How We Rate Crypto Casinos

Written by Graham Whitfield (Lead Editor) · Reviewed under our methodology

Every score on this site comes out of the same six-scale protocol, applied by a named reviewer and signed off by a fact-checker. This page documents that protocol in full — what we measure, what we refuse to guess at, and the one rule that holds everything together: a rating cannot be bought, traded or negotiated. Every site mentioned here comes from our main casino ranking, tested with real deposits.

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On this page
  1. The Six Scales
  2. What Counts as Verified
  3. Ratings Are Not for Sale
  4. How Reviews Stay Current
  5. Who Does the Work

The Six Scales

Each casino is scored 3.5–4.9 on six independent scales: Bonuses (real value after wagering, not headline size), Gameplay (library depth, live casino, in-house games), Software providers (who actually supplies the lobby), Security (licence quality, operating history, dispute record), Deposits & withdrawals (measured speeds, minimums, coin support) and Mobile. The overall rating is the plain average of the six — nobody sets it by hand, and the scales are deliberately allowed to disagree: a casino can carry a strong cashier and a weak licence at the same time, and the bars on its review will show exactly that.

What Counts as Verified

A fact enters a review from one of two sources: the operator's own published pages, or our own test activity. Licence numbers are checked against the issuing regulator's registry where one exists — and where it doesn't, the review says so instead of repeating what other affiliate sites print. Brands whose facts resisted verification carry a visible caveat and a lower Security score, and their reviews list what we could not confirm. Payout windows quoted without a source are marked as the operator's claim, not our measurement.

Ratings Are Not for Sale

The commercial reality of casino review sites is affiliate links, and pretending otherwise convinces nobody. So here is the actual line we hold: the score a casino receives cannot be bought. No operator has ever changed a number on this site by paying, and none will. Reviews document drawbacks operators would prefer omitted — withdrawal-delay complaints, blacklist records, licences that don't resolve — and those stay in the review regardless of any commercial relationship.

How Reviews Stay Current

Reviews are living documents. Every one displays the date its facts were last verified, and a monthly job re-checks each advertised bonus against the operator's live promotions page — a mismatch queues the review for re-verification. Material changes land in the review's visible changelog: when a bonus shrinks or a licence changes hands, the record shows what changed and when. Reviews unverified for six months are flagged internally and re-checked before anything else.

Who Does the Work

Four named people produce everything here: reviews carry a visible «Written by» and «Fact-checked by» byline, and each name links to a profile listing that person's beat and signed work. Meet them on the team page. Corrections and documented player experiences are welcome at [email protected] — the changelog exists precisely so corrections leave a trace.

Methodology FAQ

Can a casino pay for a better rating?
No. Scores come out of the six-scale protocol and are signed by a named reviewer. Commercial relationships exist on this site, as on every review site, but they have never moved a number and never will.
Why do some reviews say facts could not be verified?
Because refusing to guess is the policy. If a licence number or bonus term is not published by the operator and cannot be checked against a registry, the review marks it as unverified rather than borrowing figures from other affiliate sites.
How often are ratings updated?
Bonuses are machine-checked monthly against operator promotion pages; material changes trigger a re-review and a changelog entry. Each review shows the date of its last full fact-check.
Who writes the reviews?
A four-person named team — each review carries a visible byline and fact-checker, linked to author profiles with their verification duties.

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