The four figures

Board position is not an opinion. It comes from four numbers we record at every operator, in the same order, on an account we funded ourselves.

• Redeemable credit. The portion of the welcome that can ever convert. Gold Coin totals are recorded for context and scored at zero.
• Redemption floor. The minimum balance the operator will process. The distance between credit and floor is the real cost of the welcome.
• Free clearance time. How many days of free routes it took to close that distance, measured, not estimated from a promo page.
• Payout time. Hours from filing to funds received, at the floor rather than at a comfortable balance.

How the four combine

Redeemable credit against the floor sets the initial order, because that decides whether a new player has a withdrawal available or a project to complete. Ties are broken on payout time. Free clearance time then adjusts an operator up or down where the daily routes are unusually generous or unusually thin. Nothing else moves position: not affiliate terms, not game count, not how the site looks.

The review score is a different instrument

The out-of-five score on each review covers the whole experience, including game selection, interface quality, support responsiveness and how honestly the promotions are worded. An operator can be a pleasure to use and still sit low on the board because its cashier is slow, and a plain site with a fast cashier can outrank it. Keeping the two separate is deliberate, and where they disagree we say so in the review.

Conflicts, plainly stated

Some links on this site are commercial. That relationship never changes a figure, because the figures are recorded before any link exists and are checked against a second account where possible. If an operator paid slowly, the review says so with the number attached. Nothing on the board is sold.

How often it is refreshed

Fully re-tested every sweep, with the month stated at the top of the board. Packages and floors change without notice, so a figure from an old sweep is a historical record rather than current advice.