How We Review and Rate Online Casinos

On the English-language version of Casinoplusbonus, our team reviews online casinos for an English-speaking audience.

From Canada across the Atlantic Ocean to the Republic of Ireland. Then it’s a hop, skip, and a jump to the Republic of Ireland. From here, we take a detour southwest to cater for South African casino players. Our journey continues northeast into Asia to cover India before we will traverse the Indian Ocean. This is where we arrive in Oceania, where Aussie and Kiwi online casino enthusiasts can also tune into our casino reviews.

That’s a journey that reaches 1.6 billion people. Therefore, we take the responsibility of providing trustworthy online casino reviews seriously, so you can find the perfect home for your crypto or real-money gambling entertainment.

How do we test online casinos for our reviews?

One of our team or an online casino expert signs up for the casino. Immediately, this gives us an inside look at what the casino’s members are seeing. Becoming a member allows us to measure up the casino and provides us with the criteria to give you accurate information on what the platform has to offer.

Here is the step-by-step analysis process:

• Licensing and Security: We always check that the online casino operates under a reputable licensing authority. This is important for several reasons. A reputable licensing body will ensure casino and games results are fair. All connections to the casino must use HTTPS as a pre-fix to guarantee encrypted connections. Other aspects include KYC and privacy policies are in place. Also, if a casino has licensing with multiple authorities, the platform has been through rigorous checks on more than one occasion.
• Signing Up: Sign up and take notes on how long it takes to register and the processes involved. Mostly this begins with a no deposit bonus if there is one available.
• Navigation: The reviewer navigates the casino’s games sections to find software providers and games available. There is a dedicated section in each review covering games available. On top of this, there is a quick overview table with information about software providers and payment methods. The bonus is also briefly mentioned here.
• User Account: The Casinoplusbonus reviewer continues to navigate the casino by looking at the user account options. It is here he/she will find responsible gambling tools and how easy it is to track your bonus wagering requirements.
• Payment Options: We check the payment options in the casino’s cashier area. This includes fiat currency deposit and withdrawal methods and cryptocurrency.
• Max/Deposits and Withdrawals: The payments section also helps high-rollers and budget players under stand min/max deposits and withdrawals, and where possible we also guide you to the casino’s terms and condition section so you can see it for yourself.
• Currencies: Playing in your domestic currency is important. We state this very clearly in our
• Bonus Search (Part 1): Now we know which payment options we have available, we check for welcome bonus offers.
• Bonus T&Cs: The person reviewing the casino makes notes of the bonus T&Cs. The key here is to look for terms and conditions that seem fair while also making note of T&Cs that are unfair. Under the bonus section of the casino review, you will find  table listing the most important rules beginning with the wagering requirement. As you read on, you will find the percentage of your bets on certain games that contributes to the wagering requirement. Understand these rules will help you avoid making bonus mistakes.
• Deposit and Bonus Tests: The person testing the casino makes a deposit and claims the welcome bonus.
• Regular Bonuses: Our casino review expert will mention regular bonus deals. Plus, for high rollers, you will find insights into the VIP loyalty program.
• Operator Information: We break down the operator’s country and registered address. Further details in this list will tell you when the operator’s company was founded and inform you of any subsidiaries connected to the operator.
• FAQ: The final section of all casino reviews is the frequently asked questions area to reinforce the information covered in the casino review.

How do we create the pros and cons table in the introduction?

As the casino reviewer follows the casino review process, he/she formulates a list of pros and cons. This list is places in the introduction area so you have an immediate overview of the good, bad, and the ugly. If you don’t see a pro you like, or there is a con your don’t like, you save yourself time reading the review and move onto another review.

Who reviews the online casinos? We are all online casino players. We also have connections with other casino players. Every one of us uses the formula above to test the casino.

How do we score online casinos?

You will notice that all Casinoplusbonus online casino reviews have a section showing scores using a 5-star system. In this section, we will explain exactly how this works. Behind the scenes, we use a 0 to 100% percentage rating for each section. Each section begins at 100%, and we subtract 5% to 10% depending on how important a feature is.

How to use our 5-star online casino rating system

In the box containing the 5-star ratings,  We offer a full explanation of why we scored each section in the rating box, so if you see a casino has a low rating for a particular section, read our reasoning because it may not always apply to you.

