Affiliate Disclosure: How We Get Paid, in Plain Words

This is our affiliate disclosure. It explains how Haxies makes money, which parts of the site that money touches, and which parts it never touches. If you read only one trust page on the site, this is a good one to pick.

The short version: when you click a visit link on Haxies and sign up at a casino, that casino may pay us a commission. That keeps the lights on. It costs you nothing extra, and it doesn't change a single score.

We think you should know who pays us before you take our word on anything. So here is the whole arrangement, with nothing tucked into small print.

What this affiliate disclosure covers

This affiliate disclosure covers every page on haxies.com. Haxies earns commission when readers sign up at a casino through our /go/ links. Those payments fund the site. They do not affect which casinos are listed or the Haxies Index, which is calculated from each operator's published terms using a fixed method. Partners are shown first in lists and badged, but no casino can pay for a better score or a softer review.

That paragraph is the promise. The rest of this page explains how we keep it, and what we would do if keeping it ever got expensive.

How Haxies earns money

Casinos run affiliate programmes. They pay websites that send them new players. The payment can take a few forms:

• Revenue share: a percentage of what the casino earns from players we referred, over a period of time.
• Cost per acquisition (CPA): a one-off fee when a referred player signs up and deposits.
• Hybrid: a smaller one-off fee plus a smaller revenue share.

We won't publish the exact terms of each deal, partly because they are commercially confidential and partly because they change. What we will say is that some deals pay more than others, and none of that difference shows up anywhere in our scores.

What it costs you

Nothing. Signing up through a /go/ link doesn't change the bonus you're offered, the wagering you face or the odds of any game. The commission comes out of the casino's marketing budget, not your balance.

If a casino ever offered a worse deal to players arriving from Haxies than to players arriving directly, we would stop linking to it. That hasn't happened, and we'd say so here if it did.

How /go/ links work

Every outbound link to a casino on Haxies goes through a short redirect path that starts with /go/, followed by the casino's name. Clicking it sends you on to the casino's site with a tracking tag attached, so the casino knows you came from us.

Here's what that means in practice:

The sponsored marking is a standard signal to search engines that a link is commercial. We apply it to every casino link, not only the ones where we have a deal. That way nobody has to wonder which links pay and which don't.

You're never obliged to use our links. If you prefer to visit a casino directly, type its address yourself. Our scores and analysis are the same either way.

What commission does not affect

This is the part that matters. Money from casinos does not touch:

• The listing gate. Every casino is tested and confirmed by multiple sources in the Haxies group, then interviewed and approved by Team Lead Harrison Ayla. A commission offer does not skip any step.

• The Haxies Index. Every score is calculated from published terms using the same three parts: Clear (40 points), Cashout (35 points) and Cover (25 points).

• Grades. "Cheap to clear", "Expensive" and "Not worth claiming" come from the maths, not the relationship.
• Index ranks. A casino's Index rank comes from its score and nothing else. The list of best crypto casinos shows partners first, but each card carries the same score and Index rank it would have anywhere.
• What we write. Reviews say what the terms say, including the clauses an operator would rather you skipped.
• Corrections. Errors are fixed the same way for every brand.

The full scoring rules, bands and edge cases are documented in how we test crypto casinos. Anyone can rerun the arithmetic.

A worked example

Take two casinos from our data sheet. Wild.io's welcome offer carries 40x wagering on the bonus only. On a $100 bonus, that's $4,000 of turnover, and at about a 2% house edge, roughly $80 of expected cost. It earns the full 40 Clear points.

Qzino's bonus unlocks through a formula that works out to an effective 500x on the bonus. At the same 2% edge, that's about $1,000 of expected cost per $100 claimed. It earns 6 Clear points and the grade "Not worth claiming".

If Qzino paid us ten times what Wild.io pays, those numbers would not move. The Qzino review would still tell you to skip the bonus, because the maths says so.

Featured partner placement

Some casinos are commercial partners. They pay us commission, and they are featured first in our toplists, comparison tables, sidebar, wheel and the default view of the bonus finder. Each one carries a visible "Partner" badge, and every toplist says underneath that partner casinos are listed first. The other casinos follow, and within each group the order is the Haxies Index.

That placement is the only thing a partnership changes. It does not touch scores, Index ranks, group testing, Harrison Ayla's approval or the wording of any review. A partner that failed the gate would not be listed at all.

We also don't sell:

• "Editor's pick" labels or any badge beyond the plain "Partner" one.
• Sponsored reviews or advertorials dressed up as editorial.
• Pre-publication review of our pages by operators.

Some lists order casinos by one part of the Index when the page says so. The list of fast payout crypto casinos, for example, uses the Cashout part, based on the speed each operator states, with partners shown first. If you want a pure score order, the bonus finder lets you sort by Index score.

What happens if a partner changes its terms

Casinos change their offers all the time. Sometimes the change is good for you, sometimes it isn't. Our response doesn't depend on whether we have a deal with the casino.

