Every casino review on Stable Spins follows the same method and is researched and written by the Stable Spins editorial team. We check facts we can source, link to where they came from, and say “not stated” when we can’t find something. This page explains what we check, where the information comes from, how the score is calculated, how often we re-check, and what we don’t verify.
What we don’t do
- No testing claims. We don’t deposit, play or withdraw at the casinos we review, and we never say we did. Processing times and how a casino treats a specific player are things our reviews can’t measure; where a casino publishes a withdrawal time, our withdrawal speed and limits table reports it as the casino’s claim.
- No star ratings or user reviews. The only score we publish is the rubric score below, calculated from published facts.
- No paid placements. We have no commercial relationship with any casino we review. If that ever changes, we’ll say so on every page where it applies, and it won’t change how casinos are scored.
- No invented details. If a casino doesn’t publish a fact, or we can’t load the page that states it, the review says “not stated”. That doesn’t mean zero or none.
1. The licence
We start with the licence because it tells you whether a regulator knows who runs the casino. We find the operating company and licence number, then confirm them on a page run by the regulator, not on the casino’s own site:
- Curaçao Gaming Authority: the certificate page linked from the casino’s seal (on cert.cga.cw), which lists the licence holder, licence number, status and approved domains, and the regulator’s published licence and enforcement registers.
- Anjouan: the public licence register, which lists the company, licence number, status, expiry date and domains, and the validator linked from the casino’s seal.
- Other regulators: the regulator’s own register or validator, such as the Tobique Gaming Commission’s.
We check that the company, licence number and domain match, and we look at the expiry date, not just the status label. If we can’t confirm a current licence on a regulator’s page, we don’t review the casino. A logo in the footer isn’t enough.
2. The casino’s own documents
Stablecoin networks, minimum deposits and withdrawals, fees, withdrawal limits, KYC rules, restricted countries, bonus terms and safer gambling tools all come from the casino’s own terms and conditions, help centre, payments and responsible gambling pages. We don’t copy these from other review sites.
Some casinos block automated access or show content only after sign-in. Where we had to rely on search-engine copies of a casino’s own pages, the review says so. Where a casino’s pages contradict each other, we report both versions.
3. Track record and warnings
We search public complaint records, news and regulator announcements for unpaid winnings, licence revocations, regulator bans or fines, hacks and data breaches. Complaint counts from sites that block automated access come from their search listings and are labelled as such.
Serious problems are flagged, not hidden. If a casino has a confirmed licence but also, for example, unpaid player claims, a regulator ban in another country, or unanswered complaints about withheld winnings, we still review it so you can find the facts. We then:
- mark it with ⚠ in the comparison table, the ranking and the key facts box;
- explain the problem at the top of the review, with sources;
- leave it out of the “top-rated” list on our homepage.
A ⚠ is a warning to read carefully, not a ruling that the casino won’t pay.
4. The score
Each casino gets a score out of 100, calculated from the facts above. The rules are printed here from the same code that calculates the scores:
| Criterion | Points | How it is scored |
|---|---|---|
| Licence | 25 | 20 if the licence is confirmed on a page run by the regulator (register or validator), 0 if not 5 if the operating company and licence number are published in the casino's terms or footer |
| Stablecoins | 25 | 5 for USDT, 5 for USDC 5 if at least one stablecoin works on a low-cost network (BNB Chain, Solana, TON, Polygon, Arbitrum, Base, Optimism or Avalanche) 5 for 3 or more stablecoin/network options, 10 for 6 or more |
| Withdrawal fees | 15 | 15 if the casino says it charges no fee of its own on crypto withdrawals, 8 if it publishes its fee, 0 if not stated |
| KYC clarity | 15 | 15 if the terms say when ID is required (levels, thresholds or triggers), 7 if they only say it may be requested at any time, 0 if not stated |
| Safer gambling tools | 20 | 6 for deposit limits, 6 for self-exclusion, 4 for a cool-off / time-out, 4 for loss, wager or session limits; only tools documented on the casino's own site count |
| Total | 100 | Ties are listed alphabetically. |
The score measures how clearly a casino states its terms and what it offers stablecoin players. It doesn’t capture complaint histories, hacks or data breaches; those are covered by the ⚠ warnings and in each review. See the current scores on the best USDT casinos page.
5. How often we re-check
Casinos change their terms often, so every fact has a re-check date:
- Every review: a full re-check of all its facts each quarter. The next round is due by 31 January 2027.
- Licences under review: where the regulator’s register lists a licence renewal as still being assessed, we re-check it monthly until the register shows a final status.
- Licences with an expiry date: re-checked at least a month before they expire.
- Casinos with a ⚠ warning: complaints and warnings re-checked monthly.
- Live data: the deposit cost index and the bankroll chart on our data page update automatically every six hours.
- Whenever we learn of a change, or a reader tells us about one.
Every review shows the month its facts were checked and lists its sources. Our withdrawal speed and limits table also shows the date for each individual fact. If you spot something out of date or wrong, tell us and we’ll re-check it. Corrections are made on the page and the check date updated.
More about who we are and how the site is funded is on our about page; the limits of what we publish are set out in our disclaimer.
What we don’t verify
- How a casino behaves in practice. We don’t deposit, play or withdraw, so we can’t confirm payout speed, how bonuses work out or how good customer support is. Withdrawal times we show are the casino’s own claims.
- Game fairness and payout rates. We don’t test games. “Provably fair” in a review means the casino publishes a way for you to verify results, not that we’ve checked them.
- Who ultimately owns a casino. We report the licence holder named on the regulator’s register and the company the casino names. We don’t trace ownership beyond that.
- Individual complaints. Complaint counts and examples come from public complaint sites. They are players’ accounts, and we can’t confirm what happened in each case.
- Pages we couldn’t load directly. Where a casino blocks automated access and we relied on a search engine’s copy of its page, the review says so.
- Whether gambling is legal where you are. That depends on your country and circumstances, and we don’t assess it.
What our reviews can’t tell you
A confirmed licence and a careful reading of the terms tell you a lot, but not everything. They can’t predict whether a casino will pay a particular withdrawal, how long a manual review will take for your account, or how a dispute will be handled. Offshore licences give players far less protection than a licence from their own country’s regulator. Check the law where you live before you play, keep only what you’re playing with in a casino account, and use the safer gambling tools available. Our responsible gambling guide lists free help.