About Online-Casinos.com Our Experts and Values
Welcome to Online-Casinos.com, one of the most comprehensive and detailed websites dedicated to the global online casino industry today.
As part of the iGaming.com Group we pride ourselves on our combined decades of casino industry expertise, transparent and informative reviews, and commitment to finding the best operators for our readers.
On this page, we’d like to introduce you to our team, our company ethos and the story behind our website. You can use the links provided to jump to specific sections, or just read on to get the full overview of what we do and why we do it.
What we do
There is so much misinformation about online casinos out there on the internet from untrustworthy and uncompliant websites just looking to make a buck. But not us. We are dedicated to creating honest reviews of compliant and legal operators, including as much information as possible to help you make an informed decision.
We thoroughly test the user experience of the websites and investigate all of the different promotions that are available, including clearly outlining the terms and conditions so that you know exactly what you’re claiming. It’s all part of our candid approach to online casino recommendations.
There is no more important subject for us than safety, and as far as we are concerned, the best thing we can do to help keep our reader safe online is to provide you as much information as possible in simple language so there are no misunderstandings.
Our only aim is to help you with your decision-making process for which games you want to play, how you want to play them, and which online casino will best suit your needs. All you need to do is decide for yourself what those needs are.
Therefore, you’ll find that security and trustworthiness are constant themes throughout all of our articles, guides and reviews. Whether we’re talking about promotions or reviewing the latest slot game, we’re giving you the detailed information on why you can know that your money’s in a fair place.
Our vision: Player Satisfaction Through Safety and Transparency
Our aim is to connect players with the best online casinos by presenting them with concise, informative and trustworthy reviews. We want to pass our knowledge of the industry on to our readers, so that they can have the best possible gambling experience online.
We hope to be at the forefront of online casino critique, with our primary goal always being to facilitate rewarding and enjoyable experiences between players and operators. When someone wants to find a legitimate and secure casino site, we want to be their first port of call.
We see ourselves as a mediator between player and casino, providing a service where readers can learn how to identify the best gambling sites available in their market, and where reliable casinos can find a broader audience. We are keen to foster greater transparency and communication throughout the online gambling industry.
Our Mission: Quality Information You Can Trust
First and foremost, we are a team of casino lovers. We would not do what we do for a living if it didn’t come from a place of genuine enjoyment of and respect for this industry. In that spirit, we want to use our expertise to guide new and old casino players alike to reliable operators.
Our mission is to inform our readers of the best sites on the market, to teach them how to identify trustworthy casinos and create full transparency when it comes to how the industry runs. We aim to provide our readers with all the information they need to make safe decisions online.
Our goal is to connect players with licensed and fair operators. We keep our standards high, and when we feature a casino on our site it means that they have met our expectations. We routinely re-assess our featured operators to ensure that players are always getting the best.
Our values
- Be honest Honesty in our critiques is of the utmost importance to us. We will never allow our objectivity to be compromised.
- Keep it simple Our reviews will always be concise and to the point. No fluff, just the facts you need.
- Share the expertise Our team has a combined experience of decades in the gambling industry. We’re committed to sharing everything we’ve learned with our readers.
- Be independent We are proudly independent and do not take cues from competitors or affiliates. This allows us to remain objective in our critiques.
- Serve our readers Our loyalty is to our readers and no one else. Our primary goal is to serve their needs in finding the best online casino sites.
- Be thorough We leave no stone unturned when assessing casino sites. We’re committed to doing the dirty work, and condensing our findings for your convenience.
- React quickly The gambling industry moves quickly, and so do we. We keep a keen eye on the latest developments, and act quickly to remove recommendations should licenses expire.
- Be responsible We always do our due diligence with regards to legal compliance. This means marking affiliate content as advertisements, removing child-friendly imagery and informing readers of responsible gambling organizations.
Our Guarantee What You Can Expect from Us
Player Safety and Fairness
We only review and recommend online casinos that operate within their country’s laws. Nothing is more important than player safety, including those offering solid responsible gambling protections, which must also be tested for fairness. You can be sure that any casino on this domain is legal, safe and trustworthy.
The Best Casino Games
Our holistic understanding of the gambling industry expands into expert knowledge about all of the most popular gameplay styles you’ll find. We love to share this wealth of information with you through our comprehensive guides to slots, blackjack, roulette, poker, craps, sic bo and so many more.
A Great Player Experience
Online casino websites can be as complicated or as simple as the operator designs them to be, which is crucial to the user experience around playing the games. We review the whole site, including the registration process, how to make payments, how to sort through the gaming portfolio, and what kind of loyalty and VIP programs you can find.
The Latest Bonus Offers
Bonuses are one of the most complicated yet important topics to understand, as they are a multi-faceted promise for free extras with many hidden strings attached. We explain the terms and conditions clearly, keeping all information as up-to-date as possible to help you have a full understanding of what you should or shouldn’t claim.
Guides for beginners
Education is an important part of the process for the players. You cannot be a successful gambler if you are not informed well enough. Because of this, we created many education guides and articles with the idea of helping players all over the world to be prosperous and gamble responsibly.
