How the site is funded
There is no paywall, no newsletter gate and no premium tier here. CasinoClaude.work is funded, almost in full, by affiliate commissions. When a reader signs up with a casino through an outbound link on this site and starts playing, the operator may pay us a referral fee. Nothing is added to the reader's deposit, wager or withdrawal; the fee is paid out of the casino's own acquisition budget. Where an operator offers different bonus tiers, the offer you claim through our link is at least as generous as the one you would find by going direct.
Every page on the site that carries affiliate links is topped with a short disclosure that points back here for the detail. The outbound buttons themselves are tagged in a way that most modern browsers recognise, which is standard practice for search-engine and consumer-protection guidelines.
Rankings are never for sale
Being direct about this because it is the whole point of the exercise: commissions do not, and cannot, sway where an operator lands in our rankings. The commercial rate we agree with each operator is negotiated once, and it is exactly the same whether we rank them first in a top-ten, tenth, or take them off the list altogether. If a casino slips on our six-check retests, its position falls. If a casino has never paid us a penny but the test data supports a placement, it gets that placement.
In real terms, that means a few things. We have turned down the highest commission offers in several markets because the test data did not support a listing. We drop operators the moment payouts, terms or support start to slide, and we say why. And a placement that has been earned by hands-on testing cannot be bought back by an operator offering to top up the rate.
Some operators pay us nothing
Not every casino on CasinoClaude.work is an affiliate partner. Three groups sit on our lists:
- Affiliate partners. Standard commercial arrangement, flat referral fee, no scoring influence. The bulk of the list.
- House programmes we have not joined. Some operators run in-house affiliate schemes rather than a network. Where we have not signed up, we still list the operator if it earns the placement.
- Networks we do not work with. A small number of networks have terms we are not comfortable with; operators tied exclusively to those networks pay us nothing and are still eligible on merit.
The takeaway is that "pays us the most" and "sits at the top of the list" are two completely separate columns in the internal spreadsheet, and one does not read the other.
What we will and will not do for money
- We will accept a flat, disclosed affiliate commission on outbound signups.
- We will not accept payment for a ranking position, a higher score or a softer verdict.
- We will not run undisclosed sponsored posts or advertorial dressed up as editorial reviews.
- We will not drop unfavourable coverage in exchange for a higher rate.
Spotted something on the site that seems to contradict the above? Email [email protected] with "Editorial concern" in the subject line. It will be read.