on-chain casinos phenomenon

[YOSHIE]

Also you can suggest to review any casino - We are here to write for the community!

Unfortunately I did not register in On-chain Casinos, PvP Casinos, however, in essence you are an online casino review writer, here there are dozens of casinos where there are various reviews that can be read here with various positive and negative cases.

For this reason, before someone wants to tell you to write a review on a certain casino, maybe you also need to know a series of information about the casino or reviews from the community's experiences here.

You may need to check out some other online casinos, so that you understand how to write positive and negative reviews.
For example:
• 🔻 n1 List of Casinos to Avoid
• Best Bitcoin Casinos - A list made by members

And lots of other additional information that you can get in the gambling section on Bitcointalk, for your concept of making a review, because you came here in 2026, while some of the casinos here and those who make reviews about casinos have been here since 2010,meaning that other people are 16 years ahead of you.

[Hispo]

Last time I checked the gambling subreddit, they were more into normal and centralized casinos and not paying much attention to "decentralized" gambling services. Actually, they have a sticky thread on their sub-reddit warning people not to join crypto casinos at all, as they are generally regarded as scams by many people there.

I don't think he would need to join that community in order to get information about Web3 gambling , there may be more information on the cryptocurrency subreddit. Much more people there who may have experiences with such ecosystem.

I see honestly the inquiry of OP is quite rare as Im also aware that most gambling site are centralized and pretty rare to have a decentralize gamblefi but since I used metamask for metawin site this is an example however its a mixture of centralized and non custodial approach.

Ive also checked on X since Im more active there and didnt see a good one that seems reputable enough to discuss with if theres a legit one Id say below 5 or close to none.

Actually, "decentralized" casinos and bookies started to be really popular some years ago with the fever of NTFs and Web3, some people believed and gamblers were actually interested on using Blockchain technology to run their casino games and also arbitrage their betting markets.
So it is not actually and foreign or weird concept to have with in a normal  conversation.

Though, gamblers eventually keep gambling on centralized casinos and a minority of the market actually deposited on Web3 "decentralized" casinos. As the fever of NFTs died off, so did the Web3 industry. They still exist, but their size cannot be compared to what traditional casinos have achieved...

[Texac]

As suggested by other members, yes start by giving a brief introduction to the types of games users can play. Then categorise the casinos/sites based on those game types. I think many people will be more interested in PvP games, so try to cover as many casino games as you can in this category.
Moreover if you want to generate some extra income, you can reach out to casinos to offer advertising slots on your site. While displaying these advertisements, explicitly mention that the casino is sponsored and is being featured on your site.

Yeah, good categorization can definitely make your site much more convenient to use. If you just publish casino review one after another, user will have to figure out for themselve which ones offer slot, live game, sports betting or PvP. It would be much easier to first choose the category you are interested in and then compare the platform that fit it.

But I nam not sure PvP would necessarily be most popular category. After all online casino audiences are very different, while slot and live casino could attract huge number of player.

In my opinion for review website reputation is even more important in long run. Than additional advertising revenue. If visitor understand what criteria the ranking are based on. And where the advertising is, they will be much more likely to keep coming back to your site.

[Lida93]

I run on of the most reputable and unbiased crypto casino review websites and I wanted to reach out to this community to for topics, mysteries, questions you have in terms of "On-chain Casinos", "GambleFi" and "PvP Casino Games". Also you can suggest to review any casino - We are here to write for the community!

Reputation is a big word yet one of the mostly abused, intentionally and unintentionally. This current era it's obvious that casinos reviewing sites are now financially influenced, where the higher sponsor gets to be in the top list.

I have a question to ask; how do you come about with your reviews that makes them unbiased  and fair. Do you spend time interacting with each of the casino by using their platform and getting a personal experience about the quality of their services ranging from deposit, withdrawal, KYC, customer support etc. How for sure do you gather your informations for an unbiased review?

[Darker45]

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Reputation is a big word yet one of the mostly abused, intentionally and unintentionally. This current era it's obvious that casinos reviewing sites are now financially influenced, where the higher sponsor gets to be in the top list.

