player is most often taught first: a wager on the shooter to win, resolved on the come-out roll (7 or 11 wins; 2, 3 or 12 loses) and then carried through to the point being made before a 7. The Don’t Pass bet is its mirror image, with a marginally lower house edge of around 1.36%, and pays out the same way round. Odds bets — placed behind a Pass or Don’t Pass wager once a point is set — pay at true mathematical odds and carry a 0% house edge, but they can only be made alongside the original bet. They are the best wager on the table in expected-value terms, and they are bounded by the casino’s stated maximum.

Come and Don’t Come bets behave like Pass and Don’t Pass bets placed after the come-out roll, with the same house edges. Place bets on individual numbers (4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10) carry higher edges — 6 and 8 pay 7 to 6 with a house edge around 1.52%, while 4 and 10 pay 9 to 5 with an edge closer to 6.67%. Proposition bets — the one-roll bets in the middle of the table — carry the worst edges on the layout. Any Craps (2, 3 or 12 on the next roll) pays 7 to 1 with a house edge above 10%; a single-roll bet on 2 or 12 pays 30 to 1 with an edge above 13%. The proposition bets are the easiest to place and the easiest to lose on. Most craps strategy guides warn new players off them.

Evolution’s live craps and what it offers

Evolution’s Live Craps is set in a speakeasy-themed studio, with a dealer who manages the table and a built-in interactive tutorial for new players. Each round splits into a come-out roll followed, where relevant, by a point roll, and bets either resolve on a single roll or span several. Easy Mode simplifies the layout for a player who has not sat at a craps table before, and the tutorial runs through Pass, Don’t Pass, Come, Don’t Come, Odds and the place bets. The studio setting is the closest a UK player gets to the feel of a casino craps table without leaving the house, and the studio’s camera angles are designed to show the dice clearly at the moment they settle.

Evolution is the dominant live craps supplier at UK-licensed brands, but it is not the only one. Pragmatic Play Live runs its own craps tables, and a small number of studios offer RNG craps as a faster alternative. Where a UK-licensed brand does not run a live craps studio, the slot lobby is the product, not the craps table — and a reader who specifically wants craps should look for it on the live-casino tab before opening an account.

The crash-game fringe

Aviator, a crash-style multiplayer game developed by Spribe, sits in a different product category from craps but is sometimes mentioned alongside it in casino-game roundups. The mechanic is a multiplier that rises from 1.00x until the round randomly crashes, and a player has to cash out before the crash to win their stake multiplied by the current value. Spribe’s CEO has described it as the first true multiplayer crash game in the regulated iGaming space, and Aviator has reported more than 42 million active users with around 350,000 bets a minute across more than 5,000 operators worldwide. It is not a dice game and the strategy is different, but it occupies a similar niche for players who want a fast, single-decision round. UK-licensed brands offer it under their “instant win” or “crash” tabs, not under craps.

The ten brands, one by one

Each block below covers a single brand. The structure is the same in every block: the licence line, the operating company, the registered domain, the practical angle that separates it from the rest of the table, and the verdict. Where the brand sits inside a group of brands under one licence holder, the group is named at the top of the block.

Grosvenor Casinos

Licence: Gambling Commission remote casino operating licence 057924-R-334666-005, held by Rank Interactive (Gibraltar) Limited (account 57924). Commission records show Grosvenor Casinos as an active domain for this account. Rank Interactive is also the operating company behind Mecca Bingo and several other Rank Group brands, but Grosvenor is its casino-facing arm and is the only one a reader searching this key is likely to meet.

The angle is the live-dealer floor. Grosvenor runs live tables out of its UK studios and is one of the more consistent homes for Evolution’s live craps. The craps lobby on the site is usually one or two tables, with the live craps product taking the headline position and a small set of side bets and proposition bets laid out beneath.

Verdict: the right pick for a player who wants a familiar UK-facing brand with a live craps table they can reach from a desktop or a phone, and who is comfortable with the Rank Interactive terms underneath. Craps availability at this brand is stable, and the verification and payment flow is standard.

Betfred

Licence: Gambling Commission remote casino operating licence 039544-R-319290-010, held by Petfre (Gibraltar) Limited (account 39544). The regulator registers Betfred as an active domain associated with this account. Betfred is one of the larger UK-facing bookmaker-and-casino combinations, and the casino tab sits underneath the sportsbook rather than the other way round.

The angle is the high-street name. Betfred’s casino carries Evolution’s live craps in the live-casino section, and the brand’s safer-gambling and verification flow is the same one the sportsbook uses. Players who already have a Betfred sports account can move into the casino without a second verification step.

Verdict: a strong fit for a player who is already on Betfred for sports betting and wants to add live craps to the same wallet. A reader whose main interest is the craps lobby rather than the sportsbook will find a thinner offering than at a casino-first brand.

