How we test and rate
Our editorial codex
Every listing on this site is written from first-hand testing. We open the account, fund it with the smallest deposit the operator accepts, play the games we recommend, request the withdrawal, verify identity when asked, and time the payout. Nothing is written from a press release, a spec sheet, or a rival site, a page we cannot verify goes unpublished until we can.
How casinos are rated
The rating is a weighted score across five dimensions, and every casino review is scored against the same five:
| Criterion | Weight | What it measures |
|---|---|---|
| Payout speed | 30% | Timed from the withdrawal request to the money arriving, not to the operator marking it processed, and repeated on every later withdrawal from the same account. |
| Bonus terms | 20% | Whether the terms match the banner: sticky or non-sticky, the wagering multiple and what it applies to, the cashout cap, game weighting and the expiry. |
| Account experience | 20% | Signup friction, how verification was handled and when it was asked for, the spread of deposit and withdrawal methods, in-account limits, and what support answered. |
| Licence | 15% | Which regulator licensed the operator, and whether a dispute body exists and answers a complaint. |
| Game library | 15% | Studio spread, coverage of the headline releases, the live-casino provider, and whether the RTP build in use is published. |
Ties are broken by payout speed. Ratings carry a last-checked date; a rating older than four months is flagged for re-testing. Every licence in that table has a page of its own in the licensing hub, which covers what each regulator actually does when a complaint reaches it.
How reviews are written
Reviews are written by the analyst who ran the account, and every writer has a profile giving their background and the pages they signed. Every specific claim, withdrawal time, wagering figure, licence, live-casino provider, traces back to something recorded in the test. Where we could not verify a claim ourselves, we say so. The testing guide walks through one test end to end, from the first deposit to the cashed-out withdrawal.
How news and guides are written
News covers changes we can verify: a licence granted or lost, a payment method added, a promotion actually paid out. We do not run rumour or unsourced trade-press stories. Guides are longer-form pieces on the parts of casino play that reward being explained slowly, RTP builds, volatility, bonus terms, licence weights, dispute paths.
Corrections
Where we get something wrong, we correct the page, and the last-updated date on it moves with the correction. If we get a rating wrong badly enough to have influenced a reader’s decision, we say so on the operator page and re-test in public.
Commercial disclosure
We are an affiliate site. Nearly every casino we list pays us a share of net revenue from players who sign up through us. That relationship is disclosed on every page and is never used to change a rating, order a list, or omit a fact. If a partnership required us to soften a criticism, we would end the partnership.