How We Test Operators – What is Quality For Us?
A common thread through all of our online casino reviews is our expert criteria. These are our guidelines when assessing casino sites, and whether you choose to play at our recommended operators or not, it’s knowledge we want to share.
It is our belief that there are a set number of key features every good online casino should have. By identifying these features, and knowing what to look for, we believe that even novice players can find a site that truly suits their needs. This is the foundation of what quality looks like to us.
How we Finance Ourselves
We are committed to being fully transparent with our readers, and that includes transparency regarding our finances. Like many of our competitors on the market, we are financed through affiliation programs with various operators.
We take special care to ensure that every casino we partner with is operating in compliance with the law. The sites we feature here have been thoroughly tested for fairness, and if they do not hold a valid license for their market, or if they are otherwise found lacking in terms of security, we do not work with them.
This does not mean that good reviews can be bought, or that our testing is compromised in any way. Rather, we only enter into these agreements with operators if we find them to be safe, enjoyable and worthwhile for our readers.
In turn, we benefit when a reader is satisfied with our findings and chooses to sign up with a recommended online casino. As stated elsewhere, we re-assess casinos often, and if any of our selected sites are found to be lacking, we swiftly act to remove recommendations.
Meet the Team
When we started Online-Casinos.com, we concentrated on the highly regulated UK gambling market, helping our British readers find their best online casino options. Now, we’ve expanded our reach, helping gamblers all over the world find safe, reliable and fun sites.
We have a fantastic team of authors from across the world that translate their passion for the casino industry into engaging, informative and trustworthy content. Every member of the team has in-depth gambling experience, as either a player, a former employee at a respected casino, or both.
Meet the team in their individual profiles below, then find out more about our core values and ideologies, plus our goals and ambitions both for ourselves and for our readers.
Main Authors
Every member of our team of authors cares passionately about quality online gambling. Each and every one of them has hands-on experience in the gambling industry, whether that be as a shrewd and discerning player, or as a former employee of various respected operators.
Together, they bring a wealth of experience and expertise to our domain, which they in turn wish to share with you. Though each has their own particular area of expertise, they all understand the value of transparency and shared knowledge within the online gambling community.
Guest Authors and Other Contributors
In the course of our work, we often collaborate with external writers and experts who provide higher-quality content in their respective niches. Additionally, some team-members have moved on since the inception of our website, and no longer write for Online-Casinos.com. You can meet our extended team here!
Where we are based
Our head office is based in the beautiful country of Bulgaria, in a well-located, modern and sleek building. However, the office itself is filled with employees from all over the world. A truly international team, at last count, we had staff members of over 20 different nationalities across the content, IT and design and management teams.
Each brings their own unique skill sets and home-grown knowledge that allows us to fully understand and explain the ins and outs of various countries’ gambling habits, laws and preferences.
Our history and experience
Gambling Legislation and Independent Audits
It is of the utmost importance to us to be legally compliant within each market we operate. This means we keep a keen eye on all developments in global online gambling legislation, and act accordingly. We work closely with national regulatory bodies to ensure we are held to their high standards.
We also aim to educate readers about the roles these regulatory bodies and independent auditors play within the world of online gambling. By becoming acquainted with your national regulator and the most respected third party testers, you can better identify safe and legitimate casino sites.
Markets We’Re Currently Not Serving
For more info on the legal situation in those markets click the following links:
- Online Casinos in Australia
- Online Casinos in Chile
- Online Casinos in Costa Rica
- Online Casinos in Dominican Republic
- Online Casinos in Estonia
- Online Casinos in Finland
- Online Casinos in France
- Online Casinos in Hong Kong
- 香港网上赌场
- Online Casinos in India
- Online Casinos in Israel
- Online Casinos in Japan
- Online Casinos in Malaysia
- Online Casinos in Norway
- Nettkasinoer i Norge
- Online Casinos in Poland
- Online Casinos in Russia
- Online Casinos in Singapore
- Online Casinos in South Africa
- Online Casinos in Turkey
We Believe In & Promote Responsible Gambling
The reality is that, as much fun as one can have while playing casino games online, there is such a thing as too much gambling. Problem gambling is a serious problem worldwide, and much of the responsibility for keeping players safe from these issues falls to the casinos themselves.
In that context, we will only ever promote and review online casinos that have responsible gambling processes in place. There are numerous organizations out there that each are focused on their own country, state, region or jurisdiction, all of which are ready and willing to provide advice and help for people suffering, or know someone who is suffering from problem gambling.
Though the laws and regulations are also different between various countries, we rely heavily on the best-practice concepts as outlined by the UK’s gambling regulator, the United Kingdom Gambling Commission.
The UK is one of the most strictly-regulated markets and hold all online casinos operating in the region to a very high set of standards, one we have adopted for ourselves, too. We also take into account the recommendations from the Government of Gibraltar and the Malta Gaming Authority, all of which are the major hubs for gambling on an international basis.