Everybody claims to be reputable. Nobody would claim otherwise. That's understandable. As a result, everybody would also question the claim, test it, ask for proofs, and so on, to the point that such claims are deemed suspect until proven otherwise. That's also as fair and understandable.

Anyway, in the first place, review sites or rating sites or guide sites are nothing but affiliate sites. The goal isn't to provide honest reviews, guide potential users, make objective assessments, and whatnot. The goal is to make money.

Other than treating sponsors favorably, commission rates also matter a lot. The more generous a casino is, the better treatment it receives.

[henmark]

I run on of the most reputable and unbiased crypto casino review websites and I wanted to reach out to this community to for topics, mysteries, questions you have in terms of "On-chain Casinos", "GambleFi" and "PvP Casino Games". Also you can suggest to review any casino - We are here to write for the community!

My personal guess is that prediction market is now growing faster than actual casino.

I think so because last year I saw its monthly volume around 5 billion. And this year it has reached almost 50 billion dollar.

I want to know from you, does your review platform plan to cover prediction market as separate categories in addition to PvP casino game and on-chain casino? Or are you still putting them under the casino umbrella?

The categories should obviously be separate, because even though they are all types of gambling, they can't all be categorized as casinos, just like how a sportsbook is basically different than a casino; similarly, a prediction market is also different than a casino. So anyone who creates a reviewing platform or any platform that provides information about casinos and gambling platforms, they should have separate sections for all these, casino, sportsbooks, and prediction markets, or maybe another category for casinos that have built-in sportsbooks.

About the growth in the volume of prediction markets, I think it's mostly because big players are getting involved over time. You must have read that thread about how Trump's management team offered firms or individuals to pay $100k monthly to get early access to things that are going to happen or done by Trump and his administration, because these things are used by prediction markets, and those who have early information can make a lot of money from these markets.

[Betwrong]

I run on of the most reputable and unbiased crypto casino review websites and I wanted to reach out to this community to for topics, mysteries, questions you have in terms of "On-chain Casinos", "GambleFi" and "PvP Casino Games". Also you can suggest to review any casino - We are here to write for the community!

I didn't understand you message, to be honest. But what is a plus, for me at least, is that it wasn't written by AI. These days you could have submitted  any text written on any language to AI and it would return a text in a pretty good English, but you didn't do that and for that I'm thankful.

If you are asking for topics, I'd suggest to investigate, how many crypto casinos are there that are lying about their games being provably fair. I mean, it would be interesting to know the percentage.

[Iranus]

My personal guess is that prediction market is now growing faster than actual casino.
I think so because last year I saw its monthly volume around 5 billion. And this year it has reached almost 50 billion dollar.

You mentioned $5B to $50B growth, but it's not like the user base or profitability has increased in same proportion when you look at big number. It hasn't even come close to casino yet.

The categories should obviously be separate, because even though they are all types of gambling, they can't all be categorized as casinos, just like how a sportsbook is basically different than a casino; similarly, a prediction market is also different than a casino. So anyone who creates a reviewing platform or any platform that provides information about casinos and gambling platforms, they should have separate sections for all these, casino, sportsbooks, and prediction markets, or maybe another category for casinos that have built-in sportsbooks.
About the growth in the volume of prediction markets, I think it's mostly because big players are getting involved over time. You must have read that thread about how Trump's management team offered firms or individuals to pay $100k monthly to get early access to things that are going to happen or done by Trump and his administration, because these things are used by prediction markets, and those who have early information can make a lot of money from these markets.

And it's not right to say that the reason for growth of prediction market is just big players getting involved. There are actually many other factor here such as Liquidity, election or event cycle, crypto native user, easier access and popularity of information market, all of which are why its growth is very good in some sector.

As most casino now offer both sportsbook and casino at same time, maybe in future they will integrate prediction market as well. Then maybe there will be no need for separate category.

[Alex077]

This current era it's obvious that casinos reviewing sites are now financially influenced, where the higher sponsor gets to be in the top list.

