Affiliate Disclosure
This site is funded through affiliate partnerships, including the partnership with Stake Casino. The page below explains how that works, what the model costs you as a reader, and the rules that prevent the funding side from spilling into editorial work. The wider context is on the About page, and the flagship operator review is the Stake Casino homepage.
1. How this site is paid
When a reader clicks an affiliate link and creates an account on Stake, the site may earn a commission. That commission is paid by Stake from its own marketing budget, not by the player. It does not raise any cost on the operator's platform, change the deposit minimum, or shave anything off your welcome bonus. Two structures are common: a fixed CPA (cost-per-acquisition) paid once a qualifying account is created, and a revenue-share arrangement under which a small percentage of net gaming revenue from that account is returned over time. The only practical effect is that Stake sees, at the moment an account is opened, that the click originated on this site.
2. What it costs you
Nothing at all. Affiliate links carry the same cost as direct links — zero. The Stake promotions (lifetime rakeback on every wagered bet, the recurring weekly raffle, daily races and the tiered VIP Club, in place of a classic deposit match) are identical whether you arrive through an affiliate link, a search ad, or by typing the brand's domain directly. The rakeback rate by VIP tier, the crypto and CAD cashier, any code-based bonus wagering and the rotating promo set all stay the same. Withdrawal speeds via crypto and Interac e-Transfer, and the KYC requirements, are unchanged.
3. Why this is allowed to be neutral
The honest answer is reputation arithmetic. A casino review site survives by being right about which operators are worth registering on. Inflate scores to flatter Stake or any other partner, and within a few months the audience driving traffic (and commissions) shifts to a competitor. The long-term commercial interest of an affiliate site lines up with its editorial interest. The same checklist applies identically to every operator, partner or not. We have rated partner operators at six and below, and operators with no commercial relationship at eight and above.
4. What "not influencing the review" means in practice
Three concrete rules. First, partnership status feeds nothing into the score. Second, partnership status does not unlock favourable framing: where Stake has a weakness (no traditional welcome bonus, a crypto-first model with a learning curve, Interac payouts that can take up to three business days, no service for Ontario residents in the regulated market, KYC that can stretch on larger CAD cashouts), the weakness shows up under the relevant section. Third, the operator does not pre-approve content; Stake sees the review when it goes live, the same as everyone else.
If Stake flags a factual error, we check the claim, correct it if it is wrong, and add a dated note at the foot of the review. We do this whether or not the operator is currently a partner. If Stake argues that a low score is "unfair" without identifying a specific factual error, the score stays put.
5. Recognising affiliate links
Every outbound link from this site to Stake carries the rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" attribute with target="_blank", the standard signal that the link is part of a commercial relationship. The link usually routes through a tracking redirect at /go on this domain so the site can count clicks before forwarding you to Stake; nothing is appended to the operator's URL on your side. Links to regulators, helplines, news outlets and game studios are not affiliate links — those carry rel="noopener noreferrer" only.
6. Compliance with disclosure rules
The relevant Canadian rules are the Competition Act (which prohibits false or misleading representations) and the Competition Bureau's guidance on disclosing material connections in influencer and affiliate marketing, both of which require affiliate relationships to be disclosed clearly enough that a reasonable reader understands the commercial nature of the link. This page is the site-wide disclosure; the Stake review page also carries an inline disclosure note above the first affiliate CTA. International readers should note the FTC (United States) and the CMA (United Kingdom) require similar disclosure for advertising aimed at their residents.
7. Commitments to readers
Disclosure is up-front and visible, never buried. The Stake review follows the same checklist applied to every operator. Errors are corrected on a published timeline. Stake does not preview content. Affiliate status is signalled in markup so technically literate readers can verify it. The full editorial process lives on the Editorial Policy page. Anything that looks like a breach of these rules can be raised through the Contact page.
8. Wider context for readers
The player-protection commitments built into every score are on the Responsible Gambling page. Privacy practices sit on the Privacy Policy page, with cookie detail on the Cookie Policy page. The full menu of what we cover is the Stake Casino homepage.