Facts first.
No invented reviews.

A review requires documented, first-hand testing and a method someone else could repeat, not a rewrite of a brand's own marketing page. That distinction is the whole reason this page exists.

The Difference Between Testing and Rewriting

Real testing means someone opened an account, tried the process being described, and wrote down what actually happened, including the parts that didn't go smoothly. Rewriting means taking a brand's promotional page, changing a few words, and adding a score at the top. Both can look identical on the page. Only one of them tells you anything you couldn't already read on the brand's own site.

A Quick Comparison: Real Review vs. Rewritten Marketing Copy

The table below lays out the practical differences we look for when deciding whether something qualifies as a genuine review or just repackaged promotional text.

A brand record gives you dated, sourced facts with unknowns clearly labelled rather than glossed over. It stops short of tested account experience, which is the piece only a genuine review can add.

What's Already in a Brand Record

Every brand page lists what we could confirm on a given date: how an offer is worded, which domain was displayed, when the page was last checked, and where information simply wasn't available. Gaps stay marked as gaps. We don't fill them with guesses to make the page look more complete than it is.

What a Genuine Review Would Add on Top

A review would add things a record can't: what it actually felt like to sign up, whether support replied and how fast, whether a claimed process matched the real one, and outcomes tracked across more than one attempt. That's the tested layer we don't have yet.

A fake or low-effort casino review usually skips a byline, skips a method, and rates every brand suspiciously high. Genuine reviews name a reviewer, explain how testing was done, and mention at least some drawbacks.

Red Flags Worth Watching For

• No named author, or a byline that leads nowhere when you search it.
• No description of how the "review" was actually done: no dates, no steps, no account details.
• Every single brand on the site scores in roughly the same high range.
• No negatives mentioned anywhere, on any brand, ever.
• The text reads almost identically to the brand's own promotional page.
• Claimed bonus amounts or terms that don't match what the brand's own site currently says.

Why Uniform High Scores Are a Warning Sign

If a site rates every brand it covers as excellent, that pattern usually means something other than honest testing is driving the scores. It's worth asking: would a site that gets paid per listing really tell you a brand is mediocre?

This review standard sits inside our wider editorial policy, which sets out how we handle claims, corrections, and conflicts of interest across every page on this site, not just brand records.

Editorial Policy and Independence

Our full editorial policy explains how content decisions get made, how corrections are handled, and how we keep commercial relationships from shaping what gets published. The no-fake-reviews rule on this page is one application of that broader policy.

Verification Methodology and Evidence Standards

The evidence standard behind every brand record, what counts as confirmed, what stays marked unknown, is documented in our verification methodology. It's the same standard a future review would need to meet, just applied at a deeper, tested level.