If there is an affiliate model then the review is automatically dishonest, this is also not right. You have to see how they are disclosing conflict of interest and how they are creating their ranking. Some review sites give same visibility to negative cases as positive experiences.

Anyway, in the first place, review sites or rating sites or guide sites are nothing but affiliate sites. The goal isn't to provide honest reviews, guide potential users, make objective assessments, and whatnot. The goal is to make money.

A site can be useful even if it has affiliate model. For this, they must follow transparent methodology. For example no casino ranking can be changed due to commission rate. Sponsored placement must be clearly marked and there must be objective criteria in review. Personally, when I read casino review, I don't decide by looking at who the review site said was the best.. Rather, I look more at how they scored.

So yeah, there can be money making motive. But transparency is what let us judge whether that motive is corrupting the review or not.

[Bryan jessy]

To get a reputable casino you will need to carry out the research by yourself because there are lots of casinos out there operating differently, some which are still reputable but it image has been tarnished by some negligence gamblers who does not pay attention to details nor read casinos terms and policies till they want to withdraw their money but faces a reality they bypassed before because of ignoring policies, you know if any gambler faces issues like this they will blame it on the casino for being inauthentic and fails to admit that the warning signs where clearly stated but they never cared to read it, people like this will not give you a good review of such casino regardless of the geniuses of that casino, so it will be best you do your research too before you buying others reviews.

[savetheFORUM]

To get a reputable casino you will need to carry out the research by yourself because there are lots of casinos out there operating differently, some which are still reputable but it image has been tarnished by some negligence gamblers who does not pay attention to details nor read casinos terms and policies till they want to withdraw their money but faces a reality they bypassed before because of ignoring policies, you know if any gambler faces issues like this they will blame it on the casino for being inauthentic and fails to admit that the warning signs where clearly stated but they never cared to read it, people like this will not give you a good review of such casino regardless of the geniuses of that casino, so it will be best you do your research too before you buying others reviews.

Also, we need to remember that what is a good website might be a bad one for you, and what is bad for me could be good for you. I mean, what if I gambled at a very well-known place, and I faced some issues? For me, that place is a terrible place and a scam website, but for you, who played there for years and never faced any issues, that place is great and trusted.

This is why, if you are going to be a reviewer, then you can't really rely on what other people say; you need to get the aggregate. Which is also why I prefer a website that has an open comments section, so everyone can vote out of 5 stars and write a comment about any casino on that website, and not just some random dude writing about it like he is the all-knowing person when it comes to casinos.

[Yorubek]

To get a reputable casino you will need to carry out the research by yourself because there are lots of casinos out there operating differently, some which are still reputable but it image has been tarnished by some negligence gamblers who does not pay attention to details nor read casinos terms and policies till they want to withdraw their money but faces a reality they bypassed before because of ignoring policies, you know if any gambler faces issues like this they will blame it on the casino for being inauthentic and fails to admit that the warning signs where clearly stated but they never cared to read it, people like this will not give you a good review of such casino regardless of the geniuses of that casino, so it will be best you do your research too before you buying others reviews.

I believe that if we want to get accurate information about a reliable or reputable casino, we need to do research, it is not possible to gather accurate information about a casino based on the words of others alone. I think it is very important that we must observe something about the casino before completing KYC. It is very important to research whether the casino has a license and whether the casino is new or has been operating with discipline for a long time and whether there is any hassle or additional information to be provided for withdraw money. When we verify various information about a casino, we will be able to understand how reliable the casino.

[Cristian Westinghouse777]

I run on of the most reputable and unbiased crypto casino review websites

Since you invited for topic, mysteries and questions from our community then I will ask a negligibly tough question. Please, dont take it too much personally. You said your review platform is  unbiased and reputable, right? but how do you actually establish that a crypto casino review is unbiased? How does your methodology prevent conflict of interest when it comes to giving a casino 9/10 or recommended, particularly if there's an affiliate commission?