32Red

Licence: Gambling Commission remote casino operating licence 045322-R-324275-019, held by Platinum Gaming Limited (account 45322). This operator holds 32Red as an active domain under the account in the public register. Platinum Gaming is part of the Kindred Group, alongside Unibet and several other UK-facing brands.

The angle is the casino-first layout. 32Red’s site leads with the casino product rather than the sportsbook, and the live-casino tab carries Evolution’s live craps. The brand’s identity has always been red-table-heavy, and that flows through to the live-dealer floor.

Verdict: a clean fit for a player who wants a casino-first UK brand with a live craps table on the live tab and is comfortable with the Platinum Gaming / Kindred terms. The craps lobby is focused and consistent, making this a reliable choice for players who prefer a dedicated casino environment over a sportsbook-centric one.

BetVictor

Licence: Gambling Commission remote casino operating licence 039576-R-319370-028, held by BV Gaming Limited (account 39576). The Commission’s register shows BetVictor as an active domain linked to this licence. BetVictor is the casino-and-sports combination under the BV Gaming umbrella, alongside the Parimatch brand on the same licence.

The angle is the casino promotions. BetVistor’s casino promotions tend to favour the slot lobby, with table-game and live-casino terms often carrying lower contribution rates. A player who takes a BetVictor casino bonus expecting to clear it on craps should check the contribution table first.

Verdict: a reasonable pick for a player who wants a long-established UK brand with a live craps table available, with the caveat that bonus value is weighted towards slots. A reader who is happy to deposit without taking a bonus will not see the difference; a reader who wants to clear a bonus on the craps table should look at the offer terms carefully.

William Hill

Licence: Gambling Commission remote casino operating licence 039225-R-319373-015, held by WHG (International) Limited (account 39225). William Hill is verified as an active domain under this account on the Commission’s public register. WHG (International) is the William Hill Group entity, now owned by 888 Holdings.

The angle is scale. William Hill is one of the largest UK-facing brands, and the casino tab sits underneath a sizeable sportsbook. The live-casino section carries Evolution’s live craps, and the verification and payment setup is the standard Commission-licensed flow.

Verdict: a good fit for a player who wants a brand they have heard of and a live craps table they can reach without a separate wallet. While the craps offering is standard rather than specialised, the brand’s scale ensures a consistent user experience for casino players.

Virgin Games

Licence: Gambling Commission remote casino operating licence 038905-R-319430-022, held by Gamesys Operations Limited (account 38905). Official Commission records identify Virgin Games as a white-label domain of this account. White-label means Virgin Games trades under Gamesys Operations’ licence rather than holding its own, and the games, terms and protections flow from Gamesys Operations.

The angle is the white-label structure. For the player, the difference between an active domain and a white-label domain is administrative; the rules and protections are identical because the licence holder is the same. The craps offering on the Virgin Games site is the Gamesys Operations live casino.

Verdict: a fine pick for a player who likes the Virgin branding and wants a UK-licensed casino with a live craps table. The fact that the licence sits with Gamesys Operations rather than with a Virgin entity is a structural detail a player does not need to act on.

Ladbrokes

Licence: Gambling Commission remote casino operating licence 054743-R-330863-014, held by LC International Limited (account 54743). Records confirm Ladbrokes as an active domain under this account. LC International is the Entain entity that also runs Coral and Gala Bingo, all three brands sharing one licence.

The angle is the Entain group. Ladbrokes, Coral and Gala Bingo all run through LC International, and the casino product is the same platform underneath three brand front-ends. A player on Ladbrokes is on the same LC International live casino as a player on Coral.

Verdict: a sensible pick for a player who already has a Ladbrokes or Coral account and wants a live craps table on the same wallet. A new player choosing between Ladbrokes and Coral can pick either; the live craps lobby is the same one.

Paddy Power

Licence: Gambling Commission remote casino operating licence 039411-R-319335-010, held by PPB Games Limited (account 39411). The domain Paddy Power is listed on the Commission’s public register as an active domain of that account. PPB Games is the Flutter entity that also runs Betfair; the two brands share one licence and one platform.

The angle is the Paddy Power brand voice and the Flutter platform. The casino tab underneath the Paddy Power sportsbook runs the Flutter live casino, which carries Evolution’s live craps.

Verdict: a strong fit for a player who already has a Paddy Power sports account and wants to add craps without a second wallet. The craps lobby is the Flutter-platform standard.

Betfair

Licence: Gambling Commission remote casino operating licence 039411-R-319335-010, held by PPB Games Limited (account 39411). The domain Betfair.com is listed on the Commission’s public register as an active domain of that account. Betfair sits on the same PPB Games licence as Paddy Power, and the casino product is the same Flutter platform.