When an operator changes its terms:

1. We read the new terms and record the date.
2. We recalculate the clearing cost and the Index.
3. We update the review and every list carrying that casino.
4. If the change makes the offer worse, we say so plainly on the review.

If a partner moves its rollover from 40x on the bonus to 40x on deposit plus bonus, its expected cost per $100 roughly doubles, from about $80 to about $160. Its Clear score drops from 40 to 24, and its Index rank drops with it. We publish that the same day we confirm it.

When we stop linking to a casino

We may stop linking to a casino, or keep it listed with a warning, if:

• It stops paying players according to its own published terms, based on clear evidence.
• It changes terms retroactively against players.
• Its licence lapses or can no longer be confirmed.
• It treats players referred by us worse than other players.

Losing a commission is not a reason we'd ever keep a casino listed. Earning one is not a reason we'd ever keep a bad one listed or soften its score.

Why big offers can still score low

Commission and score pull in different directions more often than you'd think. A casino with a generous affiliate deal may run an expensive bonus, and a casino that pays us little may run a cheap one. The Index only sees the second fact.

Bonus-heavy brands are a good example. Some casinos advertise matches of 300% or more, which look like the best deals on any list. The arithmetic often says otherwise. When the playthrough sits on deposit plus bonus, or the multiple climbs to 60x or 80x, the expected cost per $100 can run well past $200. Offers on our crypto casino bonus codes list are priced in dollars the same way, using the cost per $100 claimed, so an expensive bonus looks expensive there no matter who runs it.

The reverse also happens. A casino with a modest headline, such as a wager-free cashback, can score well on Clear because there's no rollover to price at all. Cashback paid as real money earns 30 Clear points under our method, whoever runs it.

How you can spot bias yourself

You don't have to take our word for any of this. Three quick checks will tell you whether a comparison site, including this one, lets money lead:

1. Check that paid positions are labelled, then compare scores with the terms. If a high-scoring casino's bonus has a high multiple on deposit plus bonus, ask why it scores well.
2. Look for downsides in reviews. A review with no criticism of a casino with caps, slow stated payouts or a missing licence number is a sales page.
3. Check whether the method is published. If you can't rerun the score, you can't know what drove it.

Run those checks on Haxies. If you find a score that doesn't match the terms, we want to hear about it, and a confirmed error gets fixed and logged. Our crypto casino reviews all carry the fact box and Index breakdown, so the working is visible on every page.

How we keep commercial and editorial apart

Three habits keep money and content in separate rooms. First, listing decisions rest on group testing, multi-source confirmation and Harrison Ayla's interview with the brand, not on what a deal pays. Second, the people who read terms and calculate scores work from a dated data sheet of published facts, not from commission reports. Third, every score has its working published, so any bias would show up as a number that doesn't match the terms.

The roles that produce and check each page, and the sourcing rules they follow, are described on the Haxies editorial team page. When we get something wrong, the fix is dated and logged under our corrections policy, whatever the commercial relationship.

A word on gambling and incentives

We earn money when people sign up at casinos. That's a real incentive, and it would be dishonest to pretend otherwise. The way we handle it is to price every offer in dollars, show you the house edge, and tell you when an offer isn't worth taking.

Gambling should be entertainment you can afford. If it isn't, no comparison site should be part of the picture. The responsible crypto gambling section of the site lists deposit limits, self-exclusion tools, blocking software and free help that works worldwide.

Whether online gambling is legal for you depends on where you live. Each operator publishes its own restricted-country list. Check both before signing up, through our links or anyone else's.

Affiliate disclosure questions

Does Haxies get paid when I sign up at a casino?

Often, yes. If you sign up through one of our /go/ links, the casino may pay us a commission. Signing up costs you nothing extra and doesn't change your bonus.

Do affiliate deals affect Haxies Index scores?

No. Every score is calculated from published terms using a fixed method with three parts: Clear, Cashout and Cover. Commission is not an input, and the working is published for every casino.

Can a casino pay to rank higher on Haxies?

Not on the Index. Partners that pay commission are listed first with a "Partner" badge, but no casino can buy a better score, a higher Index rank or a sponsored review. Every listed casino has passed group testing and Harrison Ayla's approval, and the bonus finder can sort by score.

What is a /go/ link?

It's a short redirect that sends you to the casino's site with a tracking tag, so the casino knows you came from Haxies. These links are marked sponsored, and you can always visit the casino directly instead.

Will I get a worse bonus through a Haxies link?

You shouldn't. The offer should be the same as visiting directly. If we ever found a casino giving our readers a worse deal, we would stop linking to it.

Does Haxies review casinos it has no deal with?

Yes. The Index is applied to every casino we list the same way, whatever the commercial relationship, and every outbound casino link is marked sponsored regardless.

What happens when a partner casino makes its bonus worse?

We recalculate the score, update the review and every list that carries it, and say plainly that the offer got worse. The commercial relationship plays no part in that decision.

Why does Haxies use affiliate links at all?

They pay for the time it takes to test casinos, interview brands, read terms, run the numbers and keep pages current. The alternative would be selling scores or running advertising dressed as reviews, which we think would do far more harm to independence.