Thank you for the question, I love that you are straightforward. In my humble view, unbiased is when you write without being influenced to write "good things" about a casino, and that's what we do, you don't see any unreputable casino on our website, we highlight every problems and most importantly in my opinion who is this product for. On the flipside, I understand your take, I've been in this industry for a long while and positions are paid, reviews are manipulated and any scam casino is welcomed as long as they have the money to be listed - this will never be our policy! We won't take incentives to put someone on 1st position, we don't accept any random casino to be mentioned on our website, although we might write an article exposing them pro bono . Authenticity and value is much more important then a short term monetary reword, yet the industry is rotten to the core and the priorities are upside down.

All the reviews and tests are done by our team, we write basted on our experience and point of view, but the reason we are in this forum is to get a different side of things and understand where we can bring value with our knowledge.

Also you can suggest to review any casino - We are here to write for the community!

Unfortunately I did not register in On-chain Casinos, PvP Casinos, however, in essence you are an online casino review writer, here there are dozens of casinos where there are various reviews that can be read here with various positive and negative cases.

For this reason, before someone wants to tell you to write a review on a certain casino, maybe you also need to know a series of information about the casino or reviews from the community's experiences here.

You may need to check out some other online casinos, so that you understand how to write positive and negative reviews.
For example:
• 🔻 n1 List of Casinos to Avoid
• Best Bitcoin Casinos - A list made by members

And lots of other additional information that you can get in the gambling section on Bitcointalk, for your concept of making a review, because you came here in 2026, while some of the casinos here and those who make reviews about casinos have been here since 2010,meaning that other people are 16 years ahead of you.

Well, if those reviews where written by the community they wouldn't have an affiliate link Also, the links and reviews you shared are centered around withdrawals and scams, witch is a viable criteria, probably the first one you need to check, but not the only one for certain. You said you are not familiar with the concept of on-chain and on-chain pvp - well there are no way the casino can scam you, because they don't hold any money They use smart contracts and they don't hold your money, the blockchain holds it until the round is validated, preaty cool if your only criteria to chose a casino is not to get scammed

As suggested by other members, yes start by giving a brief introduction to the types of games users can play. Then categorise the casinos/sites based on those game types. I think many people will be more interested in PvP games, so try to cover as many casino games as you can in this category.
Moreover if you want to generate some extra income, you can reach out to casinos to offer advertising slots on your site. While displaying these advertisements, explicitly mention that the casino is sponsored and is being featured on your site.

Yeah, good categorization can definitely make your site much more convenient to use. If you just publish casino review one after another, user will have to figure out for themselve which ones offer slot, live game, sports betting or PvP. It would be much easier to first choose the category you are interested in and then compare the platform that fit it.

But I nam not sure PvP would necessarily be most popular category. After all online casino audiences are very different, while slot and live casino could attract huge number of player.

In my opinion for review website reputation is even more important in long run. Than additional advertising revenue. If visitor understand what criteria the ranking are based on. And where the advertising is, they will be much more likely to keep coming back to your site.

Thanks for reply, certainly our main priority at "Crypto Casino Insiders" is trust, being able resonate with the audience and offer digestable information they need to be able to make an informed choice, that's why we will never take fees to rank someone on 1st or whatever position in the ranking. PvP is certainly not the most popular category, it is more niche, but the concept that you can play against other player, no need to deposit your bet in a shady platform that is covered by T&C and have your funds blocked on-chain until the round is settled and funds distributed to the winner through a smart contract is very cool concept, especially in an industry where there is so much lack of trust

To get a reputable casino you will need to carry out the research by yourself because there are lots of casinos out there operating differently, some which are still reputable but it image has been tarnished by some negligence gamblers who does not pay attention to details nor read casinos terms and policies till they want to withdraw their money but faces a reality they bypassed before because of ignoring policies, you know if any gambler faces issues like this they will blame it on the casino for being inauthentic and fails to admit that the warning signs where clearly stated but they never cared to read it, people like this will not give you a good review of such casino regardless of the geniuses of that casino, so it will be best you do your research too before you buying others reviews.

