A word on our reviews.

We like to keep it simple. We play at online casinos and write reviews about our experiences. In order to be transparent about how we produce our reviews, we’ve put the following together to provide some insight.

Location

Our writers are based in locations they can access and play at the casino being reviewed.

Sounds simple but far too often we see reviews from people that aren’t located in a country where they can play at the casino. We have boots on the ground so our readers can be sure what they’ve read is from a source in the same local as they are – before they make any decisions.

Internal Firewall

We have intentionally put an information firewall between our writers and advertising department. Our writers are paid to one thing and one thing only. Review the casino and report on it. They have no contact with the casinos (other than being a player) and are not compensated to write anything about them. They write based on their own experiences with the casino and compare it to other similar ones they also played at for comparison purposes.

Fact Checking

Each review we publish passes through multiple hands to verify every detail before making it to the final stage of being posted on the site. We share information internally to confirm the accuracy of hard to find details.

This is critical to earning your trust. Details matter and you deserve to know what what you read here is accurate.

Advertising Transparency

We’ve got a whole page dedicated to our transparency in our advertising partners and the links on this site. Head on over and check it out.

We Love to Play Slots Online

Are we “experts”? You can be the judge of that.

Our team members play at every casino for a minimum of one week. That’s generally for newer sites that have limited history. In reality they’ve played at the casino for weeks, months and in some cases even years. If you see a 100 Days of Play badge on a casino review, this means that we’ve passed a special milestone where our playing time has exceeded 100 days at that particular site.

It’s particularly helpful for our writers to continue to be players after a review is published so they can become familiar with the changes made over time and update existing reviews accordingly.

Here’s a comprehensive list of the factors we consider carefully when assessing a casino:

Review Methodology

Game Selection

Game selection refers to the overall number of games and different playing experiences that players can have at online casinos.

Overall number of games. Having 100+ games is average, 250+ is good, 500+ is excellent.
Games from high-profile slots developers like Pragmatic, BetSoft and Booming Games. Having 3+ more is average, 5+ is good, 7+ is excellent.
Bonus points for unique games developed in-house.
Extra points for casinos that offer games beyond slots such as fishing as well as table games like Blackjack or Roulette.

Bonuses & Promos

Bonuses and promotions refers to any extra incentives for players including the following:

Sign-up / New Player bonus
Daily log-in bonus
Social media contests
Free spins
VIP / rewards programs

We also compare coin bundles offered by sweeps casinos to highlight the best value for players. You’ll find this block in our sweepstakes casino reviews:

Customer Support

Casinos that score high in the customer support department offer high-quality help and a variety of different support options. Here are some of the different features the reviewer is looking for:

Phone support. Rare but highly sought-after support option.
Live chat. Arguably the most preferred form of support.
Email support. Not as good as live chat but still helpful
FAQ. The bare minimum for support.
An active presence on social media is also beneficial

We also rate sweeps casinos highly for support time. Any casino that takes more than one working day to respond takes a hit in our eyes. Responding in one day is the industry standard. Any support that responds faster than one day gets high marks.

Safety & Security

Security is one of the most important factors when we review sweepstakes casinos. There’s no point in playing on a site that’s not safe. Here some of the factors we consider when reviewing the security of a site:

Licenses from official gambling regulatory bodies.
Certified random number generators for games.
All sweeps casinos should use 256-bit SSL encryption technology
Legitimate sweeps casinos should use KYC (Know Your Customer) protocols.

Payments

The best sweeps casinos offer a number of different options for payments. Here are some of the payment methods we are looking for in our review:

Visa
Mastercard
Debit Card
Apple Pay
Interac (Canada)
Skrill
Trustly / Online Banking
Bank Transfer
Cryptocurrencies
Redemption response time is also important. Most sweeps casinos will pay out in 3-5 days. Anything over a week is bad form.