Editorial standards

Who reviews these casinos

CryptoCasinoDirectory is an independent editorial operation. We are not a casino, we are not owned or operated by a gambling company, and no operator has a say in what we publish. The CCD Editorial Team — our analysts and editors — maintains the index, defines the scoring methodology, and reviews every casino before it is rated.

How we review

Every rating combines an automated data pipeline with editorial review:

• Automated signals. Our pipeline pulls and re-checks public data nightly — license registry entries, operators' published terms, supported chains, KYC policy, payout-speed claims, and community-submitted withdrawal reports.
• The Trust Score. Six independent signals — payout reliability, dispute rate, transparency, longevity, sentiment, and KYC clarity — are each scored 0–100 and combined with fixed weights into one composite. Read the full methodology →
• Editorial review. The casino's claims are checked against primary sources before publication, and anything that can't be independently confirmed is flagged as such — you'll see “not independently verified” where that's the case, rather than a false green light.

Independence — no casino can buy a rating

No casino can buy a better rating, a featured slot, or a score adjustment — and none is excluded for declining to partner with us. Some outbound links carry an affiliate tag; if we earn a referral fee it happens after you independently choose to visit a casino, and it never touches the Trust Score or any ranked list. Full terms are in our Affiliate Disclosure.

Freshness & re-verification

Ratings aren't set once and forgotten. The pipeline re-verifies every casino nightly, and each review shows a “last reviewed” date; once a review passes our re-review window it's flagged for a fresh check. When license status, payout behavior, or community reports change, the score moves with them.

Corrections & feedback

We publish honest negatives — an unconfirmed license or slow payouts are stated plainly, not buried. If you find something wrong or out of date, use the feedback control on any casino's detail page. We review credible reports and update ratings when the evidence supports it.

Where our data comes from

Claims are grounded in primary sources: public licensing registries, operators' own published terms, on-chain data where available, and user-submitted withdrawal reports — which are minimum-sample-gated before they can move a score, because self-reported data is gameable by design.