Affiliate Disclosure
This site is funded through affiliate partnerships, including the partnership with 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 Jackpot City Casino homepage.
1. How this site is paid
When a reader clicks an affiliate link and creates an account on Casino, the site may earn a commission. That commission is paid by Casino 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 Jackpot City 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 Casino welcome offer (100% deposit match up to C$500 plus 50 free spins on featured slots, triggered on a C$50 first deposit) is identical whether you arrive through an affiliate link, a search ad, or by typing the brand's domain directly. The 30x wagering on bonus funds, the C$10 general cashier floor, the 20 free spins no-deposit offer, the C$5–C$10 max-bet ceiling and the 30-day expiry all stay the same. Withdrawal speeds via Interac e-Transfer and crypto, the KYC requirements, and the rotating promo set 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 Casino 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 Casino has a weakness (30x wagering, free spins released only on featured slots, table games not contributing to playthrough, withdrawals required to match the deposit method, KYC reviews that sometimes stretch beyond the published 24–48 hour window, the lack of a published general terms-and-conditions document that Casino.Guru has flagged), the weakness shows up under the relevant section. Third, the operator does not pre-approve content; Jackpot City sees the review when it goes live, the same as everyone else.
If Casino 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 Casino 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 Casino 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 Casino; 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 Casino 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 Casino review follows the same checklist applied to every operator. Errors are corrected on a published timeline. Casino 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 Jackpot City Casino homepage.