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How we test

The method, written down so it can be held against us: what earns a slot a page, what earns a casino a seal, and what we do when the data is not there.

The register

The register of 54 knights is built from the data each workshop published: title, studio, release date, RTP and volatility. It is not built from casino lobbies, because a lobby tells you what a casino carries today, not what exists. When a figure was never published, the entry carries «—» and stays that way until the workshop publishes one.

Slots

  1. A session, not a glanceLong enough to reach the feature at least once. A review of a slot whose bonus we have not seen is not a review, and we would rather publish late than pretend.
  2. Figures from the workshopPublished RTP and volatility, checked against the game's own info panel, because casinos choose between certified settings.
  3. Our own screensScreenshots come from our session. Where a paytable or a bonus round has not been captured yet, the page says so plainly instead of borrowing one.
  4. Verdict lastWritten after the session, with the volatility said out loud.

Casinos

  1. LicenceChecked at the register that issued it. Curaçao and Anjouan are light-touch regimes and we say so on the page rather than showing a badge.
  2. Our own coinA real deposit, in NZD, at the minimum the house allows.
  3. The knightsWe play the titles from this register, and check which RTP setting the house runs.
  4. The withdrawal, timedThe number that matters most. A house that misses its own stated window loses its seal.

What we do about gaps

We leave them visible. An empty field, a «—», a sentence saying the round has not been reached yet: all of these are better than a plausible invention, because a plausible invention is the one thing a reader cannot check.

Money

Partner links earn a commission on sign-ups. They are marked rel="nofollow sponsored" and they are the only way this site earns. Nothing in the register is for sale — not a position, not a score, not a sentence.

Who does what

Callum Rees runs the sessions and writes the reviews. Marnie Coulthard writes the chronicles and the guides. Separating the two keeps the person who takes the casino's bonus away from the person who writes about the industry that offers it.

Folio · quick answers

About the method

Do you play every slot you write about?
Every slot with a review page, yes. The register itself catalogues all 54 knight slots from published data; a review page is only written after a session.
Do casinos pay for a good review?
No. Partner links pay a commission on sign-ups. They do not buy placement, a score or a sentence, and a house that fails a withdrawal test loses its seal.
Where do the RTP figures come from?
From what the workshop published. Where nothing was published we print «—» rather than an estimate — five of the 54 entries are in that state.

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