Also, we need to remember that what is a good website might be a bad one for you, and what is bad for me could be good for you. I mean, what if I gambled at a very well-known place, and I faced some issues? For me, that place is a terrible place and a scam website, but for you, who played there for years and never faced any issues, that place is great and trusted.

This is why, if you are going to be a reviewer, then you can't really rely on what other people say; you need to get the aggregate. Which is also why I prefer a website that has an open comments section, so everyone can vote out of 5 stars and write a comment about any casino on that website, and not just some random dude writing about it like he is the all-knowing person when it comes to casinos.

That is a great perspective, truly, this is true not just for scam or not scam, at some point it is so easy to spot those scam casinos when you in this industry for years, but beyond that there are different types of players, some are high-rollers, some enjoy gamification, some have a limit and play for fun high volatility slots - there are so many angles, that why we have a section that suggest what type of player is more suitable for that casino.

On open comment I agree, we need it, not just for review, but for articles news and educational content - feedback is needed and we have to make the community to shape the direction where we're going. But for now I'm trying to figure it out the best way to enable it, if we dont have any for of autentificaton, the casino with more bots will be the most legit , then if we put an autentification there is gdpr, client friction to share their details etc. So, we're thinking about the best way to add it in the shortest period, maybe we do it with web3 wallet or some kind of integration with X...

I run on of the most reputable and unbiased crypto casino review websites and I wanted to reach out to this community to for topics, mysteries, questions you have in terms of "On-chain Casinos", "GambleFi" and "PvP Casino Games". Also you can suggest to review any casino - We are here to write for the community!

Reputation is a big word yet one of the mostly abused, intentionally and unintentionally. This current era it's obvious that casinos reviewing sites are now financially influenced, where the higher sponsor gets to be in the top list.

I have a question to ask; how do you come about with your reviews that makes them unbiased  and fair. Do you spend time interacting with each of the casino by using their platform and getting a personal experience about the quality of their services ranging from deposit, withdrawal, KYC, customer support etc. How for sure do you gather your informations for an unbiased review?

Yes, it is an abused word, but eventually time exposes the extent in witch what was said was true. You can check us out: https://cryptocasinoinsiders.com/.
Going back to our criteria of fairness, sadly   all of our team members are gamblers, sometimes we play together for fun, sometimes by ourselves, so, the review comes naturally, we don't review with pen and paper, although there are couple criterias we want to tell our readers for each review, things like: KYC/Non-KYC, Web3 features, countries where users can play from and where it is banned (note that in some countries the website can be available but they only have 2-3 shity game providers available). Because we are gamblers, we've been in the player's shoes and won't accept to work with any shady casino for any amount of money, also, we don't take listing fees to put someone on top like almost everyone is doing + 2 of our colleagues had an addiction, witch they successfully tempered, reason why we work with a psychologist to share useful thing in our articles. Try to read one and I'm sure you'll find at least one useful idea or fun fact you didn't know, and if you have the time read some top review website in the niche as well - full commitment to seo, 0 to the reader, it literally has 0 coherence what they write. So, to your initial statemnet we don't have even one tenth of our competitors budget, so our only hope for success is reputation.

[Nwada001]

You're right, things are not the same way they used to be in the past, and this is why so many gamblers today find it more difficult to trust on the new platforms coming up, because this is what most gamblers want, in a situation whereby they could find reliability with the use of a particular gambling platform they have decided to use, I know that they will get opposite impression from what they so online about any casino .

With the type of experience some gamblers have witnessed in this industry, I don’t blame them for having trust issues with new casinos even if money that is to be spent is already budgeted as something that might not come back; the player still needs to ask the question, "What if I win? Can I be able to access my funds? Will the casino rules be against me unfairly?" New casinos coming up now need to do a lot more than what they used to do before because it’s not easy to buy players' trust into a brand with a new name.

[tread93]

I run on of the most reputable and unbiased crypto casino review websites and I wanted to reach out to this community to for topics, mysteries, questions you have in terms of "On-chain Casinos", "GambleFi" and "PvP Casino Games". Also you can suggest to review any casino - We are here to write for the community!

