How the site is funded
We do not run a paywall, a newsletter gate or a premium tier. CasinoClaude.ink is funded almost entirely 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 by the casino out of its own acquisition budget. Where an operator offers different bonus tiers, the offer available through our link is at least as good as the one you would find by going direct.
Every page on the site that carries affiliate links is marked with a short disclosure at the top and links here for the detail. The individual outbound buttons are also 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: commissions do not, and cannot, influence where an operator appears in our rankings. The commercial rate we agree with each operator is negotiated once, and it is the same rate whether we rank that operator first on a top-ten, tenth, or drop the operator from the list entirely. If a casino slips on our six-check retests, its position falls. If a casino has never paid us anything, but the test data supports a place on the list, it earns the place.
In practice that means a few things. We have declined 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 slip, and we say why. And a placement earned by hands-on testing cannot be bought back later by an operator offering to top up the rate.
Some operators pay us nothing
Not every casino on CasinoClaude.ink is an affiliate partner. Three groups appear on our lists:
- Affiliate partners. Standard commercial arrangement — flat referral fee, no scoring influence. The majority 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 upshot is that "pays us the most" and "sits at the top of the list" are two entirely 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 reviews.
- We will not drop unfavourable coverage in exchange for higher rates.
Spot anything on the site that appears to contradict the above? Email hello@casinoclaude.ink with "Editorial concern" in the subject line. It will be read.