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What to do with a broken licence link
A broken link is an incomplete research path. The regulator may have changed its website, an identifier may be mistyped or the claim may be unsupported. Record the failure accurately, then search the issuing authority's official website without treating the failure itself as a verdict.
A practical checklist
- Save the original claimed link.
- Look for a current register from the authority's homepage.
- Describe the result as unresolved if no match is found.
Putting it in context
Write that the linked entry could not be located on the check date. That is narrower and more defensible than declaring that no authorisation ever existed.
Keep in mind
An unavailable webpage does not prove fraud.
References & further reading
The checklist and examples are original editorial guidance. External links provide background within their stated scope; they do not validate an individual operator or case.
- Operator Atlas: research methodologyOur original editorial method
- Gambling Commission: Stake leaving the GB marketGreat Britain · historical notice, 12 February 2025
- ACMA: formal warning to BlockDance B.V. (BC.Game)Australia · historical warning dated 17 October 2022
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