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How BanaSpins rates crypto casinos
Our methodology

How We Rate Crypto Casinos

Every score on BanaSpins comes from the same hands-on process and the same weighted formula. Here's exactly how a casino earns its number, and its place on the list.

Scores are editorial assessments produced with the methodology & weights below, and are reviewed regularly as operators change.

What goes into the score

Each casino is scored out of 10 across five weighted categories. The weights reflect what actually matters when you're playing with crypto: getting paid, fairly, on good games.

Payout speed & reliabilityWe time real withdrawals end-to-end, across coins.
25%
Bonuses & real valueValue after wagering and terms, not the headline %.
20%
Game range & providersBreadth and quality, and the studios behind the games.
20%
Safety & provable fairnessLicensing, SSL/2FA and verifiable, on-chain results.
20%
Support & experienceLive-chat speed, mobile quality and overall UX.
15%

Our four-step testing process

No score is published until a real person has put the casino through all four steps with their own money.

Deposit real funds

We open and fund a real account on each supported coin.

Play & verify

We play slots, live and originals, checking RTP and fairness tools.

Time a payout

We request a withdrawal and clock it end-to-end, including limits.

Score & re-test

We weight the data into one score and re-check every site monthly.

What the numbers mean

We only list casinos that clear our bar. Anything below 7.0 doesn't make the cut.

9.0–10
Excellent
Best-in-class: our top recommendations
8.0–8.9
Great
Strong all-rounders worth your time
7.0–7.9
Solid
Good, with a few trade-offs to know
Below 7
We skip it
Doesn't meet our bar, so it's not listed

Editorial independence

Rankings are never for sale. Placement is decided entirely by the score above. We may earn a commission when you sign up through our links; it costs you nothing extra and never changes a score, a ranking or your offer. If a casino slips (slow payouts, unfair terms), its score drops and it can fall off the list entirely.

When a score changes

A rating is a snapshot, not a promise. Crypto casinos change their terms, swap payment processors and adjust bonuses far more often than traditional sites, so a review that was accurate in spring can be out of date by autumn.

We re-test every ranked casino on a rolling schedule, and straight away whenever something material shifts: a licence change, a run of slow-payout reports, a bonus that quietly gets worse. If a site starts holding withdrawals or tightening wagering after we rated it, the score comes down, and in bad cases the casino drops off the list entirely.

Just as important is what we leave out. Affiliate commission, sign-up incentives and how much a brand spends on marketing play no part in the number. Two casinos paying us the same rate can sit at opposite ends of the table, because the only inputs are the five weighted categories above and what actually happened when we played.

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