I just checked your website the "cryptocasinoinsider" and I most confess that it actually has a nice and unique interface, and I sew some reviews about most of the reputable casinos we have got on this forum, and since you are already familiar with the gambling board, I would have suggest why not you use th search button to do an intensive research about questions people might have previously asked about "GameFi" and "PvP Casino Games" on this board, because I'm pretty sure people might have asked something similar in the past, while you wait for people's suggestions to review casinos. Secondly, we have lots of crypto casinos on this forum, so why not starts reviewing its services one after the other, and share your honest opinion on your site.

I really like these suggestions and I hope that OP takes them into consideration as they will not only save him time on the waiting but it would allow him to review this extensive forum and see what people have already said like you mentioned. I still am curious though how to states that he is unbiased and am still scrolling for that answer but I am sure OP has a good reply pending if he has not already shed some light on that.

[Hispo]

To get a reputable casino you will need to carry out the research by yourself because there are lots of casinos out there operating differently, some which are still reputable but it image has been tarnished by some negligence gamblers who does not pay attention to details nor read casinos terms and policies till they want to withdraw their money but faces a reality they bypassed before because of ignoring policies, you know if any gambler faces issues like this they will blame it on the casino for being inauthentic and fails to admit that the warning signs where clearly stated but they never cared to read it, people like this will not give you a good review of such casino regardless of the geniuses of that casino, so it will be best you do your research too before you buying others reviews.

Actually, that is a phenomenon which happens very often on all kind of business, not only within the gambling ecosystem: people are statistically more likely to leave a review when they are having a negative experience with a product or service. When they have a good experience, then don't immediately jump onto review websites in order to give their opinion.

That is why one needs to be aware on how reviews can be extremely biased towards being negative, even if the service is rather neutral or even good enough.

That does not mean scams do not exist and they don't get negative reviews, but actual good services get negative ratings as well.

[Cristian Westinghouse777]

I run on of the most reputable and unbiased crypto casino review websites and I wanted to reach out to this community to for topics, mysteries, questions you have in terms of "On-chain Casinos", "GambleFi" and "PvP Casino Games". Also you can suggest to review any casino - We are here to write for the community!

I just checked your website the "cryptocasinoinsider" and I most confess that it actually has a nice and unique interface, and I sew some reviews about most of the reputable casinos we have got on this forum, and since you are already familiar with the gambling board, I would have suggest why not you use th search button to do an intensive research about questions people might have previously asked about "GameFi" and "PvP Casino Games" on this board, because I'm pretty sure people might have asked something similar in the past, while you wait for people's suggestions to review casinos. Secondly, we have lots of crypto casinos on this forum, so why not starts reviewing its services one after the other, and share your honest opinion on your site.

Thank you for kind words, we will have more casinos reviewed, although important to mention that if a casino is not trusted, we wont post about them to do any kind of publicity, the ones we have are the ones we trust so far. Also, it is not just reviews for us, we also want to add value and share knowledge with our articles

I have been unable to understand the meaning of the on-chain because all the ones that I have seen before that are not usual crypto casinos are using webconnect or the casino connect directly to the self-hosted wallet of the gamblers but after deposit has been made, it is nothing more than the other crypto casinos. Some of the casinos also accept deposit just like other casinos and some even accept fiat deposit.

Yes, I think this is where the most confusion about the term on-chain casino comes from.

To me, the meaningful test of being on-chain is, where the bet is being executed & outcome is being determined? where the randomness is coming from? who is authorizing the payout? who is in control of the player’s deposited funds?

If smart contract accepts bet, enforces the outcome of the bet, and allows to withdraw without anyone's permission, I mean casino employee's permission then it is true that the blockchain is changing the trust model. However, there are some hybrid versions of these models where some of the casino's operations occur off chain, and the team retains admin/upgrade or oracle control. That is precisely the Web2.5 problem that I was referring to.

