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Disclosure

Exactly how Insider Casino Review makes money, which links are commercial, and the rules that stop commercial arrangements from touching our verdicts. Published in plain English because you are entitled to know before you read a single score.

Version 1.2 · Last updated 1 August 2026

The short version

We earn a commission if you follow a link from this website to a casino brand and later open an account there. It costs you nothing, it does not change the terms you receive, and it does not change the score we award. Every commercial link is marked rel="sponsored" in the page source and labelled on the page.

Which links are commercial

Any button reading "Visit BetMorph" or "Visit AceLucky" is a commercial link. Links to the Gambling Commission register, to BeGambleAware, GAMSTOP, GamCare, Gamblers Anonymous or any other support organisation are not commercial and never will be — we receive nothing for those, and we would publish them regardless.

How the commission works

We are paid a flat referral fee per verified new account. We are not paid a share of your losses, and we have deliberately declined revenue-share arrangements for that reason: a publisher who earns more when its readers lose more has an obvious conflict with the safer gambling advice it prints. The fee is identical for both brands we cover, so we have no financial reason to prefer one over the other.

The wall between commerce and editorial

  • Scores come from the published testing protocol and nothing else.
  • No operator sees a review before publication, and no operator has ever been given the opportunity to request a change.
  • No payment has ever been accepted to raise a score, soften a criticism, remove a negative or guarantee a ranking position, and we will not accept one.
  • Ranking order follows the score. If a lower-paying brand scored higher, it would rank higher — and since the fee is identical across our brands, this is not a hypothetical safeguard but a structural one.
  • If a brand asked us to remove a criticism as a condition of a commercial relationship, we would end the relationship and say so on this page.

What we spend on testing

Each review costs us real money: three funded accounts, deposits we fully expect to lose, and roughly two weeks of a reviewer's time. Those deposits are our own. We do not accept free balances, "reviewer bonuses" or comped accounts from operators, because accepting them would make the withdrawal timings meaningless.

Advertising and sponsored content

We do not sell display advertising and we do not publish sponsored articles, advertorials or guest posts. If that changes, any such content will carry a clear "Paid content" label at the top of the page, separate from our editorial reviews, and this policy will be updated first.

Corrections and complaints

If you believe a commercial relationship has influenced something we published, please write to complaints@insidercasinoreview.co.uk. We investigate every such message and respond within five working days. Where we find we got something wrong, we correct the page and add a visible note recording the change.

Regulatory context

This disclosure is made in line with the Committee of Advertising Practice guidance on affiliate marketing and the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008, which require commercial intent to be made clear. It also reflects the Gambling Commission's expectation that anyone marketing licensed operators does so responsibly, including age-appropriate targeting and prominent safer gambling messaging.

18+ Commercial relationship or not, gambling carries a risk of loss and can be addictive. Set your limits first. Free confidential help: 0808 8020 133.