The angle is the exchange heritage. Betfair’s identity is the betting exchange, and the casino sits underneath that. A player coming from the exchange will find the casino tab familiar in structure.

Verdict: a clean pick for a player who is on Betfair for the exchange and wants a live craps table on the same account. The casino is not the headline product and a casino-first player will notice the weighting.

Jackpotjoy

Licence: Gambling Commission remote casino operating licence 038905-R-319430-022, held by Gamesys Operations Limited (account 38905). The domain Jackpotjoy.com is listed on the Commission’s public register as an active domain of that account. Jackpotjoy shares the Gamesys Operations licence with Virgin Games.

The angle is the bingo-and-slots heritage. Jackpotjoy’s identity is the bingo product, with slots layered on top; the live casino is a smaller part of the site than at a casino-first brand.

Verdict: a workable fit for a player who already has a Jackpotjoy account and wants to add live craps without a second wallet. A player choosing between Jackpotjoy and a casino-first brand will find a thinner craps lobby at Jackpotjoy.

What the comparison cannot tell you

The table is built from the Commission register, and the register does not include craps support by brand. The dash in the right-hand column of every row reflects that absence rather than a finding that craps is unavailable. The brands that carry live craps are the brands that run the relevant Evolution (or comparable studio) tables on their live-casino tab; the register does not enumerate game-by-game coverage.

What the register does tell the reader is who is licensed and under what licence, and that is the part a reader cannot verify on their own. The craps-side check has to be done on the operator’s site, in the live-casino section, after the account is opened. A reader who wants to know whether a specific brand carries live craps before opening an account should look at the brand’s live-casino tab in a separate browser session, or contact the brand’s support team directly.

Checking the licence yourself

The Commission’s public register is at gamblingcommission.gov.uk and is searchable by operator name, licence number or trading name. The CSV download is updated continuously and is the most reliable way to confirm a licence. A reader who wants to be sure the brand on the page above is the brand on the register should:

Any operator that does not appear on the register is operating outside the UK regulatory frame for Great Britain customers, and the protections described earlier in this page do not apply. The same is true of an operator that appears on the register but with a domain not listed as Active under that licence.

Frequently asked questions

How do craps payouts work at a licensed UK online casino?

Pass Line and Don’t Pass bets are the two core wagers on a craps table, with house edges of about 1.41% and 1.36% respectively. Both are decided on a come-out roll and then, where a point is set, carried through to the point being made before a 7. Odds bets laid behind a Pass or Don’t Pass wager pay at true odds with no house edge, but they can only be made alongside the original bet. Proposition bets in the centre of the table pay the highest multiples and carry the worst edges.

Is online craps available as a live-dealer game or only as a digital table?

Most UK-licensed brands carry live craps through Evolution’s speakeasy-studio product, with a built-in tutorial and an Easy Mode for new players. A small number of studios offer an RNG or video craps alternative, and a few brands carry both. The live version is the closer match for a player who wants the feel of a real table, and the RNG version is the faster option.

Can craps be played through a casino app on a phone?

Yes. Most UK-licensed brands ship a responsive web app and offer native apps for iOS and Android. Live craps streams work better on a native app than in a mobile browser because the streaming load is handled more smoothly, and the betting layout is sized for a thumb rather than a mouse. The deciding factor on mobile is the connection: a steady Wi-Fi or 4G/5G signal keeps the stream stable, and a drop at the moment a bet has to be placed is the kind of friction a real-money session does not need.

Do UK craps tables use the same bet types as a physical casino table?

Yes. The Pass Line, Don’t Pass, Come, Don’t Come, Odds, Place and Proposition bets all run on a UK live craps table in the same form they take in a brick-and-mortar casino. The 1.41% house edge on the Pass Line and the 0% edge on Odds bets are the same figures across live and digital tables, because they are properties of the bets themselves rather than of the medium.

What bonus terms usually apply when a bonus can be used on craps?

Since 19 December 2025 the Commission has capped wagering requirements at 10x, and most UK-licensed brands either exclude table games from bonus wagering entirely or count them at a reduced rate — often 10% of stake. A player who takes a £100 bonus and tries to clear it on the craps table at 10% contribution would need to stake £10,000 of qualifying play rather than £1,000. The offer terms are the place to check, because the contribution table varies by brand.

Are craps tables offered by crypto-friendly casinos different from standard ones?

The craps product on a crypto-accepting UK-licensed brand is the same Evolution live craps table or the same RNG craps title as on any other licensed brand. The difference is on the payment side: the brand accepts deposits and withdrawals in Bitcoin or Ethereum in addition to debit cards and bank transfers. Identity verification is identical because the Commission requires it on every first deposit, regardless of payment method, and credit-funded crypto purchases are caught by the credit-card ban.

Published by the cardcasinoguide team.