Our five-point bench test, in plain English.
We review casinos the way our magazine roots taught us to review anything — by taking it apart on the bench. No site earns a place on DIYODE until it has been through all five checks below with real money. The final score out of 10 is the weighted result.
We follow every licensing claim back to the issuing regulator's public register. A badge in the footer isn't proof. If the licence can't be verified, the casino is not listed, regardless of how good the rest looks.
We deposit, play through, and request real withdrawals by both crypto and card, timing each stage and completing identity verification so we can see exactly where — and whether — delays appear.
We read the wagering requirement, maximum cashout, game weighting and expiry in full, then flag any term engineered to make a bonus effectively unwinnable.
We contact live chat and email with genuine questions during Australian hours and rate the response on speed, accuracy and whether a human actually helped.
We run the whole experience on a phone: pokies load time, whether the cashier functions on mobile, and how well the layout holds up on a small screen.
DIYODE earns commission when readers sign up through some of our links, but scores and rankings are decided on the bench before any commercial arrangement is considered. A partner site that fails the payout test does not get a pass, and no operator can pay to move up the list. See our about page for how we make money.
