The Haxies editorial team is the Haxies group: a team of builders from app development and consumer products who moved into blockchain and now compare crypto casinos. This page explains who leads the group, which roles handle which part of the work, and how a casino goes from unknown brand to published review.
Two things happen before any casino reaches a page. The group tests it and confirms it from multiple sources, and Team Lead Harrison Ayla interviews the brand and decides whether to approve it. Everything after that, from scoring to writing, runs through a fixed chain of checks.
We would rather show you the process than polish a set of headshots. The process is what protects you.
Who the Haxies editorial team is
The Haxies editorial team is the Haxies group, led by Team Lead Harrison Ayla. The team's background is app development and consumer products, and it shifted to blockchain years ago, working hand in hand with operators such as Stake and BC.Game. Every listed casino is tested and confirmed by multiple group members, then approved by Harrison before it is scored and written up.
That background matters because a crypto casino is a product with a wallet attached. People who have shipped apps tend to ask the questions that matter here: what breaks, who notices, and how long it takes to fix.
Harrison Ayla, Team Lead
Harrison Ayla is Team Lead of the Haxies group. He shares the team's background in app development and consumer products, and he holds two responsibilities on the site.
He leads the operator interviews. Before a casino can be listed, Harrison speaks with the brand and interviews it. That conversation sits after the group's own testing and confirmation, so by the time he talks to a brand, the team already has its findings in hand.
He approves every listing. No casino appears on Haxies without his approval. If he does not approve a brand, it does not get scored, listed or reviewed, however large its welcome offer is.
What Harrison does not do
Harrison approves who gets on the site. He does not set scores. Once a casino passes his approval, the Haxies Index scores it with the same fixed bands used for every brand, and no one in the group, Team Lead included, can nudge a number up or down.
That split is deliberate. A gate run by people catches things a formula cannot, such as whether a brand has built a system that keeps users safe. A formula run on published facts catches things people get wrong, such as a soft spot for a brand they like. We use both, and we keep them apart.
The roles in the Haxies group
Under the Team Lead, the work splits into roles. Each one has a narrow focus, because the narrower the focus, the fewer things slip through.
| Role | What they handle | What they sign off |
|---|---|---|
| Testers | Hands-on testing of each casino before listing | Their own findings, confirmed independently |
| Team Lead | Operator interviews and listing approval | Whether a brand is placed on the site |
| Terms reader | Bonus terms, general terms and withdrawal rules | Every brand fact, with source link and date read |
| Maths checker | Wagering multiple, wagering base, clearing cost, Index bands | Every number and worked example |
| Fact-checker | Licence numbers, owner names, coin support, support hours | That each fact matches the source and data sheet |
| Editor | Voice, clarity, accuracy of claims, consistency | The page as a whole |
One person can hold more than one role on different pages, but never two roles on the same check. The person who reads a term does not also confirm their own reading.
Testers
Testing is done by more than one member of the group for every casino. Testers look at the brand as a system: the account flow, the cashier, the way it handles the coins it claims to support, and how it treats the user when something needs sorting out. The aim is simple. Does this brand deliver the benefits of blockchain while keeping the user safe?
We publish the outcome of that testing as a listing decision, not as a diary. You will not find invented stopwatch times or deposit amounts on our pages, because a number from one session on one day tells you very little and is easy to misread.
Terms reader
The terms reader opens the operator's own terms page and reads it start to finish. Not the promo banner. Not the bonus tile. The actual document, including the clauses at the bottom about maximum bets, game weighting and bonus win caps. They record what the terms say, the URL and the date read. When terms have not been read yet, the field says "unread" and the page says "not published" or "not confirmed yet".
Maths checker
The maths checker prices those terms. A 40x rollover on the bonus only, for a $100 bonus, is $4,000 of turnover. At an assumed 2% house edge on a high-RTP slot, that is about $80 of expected cost. Put the 40x on deposit plus bonus and the turnover doubles to $8,000, and the cost to about $160. The same arithmetic sits behind every offer on our crypto casino bonus codes list.
Fact-checker
The fact-checker compares each brand fact against its source and the dated data sheet. Licence numbers are copied character by character. Owner names include the registration number where one is published. Coin support is listed only where the operator confirms it.
Editor
The editor reads the finished page cold, as a reader would. Does it answer the question? Does it promise anything we cannot back up? Does it present an operator's stated figure as if it were our own measurement? The editor also checks that the page sounds like a person wrote it.
How multi-source confirmation works
A casino is not listed on the word of one tester. Multiple sources inside the group have to confirm it, and their confirmations have to line up before it goes to Harrison for interview and approval.
Think of it the way an engineering team treats a release. One developer's "works on my machine" is not a release. You want independent checks on different setups, and you want them to agree. If two testers come back with different pictures of the same casino, that disagreement is the finding, and the brand waits until it is resolved.
What happens when confirmations disagree
The brand does not move forward. The group works out where the difference comes from, which is usually a clause read two ways or a flow that behaves differently depending on the coin or network used. Only once the picture is consistent does the brand go to interview.
