How We Rate Betting Sites Without Verification

• Identity demanded, 30%. What the operator asks for at registration, what it asks for at withdrawal, whether a card rail exists at all, and how clearly it states its own policy. This carries the most weight because it is the question our readers arrive with.
• Cost of the offer, 25%. We price every welcome offer as required turnover: bonus multiplied by rollover. We also record what the multiple applies to, any minimum odds restriction, and the expiry window, because those three details change the real cost more than the headline does.
• Payout behaviour, 20%. Published withdrawal window, which rails are available, and the minimum deposit needed to use the book at all.
• Operating record, 15%. How long the operator has been paying customers. In a category with no US regulator, a long record is the strongest evidence available. It is not a guarantee and we do not present it as one.
• Market breadth, 10%. Sports covered, depth of player props, live betting quality and whether cashout is offered.

For each operator we open an account, fund it, place bets and request a withdrawal. We record the exact fields the registration form demands, whether any document request arrives, how long the withdrawal takes against the published window, and which rails complete without error.

We read the bonus terms rather than the bonus banner. The figures on our pages come from each operator's own terms page, and we date them. Operators change terms without notice, so a dated figure is the most honest thing we can publish.

• A documented pattern of unpaid withdrawals.
• Bonus terms that make the offer mathematically unclearable, or terms that change after a deposit.
• Any marketing that targets people under the legal gambling age.
• Any operator that will not state its licensing jurisdiction.

We also refuse to publish certain material regardless of what it would do for our traffic. We do not explain how to defeat a verification check, and we do not explain how to get around a geographic restriction. Both are the kind of thing readers ask for and neither is something we will write.

We take a commission when a reader opens an account through a link on our pages. It does not change the running order, and the clearest evidence sits at the top of our main list, where a book with a $250 offer outranks one with a $6,000 offer because the smaller offer has nothing to clear.

No operator pays for placement, and no operator sees a review before it publishes. If we get something wrong, write to editorial@reflectedimagemotorsports.com and we will correct it and say we did.

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• National Problem Gambling Helpline: call or text 1-800-GAMBLER, free and confidential, 24 hours a day.
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• National Council on Problem Gambling: ncpgambling.org.