Every review on this site has a name attached to it. No anonymous bylines, no stock photos of generic “casino experts.” Here’s who writes what, and how to get in touch if you spot something off or want to argue with a ranking.
Hayden Fletcher · Editor, Pokies & Casino Reviews
Hayden is Melbourne-based and spent five years on the floor at Crown Casino, mostly in the pokies section, between 2015 and 2020. He’s been writing about Australian pokies, offshore operators and PayID banking since 2021. On this site he runs the ranking methodology and manages the test accounts we use to verify payout speed on every operator we recommend.
Bylines: top-10 lists, operator reviews, payment-method breakdowns, methodology notes.
Editorial standards
Three rules the team settled on when the site launched:
- No operator pays for its ranking position. We take affiliate commissions from most of the brands we link to (see our Disclaimer), but position in the top-10 is set by the methodology, not by the rev-share. If a brand with a bad licence or slow payouts offered us triple commission tomorrow, we’d still not list them.
- Every operator in the top-10 gets a test deposit from one of our team accounts. If the payout fails or is unreasonably slow, we flag the brand in the review and consider pulling them from the list.
- Corrections are visible. If we got something wrong, we fix the article and add a “Correction, [date]” line at the end. Silent edits are dishonest, so we don’t do them.
Where our data comes from
Licence information: cross-checked against the public registers of the issuing regulator (Curaçao Gaming Control Board, Malta Gaming Authority, UKGC, Gibraltar). RTP figures: taken from the game studio’s published certification or verified in-game via the info panel on a live spin, never guessed. Payout times: measured on our own test deposits settled to a real Australian bank via PayID or POLi.
Contact an author
Corrections, questions, partnership enquiries, or just a counter-argument on a ranking: use the contact page, or email the editor directly at [email protected].