How We Rate Casinos
Our casino reviews are desk research. We read what each casino publishes about its bonuses, rules, licence and payments, compare it with what its partner programme tells affiliates, and write down where every fact came from. This page explains the process, the criteria behind our score and its limits.
Our review process
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Read the casino's general terms and conditions, bonus terms and promotion pages.
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Check the information the casino's partner programme gives to affiliates (offers, bonus codes, restricted countries).
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Note the licence holder and licence number from the footer and the terms, and say so when they do not match.
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Go through the payment pages: methods, minimum deposit, withdrawal limits and stated processing times.
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When the casino's own pages are not reachable for us, use only facts that appear in at least two or three independent sources from the last 12 months, take the more cautious figure when they disagree, and mark them in the text.
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Write the review, list every source at the end and record the date the facts were checked.
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Re-check offers when we update a review. The date at the end of each review shows the last check.
What we do not do
We do not run real-money tests at every casino, and we do not claim to have timed withdrawals or played through a bonus ourselves. When a review describes how fast payouts are or how a bonus works, it repeats what the casino states in its terms, or what several independent sources report, and the source list at the end of the review shows which. Offers change often, so always check the casino's current terms before you deposit.
What goes into our score
Licence and operator
Who runs the casino, which licence it holds and whether the licence details are consistent. Most casinos we list hold offshore licences from Curaçao or Anjouan. That is common for international casinos, but it gives players less protection than a licence from their own country, and we treat a missing or unclear licence as a serious minus.
Bonus fairness
Wagering requirement, maximum bet while wagering, time limits, game weighting, maximum cashout and the minimum deposit needed to qualify. A lower wagering requirement and clear rules score better. Our wagering calculator shows what a requirement means in real money.
Who can play
Many offshore casinos exclude certain countries in their terms. When our main markets are on that list, the review says so near the top, because a great bonus is useless if you cannot open an account.
Payments and withdrawals
Payment methods, limits per transaction, day and month, and the processing times the casino states. We report the times the casino publishes. We do not claim to have timed withdrawals ourselves.
Games and providers
Size of the game library and which studios supply it, as stated by the casino, with links to our pages for providers such as Pragmatic Play, NetEnt or Play'n GO.
Support and responsible gambling tools
Which support channels and languages the casino lists, and which limits, cool-off and self-exclusion options its terms describe.
Site and mobile
How the casino presents its site and app, based on what it publishes and what we can see on its public pages.
Try the numbers yourself with the wagering calculator, or compare current offers on our bonus codes and no wagering bonuses pages.
How to read the ratings
X.X Our Score
A score out of 10 given by our editorial team after weighing the criteria above. It is an editorial judgment based on the published terms, not the result of a formula or of real-money testing.
X.X Players
A few listings also show a player score carried over from the previous version of this site. It is shown separately and does not change our score.
Affiliate links
topfreespins.casino earns a commission when you sign up at a casino through our links. That does not change the facts in a review: country restrictions, high wagering and missing licence details are reported for partner casinos too. More about the site and who writes it is on our about page.