Our standards
Spinoplex publishes one thing: reviews of online casinos built on real, hands-on testing. This page explains how those reviews are made — who writes them, how a casino is tested and scored, where our money comes from, and what keeps the two apart.
The short version is this. A casino’s rating is earned in testing, not bought. Everything below is how we hold ourselves to that.
How we test and rate
Every casino goes through the same process, with real money in a real account. A reviewer signs up and times how long verification actually takes. They play across the games and note which providers are behind them, since quality varies a lot from one developer to the next. They claim the bonuses and work through the wagering terms in full. They deposit, then request a withdrawal and time that too — the step most review sites skip, and usually the most revealing. They put customer support to the test with real questions. And they check how the whole thing holds up across different devices.
That runs over a few weeks per casino before a word is published. Each site is then scored across set categories — games, bonuses, banking, support, mobile, and security — each out of 5, combined into the overall rating shown on the review.
Editorial independence
Spinoplex earns a commission when a reader signs up at a casino through one of our links. That revenue is what funds the testing.
We’re upfront that commission can affect which casinos we prioritise reviewing, and which ones appear in paid featured placements. What it never affects is the score. A rating is set by how a casino performs in testing — nothing else. We don’t take payment to raise a rating, lower a competitor’s, or remove a negative review. A casino we earn commission from still receives a low score when it earns one, and stays listed at that score. Featured placements are labelled as featured and sit separately from where a casino ranks on merit. A paid spot never moves the number.
Our full affiliate and advertising disclosures are set out in our Terms and Conditions.
Our editorial team
Reviews are written by a team of six players and reviewers, each bringing a different background and a different eye:
- Rebecca Davis — playing online since 1998 and around 500 casinos deep, she tests with a hard-earned scepticism. Her focus is on whether a licence means anything, whether withdrawals get paid without excuses, and whether the games run fair.
- Michael Chen — a statistics background and a math-first method. He works out the real expected value behind a bonus, compares RTPs across a casino’s slot categories, and checks published figures against his own logged sessions.
- Emma Parker — eight years in casino support and operations before she started reviewing, so she knows what players experience and what’s happening behind the scenes. She weighs each site across games, banking, support and security rather than first impressions.
- Jake Morrison — the team’s toughest critic. He leads with the things that catch players out: low daily withdrawal limits, thin payment options, and bonus terms that are near impossible to clear.
- Jessica Morgan — reviews from a casual player’s seat, in plain language, on the kind of $50–100 deposits most people actually make. Enthusiastic when a site earns it, blunt when it doesn’t.
- Lisa Martinez — keeps detailed session notes and writes up the real swings, big wins and cold streaks alike, to show the range of outcomes a casino can actually produce.
Our writers publish under pen names and use illustrated profile images rather than real photographs. Reviewers who regularly criticise operators can attract pressure or retaliation, so we keep their identities private. The reasoning is set out in full in our Privacy Policy.
Accuracy, sources and updates
Every detail in a review comes from firsthand testing. We don’t copy descriptions off casino websites, and we don’t repackage other review sites. When we state a fact — a withdrawal time, a wagering requirement, a licence — it’s something we’ve checked ourselves.
Casinos change their terms, games and policies constantly, so reviews go stale. We keep them current, and every review shows the date it was last touched. Notice something that doesn’t line up with what’s actually on the casino’s site? Tell us.
Corrections and complaints
We’d rather hear about it when we’ve got something wrong. Found an error in a review? A casino quietly changed something we missed? Reach us through the Contact page — we’ll look into it.
Responsible gambling
We cover real-money gambling, so the risks are real too — and we don’t gloss over them. Gambling is entertainment. Not income, not a way out of money trouble. Help sits a click away on every page: BeGambleAware, the National Council on Problem Gambling on 1-800-522-4700, a few others. Each review also flags the responsible-gambling tools a casino gives you. 18+. And only where the law allows it.
