In short
- Withdrawals are worth 35 points and licence and account rules 25. The 60 points are scaled to a score out of 100.
- Payment methods for Canada and bonus terms are not in the score yet, because we have not checked them for every casino. A criterion that is checked for some casinos and not others would favour whoever we checked first.
- The transparency count shows how many of the 8 items a casino publishes at all. It is shown next to the score, not added to it.
- Casinos that pay us a commission go through the same rules. There are no paid placements.
The eight items and their points
| Item | Max | How points are given | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stated payout timeWithdrawals, W1 | 12 | 24 hours or less: 12. Up to 72 hours (a business day counts as 24 hours): 8. Longer, or only part of the time published: 4. Nothing published: 0. | Delayed payouts are the most common complaint about online casinos. We count the casino's own pending and approval time, not the time a bank or blockchain adds. |
| Withdrawal limitsWithdrawals, W2 | 8 | No cap, or at least C$10,000 a week: 8. A lower cap: 4. No limits published: 0. | A low weekly cap can turn one win into months of instalments. |
| ID check rulesWithdrawals, W3 | 8 | A clear trigger (an amount, or "before the first withdrawal"): 8. Only "we may ask": 4. | A clear trigger lets you send documents early instead of waiting after a withdrawal request. |
| Same-method payout ruleWithdrawals, W4 | 7 | A clear written rule: 7. None, or "at our discretion": 0. | It decides where your money can go back to, and whether a deposit method blocks the payout. |
| Licence in the regulator registerLicence, L1 | 10 | Confirmed in the register: 10. Listed but under review, or issued by a regulator whose legal status is disputed (Anjouan): 7. | A logo in the footer is not proof. We search the regulator's own register. |
| Operator named on the siteLicence, L2 | 5 | Named: 5. | You need to know which company holds your money. |
| Operator address publishedLicence, L3 | 4 | Published: 4. | Needed for a complaint to the regulator. |
| Account closure rulesLicence, L4 | 6 | Closure only for named breaches: 6. Funds can be frozen or kept at the casino's discretion: 3. | Confiscation clauses are where players lose balances they thought were theirs. |
What the labels mean
The label is only a reading aid for the number. Two casinos with the same label can differ a lot in what they publish, so the breakdown on each casino page is what to compare.
Who gets no score
- Canada is barred in the terms: the casino is listed, but outside the ranking.
- The licence cannot be found in the regulator register: outside the ranking.
- The licence is less than 90 days old: shown as new, without a score.
- We have not read the casino's position on Canada yet: no page until we have.
- Ties are listed alphabetically.
Where the facts come from
Only from the casino's own website and help centre, and from the regulator's register. We do not copy terms from other review sites. Every fact on a casino page carries its source link, the clause or page name, and the date we read it. When a page does not open from our location, we say so instead of filling the gap from elsewhere.
Each fact has one of these labels: stated by the casino, seen in the cashier, found in the regulator register, not published, not checked yet, or sources disagree.
How often we recheck
Regulator registers and the terms of ranked casinos are rechecked every week. Every casino page is reviewed in full once a month. When a fact changes, the date on that fact changes with it, and the score is recalculated.
Change log
- v0.6.1, Nov 11, 2026. Anjouan licences now score 7 of 10 for the register item instead of 10. The register entries match the casinos, but the government of the Comoros disputes the bodies that issue them. See how to check a licence.
- v0.6, Nov 11, 2026. Items are graded in steps instead of yes or no, and the transparency count was added. With yes or no scoring, four casinos tied at 100.
- v0.5, Nov 11, 2026. "Not checked" no longer counts as "not published". Criteria not checked for every casino were taken out of the score, and the score is scaled from the common 60 points.
- v0.4, Nov 9, 2026. First version: withdrawals 35, payments for Canada 25, licence and transparency 25, bonuses 15.