How we test crypto casinos
The full criteria, including what we cannot verify. If something here does not match your experience, email us at casinos.cripto@proton.me and we will correct it with the correction visible.
Key takeaways
- We deposit our own money and time the withdrawal. No operator-supplied accounts.
- Seven weighted categories. Verified payout outweighs bonus size.
- A documented non-payment causes immediate removal, whatever else the operator scores.
- We state which links earn commission and which do not.
- Where we cannot verify something, we say so rather than filling the gap.
The seven categories
| Category | Weight | How it is measured |
|---|---|---|
| Verified payout | 25% | Real timed withdrawal, request to on-chain confirmation |
| KYC threshold | 20% | The exact amount that triggers document requests, tested empirically |
| Licence and ownership | 15% | Licence number checked against the issuer's register |
| True bonus cost | 15% | Rollover, cashout cap, excluded games, time window |
| Cashier | 10% | Coins, networks, minimums, fees, stability |
| Support | 10% | First response time on a genuine withdrawal query |
| Player controls | 5% | Deposit limits, cooling-off, internal self-exclusion |
The withdrawal test protocol
- Cold sign-up with a fresh email and no contact with the affiliate team.
- Our own deposit, typically $50 to $200 in USDT-TRC20 or BTC over Lightning.
- Real play to build a withdrawable balance, declining the bonus when the goal is a clean speed reading.
- Withdrawal request captured with a timestamp.
- Measurement to on-chain confirmation, not to the casino's "processed" message.
- A second larger test to locate the real KYC threshold.
One fast withdrawal proves nothing. What we are looking for is the point where the casino changes behaviour, which almost always sits at a specific amount the operator does not publish.
What we cannot verify
- Provider-declared RTP. We rely on what the studio and operator publish. We do not audit game servers.
- High-volume account behaviour. Our tests run in the hundreds of dollars, not tens of thousands.
- Operator solvency. No offshore casino publishes audited reserves. Paying today does not guarantee paying in six months.
- Ultimate ownership. Many operators use structures that make the beneficial owner impossible to identify.
Conflict of interest, stated plainly
This site is funded by affiliate commission. When you sign up through a /go/ link the operator pays us, at no cost to you. That creates an obvious incentive and the only honest defence is to make it explicit:
- Ranking order comes from the score, not the commercial deal.
- We label operators we have no deal with when they score high enough to appear.
- We publish negative findings whenever we find them, whether or not the operator has a commercial deal with us.
- We accept no operator-written copy and no pre-publication review.
Frequently asked questions
Can a casino pay for a higher position?
No. We earn affiliate commission on sign-ups and we disclose it on every page, but the order comes from the seven weighted categories. Where an operator we have no deal with scores better, it ranks higher and we flag the link as non-commissioned.
What happens if a casino refuses to pay a test withdrawal?
We document the date, amount and support response, and the operator leaves the ranking until it is resolved. A verified non-payment is the only criterion that triggers immediate removal regardless of every other score.
How often is the data refreshed?
Bonuses and KYC thresholds monthly. Withdrawal times quarterly with a fresh test. The last review date sits at the top of each page, and where we could not verify something ourselves we say so rather than filling the gap.
Do you test with real money?
Yes. Our own deposit, real play, and a timestamped withdrawal. No operator-supplied test accounts, because a comped VIP account does not measure what a new user experiences.