Where the grades come from
Each review round follows the same routine. We open the operator's current welcome offer and read its full terms — not the summary banner, the actual clauses. We check the promotions page for what regulars get. We count the live-dealer tables and note who supplies them. Then we use the site on a phone the way an ordinary player would: sign-in, search, open a game, find the terms again.
Notes from that session are scored against the five criteria below, and the letter grades follow fixed definitions, not mood. Two reviewers disagreeing has to be resolved by pointing at a clause, which keeps the arguments short.
The five criteria
1 How the welcome offer is built
The shape of the deal: how many steps between signing up and holding whatever was promised, and how many of those steps carry conditions.
AOne action, one outcome. "Stake ВЈ10, receive spins" with no hidden qualifying tiers.
DMulti-tier structures where the advertised total assumes deposits most players will never make.
2 What the wagering small print asks
The cost of the bonus in stakes and patience: the playthrough multiplier, game weighting, time limits, and caps on convertible winnings.
ATerms that fit on a screen, state the multiplier plainly and cap nothing quietly.
DBoilerplate with a winnings cap buried mid-paragraph, or terms that contradict the banner.
3 Life after the welcome deal
What the site offers once you're just a customer: reloads, prize drops, seasonal promotions — and whether their terms hold to the same standard as the welcome.
AA promotions calendar that stays busy all year with fairly-termed offers.
DA promotions page that has been "coming soon" since the welcome offer ended.
4 Games and the live floor
Catalogue depth, the studios supplying it, and whether live dealer is a real room with real choice or three tables and a screensaver.
ADeep shelf, first-tier studios, a live floor with range across blackjack, roulette and game shows.
DA thin, templated lobby indistinguishable from its sister sites.
5 Mobile and everyday use
The route from opening the site to playing a game, on a phone, repeatedly. App quality where an app exists; mobile web quality where it doesn't.
AFast, stable, and the terms are as easy to find on a phone as the deposit button.
DA desktop site squeezed onto a small screen, with interactive furniture blocking the game.
What the letters mean
What we deliberately leave out
We don't review payment methods, deposits, withdrawals or payout speeds. This is a reviews and comparison site, not a payments guide, and money handling is between you and the licensed operator. We also ignore aggregate "user review" scores from around the web: we can't verify who wrote them, so they don't touch the grades.
Independence, and who pays us
Operators pay commission when a visitor opens an account through our links. That's the whole business model, and it creates an obvious tension we handle the boring way: the checklist is fixed before any review starts, grades are never shared with operators in advance, and there is no rate card by which a better grade can be bought. A site that graded generously would also be useless, which is commercially worse. The full detail is in our affiliate disclosure.
