Affiliate Disclosure

BetYard earns referral commissions when you sign up at casinos through our links. Our editorial ratings and recommendations are determined independently — no casino can buy a better score.

How we make money

When you click a casino link on BetYard and subsequently create an account, we may receive a referral commission from that casino. This is a standard practice in online publishing — it is how independent review sites are funded without charging readers or relying on display advertising.

The commission is paid by the casino from their own marketing budget. It does not come from you, and it does not affect the bonus or offer you receive — you get exactly the same deal as any other new player who arrived at the site directly.

Not every casino we review has an affiliate arrangement with us. We cover platforms because we believe they are worth writing about, not because a commercial deal is in place.

Our editorial independence

Commercial relationships have no influence on our ratings, rankings, or written assessments — full stop. A casino cannot pay to be featured on BetYard, cannot pay to improve its score, and cannot request that a negative finding be removed or softened.

Our five-point scoring methodology — covering game variety, bonus quality, payout speed, player support, and trust and safety — is applied identically to every platform we review. A casino that happens to be an affiliate partner is scored by the same rubric as one that isn't. If the numbers put a non-partner above a partner in our rankings, that is how they are listed.

If testing reveals serious problems at an affiliate platform, we publish our findings in full. If the issues are significant enough, we end the affiliate relationship. Our readers' trust is the only asset that matters to us long-term, and we will not compromise it for a referral fee.

What this means for you

The cost — or in the case of sweepstakes casinos, the free sign-up — is never affected by our affiliate relationship. Bonuses and promotions shown on BetYard are the same ones available to any player visiting the casino directly. We do not negotiate exclusive deals that require you to use our link to access them.

In plain terms: following our links costs you nothing extra, and our recommendations reflect genuine testing, not financial arrangements.

FTC compliance

This disclosure is made in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's guidelines concerning the use of endorsements and testimonials in advertising, 16 CFR Part 255. The FTC requires that material connections between a reviewer and the companies they review be clearly disclosed, and we agree — transparency is in everyone's interest.

Where affiliate links appear within a specific review or article, they may also be identified inline. This page serves as the site-wide disclosure covering all such links across BetYard.

Questions about our commercial relationships

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