Gavin Pierce
Founder & Head of Research
London, United Kingdom · 10+ years in iGaming
About Gavin
Gavin Pierce founded NonStop Casinos after more than a decade inside the online gambling industry — first as a player, then as a reviewer who grew tired of "top casino" lists that handed out five-star ratings in exchange for higher commission. He built this site on one rule: nothing gets a rating until it has been tested with real money, including a real withdrawal.
He grew up in the Midlands and moved into iGaming through a background in payments and consumer-finance writing, which is where his focus on the money side of casinos — deposit and withdrawal speed, cash-out caps, wagering maths and hidden fees — comes from. Over ten years he has tested more than 300 casinos across both the UKGC-regulated and offshore markets, which gives him a rare side-by-side view of where non-GamStop sites genuinely differ from UK-licensed ones, and where they simply cut corners.
His perspective is useful to readers precisely because he plays the offshore market honestly. He does not pretend these casinos are UKGC-licensed, does not oversell a bonus, and is upfront about the trade-offs — lighter verification and faster crypto payouts on one side, weaker consumer protection and no GamStop backstop on the other. He would rather lose a click than mislead a reader into a site that will not pay out.
Away from the spreadsheet of payout times, Gavin is a lifelong blackjack player with strong opinions on live-dealer studios (Evolution, reluctantly, over the rest) and a low tolerance for casinos that bury a £2,000 withdrawal cap in paragraph nine of the terms. If a site has ever stalled one of his cash-outs, it is not making the list.
Areas of Expertise
How Gavin Tests a Casino
Every review starts with a real account, a real deposit from his own funds, and a real session on the games — never a demo or a press account. He deposits and withdraws with multiple methods (crypto, e-wallet and card), times each payout from request to arrival, and pushes a withdrawal specifically to find out when and whether a KYC check is triggered. He reads the bonus terms line by line for the clauses that quietly disadvantage players: maximum cashout caps, max-bet rules, game weightings and short expiry windows.
A casino only earns a place on the site after it has actually paid him out at the advertised speed. If it stalls, adds conditions after the fact, or leans on the verification step to freeze a winning account, it is left off — and the reason is stated. Rankings are reviewed monthly, because offshore terms change often.
Credentials
- 10+ years reviewing online casinos across UKGC-regulated and offshore (Curaçao) markets.
- Background in payments and consumer-finance writing — the basis for the site's focus on withdrawal speed and bonus maths.
- Personally tests every listed casino with real-money deposits and withdrawals.
- Leads NonStop Casinos' editorial standards and responsible-gambling policy.