About Us

Casino Sites was built for one purpose: to help people in the United States work out which online casinos are worth their time, without wading through marketing copy to find the details that actually matter — licensing, payout speed, bonus terms and game fairness. This page explains who we are, how we put this site together, and what our ratings do and don't tell you.

What We Actually Do

We research online casino operators that accept US players and compare them on a consistent set of factors: licensing status, the real cost of their welcome offers, banking options available to US residents, mobile usability, game selection and how each site handles customer support. We don't accept payment in exchange for a higher position — operators can pay to be listed, but that has no bearing on where they rank. If we wouldn't be comfortable recommending a site to a friend, it doesn't get a strong rating, regardless of any commercial relationship.

We should be upfront about something: we don't deposit real funds, place real wagers or withdraw real winnings from these sites. Our assessments come from researching each operator's published terms, licensing documentation, banking pages and public reputation — not from hands-on testing of gameplay outcomes.

How We Rate New Online Casinos

Because this site's focus is newer casino brands, our checklist leans toward the questions a new operator needs to answer before it earns trust:

• Licensing: which regulator or state gaming authority oversees the operator, since that determines what recourse a player has if something goes wrong.
• Bonus terms: wagering requirements, maximum cashout caps, game restrictions and expiry windows attached to any welcome offer — not just the headline percentage.
• Banking: which deposit and withdrawal methods a US player can actually use, and how long payouts typically take.
• Game fairness: whether the site uses certified random number generators for its slots and table games, and whether independent testing labs are named.
• Site security: whether the operator uses HTTPS encryption and reasonable account protections such as two-factor authentication.
• Support quality: whether help is easy to reach and through what channels — live chat, email or phone.

Operators such as Raging Bull, Uptown Aces and Ignition sit near the top of our current list because they score well across most of these factors, but no casino is flawless. Every review on this site names at least one genuine drawback alongside its strengths — bonuses that carry steep wagering requirements, withdrawal limits that catch new players off guard, or support hours that don't cover every time zone. We'd rather flag that than pretend otherwise.

What Our Ratings Are Not

An editorial rating is not a guarantee of winnings, and it's not the same as a verified customer-review score. Casino games carry a built-in house edge, and Return to Player (RTP) figures are long-term statistical averages — they describe how a game pays out over millions of spins, not what will happen in any single session. Nothing on this site should be read as a promise of profit, and we don't publish claims like "guaranteed wins" because that isn't how games of chance work.

Eligibility and Legal Basics We Expect Readers to Know

Online gambling laws vary by state, and legal real-money play generally requires that a player be physically located within a state where it's permitted, be of the applicable minimum legal age — typically 21, though some gambling activities set different age thresholds — and meet any residency conditions a state imposes. We don't verify a reader's location or age; that responsibility sits with the individual player and the operator's own compliance checks, which usually involve identity verification (KYC) before a first withdrawal is processed.

Responsible Gambling Comes First

We treat responsible gambling as a baseline requirement, not an afterthought. Before playing anywhere, we'd encourage readers to set a deposit and time limit in advance, avoid gambling with borrowed money, and stop if it stops being enjoyable or starts affecting finances or wellbeing. Most licensed operators offer self-exclusion tools and account limits, and national support services are available to anyone who needs them. Our Responsible Gambling page covers these tools and support services in more detail.

How This Site Fits Together

This About page explains our approach; it isn't itself a review or a ranking page. For the full list of terms governing use of this site, see our Terms and Conditions. If you're outside GamStop restrictions or researching alternatives to UK self-exclusion schemes, that's a separate topic covered on our Non GamStop Casinos page rather than this one.

Get in Touch

If you've spotted something out of date, disagree with one of our assessments, or have a question about how we cover a particular operator, we want to hear about it. Visit our Contact Us page for the best way to reach us. Reader feedback — including firsthand experience with any casino we cover — genuinely shapes how often we revisit and update our reviews.