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Editorial guidelines, in full.

How we research bonuses, score casinos, fact-check claims, correct mistakes when we make them, and keep affiliate revenue out of every editorial decision. Published in full so you can hold us to it.

v4.2  methodology Last reviewed 2026-04-12 Changes logged in our public Changelog
01

Sourcing

Every claim on this site traces back to a primary source: a regulator's public register, the operator's published terms, a screenshot of the cashier flow on the date we tested, or a named member of our team who completed the deposit and withdrawal themselves. Where a number originates from a third party — a games studio, a payment processor, a licence-issuing authority — we name them and link to the underlying filing.

We do not republish press releases as news. We do not paraphrase competitor reviews. If we cannot independently verify a figure within ten working days, the figure does not appear on a ranked page; it lives in a footnote with the date the request was made and the response we received, if any.

Our review cycle is rolling. Every casino on a ranked list is re-tested at least once every 90 days, and any operator that materially changes its terms — wagering multiplier, country list, payout policy — is re-reviewed within seven days of the change, regardless of its current rank.

02

Scoring

Scores are produced by a weighted rubric, not a single editor's opinion. The four pillars below carry fixed weights; the weights are reviewed annually and any change is documented in the Changelog. No casino is given a custom adjustment, a "trial bump," or a manual override outside the rubric.

We do not accept payment for placement on any list, ever.

When two casinos tie on the rubric, the tiebreak is the more recent payout test. When the test is also within margin of error, the casino with the longer continuous licence in the player's market ranks first. We document the tiebreak in the review.

The four pillars

How the rubric actually works

Each pillar is scored 0–10 and weighted. The final score is the weighted mean, rounded to one decimal. Nothing else changes it.

01 · 30%

License first

If the operator is not licensed in a market we cover, it is excluded from ranked lists entirely. We check the regulator's register on the day of review, not the operator's marketing page.

02 · 30%

Wagering, weighted

Headline numbers mislead. We score the real cost of a bonus: wagering multiplier, game weighting, maximum bet during play-through, and the time window before the bonus expires.

03 · 25%

Payout, tested

A team member deposits, plays, requests a withdrawal, and records the elapsed time to first credit. "Fast payout" is a measured median across at least three tests, not a marketing claim.

04 · 15%

Small print, surfaced

Every excluded game, sticky-bonus clause, dormancy fee, and country restriction is brought up onto the review page so it is on the page, not buried in the terms.

03

Fact-checking

Reviews are written by one editor and read by a second before publication. The second reader is responsible for confirming each numeric claim — wagering multiplier, minimum deposit, payout window, licence number — against the primary source captured during testing. Disagreements are resolved by going back to the source, not by discussion between editors.

Screenshots of every cashier page, terms page, and licence verification are archived with a timestamp and the editor's name. If you ever want to know what the page said on the day we reviewed it, we can show you.

04

Corrections

When we get a fact wrong, we fix it on the page and we log it on a public Corrections page with the date, the original wording, the corrected wording, and the editor who made the call. We do not silently update; we do not unpublish; we do not rewrite history.

If a correction materially changes a ranking — for example, the wagering multiplier was lower than we reported and the casino now meets a higher tier — we re-publish the affected list page on the same day, with a banner noting the change and a link to the correction.

05

Conflicts of interest

Editors disclose any personal financial relationship with an operator, payment provider, or games studio at the point of hire and update the disclosure annually. The disclosure is held by the Editor-in-chief and a redacted summary is published on our Team page.

An editor with a disclosed conflict does not write, edit, or assign coverage on that operator. The conflict is footnoted on any related list page so readers can see who is recused and why.

  • No editor holds equity in an operator, payment provider, or games studio that we cover.
  • No editor accepts hospitality from a covered operator beyond the bonus they are reviewing.
  • No editor receives a commission, bounty, or referral fee tied to coverage outcomes.
06

Affiliate firewall

This site earns commission when a reader claims an offer through one of our links. That commission funds the testing, the staffing, and the servers. It does not buy a ranking. The wall between editorial and revenue is enforced at the organisational level.

Editors do not know the commission rate of any specific operator at the moment they write a review. The commercial team negotiates rates after a casino has already been scored, never before, and rates do not feed back into the rubric. If an operator with a high commission scores poorly, it ranks poorly; we publish that review unchanged.

If a commission could change a ranking, the ranking is worthless.
08

Disputes

If a casino disputes a fact, a score, or a review we have published, we ask them to write to [email protected] with the specific claim they contest and the documentation that supports their position. We respond within five working days and either correct, footnote, or hold the original — and we say why.

If a reader disputes a payout, a bonus interpretation, or a casino's handling of an account, we will not act as arbitrator, but we will publish a sourced account of what we find when we look. Operators that repeatedly fail to honour their published terms are removed from ranked lists.

09

Removal requests

We will consider a removal request from any operator, any individual named in a review, or any rights-holder whose material we have used. Requests should be sent to [email protected] with the specific URL, the specific content, and the legal or factual basis for removal. We will respond within ten working days.

We will not remove a review because an operator dislikes the score. We will correct an inaccuracy, footnote a disputed point, and add a right-of-reply quote on request. The review stays up.

10

Independence

This site is not owned by an operator, an affiliate network, or a gaming-industry investor. Our ownership is published on the About page and updated within five working days of any change. We hold no exclusive deals that constrain coverage. We are a small, independent team paid by reader-generated commissions and nothing else.

If any of the above ever ceases to be true, you will read it here first — not in a press release, not in a quiet edit. The point of this page is to give you something you can hold us to.

Last reviewed 2026-04-12 · Next review August 2026 Methodology v4.2 · changes in the public Changelog