Our first-party testing standard: real deposits, timed withdrawals, licence checks against public registers, evidence retention and published test dates.
Current verification cycle: ยท Next scheduled re-test: December 2026
A reviewer registers a personal account on the operator's live site, completes KYC and deposits their own funds. We never test on an operator-supplied account, and we never accept a pre-verified or comped account.
Where a welcome offer exists we opt in and play it through under the terms as published on the day of testing. We record the wagering multiple, game weighting, max bet, expiry and any max-conversion cap, and screenshot the terms page as they appeared.
We request a withdrawal and start the clock at submission, not at approval. The recorded figure is the time from request to funds landing in the receiving account, per method (debit card, PayPal, Skrill, ACH, bank transfer). We repeat on at least two separate withdrawals before publishing a payout claim.
Every licence number is checked against the primary register: the UKGC public register for UK brands, and the NJ DGE, PA PGCB, MI MGCB or WV Lottery listings for US brands. Operator 'about' pages are never treated as the source for a licence claim.
We set a deposit limit, trigger a reality check, request a cool-off and confirm the self-exclusion path (GAMSTOP in the UK; the relevant state programme in the US), recording how long each control takes to take effect.
Findings are scored against the same 87-point rubric for every brand, signed by a named reviewer, and stamped with the test date shown on the page. Nothing publishes without a named author and a date.
A claim only appears on a review if it is supported by one of the following. Where we could not verify something first-hand, the page says so instead of estimating.
| Evidence type | Standard |
|---|---|
| Deposit and withdrawal receipts | Retained for 24 months, timestamped, tied to the reviewer's account. |
| Terms-page captures | Full-page capture of the offer terms as they read on the test date. |
| Lobby and payout screenshots | Used to support game-count ranges and cashier method lists. |
| Regulator register records | Licence number, licensee entity and status captured from the public register. |
| Support transcripts | Live-chat and email transcripts supporting response-time claims. |
The "Last verified" stamp beside each ranked table and review is the date of the most recent completed check, not the date the page was last touched.
Corrections: email corrections@gamblingchiefs.com. Gambling Chiefs publishes material corrections on the affected page with the date of the change.