Editorial Policy
This policy covers everything we publish in English on viabuy.com, including our US casino guides. It explains where our information comes from, who checks it before it goes live, what our dates mean, how we fix mistakes and how the site makes money.
Where our facts come from
Casino ads and promo banners aren’t sources. We work from primary documents:
- Operator terms and conditions: bonus rules, wagering requirements, maximum bets, withdrawal limits, fees and verification rules.
- Cashier and payment pages: the methods a casino lists, minimum deposits and withdrawals, and the processing times it states.
- Regulator registers: an operator has to display its license number, and we look that number up in the register of the regulator that issued it, such as the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) or the Curaçao Gaming Authority.
- Laws and regulators’ own publications: when a page explains how gambling is regulated, for example that online casinos in the US are regulated state by state.
When a banner says one thing and the terms say another, the terms win, and that’s what we report.
Every page gets an editor’s check
Oliver Hartley writes our US pages. Rachel Moore edits them, and no page is published until she has checked it. She compares numbers with the operator’s terms, license details with the regulator’s register, and dates with the source. She cuts adjectives that don’t add information and makes sure the page carries the 21+ notice and a responsible gambling line.
If a claim can’t be traced back to a source, it doesn’t stay on the page.
Software and AI tools
We prepare our texts with software tools, including AI. They help with drafting and structure; they don’t replace the editor. Every page, AI-assisted or not, is checked by the language editor before publication, against the same sources as everything else.
What “Last updated” means
The “Last updated” date changes when something on the page actually changed: a bonus, a wagering requirement, a limit, a payment method, a license detail. We don’t move the date to make an old page look fresh. If the terms are the same, the date stays the same.
Casino terms can change at any time, so check the operator’s current terms before you deposit, even on a page we updated recently.
Corrections
We get things wrong sometimes, and operators don’t tell us when they change their terms. If you spot an error, such as a wrong number, an expired bonus or a license that doesn’t check out, let us know through our contact page. Tell us which page it is and what you saw on the operator’s site. We check it against the source, fix the page if you’re right, and update the “Last updated” date, because the page has changed.
Independence and affiliate links
The site earns affiliate commissions. If you sign up with a casino through one of our links, the operator may pay us. These links carry the rel=”sponsored” attribute in the page code, which marks them as commercial for search engines.
Partnerships can affect where a casino appears in a list. They don’t change the facts. License, terms and limits are reported the way the primary sources state them, whether or not we have a deal with the operator. The criteria behind our ratings are on how we review casinos.
Lines we don’t cross
- We don’t promise wins or present gambling as a way to make money.
- We don’t give legal advice or tell you whether playing at a particular site is legal where you live.
- We don’t call a casino safe without saying what that’s based on.
- We don’t publish quotes, statistics or claims we can’t source.
Responsible gambling is part of every page
Our casino pages are written for readers 21 and over, and each one carries a responsible gambling notice and a link to our responsible gambling page. Gambling costs money, and our pages say so plainly, right alongside the bonuses.