Editorial Policy
Learn how Crypto-Casinos.com makes editorial decisions, who has authority over them, and how we handle the situations where commercial interests and editorial assessments come into tension.
Purpose
This page documents how Crypto-Casinos.com makes editorial decisions, who has authority over them, and how we handle the situations where commercial interests and editorial assessments come into tension. We publish this for two reasons: so readers can hold us accountable to what we say we do, and so our editorial team has a clear written standard to operate against.
This is a working document. When the underlying processes change, we update this page and note the change in the changelog at the bottom.
Editorial authority
Final authority over what is published on Crypto-Casinos.com rests with Oliver Cook. This includes:
- The decision to publish, update, or retract any review or article
- The Trusted / Not Recommended verdict on any operator
- The handling of right-of-reply responses from operators
- The handling of reader complaints about coverage
- The acceptance or refusal of any sponsorship, partnership, or commercial arrangement that could affect editorial coverage
Ownership of the company does not direct individual editorial decisions. Ownership’s role is limited to setting the overall direction of the business, approving major strategic decisions, and selecting editorial leadership. This separation is a structural commitment, not just a preference.
If ownership and editorial leadership cannot agree on a matter of editorial principle, the Editor-in-Chief has the right to publish a public note explaining the disagreement, including a public resignation and an explanation of why. We publish this commitment specifically because the situations it covers are exactly the ones where, in other publications, editorial independence quietly fails.
Who writes and edits
All reviews and articles are written by named members of our editorial team or by named external contributors. Every published piece carries a byline linking to the author’s bio page, where their background, areas of coverage, and disclosures are documented.
Reviews of operators go through a two-person process: the primary reviewer and a second reviewer or editor who verifies the testing record and signs off on the verdict. Both names appear on the published review.
**[Decision point: confirm this is your actual process. If a one-person process is closer to reality right now, say so honestly and describe what verification looks like — e.g., “verdicts are reviewed by the Editor-in-Chief before publication.” Don’t claim a two-person process you don’t actually run.]**
External contributors are subject to the same disclosure requirements as staff and are listed on the team page when they have published with us.
