How Cashout Index makes money.
Cashout Index earns affiliate commissions when readers sign up at a casino using a tracked link on this site. We never accept payment for ranking position.
What this means in practice
- Every "Visit {Casino}" button on this site is an affiliate link.
- If you click one and create an account, the operator pays Cashout Index a commission. Usually a one-time bounty or a revenue share on your net losses.
- You pay nothing extra. The casino's bonus, terms, and game RTPs are identical whether you click our link or visit the operator directly.
- Our editorial rankings are produced before any affiliate consideration. An operator that pays the highest commission can still rank last if it loses the Payout Race.
Why we choose this model
Affiliate revenue lets us keep the site free for readers and lets us spend real money on the Payout Race tests. Every Sunday our test pilot deposits $100 at each indexed casino with our own funds. Without affiliate income, that protocol would not exist.
What we will never do
- Sell ranking position. Operators cannot pay to be ranked higher.
- Hide negative findings. If a casino fails a Payout Race or loses its license, it shows up on the casino's page with a dated note.
- Run paid placements without labelling them. Sponsored content, if it ever appears, will be tagged "Sponsored" in the page header.
- Recommend an operator we would not deposit at ourselves.
Questions or corrections
If you spot a factual error in a review or want to flag a commercial conflict of interest, file a correction through the editorial team. We respond within 5 business days and update the page with a dated change-log entry if we agree.