1. Casino Games: Most online casinos today have a huge portfolio of games. It is rare to deduct many points from this section. Yet, in some circumstances, a casino may lose percentages of its scores that do not apply to you. For example, we could mark the casino down due to a poor selection of progressive jackpot games, but you don’t play jackpots. In this case, you can ignore the downgraded score. We tell you when we mark a casino down and why as you will discover in the section below this one.
2. Security & Licensing: This is a simple rating that assesses the reputation of the licensing authority or culmination of licensing authorities the casino uses.
3. Registration: This takes into account how simple or the complexities of signing up to the casino. It is also based on how fast the registration process is.
4. Customer Service: Many factors are taken into account. Slow customer support results in minus 10%. Likewise, no responsible gambling tools result in minus 10% each. From this analysis, you will have a good feel for how well looked after you will be playing at the casino.
5. Casino Bonus: The casino bonus has many aspects to consider

Overall Score: This score uses a five-star rating system. The system uses the five-star rating for each of the five areas above and averages them out to calculates the overall 5-star rating for the casino.

How do we keep our online casino reviews and ratings honest?

We have provided you with the casino review process, but it is a fair question to ask how we remain unbiased. This is where the final part of our formula comes into action. We strictly follow Google’s How to Write Reviews Guidelines. We believe the tech giant’s guidelines provide a solid blueprint covering how to provide our readers with unbiased casino reviews so we can take you on an honest and informative journey throughout every review.

Some of the key components from the Google product review guidelines that help us create honest casino reviews:

Evaluate from a user’s perspective:

• As mentioned, we use real players with years of experience. For increased accuracy, our team or trusted players sign up to the online casino to experience exactly what you would experience should you decide to become a member of the platform reviewed.

Cover comparable things to consider, or explain which might be best for certain uses or circumstances:

• The one thing we can say with confidence is that the online casino business gives us plenty to compare. Bonuses on the casino being reviewed can be compared with a casino that offers better bonuses at another casino. One point that often comes up is some casinos only offer deposit match deals for online slots. If there is another casino with bonus deals that include table and live casino games, the person reviewing the platform or our editors will provide you with an alternative option.

Discuss the benefits and drawbacks of something, based on your own original research:

• In the introduction of our casino reviews, we offer an extensive list of pros and cons that are immediately visible. You may see too many cons. This saves you time reading on if you don’t like what you see. Conversely, you may see the pros outweigh the cons and decide to read the entire review for a more in-depth look at what the casino offers.

 Explain what sets something apart from its competitors:

This is perhaps our favourite mission when creating a casino review. We love looking for the key components of an online casino that makes it stand out from the rest. It could be that it offers a huge range of progressive jackpots. Maybe there are cashback deals with just 1x wagering. Another trend is welcome bonus deals with 0x wagering requirements.

Focus on the most important decision-making factors:

We realise the online casinos attract a mix bag of players from high rollers to budget players., hence the detailed review provided. High rollers look for high withdrawal limits. Budget players will look for bonuses so they can play for longer. Yet, before these two factors become a decision-making factor, you need to make sure the casino accepts players from you country. You will always find these points covered in every Casinoplusbonus casino review.

Google has eleven product review guidelines, and where applicable we include them in our casino revirews to give you the big picture. It is important we don’t ovesell a casino. We ern affiliate commisions when you sign up, but we also have a reputattion to keep. We give you all the good parts, but we also concenrate on giving you the bad parts too.

FAQ – Frequently asked questions and answers about How We Review and Rate Online Casinos!

Where do we find the right people to review online casinos for accuracy?

The Casinoplusbonus team has years of experience gambling in land-based venues and online casinos. As we are also in the business of online gambling, we have connections with real players who are like-minded individuals who also help with casino reviews.

How does Casinoplusbonus tackle the issue of problem gambling?

Gambling addiction is worrying in our business. That’s why we have a complete guide that covers this topic called ‘Getting Help For Gambling Addiction – Gambling Addiction Test‘. Not only do we offer advice on problem gambling from our many years of experience gambling and helping people avoid developing problem gambling habits, but we also provide links to professional organisations who specialise in offering help for those who have developed problem gambling habits and for those of you who want to take a self-assessment test to make sure you are not in danger of gambling addiction – for example, GamCare is mentioned as well other non-for-profit organisations from across the globe.

Why do we feel we offer some of the best online casino reviews?

We have a team of experts who can quickly spot even the finest of details a casino may or may not offer. On top of this, we follow product review guidelines from Google, which, we have to say, keeps us honest. The guidelines show us how to give those who read our casino reviews both sides of the story. Not every online gambling platform is perfect, and we make sure to point out even the smallest flaws if we can find them.

Is gambling online legal?

A reputable licensing authority will not certify an online gambling entertainment platform that is illegal as per the Casinoplusbonus – How to Check Online Casino Licensing. We stand by this guide because ii helps you avoid casinos out to scam you.