Editorial Policy

Last updated: September 22, 2026

CoinBettors reviews crypto casinos and sportsbooks. This page explains who writes the reviews, how every site is tested and rated, how we make money, and what happens when we get something wrong.

Who Writes and Checks the Reviews?

  • Balazs Pal, co-founder, writes and rates every review. He has bet NBA and MLB seriously for close to a decade, tested more than 100 sportsbooks with his own money, and spent eight years inside iGaming, running sportsbook CRM on the operator side and working on the affiliate side at Raketech.

How Do We Test a Crypto Gambling Site?

  • Real money, start to finish. Every review starts with a real deposit and ends with a real withdrawal. We sign up, deposit, bet, play, contact support and cash out, on desktop and mobile.
  • The full Terms, clause by clause. We read the operator’s general Terms, bonus terms and AML and KYC policy before a rating goes up. That’s where withdrawal caps, KYC triggers, dormancy fees, liability limits and confiscation clauses live, and every review leads with the ones that matter.
  • Our own numbers. We measure sportsbook margins on live markets ourselves and check whether casinos show RTP before you open a game.
  • Licences checked at the source. We check licence numbers against the regulator, not the operator’s footer, and say so when a site has no gambling licence at all.
  • Reputation read properly. We read Trustpilot review by review, including whether the operator replies and whether its rating has been suspended.

How Are Ratings Calculated?

Every site gets a 1 to 5 star rating across five areas: bonuses and promotions, markets and odds (sportsbooks) or game selection (casinos), deposits and withdrawals, security, licensing and Terms, and customer support and reputation.

Bonuses are scored separately on a fixed 0 to 100 formula, so a 550% package and a 10% cashback are judged on the same rules: rollover 40%, eligible games or minimum odds 30%, expiry 15%, minimum deposit 10% and hidden restrictions 5%. The full breakdown is on our bonuses page.

Sites with serious problems in their Terms carry a Not Recommended label, and every row in our toplists shows the site’s biggest weakness next to its Visit button.

How Do We Make Money, and Does It Affect Ratings?

We earn commission when readers sign up with an operator through our affiliate links. That’s how the site is funded. It doesn’t buy a rating, a ranking position or a softer review, and we don’t accept payment for placements.

The September 2026 re-test is the clearest proof. When we re-checked all 34 sites against their current Terms, 22 lost at least half a star, partners included. MyStake and Megapari dropped from 4.5 to 3.5. BetOnline was the only site to move up.

How Do We Keep Reviews Up to Date?

Operators change their Terms without warning, so our ratings change with them. When a bonus, limit or clause changes, we update the review and the rating together, and the “last updated” date on the page tells you when that happened.

We only publish reviews we’re willing to maintain. When an operator shuts down or we stop covering a brand, we take the review down rather than leave outdated information online.

What If We Get Something Wrong?

We check everything, and mistakes still happen. If you spot an error, or an operator has treated you differently from what our review says, email info@coinbettors.net. Balazs reads every report himself. Confirmed errors are corrected promptly, and if a correction changes a rating, the review says so.

Responsible Gambling

We write for adults who gamble for entertainment. Every review covers the responsible gambling tools a site offers, or doesn’t. If gambling has stopped being fun, our responsible gambling page lists free, confidential help.