How the links work
Every button that sends you to a casino ("Play", "Visit casino", "Obtenir le bonus" on the French pages) goes through an address on our site that starts with /go/, followed by the casino's name. From there you are redirected to the casino.
If you open an account, and in most cases if you deposit, the casino may pay us a commission. Depending on the agreement, that can be a one-off fee per new player or a share of what the casino earns from the players we send.
In the page code, these links carry rel="sponsored nofollow". That's the standard way to tell search engines a link is commercial. We'd rather tell you too.
Not every link on the site is an affiliate link. Links to regulators, courts, the CRA and help lines are plain links and earn nothing. Neither do links between our own pages. If an address doesn't start with /go/, nobody is paying us for your click.
What it means for you
You don't pay more. The bonus, the wagering and the limits are the casino's, the same ones anyone sees by going there directly.
A commission arrangement where we earn a share of what a casino makes from players can create an uncomfortable incentive, and we know it. Our answer is the scoring method below, plus a simple rule: we never tell you that gambling is a way to make money. It isn't.
Commissions don't set scores
Scores come from the published weights on how we rate: licence and safety, Québec access, French support, payments, payout speed, bonus fairness, games, mobile and support. The commission rate isn't one of them.
Casinos without an affiliate deal can be reviewed. Casinos with one can score badly, and some do. We have also written status pages for brands that closed or changed hands, which earn nothing at all.
No casino pays for a review, a position in a list or a change of wording. If an operator asks, the answer is no.
Where a list is sorted, it is sorted by score, and the score comes with the reasons behind it. Where the facts are thin (the casino didn't publish its payout times, say), the review says "check on site" and the score reflects the gap. A commission can't fill that gap for us.
Ontario and Alberta
Ontario and Alberta run regulated markets. For readers in those provinces, we list only registered brands, show no bonus amounts and make no promotional offers, in line with the AGCO's rule against advertising inducements (Standard 2.05) and the equivalent approach in Alberta. Links to those brands may still be affiliate links.
Other money
There isn't any. No sponsored articles, no display ads, no paid newsletters. If that ever changes, this page will say so first.
Some old 2023 pages mentioned welcome offers that have long expired; the current reviews replace them. For the rest of the rules, see the terms of use and the disclaimer. If an offer looks too good to be true, read the terms twice, ideally not in the Tim Hortons line where everyone skims.
Gambling should stay entertainment. Help in Québec: 1 800 461-0140. Elsewhere: responsible gambling.