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Our methodology
Scoring runs on one fixed method, and those weights apply to every brand listed. Trust holds the heaviest share of the result at 45%, the offer follows at 30%, and cost supplies the remainder at 25%. In practice that ordering puts a clean licensing record above a flashy promotion or a low entry deposit, and no generous bonus can lift a brand that fares poorly across the rest of the assessment.
Scores feed a two-level editorial structure. Leaders receive the fuller treatment, with a complete written review that covers licensing, bonus terms, deposits, withdrawals and safer play in turn. Beneath those sit condensed profiles, which work through identical criteria in a shorter format for readers who want the essentials. Both levels answer to one weighting and one evidence base, so a brief entry never clears a bar that a longer review would fail.
Presentation follows two further rules. Partners are listed first among licensed operators in every ranking, then by score, so a partner can sit above an operator with a higher score. And each entry rests on cited evidence drawn from official brand pages, regulator registers and other cited sources, so any judgement can be traced back to where it began. Play is for adults: weigh the terms, read the small print, and take the decision at your own pace.
This page explains how WagerCue scores and ranks gambling operators.
What we cover
This site compares sportsbooks, casinos, crypto casinos, poker, bingo and lottery, sweepstakes casinos, prediction markets.
What we score
Every gambling operator is scored on a scale of 1 to 10 on the criteria below. The overall score is the weighted average of these criteria.
| Criterion | Weight |
|---|---|
| Cost | 25% |
| Offer | 30% |
| Trust | 45% |
How rankings are ordered
Rankings apply the following priorities in order; a later priority only breaks a tie in the earlier ones:
- Gambling operators with a paid offer serving the current view come before those without one.
- Within each of those groups, gambling operators available in your country come first, followed by those marked unavailable.
- Within each availability group, gambling operators marked as lacking a required licence come after the others.
- Where these priorities tie, affiliate network links come before our own referral or direct partner links.
- Among network offers, an offer explicitly listing your country comes before a broad default offer. Within each of those groups, known expected commission per click comes before unknown values, and higher expected commission comes first. Ties are broken by commission terms (lifetime, revenue share, then per sale or lead) and then higher payout. For referral or direct partner offers, only explicitly listing your country breaks the commercial tie; their payout is not used as expected commission per click.
- Only after all the earlier priorities tie do rated gambling operators come before those marked "not rated yet", followed by higher overall score.
When no country is selected, eligible active offers serving at least one country qualify for the paid group, including offers limited to particular countries. We use the highest recorded expected commission per click across an offer's base value and country values. When a country is selected, its value is used where recorded, otherwise the offer's base value applies.
A gambling operator with a lower score can therefore appear above one with a higher score because of the earlier priorities. Featured cards and sponsor strips sit outside the ranking. A booked placement is labelled "Sponsored"; when none is booked, the featured card shows a partner picked by the commission it pays us, labelled "Featured".
Countries
Global rankings list every relevant gambling operator. When a gambling operator does not accept customers from your country, we mark it and point you to an alternative. Country pages list only gambling operators available in that country.
Sources
Facts come from each gambling operator's own website and documents, public registers, affiliate network listings and other published sources, including independent reviews. Each fact on a page shows its source link and the date we checked it. When a gambling operator publishes no country list, its countries come from its affiliate programme listings, and the page says so. The editorial policy explains how facts are checked.
Keeping it current
Scores change when the facts behind them change. A ranking is published once at least five gambling operators in it are scored, and a gambling operator gets a review page once enough of its key facts are confirmed. Spot a mistake? Write to [email protected].
This page is written by the WagerCue Editorial Team.