The Testing Process
- License verification Before creating an account, we verify the casino's license number directly against the regulator's public register — UKGC, MGA, Gibraltar or Curacao. Casinos with unverifiable or expired licenses are rejected at this stage and never reviewed.
- Registration & KYC We register a real account and note what identity verification is demanded and when — at signup, at deposit, or at withdrawal. Surprise verification at cash-out time is a recurring industry trick, and we flag it.
- Real-money deposit We deposit our own funds using the methods players in our core markets actually use — cards, PayPal, Trustly, Interac or crypto — and record crediting time and any fees.
- Structured play session We play across the library: popular slots, table games, live dealer tables and any originals. We're testing load times, stake ranges, RTP-version transparency and stream stability, on desktop and phone.
- Support contact We contact live chat at least twice — once during business hours, once late at night — with specific questions (verification documents, bonus terms, withdrawal limits) and score the speed and accuracy of the answers.
- Timed withdrawal We withdraw winnings (or remaining balance) and time every stage: request to approval, approval to money received. The times printed in our reviews are these measurements, not the casino's advertised claims.
- Terms deep-read We read the full bonus and general terms — wagering bases, game weightings, max-bet rules, win caps, dormancy fees and withdrawal limits — and surface anything a player would want to know before depositing.
The Six Scored Categories
| Category | Weight | What We Measure |
|---|---|---|
| Safety & Licensing | 25% | Regulator strength, ownership history, game certification, dispute record |
| Game Selection | 15% | Library depth, provider quality, live studio coverage, table limits |
| Bonus Fairness | 15% | Wagering terms, time windows, win caps, clarity of rules |
| Payout Speed | 20% | Our measured withdrawal times, fees, limits, verification friction |
| Mobile Experience | 15% | App/browser performance, live streaming on cellular, UX |
| Customer Support | 10% | Availability, response time, answer accuracy |
What the Scores Mean
- 9.0–10: We would happily play here with our own money — and did.
- 8.0–8.9: A solid casino with specific trade-offs, spelled out in the review.
- Below 8.0: Not published. We don't list casinos we wouldn't use ourselves — there is no "bad casino" section to monetise.
Quarterly Re-Checks
Casinos change — bonuses are reworked, payout processors switch, support quality drifts. Every review is re-verified quarterly: we re-check the license, re-read the current bonus terms and, at least twice a year, run a fresh timed withdrawal. The "last updated" date on each review is the date of the most recent verification, not a cosmetic refresh.
Independence & How We're Funded
The affiliate disclosure, in plain words
AllCasinos365 earns a commission when readers join casinos through our links. That commission never changes a score: ratings are locked by the category framework above before commercial terms are ever discussed, casinos cannot pay to be listed or to improve a rating, and every review keeps its cons list and its "look elsewhere if" section regardless of partnership status. If a casino fails our checks, it doesn't appear — at any commission rate.
Market Focus
We test from the perspective of players in Canada, the United Kingdom, Finland and the wider EU — which shapes what we check: UKGC protections for UK readers, Interac support for Canada, Trustly and Pay N Play flows for Finland and the Nordics, and EU-wide licensing and payment coverage. Where availability differs by country, the review says so.
Who Does the Testing
Reviews are written by the named author on each page — see our authors — and every author personally performs the tests in the review they sign. Questions about the method? Contact us.