How We Score: the Transparency Score

Every brand review on this site carries a transparency score from 0 to 10. It measures how much a casino or sportsbook discloses about itself and how strong the evidence behind it is. It is not a safety rating, not a measure of game quality and not a promise of payment. A site can score well here and still be the wrong choice for you.

The score is calculated automatically from the data shown on each review. Nobody can raise it by hand, and affiliate deals have no effect on it.

What earns points

• Company named by the brand (2 points): 2 if the brand’s own footer, terms or licence record names the company that runs it; 1 if only third parties name it; 0 if nobody does.
• Licence number shown (2 points): a licence with a number we could record. A licence that is only “claimed”, with no number, earns nothing.
• Official register link (1 point): the licence can be checked on the regulator’s register or validator page.
• Evidence for the family link (2 points): verified by our editor 2, documented 1.5, reported 1, likely related 0.5. See how we verify ownership.
• Terms we could record (1.5 points): 0.5 each for a published welcome offer, a published list of accepted countries and a stated KYC policy.
• Payout test (1.5 points): 1.5 if the median of our own withdrawal tests is 24 hours or less, 0.75 if slower, 0 until we have tested it.

What loses points

• Regulator warnings (−1 each, up to −3): cease-and-desist letters, fines, blocks or formal warnings from a regulator that name the brand or its domain. Each one is listed with its source on the review.

What the score does not cover

Game selection, odds, bonus value, app quality and customer service are not scored. Reviews describe them only where we have recorded data, and say when we have not.

Scores change automatically when the data changes: a new payout test, a licence found on a register or a new regulator warning updates the score the same day.