Affiliate Disclosure: How GamblingSite.com Makes Money
Here is the short version of this affiliate disclosure: some links on GamblingSite.com are affiliate links. If you click one and then sign up or deposit at a sportsbook or casino, that operator may pay us a commission. It costs you nothing, and it never changes what we write, how we score an operator, or where a site lands in our rankings.
Most of those links are easy to recognize: they are the visit and play buttons on our sportsbook and casino reviews, and they take you to the operator’s own site. Regular links inside our articles point to our own reviews and guides instead. This page explains how the money works, how to tell the two apart, and the rules that keep our editorial work independent of every commercial relationship.
When you sign up at an operator through certain links here, mainly the buttons on our reviews, that operator may pay us a referral fee.
No operator can buy a rating, a ranking spot, or a pick. Commissions reward referrals; they never shape what we publish.
Affiliate commissions come out of operator marketing budgets. Your odds, bonuses, and account terms are identical either way.
How We Make Money
GamblingSite.com makes money through affiliate commissions. When a reader clicks certain links to a licensed sportsbook or casino and opens an account, usually with a deposit, that operator may pay us a referral fee. We do not charge you a subscription, and we never accept payment for a review score, a ranking position, or a pick.
The standard industry disclosure applies across this site, and we mean it literally: we may receive a commission if you sign up for a service through links on our site. That commission helps support our work, but it does not influence our recommendations. Here is every type of link you will find here:
| Type of Link | Where It Takes You | What We Earn |
|---|---|---|
| Sportsbook and casino names in articles | Our internal review pages | Nothing |
| Visit and play buttons on reviews | The operator’s own site | We may earn a commission |
| External resources | Leagues, regulators, and help organizations | Nothing |
How Our Affiliate Links Work
Affiliate marketing is a referral arrangement: when a reader clicks a tracked link to an operator, registers, and usually deposits, the operator pays the referring site a fee. The reader pays nothing extra at any point. Three details matter:
- The link does the tracking. Our affiliate links route through addresses on our own domain (you may notice a brief gamblingsite.com/go/ step) before landing on the operator’s site. That step tells the operator who referred you. It is the entire mechanism.
- The operator pays the bill. Referral fees come out of the operator’s marketing budget. Your odds, bonuses, and terms are identical whether you arrive through our links or type the operator’s address yourself.
- We never touch your money. Deposits, banking details, and registration data all stay on the operator’s regulated platform. We have no access to any of it.
Disclosure is what separates a legitimate affiliate site from a deceptive one. The Federal Trade Commission requires publishers to disclose material connections to the companies they cover, and its endorsement guides are the standard we hold ourselves to.
How We Label and Manage Affiliate Links
Affiliate links on GamblingSite.com are presented as promotional elements, separate from editorial prose. You will find them as visit and play buttons on review pages, not disguised inside neutral-sounding sentences. Three commitments govern how we handle them:
- Buttons, not camouflage. A link that can earn us a commission looks like a promotion. Links inside editorial copy keep pointing to our own reviews, guides, and neutral outside resources.
- This page is the master disclosure. We keep it current as partnerships change, and any page built around commercial recommendations carries its own disclosure as well.
- Editorial standards do not move. The review criteria, the public pick grading, and the blacklist apply to operators that pay us exactly as they apply to operators that never will.
Use the destination test. If a link or button takes you to a gambling operator’s own website, assume we may earn a commission on what happens next. Links that stay on GamblingSite.com, or that point to leagues, regulators, and help organizations, earn us nothing.
Our Editorial Independence Policy
Our editorial team controls every rating, ranking, and pick on this site, and no commercial consideration, including affiliate commissions, can change them. The methodology is public: our editorial guidelines explain how we test the sites we review, where our facts come from, and how we correct mistakes when we make them.
We also grade every betting pick in public. After a game ends, the article gets a win, loss, or push badge with the verified final score, whether the call landed or not. Losses stay on the page.
Open any of our older picks and you will find the result badge at the top, including the losses. A track record you can audit beats one you have to take on faith.
The Blacklist Promise
An operator that delays payouts, treats players unfairly, or fails our safety checks does not get recommended here at any price. We maintain a public online casino blacklist of operators we tell readers to avoid, and no commercial relationship will ever keep a bad actor off it.
The fastest way for an operator to land on our blacklist is to stiff a player. That outcome is not negotiable, not appealable through a sales channel, and not affected by how much commission that operator’s links might generate.
Responsible Gambling Comes Before Revenue
No commission survives our responsible gambling rules. We only cover operators that are licensed and regulated in the markets they serve, we frame betting as entertainment with risk rather than a way to make money, and we never use certainty language about outcomes. Those rules govern our commercial relationships the same way they govern our editorial content.
You must be 21 or older to gamble in most U.S. states (a few products and jurisdictions allow 18+), and you are responsible for following the laws where you live. If gambling stops being fun, help is free and confidential.
Play Safe: Gambling should be fun, not stressful. Set limits, stick to your budget, and never chase losses. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call 1-800-MY-RESET or visit ncpgambling.org. For more resources, see our Responsible Gambling page.
How We Keep This Disclosure Current
We review this page whenever our partnerships or business model change, and we re-check it against the FTC’s endorsement guides and state advertising rules as they evolve. It is a living policy, not boilerplate that gets written once and forgotten. If we ever add a revenue source beyond affiliate commissions (sponsorships, display ads, anything else), the change shows up here before it shows up anywhere else on the site.
Questions About How We Operate?
Ask us directly. Our About Us page lists the full editorial team and how to reach each of us. If you think a link on this site is mislabeled, or you believe an operator we cover deserves a closer look, tell us and we will investigate. Transparency questions get answered, not filtered.
Frequently Asked Questions
These are the questions readers ask most often about how this site is funded and what our affiliate disclosure actually covers.
Does GamblingSite.com earn a commission if I sign up at a sportsbook through one of your links?
Sometimes, yes. If you click one of the promotional buttons on our reviews, create an account, and usually make a deposit, that operator may pay us a referral fee. Regular links inside our articles point to our own reviews and guides and earn us nothing. Either way, your odds, bonuses, and account terms stay exactly the same.
How can I tell whether a link on this site is an affiliate link?
Use the destination test: if a link or button takes you to a gambling operator’s own website, assume it may earn us a commission. Affiliate links here appear as visit and play buttons on review pages, not as hidden links inside editorial prose. Links that stay on GamblingSite.com, or that point to leagues, regulators, and help organizations, are not affiliate links.
Why should I trust your reviews if affiliate commissions are involved?
Because the safeguards are public and they bite. Our review methodology is published in our editorial guidelines, every betting pick is graded in public with a win, loss, or push badge after the game, and operators that mistreat players go on our blacklist no matter how much their links could earn. A commission can never buy a score.
Do I pay more when I sign up through an affiliate link?
No. Referral fees come out of the operator’s marketing budget, not the player’s pocket. Your odds, bonus terms, and account conditions are the same whether you arrive through our links or go to the operator directly. The real cost of a deceptive affiliate site is bad advice, not a worse price.