How we check casinos
Updated November 2026. Checked against each casino's own pages. 19+ in Ontario, 18+ in Alberta.
Every review on this site follows the same routine. It’s written down here so you can judge how much to trust what we say, and catch us if we skip a step.
1. We start with the regulator
A casino only gets a review if it’s legal where you live. In Ontario, that means it’s on iGaming Ontario’s directory of regulated sites, or it’s OLG.ca, which Ontario’s lottery corporation runs itself. In Alberta, it means the brand is on the Alberta iGaming Corporation’s directory of registered sites, or it’s Play Alberta, which the province runs.
We screenshot each brand’s listing and put it on its review. If a brand drops off the register, we take its review down.
We don’t cover offshore casinos, even the ones that pay affiliates well. They aren’t answerable to an Ontario or Alberta regulator, so if something goes wrong with your money, you have nowhere to complain.
2. We read the casino’s own pages
Next we go to the casino itself. Every figure in a review, from minimum withdrawals and payout times to licence numbers and game counts, comes from the operator’s own site: its banking page, its terms, its help centre and the legal notice in its footer. We don’t copy numbers from other review sites, because they’re often out of date or describe the wrong province.
We browse from a Canadian connection, so we see the Ontario or Alberta version of each site rather than the international one. The two often have different rules.
3. We screenshot what matters
When a fact matters, we keep a screenshot of where it came from and put it on the page with the date we took it. That covers the licence notice, the payout table and the register listing. If a casino changes a number later, you can see what it said when we checked.
4. We list our sources and dates
Each review ends with a Sources section naming the pages we checked and the date we checked them. The date at the top of the page is the last time we went through those pages, not the last time someone fixed a typo.
5. We recheck and log changes
Casinos change their terms without telling anyone. We go back through each review regularly, and each one keeps a short log of what changed and when.
How we score
Each review scores six areas out of 5, using only what we could check on the casino’s own pages and the regulator’s register. The overall score out of 10 is a weighted average of the six, doubled.
| Area | Weight | What we look at |
|---|---|---|
| Payouts and banking | 30% | Minimum withdrawal, review times, payment methods and how long each takes |
| Trust and licensing | 20% | Regulator listing, who runs the site, how long it has operated in the province |
| Games and betting | 20% | Range of casino games, live tables and sports markets |
| App and site | 10% | Apps for iPhone and Android, and their store ratings |
| Rewards | 10% | How the loyalty programme works and what points can be used for |
| Support and safer gambling | 10% | Support hours and channels, and the limit and break tools on offer |
Payouts carry the most weight because that’s where casinos most often let players down. A casino that pays us gets no extra points, and a score never moves because of a commission.
What we can’t check
We don’t make real-money deposits and withdrawals, so our payout times are the casinos’ own published figures, not times we’ve measured. Some figures only appear inside the cashier once you’ve signed up, such as some minimum withdrawals. When we couldn’t confirm something, the review says so.
Some sites also block automated visits to parts of their help centres. When that happens, we check the page by hand or leave the figure out.
How we choose what goes first
Our order on comparison pages isn’t a ranking of how much a casino pays us. Each casino gets the spot it earns for one thing, such as fast payouts or low minimums, and the card says what that is. Casinos we don’t have a deal with are listed on the same terms as the ones we do.
Questions or corrections
If something on this site is wrong or out of date, email [email protected]. We check every report against the casino’s own pages and fix confirmed errors within 48 hours.