Thank you for your comment, and this is exactly why a review website like "CryptoCasinoInsiders" exists, to help the people understand the differences. On-Chain casino is a casino that doesnt have a wallet where he holds the money of the player - you dont have to deposit! Steps are the following: You connect the wallet - enter the game and place a bet - the bet amount is taken from you wallet and held by the blockchain - round is validated - you get the winnings straight to your wallet.
Note - there are hundreds of casinos claiming they are; "crypto casino", "web3 casino" or "on-chain casino" - and the truth is they would say anything to get you to sign up... just us with bonuses, who would read 10 pages of T&C? And that is how we try to bring in some transparency in the industry.

I run on of the most reputable and unbiased crypto casino review websites and I wanted to reach out to this community to for topics, mysteries, questions you have in terms of "On-chain Casinos", "GambleFi" and "PvP Casino Games". Also you can suggest to review any casino - We are here to write for the community!

I didn't understand you message, to be honest. But what is a plus, for me at least, is that it wasn't written by AI. These days you could have submitted  any text written on any language to AI and it would return a text in a pretty good English, but you didn't do that and for that I'm thankful.

If you are asking for topics, I'd suggest to investigate, how many crypto casinos are there that are lying about their games being provably fair. I mean, it would be interesting to know the percentage.

Haha yes, I have the same frustration sometimes  
It is a nice question, we wrote an entire article breaking it down - https://cryptocasinoinsiders.com/post/provably-fair-explained, maybe I will write a newer one on same subject soon. Here is my personal frustration with "provably fair", crypto community is a smart community, yet this term alone is manipulating so many people. A regular slot when is getting the certification is getting the RTP teste per a specific amount of rounds (it is in millions), a provably fair one, proves only the hash of the round that it was done properly, yet if the creator of the game manipulates the amount of rounds in witch he is achieving that rtp of 99%, then mathematically he can put any RTP he wants, because he doesnt play by the rulebook of how the RTP of a regular slot is tested.

[Moreno233]

This current era it's obvious that casinos reviewing sites are now financially influenced, where the higher sponsor gets to be in the top list.

If there is an affiliate model then the review is automatically dishonest, this is also not right. You have to see how they are disclosing conflict of interest and how they are creating their ranking. Some review sites give same visibility to negative cases as positive experiences.

Yes despite the financial benefits attached to affiliate marketing,  there are still review sites that genuinely that give their information without sugar-coating it. They try their best to remain neutral in their review anouncememt to avoid being tagged as scam alongside the casino they reviewed. I don't want to mention names but we all know some review sites we swallow their information without thinking twice.

[alastantiger]

Yeah, these days there is no way that people could be basically doing on-chain all that much; most of the casinos are already off-chain because that is how most of the money is made, and there is no reason to pay a transaction fee for each bet, because on-chain means you have to.

I can not remember the last time I saw an onchain casino as all I see becoming  popular are offchain casino and why they are becoming popular is the same reason why centralized exchanges are becoming more popular too than the onchain ones as people want to enjoy the things they are doing without having to wait for a transaction to be approved each time they want to bet. Onchain casino are losing the market share and if they want to gain it back then they have to advertise their games well and also work on their user interface as those are some of the things that is making offchain casino more popular. There has to be more entertaining games being developed and not boring games as gamblers checking out the casinos also want to have fun too as they try to make some money.

[Darker45]

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A site can be useful even if it has affiliate model. For this, they must follow transparent methodology. For example no casino ranking can be changed due to commission rate. Sponsored placement must be clearly marked and there must be objective criteria in review. Personally, when I read casino review, I don't decide by looking at who the review site said was the best.. Rather, I look more at how they scored.

So yeah, there can be money making motive. But transparency is what let us judge whether that motive is corrupting the review or not.

Some things will remain concealed. A review site can't simply divulge to the public how much was offered by a casino to be placed at a higher rank. Neither will it be transparent of the revenue share increase offered by another for them to heavily focus their review on what's positive.

Will any review site be transparent of the various CPA rates offered to them by different casinos? Will the most generous be placed at the bottom? I don't think so, but we wouldn't know because they won't be transparent of the real figures.

For me, honest reviews of actual users matter more.