The same principle applies to scoring. When a term can be read two ways, the maths checker prices the stricter reading, and the page says the term is ambiguous.
From approval to published page
Once a casino is approved, the page goes through the same steps every time:
- Scope. The editor decides what question the page answers and which casinos it covers.
- Read. The terms reader collects every relevant term, with source links and dates.
- Price. The maths checker calculates clearing costs and Index scores.
- Draft. A writer turns the facts and numbers into readable copy, with worked examples.
- Check. The fact-checker compares every claim to its source.
- Edit. The editor reads it cold and flags anything overstated.
- Publish. The page goes live with the date the figures were read.
Shortcuts are allowed nowhere in that chain. The scoring rules themselves are documented in how we test crypto casinos, and if the method ever changes, that page changes first.
Sourcing rules we follow
Brand facts on the page come in a strict order. The operator's own published terms come first. Questionnaires answered by the operator come second, and we say when we used one. Published third-party summaries of an operator's terms come third, and we name them as such.
General knowledge is allowed when it is well established: how Bitcoin network fees work, what a provably fair seed and hash do, why a TRC-20 transfer is usually cheaper than an ERC-20 one, how Lightning settles payments off-chain. Standard published game RTPs, such as Spribe's Aviator at 97%, count as general knowledge too.
What we will not use: forum rumours, unverified screenshots, "secret codes" and made-up statistics. You will not read "most players" or "X% of users" on Haxies.
What "stated" means on our pages
Payout speeds and terms shown on the site are the operator's stated figures, read from its terms. We write "stated" every time. Testing decides whether a casino is listed. It does not replace the operator's published promise as the number we score, because a published promise is something every reader can check and hold the operator to.
A casino that states instant crypto payouts may still hold a withdrawal for a KYC or AML review, and we say so where the terms allow it.
What the editorial team will never do
Some rules hold on every page, for every brand, whatever the commercial relationship:
- Never invent a fact. No made-up bonus codes, licence numbers, game counts, payout times or test results.
- Never quote an interview we cannot stand behind. Interviews inform Harrison's approval. We do not publish invented quotes or name operator staff.
- Never sell a listing or a score. Approval is earned through testing and interview; the score comes from the Index.
- Never preview pages for operators. Brands see the page when you do.
- Never write for one country. Legality depends on where you live.
- Never hide a correction. Fixes are dated and logged.
These rules cost us now and then. A listed casino may be unhappy with an "Expensive" grade on its bonus. The grade stays if the maths says so, and our affiliate disclosure explains why money cannot buy a different one.
How pages stay current
Crypto casinos change terms often. Welcome offers are rebuilt, wagering moves from 35x to 40x, a Curaçao licence becomes an Anjouan one. Every page shows the date its figures were read, and we recheck on a rolling schedule, sooner when an operator announces a change or a reader sends a link.
When a recheck changes a score, the review and every list ranking that casino update together, including the main best crypto casinos list. When we get something wrong, the fix goes through the same roles and is listed under our corrections policy.
How the group sees gambling
The team compares casinos. It does not cheerlead them. Every bonus has an expected cost, and over time the house edge wins. We try to make that cost visible in dollars so you can decide with clear eyes.
The responsible crypto gambling section collects deposit limits, self-exclusion options, blocking software and free worldwide help lines. If gambling has stopped being fun, those are worth more than any bonus here. You can browse the crypto casino reviews to see the group's work, and questions about any page reach the team through contact Haxies.
Haxies editorial team questions
Who is behind Haxies?
The Haxies group, a team whose background is app development and consumer products and which later moved into blockchain. Harrison Ayla is the Team Lead. The group worked hand in hand with operators such as Stake and BC.Game before building this site.
Who is Harrison Ayla?
Harrison Ayla is Team Lead of the Haxies group. He shares the team's app development and consumer products background, leads the interviews with each casino brand, and approves every listing on the site.
Does the Haxies team test the casinos it lists?
Yes. Every casino on the site was tested and confirmed by multiple sources in the group before Harrison interviewed the brand and approved it. Payout speeds and terms on each page are still the operator's stated figures, labelled as such.
Can Harrison Ayla change a casino's score?
No. He approves whether a brand is listed. Once listed, the score comes from the Haxies Index, applied with the same fixed bands to every casino.
Where does Haxies get its casino facts?
From each operator's own published terms first, operator questionnaires second, and published third-party summaries third. Every page shows the date figures were read and names secondary sources.
Can a casino pay Haxies to be listed or ranked higher?
Not to be listed, and not for a better score. Listing depends on group testing, multi-source confirmation and Harrison's approval, and scores and Index ranks depend on the Index alone. Partners that pay commission are shown first in lists with a "Partner" badge.
How do I report a mistake on a Haxies page?
Send a message through the contact page with the page URL and a link to the operator's published term. The team checks it against the source and logs the fix if we were wrong.