Online casino ratings with the arithmetic shown

Most online casino ratings arrive as a single number with no rule attached, which makes them impossible to argue with and useless to compare. The score in this table is the plain mean of ten parameters, each one scored from something the operator publishes and each one carrying an explanation you can read on its scorecard. Nothing is weighted here. That is the whole point of this particular table.

#CasinoStrongest of the ten parametersScoreOpen the casino
1 Stake Withdrawals 8.1/10 Open
2 Winz Welcome bonus 8.1/10 Open
3 Betfury Welcome bonus 7.7/10 Open
4 Gamdom KYC friction 7.6/10 Open
5 Shuffle Withdrawals 7.6/10 Open
Leads this listStake 8.1/10

Crypto withdrawals processed instantly, no monthly ceiling

Place 2Winz 8.1/10

Crypto withdrawals processed instantly

Place 3Betfury 7.7/10

Withdrawals take longer than a day

Place 4Gamdom 7.6/10

Crypto withdrawals inside an hour, no monthly ceiling

How this list is weighted

Every parameter carries equal weight in this list.

Reading the list

What each of the ten parameters measures

Licence, welcome bonus, verification friction, cashier, withdrawals, support, mobile, loyalty, distinctive features and reputation. Each is scored against a printed rule rather than a feeling, and each carries a line saying why it landed where it did: a licence number that resolves in a public register, a payout time stated in the terms, a coin count taken from the cashier. Where an operator publishes nothing, the parameter is scored for the silence rather than given the benefit of the doubt. The mean of those ten is the number in the score column, and the full working sits on each casino's own scorecard.

The same roster reorders when a weight moves

Betfury places second on this unweighted table and last in the roster on payout speed, because manual review of every transaction is a strength in one column and a cost in another. Gamdom sits fourth here and first anywhere verification friction is weighted, since it is the only operator whose help centre describes play without documents as the default. Rollbit carries the widest pure-crypto cashier in the roster and lands mid-table on the mean. None of that is a contradiction. It is what happens when you stop hiding the weighting and let a reader see the trade.

Where a flat mean flatters and where it punishes

An unweighted average rewards the operator that is decent everywhere and punishes the one that is exceptional at a single thing. Duel publishes the highest rakeback rate on the site and still sits mid-table, dragged down by a short record and a narrow coin list. Play Fortuna and Casino-X score well on age and support while offering a standard third-party lobby with nothing built in-house. If you only care about one parameter, the flat mean is the wrong tool and one of the weighted lists will serve you better. If you want a baseline, this is it.

How these numbers sit next to the aggregators

Independent databases score the same brands on different evidence, mainly complaint ledgers, and the results are worth reading side by side. Casino Guru puts Stake at 7.9 on 408 logged complaints, of which 61 were resolved, 331 rejected, 13 remain open and 3 are unresolved. It gives 1xSlots 8.9 on a much smaller file of 67 complaints with none open. Winz sits at 2.8 on Trustpilot with recurring reports of delayed or cancelled withdrawals, while carrying one of the better scores on this page. A rating built on published terms and a rating built on player complaints answer different questions, and a reader is better served by both than by either one pretending to be final.

Why the score alone should not decide anything

The number at the top of a casino page is a summary of ten things, and no summary survives contact with a specific requirement. A player who needs a payout tonight, a player who will not send a passport and a player chasing a deposit match are shopping in three different markets, and the same operator can be right for one and wrong for the other two. Use the mean to shorten the field. Use the parameter you care about to choose inside it.

Head to head

The leader against the runner-up, parameter by parameter

On the casino ratings list the weighting sets the order; the plain ten-parameter pair between Stake and Winz shows how close the call at the top is once the weights come off, and whoever sits higher on a row takes it.

Stake

8.1/10 overall

Takes 3 of the ten parameters

Open Stake
Parameters won 3:2 Stake ahead

Winz

8.1/10 overall

Takes 2 of the ten parameters

Open Winz
  • Licence: Stake
  • Welcome bonus: Winz
  • KYC friction: level
  • Payments: Stake
  • Withdrawals: level
  • Support: level
  • Mobile: level
  • VIP & rakeback: Winz
  • Distinctive features: level
  • Reputation: Stake

All twenty

The whole roster, unweighted and in order

#CasinoStrongest parameterScoreOpen the casino
1 Stake Withdrawals 8.1/10 Open
2 Winz Welcome bonus 8.1/10 Open
3 Betfury Welcome bonus 7.7/10 Open
4 Gamdom KYC friction 7.6/10 Open
5 Shuffle Withdrawals 7.6/10 Open
6 1win Support 7.2/10 Open
7 1xSlots Withdrawals 7.1/10 Open
8 BitStarz Support 7.1/10 Open
9 Rollbit Distinctive features 7.1/10 Open
10 Vavada Support 7.1/10 Open
11 Duel Withdrawals 7/10 Open
12 Riobet Welcome bonus 7/10 Open
13 Fairspin Welcome bonus 6.9/10 Open
14 Winna Support 6.8/10 Open
15 Vodka Support 6.7/10 Open
16 Casino-X Support 6.6/10 Open
17 Play Fortuna Support 6.6/10 Open
18 Spinbetter Support 6.6/10 Open
19 Weiss Welcome bonus 6.6/10 Open
20 Roobet Distinctive features 6.4/10 Open

The top five

The top five, card by card

Stake

Best for cashing out fast

8.1/10for this list
  • Instantcrypto withdrawals
  • No ceilingon monthly withdrawals
  • No documentsat sign-up

18W · 0L · 1D against the roster

Winz

Best for the welcome bonus

8.1/10for this list
  • Instantcrypto withdrawals
  • No documentsat sign-up
  • Wager-freewelcome bonus

14W · 2L · 3D against the roster

Betfury

Best for the welcome bonus

7.7/10for this list
  • 590%welcome match
  • 14 coinsplus card deposits
  • Provably fairin-house games

15W · 1L · 3D against the roster

Gamdom

Best for playing without documents

7.6/10for this list
  • Under an hourto cash out
  • No ceilingon monthly withdrawals
  • No verificationfor ordinary play

13W · 2L · 4D against the roster

Shuffle

Best for cashing out fast

7.6/10for this list
  • Instantcrypto withdrawals
  • No ceilingon monthly withdrawals
  • No documentsat sign-up

16W · 1L · 2D against the roster

Questions about how these scores are made

Can an operator pay to move up this table?

No. The score is computed from the catalogue by a script, the same rules run against every brand, and the affiliate relationship changes nothing in the arithmetic. What it changes is that a link exists at all, which is stated at the foot of every page.

Why does a well-known casino score below a smaller one?

Usually because the smaller one publishes more. A stated payout time, a licence number that resolves and a printed rakeback rate all score; brand recognition does not appear in the ten parameters anywhere.

How often do the numbers change?

Whenever the underlying catalogue is rebuilt from the operators' pages. Licences move between regulators, restricted lists grow and bonus terms are rewritten, so a score is a reading rather than a permanent verdict.

Editor's read

Open the top of the plain mean, or pick a sharper list?

Stake leads when every parameter counts once. If one criterion matters more to you than the others, one of the weighted lists will put a different name first, and it will be right.

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